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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1673 ... September 24, 2018
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Using Marx’s Capital as an Organizing Tool

Ingo Schmidt

Marx’s Capital : three volumes, 2,500 pages. A tome as an organizing tool? For leftists who really can’t do without Marx, there are

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Experts Review the Evidence Surrounding Claims by Both Sides in BC’s Debate on Proportional Representation

Dear FVC Supporter,

With so many questionable claims flying around in the context of the upcoming BC referendum on proportional representation, how can voters separate the beef from the baloney? In the heat of the

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2018 Annual General Meeting

We would like to invite you to the 2018 PeerNetBC Annual General Meeting, held at our office in downtown Vancouver.

The meeting will be on Wednesday, September 26th from 6pm until 8pm. Everyone is welcome to attend! From those of you who have supported or worked

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These vital stories will find a global audience and a life could be saved.

Since 2014 four of the artists who were involved in SHD have been working with me on my new feature film When The Storm Fades.

We shot it on Leyte Island in the Philippines, where my

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rabble.ca 15th anniversary. " Our societies are facing incredible challenges ahead and I’m asking you to support rabble.ca as one way to take on these challenges. " Pam Palmater

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1672 ... September 23, 2018
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The Road Away from Fossil Fuels

Simon Pirani

President Andrzej Duda’s authoritarian government can expect a rough political ride in December, when politicians, diplomats and campaigners stream into Katowice, Poland, for

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Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck & Co, and Abbott are stashing their profits in overseas tax havens -- depriving governments everywhere of the funds to provide healthcare and education.

Tell big pharma to pay its fair share and stop dodging tax!

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Johnson & Johnson is cheating women and girls out

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1671 ... September 21, 2018
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25 Years After the Oslo Accords, Independence Remains More Elusive than Ever for Palestinians

Rashid Khalidi

September 13, 2018, marks 25 years since the first of the Oslo Accords was signed

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1670 ... September 20, 2018
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Working Together? First Nations Movements Respond to Liberal Government

Defenders of the Land, Truth Campaign and Idle No More

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1669 ... September 18, 2018
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Authoritarian Fordism in Ontario Trumps the Far Right Elsewhere

Leo Panitch

On the day the Ford government’s ham-fisted attempt to alter the balance of political forces in Toronto came to a

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1668 ... September 18, 2018
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The Politics of Hurricanes:
How Climate Catastrophe Victimizes the Poor

Phil Hearse

Climate change catastrophe is, as this article is written, facing hundreds of thousands on the eastern seaboard of the

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On Monday for-profit clinic CEO Brian Day takes the stand in court against Canadian public health care.

We want to be there to defend care for all, but we need your help.

His testimony is scheduled for five days. We need to be able to be in

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Tell Doug Ford to save green jobs in Ontario.

Doug Ford’s government is scrapping the cap and trade program in Ontario -- and along with it, 758 renewable energy projects.

Tell Doug Ford to save green jobs for the good of the climate and economy.

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1667 ... September 16, 2018
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Elections in Pakistan: A Populist Moment?

Ayyaz Mallick

The third consecutive general election was held in Pakistan on July 25th, with the Pakistan Movement for Justice party (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, PTI) of

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The EU Parliament just caved in to giant corporations and passed a massive overhaul of copyright law that threatens to ruin the Internet as we know it.

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This is terrible: The EU Parliament just caved in to giant corporations and passed a massive overhaul of...

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The Squamish Nation invites you to celebrate the Federal Court victory over the Trans Mountain Pipeline.

Saturday September 15th @ 4:30 pm

Waterfront Park, North Vancouver

For more information: www.squamish.net/victory-march-and-concert


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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1666 ... September 14, 2018
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Carceral Capitalism and Anti-Capitalist Politics

Dillon Wamsley

Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism (MIT Press, 2018) is arguably one of the most wide-ranging, critical, and theoretically nuanced examinations of the political economy of

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1665 ... September 13, 2018
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The U.S.-Turkey Stand-off in Context:
The U.S. and the Weaponization of Global Finance

Vassilis K. Fouskas and Bülent Gökay

Turkey was thrust into a full-blown currency crisis when U.S. President Donald

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Pepsi’s CEO only has 3 weeks to save the orangutans

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Pepsi’s palm oil business partner Indofood is mired in scandal -- for destroying the orangutans’ rainforest habitat, using child labourers and paying its workers poverty wages , and women even less.

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1664 ... September 11, 2018
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Reflections on Prison National Strike Against Slave Labour

Barry Sheppard

Prisoners in many states in the U.S. began a coordinated National Strike on August 21, the anniversary of the killing of

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1663 ... September 10, 2018
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Demeaning Democracy: Turning Doug Ford’s Attack on Toronto into a Movement for Democratic Renewal

An Open Letter About Bill 5 Better Local Government Act

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Fiji. Melbourne. Jakarta, Kyiv. Kampala. Tajikistan. Accra. Istanbul. Paris. Lisbon. Bogota. San Francisco. On Saturday, we called on people everywhere to Rise for Climate -- and over 250,000 of you responded. It was amazing to

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Europe in a Vortex of Crisis

Authoritarian neoliberalism, the advance of the far right, and dilemmas for the Left

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Today is a beautiful day. Together we Rise for Climate in 877 grassroots actions in 93 countries, and as the sun rises around the world, you too can follow the wave of actions unfolding around the

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1662 ... September 8, 2018
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Opening the Door to the Far Right

Petter Nilsson

The sociologist Walter Korpi once quipped that "the revolution will not come to Sweden through armed struggle but by consulting all concerned

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Apple knows not only where you live, but all of the places you go to, through the magical system of location

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Trump is trying to pressure Canada into a new NAFTA deal as soon as this weekend.

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Last week, Donald Trump tried to pressure Canada into agreeing to a new NAFTA deal that threatened our free expression rights online by allowing corporations to force web pages...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1661 ... September 7, 2018
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Why Canadian Prisoners Are Participating in the U.S. Prison Strike

Jordan House

Prisoners are once again on strike. Since August 21, prisoners have been engaging in various forms of protest in

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Dear FVC Supporter,

It’s do or die over the next two months and Fair Vote Canada needs all hands on deck to win the referendum on proportional representation.

If ever you wanted to help our movement with a few hours of your time or some of your hard-earned money, this

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Rev. angel Kyodo williams is the lead author of Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation. She is a spiritual teacher and Co-Chair of Mindfulness, Equity, and Culture on the Stand.earth board of directors. In her 2017 series of webcasts with Stand.earth,

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Dear friend,

No one knows this man’s name.

He’s lived entirely on his own for 22 years, in a tiny patch of the Brazilian Amazon, surrounded by the loggers and ranchers who wiped out all the other members of his family and community.

He’s so traumatized, he hides when people…

Rise for Climate Victoria!

This Saturday September 8

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To change everything, we need everyone!
Global Day of Climate Action, spearheaded by 350.org
Victoria, B.C on unceded Lekwungen territory

Where: BC Legislature Buildings
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PAOV --

No matter where you look, Victoria’s skyline is dotted with cranes: a clear sign that we are in the midst of a development boom. Meanwhile, the city is facing an acute affordability crisis.

I've been fighting for affordability since the day I was elected. Together, we secured

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A Socialist Project podcast ... ... ... September 6 2018
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Palestine Solidarity and Freedom of Speech

Episode 5: Expressing solidarity with Palestine and criticizing the state of Israel can be a challenge. To explore this challenge, we talk to William Robinson about his recent book We Will Not be

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Tell JPMorgan Chase to stop backing these dirty and destructive mining corporations.

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JPMorgan Chase is still investing in mining corporations that dump toxic mining waste into the oceans -- despite the fact that its competitors, Citigroup and Standard Chartered, have stepped up to make commitments to protect our oceans from

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Download the CFSC E-News in PDF (scroll down for links).

Parfaite Ntahuba, Bertha Small, and Dr Alexia

CFSC completes successful visits to Burundi and DR Congo

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1660 ... September 5, 2018
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Trudeau Government Acknowledges Nazi Genocide Against Roma

Suzanne Weiss

More then 50 people of all ages joined in Toronto August 2, 2018, in an international day of remembrance and recognition of

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Sign the petition calling on Canada to fight back against corporate-friendly trade deals.

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Call on Trudeau and Freeland to fight back against Trump's bullying on corporate-friendly trade

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1659 ... September 3, 2018
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On the Precipice

Victor Wallis

Like many others (unless they are in a state of simple denial), I sometimes feel paralyzed by the enormity of the environmental challenge.

How to break

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1658 ... September 2, 2018
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Will the Ontario Labour Movement Return to Class Struggle as Austerity Deepens?

Sam Gindin and Michael Hurley

The Ontario labour movement is in deep crisis. Some impressive struggles aside, it has

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News just broke that U.S. President Donald Trump secretly told reporters he has no intention of negotiating fairly with Canada during NAFTA talks that are supposed to conclude later today.1

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Lectures at University of Victoria

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“Mining and Socioenvironmental Conflicts in Colombia”

Claudia Puerta Silva (Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Universidad Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, )

Abstract: Although the proportion of mining as a percentage of GDP decreased in 2017, it continues to be of key importance…

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