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December 2004 Discovering Winter Dossier on Security Certificates and Secret Trials in Canada - Defend the Rights of All Special online dossier from the editors of shunpiking magazine on the occasion of the Canada-Wide Day of Action Against Security Certificates and International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2004 No Harbour for War! Online Dossier from the editors of shunpiking magazine on the occasion of "visit" of George W Bush to Halifax Halifax Days of Action Against Bush Click here for more photos Ottawa Days of Action Against Bush Click here for more photos Click here for photos From Halifax ATLANTIC CANADA "Visit" of George W Bush Canadians speak out coast to coast Some 15,000-20,000 people by mid-day Nov. 30th in Ottawa alone. Canadians vigorously oppose war criminal Bush. Reports from Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver Defend Cuba Speech delivered by ISAAC SANEY, NS Cuba Association, to the demonstration against Bush's "Visit" to Canada Bush "visit" Commentaries Why warmly greet someone who used 9/11 as a pretext for illegal war? George Bush's policies are opening people's eyes to the folly of an economic system based on greed, war and plunder. BRUCE WARK Securing Canadian political obeisance The message is clear: sovereignty resides in the people, and Canadian sovereignty is not served by capitulation to imperial aggression. KIM PETERSEN Canadian-US economic relations and the right to conscience The US television network ABC warned negative economic fallout may occur if Canadians strongly voice anti-war and other sentiments in opposition to the US government. US President discusses "strong relationship" with Canada Trancript of speech by George W Bush, Halifax, NS on 1 December 2004 FISHERIES & OCEANS Seismic testing implicated in mass strandings Authorities and volunteers worked through Monday night to save dozens of whales and dolphins after three separate beachings in Australia and New Zealand. By PAUL TAIT MEDIA CULPA Chronicle Herald's demonization of peace demonstrators For a military city like Halifax, an antiwar turnout of 4,000 to 5,000 during a chilly weekday morning is exceptional. By KIM PETERSEN An exposé of dishonest media coverage of the Israel-Palestine Conflict Bad News from Israel, exposes the dishonest role the main TV news coverage in Britain plays in distorting the Israel-Palestine conflict and misinforming the public. By JEAN SHAOUL Iraq: the unthinkable becomes normal Mainstream media speak as if Fallujah were populated only by foreign "insurgents." In fact, women and children are being slaughtered in our name. JOHN PILGER NATIONAL Dr. Zayid writes a letter Canadian "support for Israel", the "twisted logic" of the Globe and Mail, the death of President Arafat, and other recent letters. DR. ISMAIL ZAYID WORLD How silent are the 'humanitarian invaders' of Kosovo? Before Iraq, the world stood by and allowed the illegal US-led invasion of Yugoslavia and the bombardment of the civilian population of Kosovo. The excuse was "mass killings" but like Iraq's WMD, it turned out that the charges of mass graves and genocide were overblown. JOHN PILGER Just 12 crops provide 80 per cent of nutritional energy The scarcity of plant varieties as a result of the extinction of many wild species has led to a very vulnerable world agriculture. RAISA PAGES CULTURE AND LIFE The afterlife, flamenco in Halifax Halifax has struck it rich, becoming home to one of the few troupes in Canada, to contain all elements of the flamenco art; voice, guitar, percussion and dance. Books Of "Malbouffe", selling our water and other Napoleonic torments The older I get, the more radical I've become. Yes, it's supposed to be the reverse, but I've grown increasingly concerned about the world we're leaving our children. So here are a few political books I'd recommend. DEBBY SEED Iraq, Inc.: a profitable occupation The most complete-to-date chronicle of the exploits of private contractors hired to reconstruct and manage Iraq. RIA JULIEN Revolution in Education An approach to education "based on the premise that understanding requires conscious participation of the individual in an act of finding out". WENDY LILL reviews Professor Rafiq Islam's new book   Copyright © 2004, The New Media Services Inc. The views expressed herein are the writers' own and do not necessarily reflect those of shunpiking magazine or New Media Publications.

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