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Monday, September 29, 2008

The PAC's Files

The District 21 Office receives several publications through subscriptions by the Political Action Committee. Should you wish to borrow any of these publications for your own reading or research, please stop by the office, or email Anthony Marco for an inter-office request. Here are some of the recently received periodicals and resources:

New Internationalist, July 2008:
- “Viva Yasuni!  Life vs Big Oil” and other articles about oil and mining in Ecuador
-  Billy Bragg, World Food Shortage, “As if poetry mattered”

New Internationalist, August 2008:
-         We need to think about toilets, Can science save us from climate change?

Women Vote ’07 Ontario:  Women’s Canvass Kit, OFL

CCPA Monitor, June 2008:
-Media ownership, concentration, and bias in Canada
-Rising inequality; a call to oppose “deep integration” with the U.S.; Big Pharma getting control of natural health products

People’s Voice
June 16-30 2008: Global food crisis; CLC convention
Sept. 1-15 2008: Labour Day 2008; privatisation of mail services

Our Times, Vol. 27 No.3: 
The Real Africa, Facing Facebook, Alternatives to Globalisation