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Alien Invasion How the Harris Tories Mismanaged Ontario Cohen, Ruth (ed.) Publisher:  Insomniac Press, Toronto, Canada Year Published:  2001   Pages:  240pp   Price:  $19.95   ISBN:  1-895837-08-1 Library of Congress Number:  FC3077.2.A44 2001   Dewey:  971.3'03 Resource Type:  Book An examination of the devasting results of seven years of social and economic destruction inflicted the by the right-wing fanatics who ruled Ontario under the premiership of Mike Harris. Abstract:  A collection of articles, interviews, and transcripts documenting the what happens when right-wing fanatics take power. Robert MacDermid looks at the extensive financial backing which the Progressive Conservative party received from corporations and wealthy individuals. Ruth Cohen and John McMurtry expose the lies and propaganda the Tories used to sway voters. Ulli Diemer documents how wilful blindness and savage cuts to environmental programs paved the way for the Walkerton water contamination disaster. As Ruth Cohen writes, "To the Harris Tories ... democratic government -- government that is respectful of human rights -- is an impediment to the free movement of capital. Since the free movement of capital was the Tories' primary concern, they set out to systematically dismantle those institutions that formerly governed society. This kind of objective used to be called sedition, but is now the sole motive of the wealthy and powerful whose hegemonic belief is that capitalism equals freedom and the free market must reign supreme." Cohen refers to this right-wing "ideology of the business cult" as the "politics of cruelty" that is indicative of a "pathological mindset." Topics Charter Schools Corporate Agenda Deficit Reduction Education Education Financing Election Financing Environment Ideology Neoconservativism Ontario Government Ontario History Ontario Politics Political Parties Politics Politics & Government Pollution Privatization Progressive Conservative Party Socialism/Case for Walkerton Water Contamination Water Pollution Water Safety

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