June/July 2005

table of contents

Wal-Mart “greeters”
Twelve thousand Canadians show their disgust for Mal-Wart business practices

Wal-Mart: Always Low Principles!
Examples of the ways that this store is pressuring the retail industry into a race to the bottom
Sun Worshiping in Saskatchewan
by Terry White
Land of the Living Skies offers lots of free solar energy and communities are starting to tap into it

The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein
Just when we think they can’t sink any lower, they swarm like locusts over the areas devastated by the tsunami

Getting There With Care
by Catherine Verrall
Community groups and individuals team up to convince Regina to make a big (and green) move to provide affordable public transportation to those with the most need

Lines in the Sand
by John Sorenson
The Bush regime’s disregard for international law is being echoed in Ethiopia, threatening another devastating conflict

I Am Joe’s Liver
by Paul Beingessner
A disturbingly cannibalistic new use for our livers

Undercover Monitors
by Leisha Grebinski

Artist’s Voices
by Theresa Wolfwood
Briarpatch salutes the creative ways that our cultural workers bring our messages of social change to the people: Semsar Siahaan (1952-2005)

Culture and Reviews
Books:
Elliott on Powerdown
Wolfwood on Inside the Bottle
Wolfwood on Rosalie Bertell

Dubya Speak
George W. Bush’s partner, Laura, recently joked that she somehow met him in spite of the fact that she worked in a library

My Opinion
by Ivan Olynyk
Monarchy? No Thanks!