In this exclusive Q&A with rabble.ca, Rosalie Bertell warns against runaway technology — both terrorists using low-tech equipment with high-tech applications, and the U.S. government using the war effort as a reason to shut down dissent against building Star Wars.

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What kinds of weapons do you expect the U.S. to deploy if and when it uses military force in pursuit of its proclaimed enemies in southwest Asia?

Since the U.S.

In the bad old days, critics would joke that you could shoot a cannon ballthrough downtown Calgary after hours and never hit a soul. These days, Calgaryprides itself on the residences and businesses that keep downtownvibrant 24/7. But zealous security for the coming G8 Summit will turn back theclock.

Starting Sunday, June 23, downtown Calgary will be locked up tight, duringthe day as well as after dark. Calgary police will patrol the streets, whilethe military patrol Kananaskis.

When a Cabinet minister tries to take credit for a meeting, you know that the meeting is a success. When the Group of Six Billion People’s Summit (G6B) put Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham and International Trade Minister Susan Whelan on the big stage at the University of Calgary last week, before an audience of about 1200 lively and vocal souls, Bill Graham twice tried to imply that the federal government was somehow responsible for the meeting.

Neuroscientist Dr. Arthur Clark agreed to an interview in his crowded office in Calgary’s premier medical facility, the Foothills Medical Complex. Clark is a co-founder and sustaining member of the Canadian Action Network to End Sanctions on Iraq (CANESI). He administers the Dr. Irma M. Parhad Fund, which has instigated and supported progressive elements in Calgary since 1995. Dr. Parhad, Dr. Clark’s Iraqi-born first wife, died of cancer in 1994 at the age of 46.