[...T]he government [of India] has committed itself to economically rehabilitate Bhopal’s chemical disaster survivors, remediate the disaster site, and pursue legal action against Union Carbide and Dow Chemical.

By Yves Engler - September 01, 2008

The mainstream media's hypocrisy during the Olympics would have been funny if it weren't so ignorance-producing...So many words written or spoken about human rights violations, lip-synching, suppression of Tibet, taped fireworks, Communist dictatorship, evil Chinese nationalism...Has any media discussed Canada's decades-long support of British imperialism in China?...From historical amnesia concerning Canada-China relations through Tibet and Sudan the media's double standard is glaring...[H]ow about comparing Canada's role in the Congo to China's role in Sudan?

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The government of Peru suspended civil liberties following clashes between indigenous Peruvians and police. The action is taking place in remote jungle regions where Indian groups are blocking highways and oil and gas installations. The recently signed Free Trade Agreement with the United States and a number of draft laws in the legislature all allow for the easy commercial exploitation of indigenous territories.

by Bill Tieleman | Straight Goods

"I firmly believe that ordinary British Columbians would not want their government to act in such a cruel manner, which is why this has been done so secretively." — Disability activist Dawn Steele

Young adults with serious developmental disabilities and an IQ even a point above 70 will be cut off from government help.

Unite Here's forays into community activism are what most set it apart from other unions. Photo: Unite Here

Hotel union strikes, rallies and demands social change; gets contracts

Inspired by the mobilizing on the West Coast, organizers across "Canada" have begun awareness-raising efforts. Building on the call from the West Coast for anti-capitalist and anti-colonial resistance to the Olympics, some organizers affiliated with the People's Global Action Bloc (PGA-Bloc) in Ontario and Quebec have begun mobilizing around "Resistance 2010", linking anti-Olympics efforts to organizing against the G8 and SPP, and the day-to-day systems and institutions of power and oppression they represent.

CBC News | Agreement 'incompatible' with company's way of doing business: spokesman

A Quebec arbitrator has imposed a collective agreement on Wal-Mart for the first time in the world's largest retailer's history.

"In the old days it was expected that about half the children in a family would die before they grew up; this involved pain, illness, and sorrow to the mother, often great suffering to the children, and a waste of natural resources in the care of children who never lived to become productive." - Bertrand Russell, 1931

WASHINGTON - Two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005, according to a new report from Congress.

Combined, the companies had $2.5 trillion in sales. About 25 percent of the U.S. corporations not paying corporate taxes were considered large corporations, meaning they had at least $250 million in assets or $50 million in receipts.

Ian Sinclair at the Morning Star...did an interesting interview with "Catherine, a prostitute, dominatrix and activist with the International Union of Sex Workers..."

"...[W]e didn't go out and rescue the miners, take them away and give them a wash, and say ‘come and do this you will be much happier'. We gave them rights, we gave them bargaining power."

by Noel K. Gallagher | Portland Press Herald

PORTLAND, Maine - Oakhurst Dairy owner Stanley Bennett welcomed the news that Monsanto was divesting itself of its controversial dairy hormone business, after taking on the agribusiness giant in an expensive David-and-Goliath legal battle five years ago.

by Dan Glaister | The Guardian UK

Facing five charges of distributing illegal drugs, [Charles Lynch, the proprietor of Central Coast Compassionate Caregivers] was found guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom of selling 100kg (220lb) of marijuana. He faces between five and 85 years in prison; his lawyers intend to appeal.