One of the world’s largest beverage companies is bottling up a tiny Australian community’s water and selling it off for millions.

Tell Asahi to switch off the pumps and stop selling Stanley’s water now.

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 4 ... August 14 2018
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Why did minorities vote for Doug Ford? w/ Sadia Khan

Episode 4: The Progressive Conservatives of Ontario, led by Doug Ford, attracted a great deal of support from non-white voters during the recent provincial election in Ontario.

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Africa’s Black Star: The Rise and Fall of Kwame Nkrumah

“Africa’s Black Star” tells the political rise and fall of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s and Africa’s first independent president after colonial rule. The former President of Ghana Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, was dubbed “the Man of the Millennium” by

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The Trans Mountain pipeline could drive southern resident orcas to extinction

The Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline in Canada could drive a critical population of orcas to extinction. The first calf born in three years has just died and is being carried on the back of its grieving mother.

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1649 ... August 10, 2018
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Changes and Continuity: Four Decades of Industrial Relations in China

Chris King-Chi Chan

China’s economic reforms started exactly forty years ago. Labour scholars today are debating the extent to which labour

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 3 ... August 8 2018
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The Days of Action w/ Sam Gindin

Episode 3 : When the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris came to power in Ontario in 1995 and began implementing its agenda of cuts, the labour movement decided to organize

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1648 ... August 8, 2018
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Ford’s Attack on Local Democracy in Toronto

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Ontario’s new Conservative government, under the leadership of Premier Doug Ford, has launched a cynical attack on local democracy and government in

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Last week while vacationing in Vancouver, Trudeau got a taste of the resistance he’s up against. He should brace himself for much more as his government finalizes the deal to purchase Kinder

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1647 ... August 7, 2018
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Disabled People in UK Lead Fight Against Austerity

John Clarke

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1646 ... August 5, 2018
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Working Class Movement Must Be Independent

A new chapter in the history of the South African working class was opened in Soweto on 21-22 July 2018, when representatives from over 147

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Help protect the bees and sign the petition against Bayer’s latest attack!

Wow. Bayer’s trying to overturn an EU ban on bee-killing pesticides -- if it wins it would jeopardise the huge progress we’ve made this year for the bees.

We need to prove there’s still massive support for the ban.

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To this day, the future is uncertain for the 463 children whose parents were deported by ICE without them. Their parents came to the US for the dream of a better life, and many have fled violence in their home country. Now hundreds of parents have been deported back

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PAOV — Lowe’s and Home Depot are taking a deadly chemical off their shelves. They made the decision after people like you took to Change.org demanding they take action to save lives. Now, with your signature, you can convince Ace Hardware to do the same.

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1645 ... August 2, 2018
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The Lessons of the World Cup for our Victim Culture

Samir Gandesha

That we are living in an age of victim culture is well-exemplified by an article recently published by the

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We need you to put pressure on the authorities to send in urgent medical assistance Your tweets and emails can help stop more Yanomami dying of measles.

Dear friend,

Yanomami Indians of Venezuela and Brazil are dying from a devastating measles epidemic.

One baby has died and the Yanomami speak…

Tell the federal government to protect our public blood supply now

BC has just banned payment for blood and plasma, protecting the most vulnerable from predatory corporations and securing our blood supply for Canadians.

It’s time the federal government followed suit.

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A NAFTA deal could be struck soon, and the public is still in the dark.

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Trade negotiators from the Trump administration and Mexico say that a new NAFTA deal could be struck...

We only have 1 day left to stop deforestation, ecological disasters and human rights abuse on palm oil plantations.

The main palm oil regulator, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, is consulting the public on its standards. It’s our last chance before 2020 to make sure reckless palm oil offenders

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Here is some info about a new film about the Mac Paps that may be of interest to you, and of course feel free to pass the info on to other friends. The spirit of

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Tell Doug Ford to drop the useless cap-and-trade lawsuit.

Doug Ford is going to spend $30 million of taxpayers money to stop cap-and-trade in Ontario, protecting the biggest polluters from paying for their emissions.

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1644 ... July 29, 2018
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Mexico: Violence, Corruption and Inequality -- AMLO to the Rescue?

Michael Roberts

The victory in Mexico’s presidential election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), under the rubric of his relatively new ‘progressive’

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This week's headlines prove what we've known all along – the Trans Mountain pipeline is a toxic investment. Thanks to powerful Indigenous-led resistance, strong public opposition, and principled action from municipalities and the province of BC, the

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A federally appointed Advisory Council has just opened up their online consultation questionnaire on the issue of a national drug plan. The Advisory Council wants to hear from Canadians like yourself on what you think a national drug plan should look like.

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1643 ... July 26, 2018
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Israel’s New Basic Law and the Making of the Apartheid State

The Socialist Project (SP) joins Israeli, Palestinian, and international civil society organizations in condemning the "Basic Law: Israel as the

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Enter our Pro Rep Video or Photo Contest!

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Last week, the federal government announced that it intends to start construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline in August. Now, just one day before the government’s July 22nd deadline to find a buyer for its $4.5 billion bailout disaster, it’s become clear

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We're pleased to share the Summer 2018 issue of Canadian Friends Service Committee's newsletter - Quaker Concern !

It starts with Jennifer Preston and Rachel Singleton-Polster offering a day by day description of what it's like to represent Quakers for a week at the United Nations .

Margaret McCaffrey and Verena Tan explore

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URGENT: Preserve Kings Road Park – the BC Hydro green space at 1843 Kings Road that is slated for sale, and is the largest remaining unprotected natural space in south Saanich.

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Plus, a parents’ movement in Tajikistan, mayors step up for Puerto Rico, and more. © Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty
During a recent conference in Belgium on racial and ethnic profiling —which brought together police, policymakers, civil society organizations, and members of the community—two things were made clear. First, many law enforcement officers believe…

We’re excited to share some good news stories with you from our campaigns in the Amazon. Plus, exclusive images from an uncontacted tribe... You’ve just won a major victory

Dear friend,

We’re excited to share some good news stories with you!

The Guardians of the Amazon are a brave group

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I just wanted to make sure you had a chance to weigh-in to our survey. On Tuesday afternoon, the Leadnow team will sit down to review the results, but our records show we haven’t heard from you yet.

The political landscape is shifting fast, and we need a plan - but…

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When's the last time you took a risk?

We’re heading to Saputo’s shareholder meeting in less than 2 weeks to call on the dairy and food giant to protect human rights in every part of its supply chain. The largest proxy advisory firm in the world just endorsed our proposal -- meaning we could actually win this. An email

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Dear PAOV,

It’s official. The Trudeau government has confirmed it plans to finalize the deal to buy Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain project by September.

It goes without saying that at a time when climate catastrophe is a lived

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Call on tech companies to side with immigrants and renounce their contracts with Frontex and ICE!

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So far, over 40,000 SumOfUs members from all around the world have signed our petition demanding that Microsoft drop its contract with Trump's deportation force knows as "ICE" - but your name is missing

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Last week, when Trump visited the UK, the country burst to life with protests from London to Glasgow. The message was clear: whilst world leaders welcome him with formal state visits, ordinary folk outright reject him and his foul brand of politics.

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Across the world, companies like Microsoft and Salesforce are helping ICE and Frontex lead their war against immigrants and refugees.

Call on tech companies to side with immigrants and renounce their contracts with ICE and Frontex!

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Here's the first instalment of our brand new #FossilFree News Digest for you

Dear Paov,

I’m Nicole, the editor of this new fortnightly email. I care about climate justice and our planet. And that's why, like you, I'm part of this incredible movement for a Fossil Free world.

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1642 ... July 18, 2018
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UN Office Calls for Probe Into Human Rights in Kashmir

John Riddell

A conference in Mississauga July 7, convened by the Kashmir Welfare Society, marked the first organized response in Canada

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1641 ... July 16, 2018
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Border Capitalism, Disrupted:
Precarity and Struggle in a Southeast Asian Industrial Zone

Stephen Campbell

Through to the back of the cremation grounds where the fields of sugarcane begin, Ko Soe and

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Ontario Fights Back: Recalling the Harris years

Canada, and its industrial heartland and largest province of Ontario, is far from immune from the right-wing populist forces gaining electoral ground and organizational force around the world. The June 7th election of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC), led

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