Canada folds to Big Oil once again

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1881 ... August 22, 2019
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Canada’s ‘Vampire’ Pension Plan:
How the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board feeds on some futures to secure others

James K. Rowe and Alexis Shotwell

Wet’suwet’en people have never ceded their land

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Bell, Telus and Rogers are ripping us off. But Parliament can stop it.

Paov,

People in Canada pay some of the highest cell phone rates in the world for subpar service—all thanks to the Big Three companies that control the market: Bell, Telus, and Rogers.1

Even worse, the

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Protect Ontario's water from Nestlé's greed

A,

As local communities start water-restrictions during a very dry summer, Nestlé continues to pump millions of litres everyday -- on an expired permit.

Nestlé's re-applying for a permit any day now and we need your help to show the Ontario government that Ontario's water

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1880 ... August 21, 2019
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A Nightmare of Homelessness: A Knapsack Full of Dreams

John Clarke

Cathy Crowe’s book A Knapsack Full of Dreams: Memoirs of a Street Nurse comes out of decades of witnessing and

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My apologies for the inaccurate title in the email this morning. This email is about the recently released budget consultation not the Red Women Rising report, which we helped promote in March. -Omar Chu, Communications and Outreach Assistant

Every year, the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government

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Every year, the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services receives input from British Columbians on issues affecting them and what the priorities should be for the next budget. The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition wrote a submission to the all-party committee pushing for the substantial investment needed

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1879 ... August 20, 2019
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Imagine a Free Palestine

Justin Podur

I wrote Siegebreakers because I can’t liberate Gaza or Palestine, but I can dream about it. I wanted it to be a proximate dream, a

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1878 ... August 19, 2019
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German Unions and the Climate Crisis

Mark Bergfeld

If the summer holidays interrupted the school walkouts, the teenager-led Fridays for Future movement hasn’t let up its fight to save the planet.

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1877 ... August 18, 2019
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Kashmir, Solidarity and the Canadian State

In his essay, "India’s Kashmir Crackdown Poses Risk of War," John Riddell argues that India unilaterally revoked the autonomy of the state of Jammu and

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Last week , we delivered close to 50,000 signatures from people across Canada who are demanding a leaders’ debate on the climate crisis . This number included signatures collected by our friends in Our Time hubs across the country, Leadnow, and North 99.

There is a tremendous amount of…

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1876 ... August 17, 2019
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Solidarity and Unity in Opposing Global Militarization

Palestinian BDS National Committee

The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian society, shares the shock and anger

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New resource to help with territory acknowledgement

Have you ever been to an event that began with an acknowledgment that it was taking place on the traditional territory of particular Indigenous peoples? Have you wondered what goes into such an

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 25 ... August 16, 2019
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Labour standards in the US and Canada

Oats for Breakfast chats with sociologist Adam King about labour standards. Adam recently wrote an article “Assessing what a Sanders presidency would mean for labour.” We talk to him about

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The CRTC just cut wholesale broadband rates.

Paov,

BREAKING NEWS : The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) just announced they’re slashing the wholesale rates that small internet service providers (ISPs) pay for access to the networks of large ISPs like Bell, Telus or Shaw.1-3

This is a huge

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WOW. Thank you! r1 67 readers have stepped up to pay the travel expenses for a reporter and photographer to travel to a proposed Indigenous protected area ...

Oppose Procter & Gamble's sinister trade in conflict palm oil.

Protect workers being trafficked, beaten, and forced to work for free on palm oil plantations linked to Procter & Gamble — maker of Pantene, Olay, and Gillette.

Tell US Customs to block conflict palm oil shipments before they reach US ports!

Sign the

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1875 ... August 15, 2019
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Austerity Without End

Carlo Fanelli and Stephanie Luce

In 2019, the now 187-member International Labour Organization celebrated its 100th anniversary. As one of the oldest agencies of the United Nations, the

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Executive order would create sweeping powers to censor the Internet.

Paov,

RED ALERT: U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order creating an Internet speech police with sweeping powers to censor the Internet.

Because the Internet has no borders, Trump’s executive order would allow the

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Nestlé's permit is coming up for renewal

Nestlé’s been pumping billions of litres of water for the last three years from a small community in Ontario -- without a permit.

Now, it’s finally applying for a new permit and we need your help to protect Ontario’s water from Nestlé’s greed.

Sign

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We’re in a race against time to stop one of the world’s biggest new coal mines from being built before it ruins our climate forever.

There’s one thing that can stop this dirty coal mine from going ahead: insurance. Tell insurance giant AIG to insure our planet’s future and NOT

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1874 ... August 13, 2019
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Green Designs for 21st Century Socialism

Richard Westra

Before turning to the subject matter at hand two abiding issues in Marxist thinking need to be addressed. First, when Marx inveighed against

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Tell Chicken of the Sea to take action on human rights violations in its supply chain! r1 Read More

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1873 ... August 12, 2019
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Ways of Seeing Children: The Facile Psychology of Capitalism

Judith Deutsch

The majesty and burning of the child’s death...
After the first death, there is no other. – Dylan Thomas

The sniper

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1872 ... August 11, 2019
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PC Government Plans Many More Healthcare Cuts

Doug Allan

The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) Economic and Budget Outlook review has identified planned government spending savings that come via [1]

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1871 ... August 10, 2019
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India’s Kashmir Crackdown Poses Risk of War

John Riddell

On August 5, India’s Hindu nationalist government unilaterally revoked the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, while flooding the region

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Visa could help put a stop to mass shootings. All it has to do is report excessive purchases of guns and ammunition -- like it does already when it suspects fraud or money laundering.

Let’s make Visa add excessive firearm purchases to the list of suspicious account activity.

Sign the petition

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Canada's political parties are abusing our personal data.

Paov,

Last spring, the Chief Electoral Officer and federal Privacy Commissioner issued some basic guidelines on how political parties should protect our privacy.1

Right now, not a single major party is coming close to meeting those guidelines, leaving our most

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"Deliberate extinction" r1 Since October, the B.C. government has granted approval to forestry giant Canfor for six new logging cutblocks in the Anzac valley ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1870 ... August 8, 2019
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Mass Mobilization Shakes Hong Kong

Colin Sparks

Hong Kong is in the middle of its biggest strike since 1967. Businesses have shut down. Some bus drivers have been on strike. Tube

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In just a few weeks, a court will decide if Nestlé can keep sucking the tiny town of Osceola dry.

Local residents have been tirelessly fighting to defend their water, but Nestlé ’s legal bullying has pushed this group of volunteers to the edge of bankruptcy. They could lose

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On Friday I will deliver thousands of signatures to the CBC. Add your name. r1

Friends,

This Friday, my friends and I at Our Time Toronto will visit the CBC head office to hand-deliver over 40,000 signatures from people demanding a leaders’ climate debate.

Before I do, will you add

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Hi Paov,

Canada’s political parties have just failed a big opportunity to protect the highly private data they hold on us.

The recently-passed Elections Modernization Act requires federal parties to develop and post a privacy policy on their websites. It’s not a very high bar for such sensitive

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1869 ... August 7, 2019
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Disablement, Oppression, and Political Economy

Marta Russell

It is often claimed that disabled persons are invisible, disregarded by mainstream society, and irrelevant to the workings of society. This analysis has attempted

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Nestlé is dangerously close to bankrupting a tiny group of volunteers fighting to protect their water in a tiny township in Michigan.

This community’s legal costs are spiraling and they’ve asked for your help.

Can you rush a donation today to stop Nestlé from sucking Michigan dry?

If you've saved

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1868 ... August 6, 2019
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Search for a Mass Politics: The DSA Beyond Bernie

Sarah Mason and Robert Cavooris

Last November, in one of the most hostile rental markets in the world, in a city where

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Palm oil is destroying lives

A,

Palm oil is destroying lives, the rainforests of Indonesia, and it's worsening climate chaos. We really need your help, A.

We're SO CLOSE to getting PepsiCo to do the right thing on palm oil and get rid of conflict palm oil company Indofood. But

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The pressure is working. Join us to call for a climate debate this federal election. r1

Friends,

This week, three of the largest oil companies in Canada spent millions of dollars taking out ads meant to swing this fall’s election in their favour.¹

This massive ad buy makes it clear

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Deadline to lay charges for Mt. Polley disaster fast approaching r1 ...

Sharing the fruits of summer, *|FNAME|* r1 Thanks to you, we are starting to see where our work is bearing fruit. From Pull Together to Unistot'en to Secwepemc, our campaigns are taking flight. ...

Sharing the fruits of summer, *|FNAME|* r1 Thanks to you, we are starting to see where our work is bearing fruit. From Pull Together to Unistot'en to Secwepemc, our campaigns are taking flight. ...

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The CRTC just released a toothless Internet Code to guide Big Telecom.

Paov,

Ever gotten a broadband bill only to realize that you owe double or even triple what was advertised?

It's called bill shock, and nearly everyone who has Internet in Canada has experienced it.

Unfortunately, the

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 24 ... August 2, 2019
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Policing Public Transit in Toronto

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) recently unveiled an ad campaign that uses images captured by security cameras to publicly shame those trying to avoid paying the fare. We talk to the independent

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Encryption could be banned in Canada

Paov, a brand new threat to encryption in Canada has just emerged: top ministers at a meeting of the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance are demanding access to popular encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp .1

End-to-end encryption is what keeps our information online

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The Unist'ot'en are asking supporters to send them red dresses to highlight the connection between man camps and missing and murdered indigenous women

Send Red Dresses to Unist'ot'en

"CALL FOR SUPPLIES - We are asking for our supporters throughout the continent to send us red dresses! We are hanging red dresses

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India's tribal peoples are reeling from a double blow. Will you send an email to support them now? Please email now and urge ministers to end this assault on tribal peoples' rights
Dear friend, India’s tribal peoples are reeling under a double blow . In February the Supreme Court ordered the…

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1867 ... July 31, 2019
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States and Capitalist Society

Leo Panitch

The illusions of the neoliberal era -- that the market should or even could be freed from the state, or that an unstoppable process of capitalist

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Stop insurance companies from insuring glyphosate today!

Monsanto is finally paying the price for selling cancerous Roundup -- the pesticide giant has had to pay out billions in lawsuits.

We can get closer to eliminating Roundup if insurance companies stop insuring glyphosate sellers. against these expensive lawsuits. Tell major insurers to

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Naomi Klein, Murray Sinclair, Yann Martel, & others invite you to stand with us r1

Dear friends,

Today, I co-signed an open letter to the CBC with some of the most renowned artists, Indigenous leaders, authors, and public figures in the country. Together, we called on the CBC’s Editor-in-Chief, Jennifer McGuire,

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Dear CASC supporters, Your CASC planning committee agreed that a report of CASC activity in the last few years be sent out to you. Here are some of our highlights, events and work we do; looking through it I am always impressed by the commitment and diligence of our CASC…

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1866 ... July 29, 2019
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A Labor Strategy for the US: DSA Debates

Eric Blanc

Early next month, over a thousand socialists will gather in Atlanta, Georgia to discuss the future of the Democratic Socialists of

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Friends,

Normally, I wouldn’t email you on a Sunday like this, but I have an important and urgent request.

In 20 minutes, the CBC’s flagship national call-in show, Cross Country Checkup, will start taking calls about climate change. We have a chance to make it crystal clear to the

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Solidarity with Korean Airline workers

Korean Air Lines (KAL) cabin cleaners are fighting back against their employer and KAL’s attempts to silence them. On April 12 the union filed a complaint against KAL’s subsidiary, Korea Airport Services (KAS), for unfair labour practices,

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Friends,

On Sunday, Cross Country Checkup, the CBC’s flagship weekly call-in show, is going to talk about climate change. They’re asking people to call and weigh in on the question: “is it wrong to eat meat?” And, they’re making the link to climate change and animal agriculture.

It’s an

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Palm oil is destroying lives

This ONE MAN is responsible for Pepsi's reckless inaction on palm oil . We have to do something NOW, we owe it to the plantation workers and the endangered orangutans, tigers, and pygmy elephants.

Let’s make this personal. Sign the petition and tell Pepsi CEO Ramon

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 23 ... July 26, 2019
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Organizing Toronto’s Foodora Couriers w/ Brice Sopher

Food delivery couriers working for the app-based company Foodora recently launched a union organizing drive in Toronto. We talk to Brice Sopher, who works as a Foodora courier, about the

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Sign the petition to push the CBC to host a climate debate during the fall election r1

Friends,

I am still full of excitement from last week’s day of action. In case you missed it, on July 17th, thousands of people in dozens of communities, from Atlantic Canada to the

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Dow’s toxic pesticide, chlorpyrifos, seriously affects children’s brain development. Health Canada is currently deciding whether to kick this toxic chemical off the market.

Tell Health Canada to put our children’s health before the pesticide industry’s profits and ban chlorpyrifos for good.

Sign the Petition

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Agri-giant Dow’s dangerous pesticide, chlorpyrifos,

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We couldn't have done it without you.

Paov,

I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Because of supporters like you, we met our $50,000 goal during our midyear fundraising drive!

And thanks to you and our generous donor,

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This judge says you don't have a right to clean water r1 This reader tip really got our attention ...

Just recently, a baby whale died after plastic bags jammed its stomach.

This a global emergency. But with your help, we can stop corporate fat-cats polluting our planet with plastics.

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1865 ... July 25, 2019
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Trump and the Spectre of Fascism

Chris Schenk

As a long-time educator and researcher in the Canadian labour movement, I think it is imperative at this moment that we reach out

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Stand with Heiltsuk Nation in pressing for justice r1 Join Heiltsuk leaders in asking, Does Kirby Care? ...

Stand with Heiltsuk Nation in pressing for justice r1 Join Heiltsuk leaders in asking, Does Kirby Care? ...

The government of China is detaining millions of Uyghur Muslims in mass internment camps and holding thousands of Tibetans as political prisoners . Yet Apple continues to acquiesce to the government of China's censorship requests.

Demand Apple stop indulging China's censorship machine.

Sign the petition

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Unlike some other tech companies,

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1864 ... July 24, 2019
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Amazon Warehouses: Unsafe for Workers and Communities

Bernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) led a group of 13 members of Congress urging the

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Cafe Etico and CoDev present: CAFE r1 Join us for another CoDev move night! ...

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New lawsuit to challenge phone searches at the border

Hi Paov, I have an important question for you: has an agent at a border or airport in Canada ever asked to look through your phone or laptop? Or has this happened to someone you know?

Digital device searches

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Left Streamed:

The Digital Revolution and its Discontents

In this talk, Tanner Mirrlees scrutinizes the rhetorics of "technological optimism," "technological pessimism," and "technological revolutionism," discusses the political economy of communication, highlights how capitalism’s basic logics endure in the "digital age," and concludes with an overview of how workers, citizens, and

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New resource to help with territory acknowledgement

Have you ever been to an event that began with an acknowledgment that it was taking place on the traditional territory of particular Indigenous peoples? Have you wondered what goes into such an

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 22 ... July 19, 2019
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Sneak peek: Patreon-exclusive segment on HBO's Chernobyl

Lina Nasr, Brent Toye, and Olena Lyubchenko continue their discussion of the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. In this segment, disagreements arise over whether the series offers a critique of Trumpian populism

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Trump’s bullying European leaders to get more pesticide-soaked US goods onto European supermarket shelves.

And he might just be successful -- unless you and I stop him now.

Can you chip in CA$91 today to keep Trump’s toxic pesticide laced foods out of our supermarkets?

Donate CA$91 now

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Trump’s desperate

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