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Social Justice Film Night

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Published on Wednesday, 12 February 2014 19:40

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Social Justice Film Night presents:

THE PEOPLE SPEAK

7pm Thursday, Feb. 20

2994 Douglas (BCGEU Hall), Victoria

Co-directed by Chris Moore, Anthony Arnove, and Howard Zinn

A beautiful and moving film inspired by Howard Zinn’s books “A People’s History of the United States” first published in 1980 and one of the bestselling history books in the United States and “Voices of a People’s History History of the United States”, the primary-source companion to “A People’s of the United States”, edited with Anthony...

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[evoz] Cafe Simpatico Feb. 28

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Published on Wednesday, 12 February 2014 18:40

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Dear Solidarity supporters, 

CASC invites you to our monthly Cafe Simpatico coffee house at 1923 Fernwood Road
Friday Feb. 28
Doors open 7:15 pm 
Live music at 7:30 pm 
PROGRAM starts at 8 pm    .........El Salvador vencera!

A report from Victoria election observers in El Salvador. They will report on the exciting close race for President with Salvador Sanchez Ceren winning 49,5% of votes cast. Our speakers will also report on their visits to projects and places CASC has supported for several years including El Milagro.

We offer REFRESHMENTS & CAFE SIMPATICO organic fair trade coffee.   And on March 28 we will hear from Wendy Mendez of HIJOS Guatemala—Sons and Daughters for Identity and Justice Against Forgetting and Silence

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The Wilderness Committee is on the move

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Published on Wednesday, 12 February 2014 12:20

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Hello PAOV,

After more than two decades in Vancouver’s Gastown district, the Wilderness Committee is saying a teary goodbye to our long-time home.

Our National Office in Vancouver (341 Water St.) will be relocating this week, but not to worry – our brand new location is just a stone’s throw away, near Broadway and Main St. We have renovated a beautiful warehouse space, and you will all be excited to hear it is on the ground floor (so no more stairs!!) and has ample bike and car parking out back!

Right now we’re rushing to complete the renovations and get all the boxes packed, before closing our doors to move uptown.

Our new location is:

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KEEPOD UNITE, a new approach to bridge the Digital Divide and provide Personal Computing to 5 Billion people all over the World.

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Published on Wednesday, 12 February 2014 00:20

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5 billion people, 70% of the world’s population, are still without access to personal computing. Be a part of the team who set out to bridge the digital divide. Your contribution to this campaign will help provide personal computing that will empower existing projects in the fields of education, HIV prevention, agriculture and human rights in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya.

The Keepod Unite Mathare project is the first implementation of Keepod Unite. The direct impact of our project is going to increase the effectiveness of existing humanitarian activities and create new opportunities for the people living in Mathare.

Our Tech
With Keepod, a simple USB stick can turn any computer into a personal device. Keepod is a secure and lightweight operating system that runs from any USB drive. Being able to keep your OS on a thumb drive means that you can have your personal computer on every shared one without sacrificing security (since you carry all your personal data and software with you when you leave).

Our Values

1. Social Responsibility
Keepod is committed to bridging the digital divide. Our tools will prevent developing countries and communities from continuing to fall behind and remaining disadvantaged in health and education as well as missing critical economic opportunities

2. Environmental
We use computers that would otherwise clog our landfills. Instead they are refurbished, distributed and ready to be shared.

3. Grassroots Empowerment
Keepod is not only for communities thousands of miles away, it could be used right here, in your city! Hundreds of Keepods are being sponsored to support the needs of inner city youth, schools and low income families.

The Mathare Project
The Mathare Project (in partnership with NGO LiveInSlums) is the first step to making Keepod Unite real. Successful launch of this pilot program in the slum of Mathare, Nairobi Kenya, will allow us to partner with other NGOs and empower the efforts of grassroots initiatives around the world.

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[Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of Feb 11th

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Published on Tuesday, 11 February 2014 12:40

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UVic has officially received a Gold rating in the Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), administered by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)! UVic is only the 5th Canadian post-secondary institution to achieve a gold rating under the STARS system, and the first using the updated 2.0 version of the program. STARS is a program that North American post-secondary institutions use to measure their sustainability progress via a transparent self-reporting framework and points system. The major reporting categories are academics, engagement, operations, planning and administration. STARS ratings remain in effect for three years. Read the Media Tip and get the full report.

The UVic Students’ Society is lobbying the university to freeze investments in fossil fuels and unload its shares in the industry in a unanimous vote last week to push the...

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You'll be picking up the tab, PAOV

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Published on Tuesday, 11 February 2014 09:20

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New documents have revealed that government spy agency CSEC is collecting hugely sensitive information and monitoring the movements of thousands of law-abiding Canadians. Use our special tool to join ‘The Day We Fight Back’ and tell your MP right now to stop wasting taxpayer money on illegal secret spying.

New documents have revealed that government spy agency CSEC is collecting hugely sensitive information and monitoring the movements of thousands of law-abiding Canadians. The government won’t provide the details but this spying activity could include you.

They’ve spied on innocent air travellers at Canadian airports.1 They’ve spied on important friends and allies2. They’ve even helped U.S. spies run a massive surveillance operation on Canadian soil.3

And here’s the kicker. Guess who’s footing the enormous bill for this reckless behaviour? Turns out Canadian taxpayers are on the hook for a staggering $4.2 billion – yes, that’s BILLION – to build and operate a new government “spy palace”.

Today is budget day in Ottawa and MPs need to hear from you right now about opposing wasteful and invasive spying on our private lives. Speak out with our easy-to-use tool to tell your local MP exactly where you stand.

Those spying on law-abiding Canadians will be housed in the “most expensive government building ever built” using a budget that’s more than doubled in the last decade, while essential services face cutbacks.45

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Public Announcemet

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Published on Monday, 10 February 2014 20:20

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Social Justice Film Night presents:
THE PEOPLE SPEAK
7pm Thursday, Feb. 202994 Douglas St. (BCGEU Hall), Victoria
Co-directed by Chris Moore, Anthony Arnove, and Howard Zinn
A beautiful and moving film inspired by Howard Zinn’s books “A People s History of the United States” and “Voices of a People’s History of the United States”.
The film features the actual words (in letters, songs, poems, speeches, and manifestoes) of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past and present including Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Bob Dylan, Langston Hughes, Chief Joseph, Muhammad Ali, and unknown veterans, union workers, abolitionists, and many others never featured in high school textbooks. These dramatic moments from our history are brought to life by a group of remarkable musicians and actors.
Like Howard Zinn’s work as a whole, THE PEOPLE SPEAK celebrates the extraordinary possibilities for creating social change that ordinary people have realized throughout the course...

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Published on Monday, 10 February 2014 20:40

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Social Justice Film Night presents:
THE PEOPLE SPEAK
7pm Thursday, Feb. 202994 Douglas St. (BCGEU Hall), Victoria
Co-directed by Chris Moore, Anthony Arnove, and Howard Zinn
A beautiful and moving film inspired by Howard Zinn’s books “A People s History of the United States” and “Voices of a People’s History of the United States”.
The film features the actual words (in letters, songs, poems, speeches, and manifestoes) of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past and present including Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Bob Dylan, Langston Hughes, Chief Joseph, Muhammad Ali, and unknown veterans, union workers, abolitionists, and many others never featured in high school textbooks. These dramatic moments from our history are brought to life by a group of remarkable musicians and actors.
Like Howard Zinn’s work as a whole, THE PEOPLE SPEAK celebrates the extraordinary possibilities for creating social change that ordinary people have realized throughout the course...

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Feb 13th, 1230 and 630pm - PPP Presents Surfing and Cycling for Peace Three City Tour

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Published on Sunday, 09 February 2014 15:20

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Pacific Peoples’ Partnership, MediaNet and Open Cinema are presenting Stories of Surfing and Cycling for Peace in West Papua as a three city tour this February 2014. The tour combines screenings of Isolated plus homecoming performances of Jeremy Bally’s...

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[coalalert] Coal by rail to Port Alberni

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Published on Saturday, 08 February 2014 15:40

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NOTE: Interesting article. Think Compliance has $30-40 million to spend on the rail upgrade to Port Alberni??
http://www.avtimes.net/company-looks-to-upgrade-railway-1.826856

A Tribe Called Red's Turtle Island Tour Starts Tomorrow + JUNOs & New Merch

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Published on Friday, 07 February 2014 14:40

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Hi friends!

We got some great news yesterday. We've been nominated twice for the JUNOs, the Canadian counterpart of the Grammys, in the Breakthrough Group Of The Year category as well as in the Best Electronic Album category. We're pretty stoked and wanted to send a big thank you to everyone who supported us by buying the record, going to the shows, sharing our music and spreading the word about us (that's you!). A special shout out to the team of people working with us, as well as all the drum groups who participated in the creation of Nation II Nation. If you want to know more about them and traditional Pow Wow music, you can visit THIS LINK.

So we're back on the road tomorrow driving across Canada and on the West Coast of the US. We won't be going everywhere but you know, it's a start! We hope to see you at the shows and we are really looking forward to connect with everyone. We will also have some brand new merch at the shows. We'll have new hoodies and a brand new shirt designed by Ryan Red Corn of the infamous 1491s. It explains in a few steps how to make indigenous music. Come visit us on Facebook or Twitter today for a sneak peak! Our Nation II Nation shirt is still available in our shop.

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Stepping Forward on Divestment & Building Our Creative Capacity

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Published on Friday, 07 February 2014 13:40

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This has been a huge we for divestment organizers on campuses in BC with the University of Victoria, UBC and Simon Fraser all taking huge steps towards divestment this week. Find out more!

As divestment is gearing up, we're also launching a new project called ArtShift. ArtShift is based on a belief that everyone has the capacity for creativity and that when ignited, that creativity is a force that can move the world and make change irresistible. On March 1st, we're bringing this mission to Vancouver in a full day creative action training lab. Join in!

With workshops on graffiti and street art, the role of art, humour and creativity in mobilizations, story-telling andframing and much more along with skills trainings in a range of tools from silk-screening to building giant inflatable action "toys", ArtShift will build the creative action capacity of organizing for climate and social...

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RAVEN - Another win to start the year!

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Published on Friday, 07 February 2014 12:25

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Welcome to 2014! There are quite a few significant updates with our programs. This coming year will be another big one, between Supreme Court decisions and starting legal actions.

We're happy to report one more small victory in the ongoing struggle of the Tsilhqot'in people against the proposed New Prosperity Mine! On February 4, the Federal Court ordered Taseko Mines Limited to add the Tsilhqot'in National Government and Tribal Chair Joe Alphonse as full parties to the company's court challenge to the scathing Panel Report for its proposed mine.

The Federal Court concluded that the Tsilhqot'in people are "directly affected" by this litigation and noted that the New Prosperity proposal fails to address the significant environmental and cultural impacts that prompted the Federal Government to reject the original Prosperity Mine proposal in 2010.

The Federal Court judgment means that the Tsilhqot'in people will have full rights of participation in the company's legal challenge, which the Tsilhqot'in leadership has described as without merit and as a transparent effort to distract attention from the second independent panel to condemn its unacceptable mine proposal.

A shout out to West Coast Environmental Law for supporting this motion financially. So to help now with fundraising for the legal costs of actually appearing in court with arguments, RAVEN is participating in an event in Victoria on Tuesday, February 18th. The details are on our events page - it's from 7 - 9pm at St. John the Divine church on Quadra Street.

One aspect of the event is a silent auction. If you have something you would be willing to contribute to the auction - artwork, a certificate for services, gift basket, etc. - please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. at our office.

The Tsilhqot'in need roughly $60,000 to properly prepare and attend this court proceeding. As a corollory, the federal government decision on the New Prosperity mine is due by February 28th.

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What does California really think of BC

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Published on Thursday, 06 February 2014 17:20

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