On October 14, 2006, ‘Healing Stories: A Celebration of Mi’kmaq Women’ was held on the First Nations Reserve in Bear River, Nova Scotia. The event was sponsored by the Nova Scotia Union of Public and Private Employees (NSUPE).
November 2006's Issue
A revolution is occurring in shopping malls across the western world. Having once been the sole preserve of hippies, lefties, church-goers and NI readers, all of a sudden ‘ethical’ is in. With sales of organic, fair trade, sweatshop-free, eco-friendly products shooting up year on year, ‘ethical consumerism’ is becoming big business. Even the most hard-nosed transnationals are falling over themselves to show consumers just how planet-conscious they really are. As this once-minuscule market goes mainstream, NI takes a look at the implications and asks some big questions.
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Featured in issue 395
Stopping the Shopocalypse
Words of anti-consumerist wisdom from the Church of Stop Shopping’s Reverend Billy.
- 1 Nov 2006
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Buy now, pay later
Ethical consumerism may be all the rage, but it won’t save the planet, argues Jess Worth.
- Jess Worth
- 1 Nov 2006
- 1
Abdallah Farah
Postcards from ravaged Beirut: a unique living art project by pyromaniac photographer Abdallah Farah.
- Abdallah Farah, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
- 1 Nov 2006
- 1
As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela: Underground adventures in the arms & torture trade
As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela by Mark Thomas
- Vanessa Baird
- 1 Nov 2006
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Between the Desert and The Sea
Between the Desert and The Sea by El Tanbura
- Louise Gray
- 1 Nov 2006
- 0
Stephen Harper
For years a sceptical Canada was left out of the worldbeating love-in between George W Bush and Tony Blair. Now right-wing Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been welcomed gladly to the fold.
- 1 Nov 2006
- 0
Punk rock capitalism?
You can eliminate AIDS in Africa using an American Express credit card according to Product (RED)’s Tamsin Smith and Sheila Roche. Not everyone is convinced.
- Jess Worth
- 1 Nov 2006
- 1
Sudan's other crisis
The crisis surrounding the return of refugees to post-war southern Sudan.
- Wairagala Wakabi
- 1 Nov 2006
- 0
Sweating over sweatshops
Mark Engler explains why ‘clean clothes’ campaigning is no longer about boycotting Gap.
- Mark Engler
- 1 Nov 2006
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Thailand
In October 2006, Thailand expanded its list of tourist attractions with one of the world’s most laid-back military coups. Tourists and local residents alike posed for photos alongside the tanks and cheerful soldiers.
- Mary Warren
- 1 Nov 2006
- 3
Farce as reality
How Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times predicted the reality of present-day Mauritius, by Lindsey Collen.
- Lindsey Collen
- 1 Nov 2006
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Interview with Sharla Musabih as she builds the City of Hope
Battered women of all nationalities in the United Arab Emirates used to have no refuge. But Sharla Musabih has been putting that right.
- Alasdair Soussi
- 1 Nov 2006
- 1
Polyp's Big Bad World - November 2006
Global warming and the closest of shaves in Polyp’s latest cartoon.
Free software!
Strike a blow for freedom – get rid of Windows, Word, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and the rest, says Bruce Byfield.
- Bruce Byfield
- 1 Nov 2006
- 0
Don't believe the hypermarket
Supermarkets haven’t seen the error of their unsustainable ways, reveals Sarah Irving.
- Sarah Irving
- 1 Nov 2006
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Walls
The Berlin Wall was considered an outrage. But where, asks Eduardo Galeano, is the outrage at the other walls being erected around the world, in Israel, Western Sahara and the US?
- Eduardo Galeano
- 1 Nov 2006
- 0
Fair enough?
Fair trade risks losing its soul to big business. Albert Tucker wants you to join the fightback.
- Albert Tucker
- 1 Nov 2006
- 0
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