A new book looks at what Stephen Harper has said and done in the nearly 3 years since he was elected with a minority government in January 2006.

Justin Podur teaches environmental studies at York University and is a writer and editor for Z Net. He talks about some of the places in the world where Canada is playing a role, one that we should be questioning candidates about.

Sixty years into the plastic revolution, we can't live with it and we can't live without it. Director Ian Connacher looks at people trying to revolutionize how we deal with plastic.

This new Canadian short was inspired by the freezing deaths of several First Nations men in Saskatoon. Based on a story by Cheryl Jack, it tackles its grim subject with gentle humour. Soft as Snow and Cold as Ice meet Thomas, a young man in a drunken stupor who has been dumped at the side of the road on the outskirts of town. When Thomas suggests the two men should walk back to the city with him, Cold as Ice and Soft as Snow persuade him to stay the night.

Confined for more than a thousand days, Kader Belaouni awaites the outcome of his second application to emigrate to Canada.

Brian Sinclair, a native double amputee, sat in his wheelchair with an infection of his catheter for 34 hours before someone finally examined him and found him dead.

Pt A - News: Ally calls US bombing terrorism, Howard Zinn on ending war, Michel Moon on Slow Food, commentary on Iraq with Democracy Now clips, old Extreme News. Pt B - New Extreme News: Republic of America spam, NPR bailout coverage analysis, Outside the Box: honest communication, Peak oil check-in, Between the Lines, lots of music.

Pt A - News: Ally calls US bombing terrorism, Howard Zinn on ending war, Michel Moon on Slow Food, commentary on Iraq with Democracy Now clips, old Extreme News. Pt B - New Extreme News: Republic of America spam, NPR bailout coverage analysis, Outside the Box: honest communication, Peak oil check-in, Between the Lines, lots of music.

Bucky Buckaw gives advice on raising backyard chickens and informs on the downside of factory farming. This week, Bucky talks wit Boise chickener Jonna Moore about her small flock.

Old-time radio plays--mostly comedies--based on political issues and characters, and other anti-corporate fare.

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Tuesday October 07, 2008

Wasilla activists respond to GOP vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin's feigned LGBT friendliness; crank up the volume for a National Coming Out Day message you can dance to. Plus Ecuador's new constitution guarantees lesbigay rights, Portugal's P.M. poisons couples proposals, Greek, Italian, and Ugandan queers face homophobic prosecutions, "death to gays" proclamations assault Aussies and Canadians, and more news.

Wasilla activists respond to GOP vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin's feigned LGBT friendliness; crank up the volume for a National Coming Out Day message you can dance to. Plus Ecuador's new constitution guarantees lesbigay rights, Portugal's P.M. poisons couples proposals, Greek, Italian, and Ugandan queers face homophobic prosecutions, "death to gays" proclamations assault Aussies and Canadians, and more news.

Hear Lynne Stewart speak at the annual Radical Women Conference in San Francisco on Octeber 3. She discusses her case, in the context of the need to further challenge some of the criminal justice abuses in the "War on Terror" and work to reverse the overall direction the government is taking the country in, with an emphasis on marxist-based solutions. (57 minutes)

Ralph Nader gives a stump speech in Storrs, CT, for his 2008 independent U.S. presidential run.

Ralph Nader gives a stump speech in Storrs, CT, for his 2008 independent U.S. presidential run.

Ralph Nader gives a stump speech in Storrs, CT, for his 2008 independent U.S. presidential run.

Ralph Nader gives a stump speech in Storrs, CT, for his 2008 independent U.S. presidential run.

G Scott Deshefy, Green candidate for the US House of Representives in the Connecticut 2nd Congressional District, gives a short stump speech in Storrs, CT, on October 4th, 2008, before Ralph Nader speaks.