A new era r1 Canada has some of the world’s last wild places. Are we keeping our promise to protect them? ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1688 ... October 18, 2018
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It’s Time We Dispel The Myth Of ‘Progressive’ Liberalism In Ontario

Carlo Fanelli

There is an emerging orthodoxy, rooted more in fiction than fact, that the 15-year regime of the Ontario

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6,381 of us are calling for the release of jailed Turkish trade unionists - will you join us? r1 Together, we can get our brothers and sisters out of prison. ...

Proportional Representation: an electoral system for wilderness r1 ...

After a six hour debate on climate change it's clear: federal leaders need to act. r1

Friends,

On Monday, as I was watching the House of Commons emergency debate over the IPCC’s landmark 1.5ºC climate report stretch late into the night, one thing became crystal clear – talking about climate change

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1687 ... October 17, 2018
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Praise the Workers, Not Amazon

Jonathan Rosenblum

"Power concedes nothing without a demand," abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass declared 161 years ago.

Last week saw that truth on broad display as Amazon,

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Dear Social Justice Studies affiliated faculty, departments and friends,

Attached please find the calls for applications to TA in SJS 100 and SJS 200 in the winter semester (Jan to April 2019).

Please share widely with your students,

Margo

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 7 ... October 16 2018
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The Toronto Overdose Prevention Society w/ Sarah Ovens

Episode 7: Canada is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. In 2016 there were 3,005 opioid-related deaths in Canada. In 2017 the figure jumped to 3,996. The

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Turkmenistan: Free Gaspar Matalaev, end forced and child labour r1 We encourage you support this important campaign. ...

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After hearing from hundreds of us, Canada’s Speaker of the House approved our request r1

Friends,

I have some great news. Earlier today, after hearing from hundreds of us, Canada’s Speaker of the House approved a request from three Members of Parliament – Elizabeth May, Guy Caron and Nathaniel Erskine-Smith – to

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Call the House Speaker right now r1

Friends,

This morning we received some big news. After hearing from thousands of people all across Canada, Guy Caron, the New Democratic Party’s House leader, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, and Liberal Party MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, wrote to the Speaker of the House

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Hi CASC coffee lovers,
Allen has bagged a fresh roast of our Cafe Simpatico coffee; if you need a supply please call him at 250-384-0477. Coffee will, as ever, also be available at our next Cafe Simpatico on October 26. Please plan to attend the Cafe when activist Kay Gimble…

One job should be enough! Solidarity with striking Marriott USA workers r1 ...

Dear Wild Hearts,

If this email made it to you, you can be sure you're one of us- Tired of monotonous modernity, someone with an irrepressible revolutionary fire in them, yearning for change and a chance to rewrite the status quo of how it goes.

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Fund a social media ad campaign for proportional representation!

Dear FVC Supporter,

A few days ago, we released the results of a three month study of the electoral reform opinion columns in BC's mainstream print media . With just a few days until ballots go out, the results should set off

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It's been a busy month at Survival...
Hi everyone,

We've been thinking a lot about conservation as the International Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade happens in London this month.

When people talk about how to tackle poaching, we tend to hear about the need for more powerful weapons, arming…

Left Streamed — Recorded in Toronto, 5 October 2018

Book Launch: Puerto Montt

The Toronto book launch of Graeme Krupinski’s premier novel, Puerto Montt (Crowsnest Books, 2018).

A short reading by the author, discussion by Matt Tracey and audience Q&A.

Graeme Krupinski was born and raised in Toronto before living in

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Dear Friends of SJS,

Two great upcoming book launches (posters attached) :

Oct. 17:

NOV. 1:

Margo L. Matwychuk, PhD

Director, Social Justice Studies

c/o Dept of Anthropology

University of Victoria

PO Box 1700, STN CSC

Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2

Office: Cornett B210

PH: (250) 721-6283

FAX:

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Municipal elections are right around the corner! r1 On October 20, make sure your vote counts for people and the planet! ...

Municipal elections are right around the corner! r1 On October 20, make sure your vote counts for people and the planet! ...

Turkmenistan: Free Gaspar Matalaev, end forced and child labour in the cottonfields! r1 ...

R&F.ca Weekly Update r1 ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1686 ... October 12, 2018
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The Age of Unreason:
The Knowledge-Practice Relation and its Political Significance

Raju Das

In many contemporary societies, there is a typical distrust of knowledge claims that are backed by reason and

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The bees still need you, *|FNAME|* r1 ...

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We're calling for an emergency debate on the new IPCC report and how Canada is going to meet its climate obligations. r1

Friends,

Earlier this morning, I was drinking my coffee and checking Twitter on my phone when I realized something. It’s been nearly a week since the Intergovernmental Panel

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Sorry not sorry r1 Alberta's ads designed to counter misinformation about Trans Mountain are...full of misinformation ...

Our last chance to save them

25 orangutans will die today. Just like yesterday, and tomorrow.

Palm oil deforestation is killing the last orangutans on our planet, and if we don’t act now, there won’t be any left in just 10 years.

We’ve got a 2-year plan to stop this

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Police crackdown on protesting airport construction workers r1 Please support our campaign demanding release of jailed Turkish trade unionists. ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1685 ... October 11, 2018
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Round Two of the Brazilian Election: Interview with Stedile of the MST

After votes were counted last Sunday and confirmed a second round between Brazilian presidential candidates Fernando Haddad (Workers’ Party

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Hello Friends:
Café Simpatico is October 26 and starts at 7:30pm with music by Sharon & O'Dean. Activist and mining justice advocate Kay Gimbel will follow with a presentation about his trip to Guatemala with Rights Action in June. Please join us for Kay's talk, "Real Life Super heroes and the…

NationBuilder r1

Paov --

First off - thank you!

With giving thanks in mind, we would like to say a huge thank you for your support for our work to protect our public health care system in court - and we also have a number of updates for you.

Without your support, we

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Coast Heroes rising: Heiltsuk take polluter to court on oil spill anniversary r1 Coast Heroes rising: Heiltsuk take polluter to court on oil spill anniversary ...

Coast Heroes rising: Heiltsuk take polluter to court on oil spill anniversary r1 Coast Heroes rising: Heiltsuk take polluter to court on oil spill anniversary ...

Please sign today to call on Trudeau to scrap the Saudi arms deal.

While Trudeau condemns Saudi’s human rights record, he is simultaneously supplying the country with weapons for its deadly war on Yemen.

But we can stop this $15 billion arms deal if we act now.

Sign the Petition

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1684 ... October 10, 2018
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The Defence of Humanity Requires the Radicalisation of Popular Struggles

Samir Amin

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In August this year, the acclaimed socialist writer and activist Samir Amin (1931-2018) passed away. Born in Egypt and

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NationBuilder r1

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Dear FVC Supporter,

A recent Angus Reid poll suggests that the upcoming BC referendum could go either way.

There is a strong contingent of popular support for proportional representation (Pro Rep) (34%) but almost as many who oppose it (31%). Remarkably, 34% of voters remain uncertain.

I am writing to

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Plus, change comes to Chile, taking justice local, and more. ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1683 ... October 9, 2018
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Chevron, Corporations and the Law Versus Life and Lives

Harry Glasbeek

The decision in Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation by the Ontario Court of Appeal denied justice owed to some 30,000 Ecuadorian

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The world’s leading body on climate change is telling us we must phase out fossil fuels immediately r1

Dear friend,

To be honest, today I’m terrified. The world’s most authoritative voice on climate science, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), just released their report on what it will take

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1682 ... October 7, 2018
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MST Open Letter on Brazil Election

Landless Rural Workers' Movement

Comrades and Friends of MST around the World,

We would like to share some of our views on this delicate moment

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Left Streamed — Recorded in Toronto, 19 September 2018

What’s Left, Toronto?
Radical Alternatives for the City Election

As the Doug Ford Conservatives unpack their agenda, towns and cities across Ontario are getting ready for the October municipal elections. In Toronto, much of the early public debate leading up to the

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1681 ... October 6, 2018
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Authoritarian Brazil Redux?

Massimiliano Mollona

On Sunday 7th of October, the Brazilian people will go to the polls to elect their next president. There has never been such a dramatic election

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Can you come to Vancouver to canvass for proportional representation between October 15-29? And a reminder about lawn signs!

Dear FVC Supporter,

In about 18 days, the ballots are mailed out in BC's referendum on proportional representation.

The most recent polling put the proportional representation side at 52% - but our

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RIOT GRRRLS & BURLESQUE REVIEW HOSTS 2 UNIQUE, ALTERNATIVE, FEMINIST PERFORMANCE-ART SHOWS

• “Monstrous Womxn”: Saturday October 13th, Metro Studio Theatre, Victoria BC, 1411 Quadra street

• Early 7pm show and late 9:30pm show

• Tickets : $19-$30

It’s the generation of #MeToo, Women’s Marches, #WhyIDidn’tReport, “pussy grabbing”, Cosby in the slammer, and Kavanaugh getting

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R&F.ca Weekly Update r1 ...

The snack food giants have dropped rogue palm oil company Indofood after our public pressure.

A,

Big news! Pepsi has just announced that it will stop buying palm oil from Indofood -- and Nestlé has ended a 13 year Joint Venture Partnership with the palm oil villain -- after huge pressure from

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1680 ... October 5, 2018
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Politicizing Public Transit in Toronto

Umair Muhammad

According to the Toronto Star, the reason why the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is in such a lackluster state is because of "politics trumping

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Make #WorldAnimalDay count r1 At-risk species in Canada will do a happy dance if you can help them today! ...

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Ground zero r1 This is ground zero for B.C.'s oncoming natural gas boom ...

OpenMedia r1

Paov, I’ve got a pretty straightforward question for you: do you think that Canada’s political parties should follow Canada’s privacy laws?

72% of people in Canada do.1 As does the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.2 And so does the all-party committee that...

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 6 ... October 4 2018
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Free Public Transit

Episode 6: Canadians consider healthcare to be a right -- we don’t think the amount of money people have should determine whether they can see a doctor. Is it possible to think of public transit

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NationBuilder r1

Friend --

Yesterday, the BC government tabled the Poverty Reduction Act (Bill 39)! Congratulations to you all for getting...

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WE. JUST. WON. The CRTC just denied Bell’s dangerous application to censor the internet and force the end of net neutrality in Canada. And it wouldn’t have been possible without you.

The dangerous proposal would have allowed a few unaccountable corporations, like Bell, to blacklist sites. It would have

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OpenMedia r1

The CRTC rejected Bell’s website blocking proposal “FairPlay Canada”.

I have great news for you, Paov!

Yesterday, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) rejected Bell Canada’s dangerous website blocking proposal. 1 This is a huge win for the open Internet in Canada.

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1679 ... October 3, 2018
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Solidaires Score Important Breakthrough in Quebec Election

Richard Fidler

The October 1 general election campaign in Quebec unfolded as two distinct contests. One was the competition between the Liberals and Coalition

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The NEB are not expecting a lot of comments from us -- they've made it about as difficult as possible to participate (you need a fax machine or need to send a letter in the mail!). But we're not going to let that stop us. By clicking below, you can add

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LNG Canada will blow BC's climate targets out the water r1 Project's GHG emissions will be nearly equal to doubling all the passenger vehicles in BC ...

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1 day to demand a pipeline review that considers climate, marine protection, & Indigenous consent. r1

Dear friends,

Thanks to people like you, in just 4 days, the National Energy Board received over 3500 faxes demanding that the new review of the TransMountain pipeline consider climate change, marine protection, and Indigenous

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We must FIGHT BACK AGAINST THEIR ATTACKS ON PR NOW! Will you help?

Please read this email - it's never been more important

Dear FVC Supporter,

One of the first rules of campaigning is never to showcase your opponent's talking points. Today, I'm breaking that rule so you know what we're

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1678 ... October 2, 2018
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Public Ownership for Energy Democracy:
Opportunities for Publicly-run Energy Utilities to Revolutionize Generation and the Grid

Johanna Bozuwa

Energy democracy -- a new idea from the ranks of community organizers, labour, and

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1677 ... October 1, 2018
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Participatory Socialist Economics: The Vision of British Labour

Hilary Wainwright

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell can usually barely breathe a word about nationalisation without setting off a media frenzy, so it’s strange

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122,982 have signed. 77,018 more signatures needed! Sign now with a click Barbara Lapointe started this petition to Matthew McKenzie and 2 others

This petition simply wants Kijiji Canada to remove the sale of animals and only promote adoption from registered animal rescue...

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Take action to stop seismic testing in the Arctic Refuge ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌

Dear PAOV,

I wanted to make sure that you saw my previous email. This winter, a company called SAExploration will conduct a seismic test in the Arctic Refuge to determine how much oil is under the protected area. This highly

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Exciting News!

Electoral Change is just around the corner and now you can show your neighbours that you are voting for a better BC and a stronger Democracy!

Hosting a lawn sign is a great way to show your support for Proportional Representation and get a conversation going with your

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Tell Health Canada to take action on glyphosate

A new study has found that Timbits, KD, Cheerios, Quaker Oats, and Ritz Crackers contain Monsanto Roundup’s cancer-causing ingredient, glyphosate.

Tell Health Canada and to keep cancerous ingredients out of our food.

Sign the Petition

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The key ingredient in Monsanto's cancer-causing

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Left Streamed — Recorded in Toronto, 24 September 2018

Toronto Purchase Revisited:
Indigenous History in Toronto

Toronto has been home to Indigenous peoples for thousands of years, including the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and most recently the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. Today, it remains home to many Indigenous people from

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Fish are being mislabelled all over Canada, sometimes substituting tuna with a fish dubbed the laxative of the sea.
Tell the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to protect our health and stop seafood fraud.

Sign the Petition

A,

When you buy white tuna or butterfish in the grocery store, you

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Show solidarity with the protectors of the Hambach forest in Germany. r1

Dear Paov,

German coal giant RWE wants to cut down a 12,000 year old forest to strip away earth and dig for lignite - the dirtiest fossil fuel. They could start clearing trees in just two weeks. But not

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Go Big And Go Home! r1 The Secwépemc are going for Aboriginal title! ...

Go Big And Go Home! r1 The Secwépemc are going for Aboriginal title! ...

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R&F.ca Weekly Update r1 ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1676 ... September 28, 2018
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Accountable Capitalism or Democratic Socialism?

Stephen Maher

Elizabeth Warren’s "Accountable Capitalism Act" promises the most radical shift in economic power since the New Deal. It contains four essential components, including campaign

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We've got less than a week to tell the NEB to fix TransMountain's new review r1

Dear friend,

We ended this summer with a huge victory: the Federal Court of Appeal affirmed that Justin Trudeau’s approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline ignored Indigenous peoples and left out key environmental considerations.

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Up close view of logging destruction in Manning Park Donut Hole r1 ...