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Move Out Madness grows for the fourth year
University program
keeps unwanted
furniture off the street
NICOLE ELSASSER
Kyle Gillespie had to move
again. A fourth-year Marine
Biology student at the University
of Guelph, Gillespie was between
apartments and was facing a
dilemma all too common for the
nomadic university student: what
to do with all that unwanted
furniture. Then Gillespie was told
about the Move Out Madness
program offered by the university
and all of his moving troubles
were over.
“What with the cost of
bringing things to the dump and
paying the disposal fee, I would
have been left trying to sneak
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furniture into dumpsters or back
alleys had it not been for the
Move Out Madness group,” said
Gillespie.
Move Out Madness, already
in its fourth year, is a program
coordinated by Off-Campus
Living that offers students a
simple and more considerate
way of disposing of unwanted
furniture than simply leaving it
on the street and forgetting about
it. Students who are interested in
having furniture picked up by
volunteers for the program can
register online and then leave
their bulky items at the curb
where they will be picked up.
According to Bradley Williams,
the manager of Off-Campus
Living, the program grew out of
a response to the way students
had been disposing of furniture
before.
“It was a response to the amount
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madness team was
fantastic, I had a lot
of furniture that I
had no idea what I
was going to do with.
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meant that I couldn’t
leave things out on the
street for pick up, but
that wasn’t problem
for the move-out
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while in past years they have
had to pay.
According to Gillespie, some
aspects to the program seem
too good to be true for students
with a lot of extra furniture.
“The move out madness team
was fantastic,” said Gillespie. “I
had a lot of furniture that I had
no idea what I was going to do
with. Living downtown meant
that I couldn’t leave things
out on the street for pick up,
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Hillside continues to grow but keeps community focus
Much anticipated music
festival boasts great
line-up and atmosphere
NICK MANN
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his summer’s Hillside
festival will be taking
place on July 22-23
on the Island at Guelph Lake.
This year’s festival is going to
be another popular event with
almost 5000 people per day
expected to be at the weekend
event. The Hillside Festival
started on Guelph Lake in 1987
and has since been established
as one of the top 5 festivals in
Canada. Weekend passes sold
out in record time showing
the popularity of Guelph’s
unique summer festival.
Hillside is known for being an
environmentally friendly event
and it is going on this year, once
again, without any corporate
sponsors.
“If anything it is one of the
most diverse lineups we have
ever had,” said Sam Baijal, the
Artistic Director for this year’s
festival. “We have booked a lot
of new artists who have never
played the festival before and
some that have.”
The diverse lineup will
feature performers such as
Los Lobos, Calexico, Hidden
Cameras, Sarah Harmer,
Shad, Tannis Slimmon, Laura
Marling, Neema and the Easy
Star All- Stars to name a few.
Along with these headlining
performers, there will also be
While the program does
benefit students, Williams
explained that with all of the
ways that it has grown over the
years, it is able to give back
to the community at large as
well.
“We donate any bags of
clothes that students leave
curbside, we donate that to
the Guelph Food Bank,”
said Williams. “We donated
mattresses to Wyndham House.
We worked very closely with
Habitat Restore so all of the
nice items go to [them] so that
they can restore them and sell
them at a slightly raised cost to
the community… The growth
of the program has also been in
its knowledge base with people
understanding it and being
aware of what’s going on.”
many local artists. This year’s
organizers have made a special
effort to include several youth
bands f rom Guelph. Guelph
talent will also be on display
with the presence of the Guelph
Spoken word team. They will be
performing alongside popular
spoken word artists such as
David Delisca, Krystle Mullin,
Leviathan, and Made Wade.
“If you want to
see bands that are
the next big thing,
come to Hillside.”
Sam Baijal,
Artistic Director
for Hillside
The presence of Los Lobos
at this years festival shows the
festivals growing popularity for
not only festival goers but for
also for performers.
“Los Lobos is playing this
year and this is a group we’ve
wanted for a long time,” said
Baijal, “The festival has gotten
to a place where it is attractive
to artists and this is a great
accomplishment for us.”
The growth of the festival
and its ability to showcase
artists that are pegged to be the
next big thing has even made
Hillside a popular event for
music industry big shots. In the
words of Baijal, “If you want to
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The Move Out Madness program came about four years ago in response
to students leaving a lot of unwanted furniture curbside.
see bands that are the next big
thing, come to Hillside.”
Along with the musical
performances this year’s festival
will also include its usual share
of interesting and entertaining
workshops. The workshops will
be on a variety of specialized
topics including many
instructional workshops focused
on the healing arts. There will
also be many children’s events
and also craft workshops to
give people the opportunity to
try something new between and
during the music sets.
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This year’s festival will
also continue to provide an
atmosphere suitable for people
of all ages. The easygoing
atmosphere is one of the key
reasons Hillside has continued
to grow throughout the years.
“Hillside Festival has always
been a family oriented festival.
A lot of it is that the audience
is very open-minded and the
festivals atmosphere is one that
is good for all ages,” said Baijal.
“The family focus has been a
priority for a long time.”
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Human Body Remains
Country
Police officers have found
human remains in cottage country
close to Barrie, Ontario. This
has been the third time human
remains have been found in one
week. It was found located on
the shoulder of Stoneleigh road,
between Bracebridge and Baysville,
south of Muskoka Road 117. The
other two remains were found in
Oro-Medonte and Lake of Bays
Townships. The body parts are
connected and the victim is identified
male. Police suggest that local
residences should not be alarmed.
(CTV)
BP Fails Again to Stop
the Oil Spill
British Petroleum’s (BP) attempt
to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of
Mexico has failed. BP’s “top kill”
plan was to plug the flow of crude
oil by pumping mud and concrete
into the broken pipe more than
1500 metres beneath the water’s
surface. Although they were able
to slow the flow of oil into the
sea, the company has restored
to another plan where they will
perform a risky undersea operation
using a robot to saw through a pipe
leading out of the crippled well and
cap it with a funnel-like device,
capturing the oil. This will be their
seventh attempt. The Louisiana
coastline was hit the hardest by
the spill and it has hurt the fishing
business. This is the worst oil spill
in US history, having dumped
between 68-150 million litres into
the Gulf. (BBC)
Facebook Page
“Everybody Draw
Muhammad Day”
Angers Muslims
Bangladesh and Pakistan have
temporarily blocked the popular
network site, Facebook because of
a page called “Everybody Draw
Muhammad Day” which encourages
users to post images of the prophet.
Thousands of Muslims protested in
Dhaka, burning the Swedish flag
and calling the website blasphemous.
Swedish artist Lars Vilks has angered
many Muslims with his caricatures
of the Prophet. Bangladesh’s chief
telecommunication regulator Zia
Ahmed said that the site is blocked
because of caricatures hurting the
religious sentiments of people in the
Muslim-majority nation. Images
of Muhammad are prohibited
in the religion and are deemed
blasphemous. (FOX NEWS)
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extremely young, possessing just resignation, Orton cited the need to

one fourth-year player in 2009-
10 in forward Alex Russell, who
has since graduated. For the past
two years, first and second-year
MIKE TREADGOLD players have been a major part of
redirect her focus and tend to her
managerial responsibilities within
the department, electing to turn the
team over to assistant coach Tom
O’Brien on an interim basis.

I
’ll admit it. When news broke
on Friday that long-time
Gryphon women’s basketball
head coach Angela Orton was
stepping down, the announcement
took me by surprise.
Sure, the young Gryphons were
coming off of a season that saw
them finish in the OUA West
basement, with a record of 2-20.
Sure, Orton’s players frequently
looked discouraged, disinterested
and unprepared for the rigours of
OUA competition.
Sure, there were countless
rumours suggesting an internal rift
between the head coach and her
team that compounded the issues
faced by a team lacking experience
and veteran on-court leadership.
But for a head coach with 22 years
of experience and an impressive
resume to just take a 12-month leave
of absence from coaching, Orton’s
timing is somewhat peculiar.
Last year, Orton’s team was
Orton’s game rotation, acquiring
invaluable game experience in the
process. Losing their experienced
head coach while the players try
to become more familiar with the
OUA game has a real ‘one-step-
forward-two-steps-back’ feel to it.
Whether or not the players were
able to connect with their coach
and agree with her tactics, Orton’s
four OUA West Coach of the
Year awards and countless winning
seasons speak for themselves. She
is a former national team member
and was inducted into the U of T
Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.
Angela Orton knows basketball.
Throughout her tenure as head
coach of the Gryphons, Orton
has also held the job title within
the Department of Athletics as
the Manager of Intercollegiate
Programs, effectively serving
as the leading figure for all
Gryphons varsity teams, among
other responsibilities. Upon her
While O’Brien possesses a wealth
of basketball coaching experience,
spanning more than 30 years, 2009-
10 was just his first year with the
Gryphons. Now, going into next
season, the team will be dealing
with a number of inexperienced
players, coupled with a new head
coach who cannot be particularly
familiar with the system. One can’t
help but expect more than a few
bumps along the way.
Perhaps Orton’s stated
12-month leave of absence will
be just that: one year to reassess
her situation, followed by a return
in 2011-12. But I don’t think it’s
that simple. A year from now,
a new recruiting class – one Rashaad Bhamjee
seemingly without Orton’s input After years of being a celebrated varsity basketball coach, Angela Orton
– will have entered the program. has taken a year-long leave to focus on her roles within the athletic
The system may change; the department’s administrative side.
players certainly will. Time will
not stand still during Orton’s remarkably different following she finds agreeable? Does she
hiatus and the landscape of the her reassessment period. What if start the rebuilding process again?
Gryphons program will likely be the new direction isn’t one that That hardly seems like progress.

The psychology behind the desire to tan

ANTIK DEY from the department of Psychology [influencing] college female tanners provides a more attractive appearance, is known as skin cancer.

I
ndoor tanning salons have
provided the opportunity for
people who are striving for a
more attractive, tanned body during
all four seasons. To get it however,
the risk of sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light
exposure on the skin always remains
a threat for people sun tanning, either
outdoors or indoors.
Guy Cafri and his colleagues
at the University of South Florida,
conducted a study investigating
the appearance motives behind
indoor tanning, and found a causal
relationship.
“UV exposure has been shown to
be related to appearance concerns,”
concluded Cafri in his article
published in the Journal of Body
Image, on May 2006. “Factors
were: general attractiveness, media
influence, and family or friends
influence.”
In the wake of indoor sun tanning
salons, people who were self-conscious
about their skin tone were able to
acquire a more tanned appearance
during all four seasons. Sun tanning
salons advertise the importance of
UV light exposure on the skin, as it
and instigates the body to produce
Vitamin D, which strengthens bones,
and prevents lung and skin cancers.
The UV light is emitted by lamps that
are positioned above the person as they
lie down inside the tanning bed.
The dark side of sun tanning is
that excess exposure to UV light can
change one’s DNA code, which could
lead to uncontrolled cell growth at the
surface of the skin. This phenomenon
“Exposure to ultraviolet (UV)
radiation damages your skin, whether
the exposure comes from tanning beds
or natural sunlight,” said Dr. Lawrence
Gibson, a dermatologist at the Mayo
Clinic. “This damage increases the
risk of skin cancer and premature
skin aging. In fact, most tanning beds
emit mainly UVA rays -- which may
increase the risk of melanoma, the
deadliest form of skin cancer.”

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Beat the heat with a salad
NICOLE ELSASSER
W
hen it gets hot, I don’t
cook. That’s not entirely
correct. When it gets
hot, I can’t cook. I want to cook
with every fiber of my being. I want
to bake elaborate cakes and breads
and use my oven to roast huge
pieces of meat. I want to turn on
the elements on my stovetop and
fry, sauté, caramelize and reduce.
But I just can’t.
In my tiny student apartment, air
conditioning is but a fantasy. Instead,
I live through the summer months
in front of an oscillating fan and do
everything in my power to keep the
apartment as comfortable as possible.
This includes not cooking.
In foodie circles, it is often said
that the person who orders the
salad is boring, uncreative and
worst of all, doesn’t truly love
food. But when the summer heat
prevents me from using my stove
and none of my friends are happily
in possession of a barbeque, I am
going to eat salad for crying out
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Changing the World One Transition Town at a Time
DEREK ALTON
T
oday’s world is filled
with so many challenges
and problems. In 2008
the world was rocked by the
worst recession since the Great
Depression of the 1930’s and
now in the Gulf of Mexico
arguably the worst human created
environmental disaster in history
is underway. There are also issues
of poverty and starvation and
numerous other issues worldwide.
Many of these problems are
human created problems, created
by our current system of doing
things. We live in a world that
is dominated by what many are
calling ‘an obsession with growth
and over consumption.’ However,
we are becoming more and more
aware of the limitations of this
way of doing things. The truth is
there are only so many resources
that we can use and many of
them are starting to run out.
There are many groups who
are pushing back against this;
both environmental and social.
The message they bring is one
of anger and of fear. They are
talking about how we are on the
brink of disaster and pointing
out all our faults. Though this
may be true, it is at times like
this where everything seems to
loud. And why shouldn’t I (or you
for that matter)?
Salads, when made well, should
use the best produce in a relatively
unaltered state and when eating in
the summer when almost everything
is in season and is so delicious, there
is nothing wrong with that.
But salads are boring right?
This can be true when one is
considers a salad to be a pile of
iceberg lettuce, browning on its
edges, that is drowned in some
bottled dressing that has been sitting
in the fridge for ages. But as far as
I’m concerned, what I just described
is not a salad, it’s a gastronomic
tragedy. Mark Bittman, otherwise
known as The Minimalist, is a food
writer for the New York Times.
Last summer, Bittman released a list
called “101 Simple Salads for the
Season” that inspired many people
whose culinary creativity had been
zapped by the summer heat. None
of the sorry excuses for ‘regular’
salads made the list, but what did
was a whole bunch of incredible
be dark and in despair that a
different message is needed. We
now need a message of hope and
one of action; a message that
will inspire people to act for
change. For what we need to
do is immense. We need to go
through a transition in the way
we do things.
One group that is leading the
way in this transition is called
the ‘Transition Town Movement.’
This movement was started in 2005
by Rob Hopkins, a permaculture
professor at Kinsale Further
Education College, in Ireland.
What started out as a small
experiment he did with a few of
his students in a town in Ireland
has since spread around the world
spawning transition communities
in over 300 places world wide.
The city of Guelph recently
became an official Transition
Town last summer, the second
in Canada. Since then, with the
help of people from Guelph there
are now over 13 official transition
groups in Canada with many
more on the way.
Instead of focusing on the
negatives of our current form of
living, the Transition Movement
says, “Well, we know we have
to change so how are going to
change? What steps can we take
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ideas for meals to remind people
that food is good, even when it’s 30
degrees outside. Some were pretty
classic and others were downright
groundbreaking (deconstructed
Chicago hotdog salad anyone?) but
all were worth considering.
Here are a couple of Bittman’s to
get you thinking:
No. 2: Mix wedges of tomatoes
and peaches, add slivers of red
onion, a few red-pepper flakes and
cilantro. Dress with olive oil and
lemon or lime juice.
No. 10 (requires a bit of heat): Nicole Elsasser
Cook whole grape tomatoes in Any of these vegetables could be the foundation of a delicious summer salad
olive oil over high heat until they
brown lightly, sprinkling them with juice and cilantro. Raisins are good of lime juice.
curry powder. Cool a bit, and then in here too.
toss with chopped arugula, loads of And when all creative salad ideas
chopped mint and lime juice. No. 25: Combine chopped bell exceed what a person is willing to
peppers, tomatoes, red onion, chilies do in a swelteringly hot apartment,
No. 14: Thinly slice carrots, or and cilantro, and then toss with corn there is no shame in dressing some
grate or shred them. Toss with tortilla chips that have been broken fresh vegetables with a really good
toasted cumin seeds, olive oil, lemon up. Dust with chili powder and lots but simple mustardy vinaigrette.
towards change?” It is a very a friend of mine likes to call and built on a diverse community
practical approach to dealing “crazy hippies.” The conference of participants with a passion for
with our present day problems, attendees included students, making a difference.
initiating local grass roots teachers, farmers, business
solutions. people, town councilors, retirees Never doubt that a small group
The focus of the movement is and a computer programmer. of thoughtful, committed, citizens
two fold: The first step is moving This group symbolizes the can change the world. Indeed, it is
away from oil dependence. change our world has to make. the only thing that ever has.
Currently our society is A change that is action focused -Margaret Mead
built on oil, everything from
transportation to production,
including fertilizers used for
making food and plastic that
is found in almost everything.
Oil however, is a non-renewable
resource and will run out and
likely run out soon, so it is really
important to transition away
from oil. The second part is
moving to a more sustainable
way of living. This means
minimizing our footprint in
this world and finding more
organic and less consumption
based ways of living. The group
looks for what steps are already
being taken in the community
and works to energize them and
network them with groups that
are doing similar work or finding
other interesting partnerships.
I went to a conference on
transition towns two weeks
ago, and one thing I quickly
noticed was the group was
not your usual crowd of what
 Canadians love barbecue. Almost
anyone who has grown up in
Ontario has probably, at some
point in their lives, sat around
and ate some meat cooked over
a fire. It’s a social experience--
perhaps the most informal
kind of dinner party out
there-- and one of the best
things about the summer.
But no matter where
you go, there isn’t a lot
of variation in what’s
prepared. Burgers, hot
dogs, chicken, steaks,
potatoes and corn on the
cob are the standard fare.
While those things are
surely delicious, that’s not
how it is everywhere.
The southern United States
has a whole different idea of what
constitutes barbecue than we do up
here in Canada. Especially in the
Carolinas,Tennessee and Texas, it is
often referred to as “real” barbecue,
in direct comparison to what
Yankees make in their backyards.
There are wild variations in sauces
and seasonings from state to state
but what are typically standard
across all regions are smoke, slow
cooking, and lots of pork.
After having eaten this kind of
“real” barbecue, it’s easy to see why
it’s so hugely popular in so many
places. It’s also hard to understand
why it isn’t a lot more popular
around here. While you will see
barbecue joints lining the streets
down south, there aren’t a lot to
find in and around Guelph. So why
not bring it your next backyard
barbecue? It may not be exactly
the same as real “barbecue” is down
in Dixie, but it’s a worthwhile
endeavor. Once you’ve tried it,
you’ll agree.
A lot of restaurants use large,
industrial barbecues that make
slow cooking and smoking a lot
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Israel: How to lose friends and alienate people
GREG BENETEAU
W
hen an international
flotilla carrying aid and
pro-Palestinian activists
embarked from Cyrprus on route
to the Gaza strip, Israel vowed to
enforce the naval blockade it has
erected around the Palestinian
territory since Hamas came to power
there in 2007.
In the end, Israel succeeded in
keeping the ships from entering
Gaza, but at a terrible cost to human
life and its own reputation on the
world stage.
After the Turkish-flagged ship
Mavi Marmama was boarded by 15
Israeli commandos in international
waters on Monday morning, leading
to the deaths of at least nine activists,
even Israel’s closest allies have begun
questioning whether the Jewish state
crossed a line in the sand.
For its part, Israel Defence Forces
claimed that protesters attacked first
with sticks, knives, grenades and even
Three Reasons You Should Attend The G8/20 Protests
GREG SHUPAK
I
f you are interested in social
justice you should attend the
protests that will take place in
Toronto during the G20 Summit
from June 25 to June 27 and in
the days leading up to the arrival
of twenty of the world’s “leaders.”
Though I will present three reasons
why you ought to be in the city as
though they were separate, I want to
stress that they’re intimately linked,
cause and effect. In no particular
order:
1.The G8/20 proliferates war.
The G20 might properly be
called an international arms dealers
summit. The Canada Peace
Alliance notes that G20 countries
are “responsible for more than 85
per cent of global military spending
and 95 per cent of global arms
production.” According to Foreign
Policy in Focus, five G20 countries
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live fire after soldiers landed on the
vessel from a helicopter to inspect the
ship’s cargo for weapons. According
to reports, at least eight Israeli
soldiers were injured in the raid, and
two were in serious condition.
Israel also contended that
“Freedom Flotilla,” as it was known,
was more of a political stunt that an
aid mission, intended to provoke the
military into action.
Regardless of who started the
violence, it is hard to think of a worse
outcome for such a poorly planned
inspection. It’s one thing to claim
self-defence – even disproportionate
in its scope - against armed
insurgents. But by boarding a
humanitarian convoy in the middle
of international waters, Israel re-
wrote the rules of engagement, with
fatal results.
The debacle is part of a recent
pattern of deliberate belligerence
exhibited by Israel, currently
governed by the hawkish Prime
(the United States, Russia, China,
Japan, and South Korea) spent nearly
$1 trillion in 2008 on the military
but “for about one-tenth of this we
can achieve more genuine security
by eliminating global starvation
and malnutrition, educating every
child on earth, making clean water
and sanitation accessible for all,
and reversing the global spread
of AIDS and malaria.” At home,
meanwhile, the Harper government
has committed Canada to spending
$490 billion on the military over
the next 20 years. Think of that
when you are told that there is not
enough money around to fund your
parents’ and grandparents’ pensions.
The consequence of these military
build-ups is, predictably, death. To
give just two recent examples: the
New America Foundation notes
that 871 Pakistanis were killed by
American drones in Barack Obama’s
first sixteen months as President
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a
coalition of right-wing parties.
It was strongly rebuked over the
alleged involvement of Mossad secret
service agents in the assassination of
a senior Hamas official in Dubai
earlier this year, after it was revealed
the suspects had traveled abroad
using forged British, Irish, German
and French passports.
Following allegations last month
that Israel had offered to sell
nuclear weapons to Apartheid-era
South Africa a coalition of nations,
including the U.S., supported a U.N.
resolution demanding the country
open up its nuclear program to
international scrutiny.
Officially, Israel has never
confirmed nor denied that it has a
nuclear arsenal, but is believed to
possess upwards of 200 warheads.
Still, it continues to defy calls to come
clean about its nuclear capabilities,
apparently believing such ambiguity
is a deterrent to its enemies.
and in June 2009, NATO bombed
civilian houses in Afghanistan’s
Farah province killing more than
100 people. If citizens of Western
countries were killed at this rate we’d
call it terrorism.
2.The G8/20 deepens poverty.
The G8/G20 decides the policies
of the World Bank (WB) and
the International Monetary Fund
(IMF). Under the guise of debt
relief, these institutions provide loans
to the Global South with conditions
attached that, in collaboration with
local elites, force these states to limit
spending on health and education,
to weaken labour and environmental
laws, to produce cheap export
goods for the Global North, to
flood their own markets with goods
from the North that make local
production unprofitable, and to
allow international corporations
privileged access to national wealth.
In fact, such obfuscating is
unhelpful to Israel. Not only are
these distractions making it difficult
for the U.S. and its allies to present
a united front against the nuclear
ambitions of arch-rival Iran, they
bolster the credibility of anti-Israel
opponents like Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.
With the deadly attack on the
Mavi Marmama, Israel also strained
relationships with traditional allies.
Turkey, a NATO member and
once staunch ally who unofficially
supported the aid mission,denounced
the raid as a “massacre” and withdrew
its ambassador to Israel.
In the U.S and Canada,the response
was more tepid. U.S. President Barack
Obama and Prime Minister Stephen
Harper both expressed regret for the
loss of life, but declined to condemn
the attack until more information
came to light.
Still, for Netanyahu, who was
visiting with Harper and was
Greg Shupak explains why people should oppose the G8 and G20 summits
This is done because it supposedly
produces economic growth in the
developing world. Yet the economist
Mark Weisbrot points out that over a
twenty-year period “of IMF and WB-
directed reforms, the vast majority of
low-and-middle-income countries
have suffered a drastic slowdown
in economic growth.” Specific
examples of the consequences of
IMF and WB “reforms” are outlined
in Mike Davis’ masterpiece Planet of
Slums, including: Ivory Coast, where
urban poverty doubled in just two
years; Nigeria, where extreme poverty
went from 28 percent in 1980 to 66
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planning to visit America when news
of the deaths broke, it marked an
embarrassing new low for relations
with his Western allies.
In the following months, Israel will
face considerable pressure to end its
blockade of Gaza, a move that is long
overdue. By enforcing containment,
Israel has simply compounded the
misery of ordinary civilians while
failing to dislodge Hamas or keep it
from obtaining weapons.
In order to improve its international
standing, Israel also needs to make a
serious effort to re-engage in peace
talks with the Palestinians, including
the Hamas-led government is Gaza,
which recently said that it would end
its armed resistance if Israel returned
to its 1967 borders. That, at least, is a
starting point for further discussion.
In short, Israel must demonstrate
that it is genuinely interested in being
a contributor to peace and stability in
the region. At present, it is hardly
acting the part.
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percent in 1996; Mexico, where the
percentage of the population living
in extreme poverty rose from 16 per
cent in 1992 to 28 per cent in 1999.
The UN’s Human Development
Report 2004 notes that, in an era
characterized by the implementation
of WB and IMF prescriptions, “an
unprecedented number of countries
saw development slide backwards.
In 46 countries people are poorer
today than in 1990. In 25 countries
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points out that from 1980-2007 what is best for us they will tell us everybody to investigate the
$4.6 trillion was transferred from the 3.The G8/20 is undemocratic. what they think we ought to know. relationship between G20 policies
The Ontarion is a non-profit organization governed by Global South to the Global North. Reasons one and two are among While G20 governance over the and issues such as environmental
a Board of Directors. Since the Ontarion undertakes the
publishing of student work, the opinions expressed in this (Keep this in mind whenever some the best arguments I can think Global North is undemocratic, degradation,First Nations sovereignty
publication do not necessarily reflect those of the Ontarion
Board of Directors. The Ontarion reserves the right to edit condescending politician in the of for economic democracy and its rule over the Global South is and global gender inequity.
or refuse all material deemed sexist, racist, homophobic, or
otherwise unfit for publication as determined by the Editor- developed world brags about how community self-management. downright neo-colonial. Though
in-Chief. Material of any form appearing in this newspaper
is copyrighted 2009 and cannot be reprinted without the much “aid” his or her nation sends The G20, however, is wildly the G20 does include a few less So check the Toronto Community
approval of the Editor-in-Chief. The Ontarion retains the
right of first publication on all material. In the event that to less developed countries.) Many undemocratic. The summit’s developed countries, unlike the G8, Mobilization Network’s website for
an advertiser is not satisfied with an advertisement in the
newspaper, they must notify the Ontarion within four working in the Global North world who are webpage notes that “Although the Alberta Council for Global details on demonstration times and
days of publication. The Ontarion will not be held responsible
for advertising mistakes beyond the cost of advertisement. unemployed, hemorrhaging student participation in the meetings is Cooperation notes that “the G20 locations and come on out. We have
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