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MARCH/APRIL 2005

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FEATURES

The Church of Please and Thank You

The growth of English abroad is putting words in the mouths of students—even changing their identities. “Let’s do lunch” and other ways ESL teachers spread the gospel of English overseas
By Julie Traves [Read more]

Trial By Fire

They were some of the highest-ranking officers in the Sudanese army and, last year, they became enemies of the state. Their crime? They refused to bomb civilians
By Benjamin Joffe-Walt [Read more]

Free At Last?

How Canada got caught up in Ukraine’s orange revolution—and helped hijack history
By Izida Zorde [Read more]

The Class of 2005

By Patricia D’Souza


THIS & THAT

Hungary strikeWhy Canada closed its doors to Hungarian Roma refugeesBy Noreen Farooqui

Footloose and Cruelty-FreeLeather-look shoes let style-conscious vegans wear their politics on their feetBy Nicole Cohen

Pollution ProbeWhy the US wants to pay kids to play with pesticidesBy Craig Saunders

Freedom FightersWhat the federal government doesn’t want you to know about the way it processes Access to Information requestsBy Stephanie Farrington

Sign of the tomesThe sweatshop has moved out of the factory and into the home, where hundreds of Canadian women are doing piecework sewing in appalling conditions for next to no moneyBy Kevin Spurgaitis

Battle of the BrainsOur ranking of leading think tanks shows money really does go to your headBy Colin Oswin

Wave of ChangeThe torrent of coverage of the tsunami tragedy was media herd mentality at its finest. Let’s hope journalists continue to use their power for goodBy Arthur Johnson

An Old ExcuseOttawa is using the retirement of aging baby boomers to justify its decision to slash social programs. But we’ve heard that one beforeBy Ellen Russell

FICTION & POETRY

Need HelpBy Gil Adamson

Alienation AutopsyStuart Ross Interviews Gil Adamson

3 Poems by Michael Dennis the sound you hear
closer to death
praise

ARTS & IDEAS

Fang FictionBy Suzanne Alyssa Andrew

Poison PenKlank recalls the real-life transfer of women to a federal prison for menBy Marilyn Carpenter

Boys Don’t TryThe way books are marketed is one reason people think fiction is for girls. The other reason? Many men just hate reading novelsBy Tim Falconer

Words Are Not EnoughStan Rogal and Mark Truscott value words differently. One writer is fast, the other takes his timeBy Chris Chambers

Paint By Numbers By Chandra Bulucon

Hear This: Off the beaten track Death from Above 1979, You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine (Last Gang)
Gentleman Reg, Darby & Joan (Three Gut)
Damon & Naomi, The Earth is Blue (Sonic Unyon)
Reviews by Lisa Whittington-Hill

Question AuthorityWomen’s WorkArlie Russell Hochschild explains why no one benefits when women from developing countries migrate to do the jobs Canadians don’t want Interview by Susan McClelland



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