Looks like Ralph Klein
November 2, 2004
Charles Demers
Before Canadians get too superior about the sordid electoral politics south of the border, we might consider that Alberta is set to elect Conservative premier Ralph Klein to a fourth straight term. This week Klein made light of the plight of the disabled, further entrenching his legacy of callous, right wing populism at the expense of society’s most disadvantaged.

Bankruptcy, Overcapacity and the U.S. Airline Industry
November 2, 2004
Seth Sandronsky
With all eyes on the U.S. election, we take a look at the downturn of U.S. carriers like United, or Delta Airlines. Crises of overcapacity are hardly avoidable, but, rather, endemic to the functioning of capital and business. And, as we see in the case of the airlines, it’s the workers that bear the brunt.
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Linda McQuaig is one of Canada’s most widely-read progressive writers. She is the author of a number of books critiquing Canada’s big business agenda of privatization, and cuts to the public sector and social services. Her latest book, It’s the Crude, Dude, examines the history of the imperial lust for oil of the United States, right up to the war and occupation of Iraq.

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