White supremacist groups can raise money internationally like never before, and digital payment giants like Mastercard, Paypal and Visa aren't doing nearly enough to stop them.

More than 100,000 SumOfUs members have already signed our petition. Can you add your name and share it today?

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1846 ... June 16, 2019
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The Green New Deal: Whither Capitalism?

Guney Isikara and Ying Chen

The Green New Deal resolution by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey sparked an immense amount of discussion on all layers

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People are being tortured and killed for trying to feed their families. Yet more evidence of abuse in the name of "conservation" exposed.
Dear friend,

This week I want to share a new 20-minute documentary with you, filmed in the Messok Dja region of the Congo where Survival works.

The…

body. Ah, the power of organizing.

Following a wave of public outrage and community organizing, Edmonton Public Library dropped its plan to cut wages for youth pages.

EPL had recently announced pay cuts of between $2.30 and $2.50 per hour for youth pages last week, using the wording of the…

 

Tomorrow is the final day of court. Read summaries of the last two days and donate today to fund this fight!

 

Updates from the Courtroom

 

The last two days have been dramatic in the court room. Coastal Gas Link is seeking a permanent injunction and asking for

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There is a comrade passenger who is looking for a ride to go to Cumberland next weekend. However, he needs to come back to Victoria the same day...if you have room available in your vehicle please let me know and I’ll give you the details .

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 19 ... June 14, 2019
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Transit as a Human Right w/Judith Dellheim

In this episode, we sit down with Judith Dellheim, an author, activist, and consultant at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. Judith argues that public transit is a fundamental human right and

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2019 CoDev Annual Dinner - a Big Success! r1 Thanks to all for coming out and helping to celebrate 34 years of International Solidarity! ...

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OpenMedia r1

OpenMedia is ready to score another big win for the Internet.

Paov — I just wanted to make sure you saw this email. We've set an ambitious goal for June to help us defeat the Big Three. Will you donate to OpenMedia to help fight for the free and

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Next Steps To Stop Trans Mountain Expansion r1 On June 18 you do not have to react to Trudeau's approval by yourself. Join your friends and neighbors at 7PM at Clearbrook Library Abbotsford ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1845 ... June 13, 2019
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Bernie Sanders Defines his Vision for Democratic Socialism

On Wednesday June 12th, 2019, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke about his views on democratic socialism and why it would

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In less than three weeks the world’s most powerful leaders are gathering in Osaka for the G20. It could be a vital moment to head off climate catastrophe.

If we can get the Japanese Government, one of the world’s biggest coal backers to switch to clean energy, we could change

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A transformative plan to fight climate change r1 ...

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We need to show mainstream media that we’re in a climate crisis r1

Friends,

On Monday, the leadership of the CBC rejected using the term “crisis” to describe climate change. Their head honcho’s reasoning? Apparently words like crisis and emergency might “sort of imply, you know, something more serious” is

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Content warning: racist violence

Refugee “hunts”, Hitler salutes, attacks on Jewish restaurants -- the demonstrations organised by the German neo-Nazi group Pro Chemnitz made headlines all over the world.

How do they finance their hate? With donations via PayPal.

Tell PayPal to cut off the cash flow to these neo-Nazis!

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We are planning to attend the Miners Memorial Day in Cumberland SATURDAY JUNE 22. [not this week]

I hope to see you there, and....a little picnic afterwards with friends and comrades...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=jG-dchT0fj4

Carlos Flores

CUPE Local

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1844 ... June 12, 2019
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Manifestos and Socialisms for the 21st Century

Chris Wright

The title of Bhaskar Sunkara’s new book is both bold and smart. It’s eye-catching in its reference to The Communist Manifesto. It

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Hutchison Ports is at it again - union-busting in Poland r1 Yes, the same company we wrote to you about two weeks ago. ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1843 ... June 11, 2019
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Canada’s ‘Liberals’ Have a Disturbing Imperial Streak

Vijay Prashad

Canada’s embassy in Venezuela has just been closed. The spur for this closure is an open attempt by Canada’s Prime Minister Justin

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SEA June Update r1 ...

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We have some amazing news to share: Canada will be banning single-use plastics because of SumOfUs members like you pushing hard for comprehensive plastics laws .

This is amazing progress towards stopping the plague of plastic from mega-corporations like Nestle, Coca-Cola and Tim Hortons that will now have to take

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OpenMedia r1

OpenMedia is ready to score another big win for the Internet.

Paov,

For more than a decade, Open Media has fought to protect our rights online and keep the Internet free and open.

But right...

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Dear Paov,

You are an everyday climate hero, making green lifestyle choices and doing what you can within

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We've launched a brand new page to make it easier for you to get involved. There are so many ways to support Survival's work
Dear friend,

This week, we have to say a big:

Congratulations on your triathlon, Sarah!

Last weekend, Survival staff member Sarah swam, cycled and ran an…

RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs) is honoured to be teaming up with Unist’ot’en to fundraise for the upcoming court case. Hello amazing allies of Unist’ot’en,

RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs) is honoured to be teaming up with Unist’ot’en to fundraise for the upcoming court case. We’re…

body. This week, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) released its final report titled "Reclaiming Power and Place." The report makes a total of 231 recommendations based on almost three years of hearings and over 1,000 hours of testimony from 2,300 witnesses.

But as…

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1842 ... June 10, 2019
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One Million More Reasons to Mobilize Against Ford

Jeff Noonan

The public sector "salary restraint" legislation expected by public sector union leaders was formally introduced on June 5th (Protecting a Sustainable

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MATCHING FUNDS: donations doubled to Unist'ot'en's urgent court case r1 We are standing with Unist'ot'en ...

MATCHING FUNDS: donations doubled to Unist'ot'en's urgent court case r1 We are standing with Unist'ot'en ...

Left Streamed:

Confronting the Climate Emergency

A panel and discussion on how we can confront climate emergency in our city, looking for solutions for the urban environments.

The City of Ottawa, following many cities around the world, has recently declared a climate emergency. The federal environment Minister is now asking

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BIG news! I've just booked a top bee scientist to crash Kroger's most important meeting of the year . This brave bee expert is ready to face down Kroger's top execs for selling food laced with bee-killing pesticides.

This could be just what we need to get bee-killing pesticides out

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Racism in Canadian Elections r1 ...

It's World Oceans Day! DOUBLE your impact today r1 Support Heiltsuk Nation with a donation on June 8 - World Oceans Day - and your contribution will be matched, doubling your impact! ...

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Dear Friends of SJS,

June 8:

Tiny House Warriors Safety Orientation and Tool Demonstration from 10AM-12 PM at 953 Balmoral RD :

Hi There,

We (a group of students and community members) are building tiny house for the Tiny House Warriors from June 8th-18th. We welcome you to join us in

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Hundreds of bee species are facing extinction , and time is running out to save them.

But you can -- by forcing one of the largest retailers in the world to cut out bee-harming pesticides.

With your help, we’ll send a bee scientist to Kroger’s shareholder meeting to show investors that bee

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Stand up for Indigenous Peoples' human rights

Friends this is urgent. Bill C-262 is a vital piece of legislation that we've been supporting for years . It would put Canada on a better path toward genuine reconciliation .

Our elected representatives...

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Sacked dock workers need our solidarity today r1 It will take you less than a minute ... ...

R&F.ca Weekly Update r1 ...

Back to court to save the bees!

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The B.C. gov’t is tackling cell phone billing transparency & affordability.

Paov,

Canadians are fed up with paying some of the highest cell phone bills in the world--while getting frequently awful service.

Now we...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1841 ... June 6, 2019
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Why Is There Now Socialism in the United States?

Ingar Solty

Today, most people are aware that ‘socialism’ is particularly popular among American millennials. The phenomenon began when the global financial

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“ Our house is on fire. I am here to say, our house is on fire. [...] I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is." - Greta Thunbeg, Swedish climate activist

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Dear Open Society Friends,

I am thrilled to announce the launch of our new website .

We started the redesign process by asking ourselves a simple question: How could we make sure that the site reflects, in its structure and design, our dedication to the basic principles of the Open Society

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Dear Friends of SJS,

Please join us tonight for a conversation with Dahr Jamai l, celebrated author of:

The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption

Wednesday, June 5, 7 pm

University of Victoria

David Turpin Bldg A110

Dahr Jamail, based in Port

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Add your name to the petition for a debate on climate change and a Green New Deal r1

Friends,

I have something that I want to share with you. It’s a photo of an elementary school near my house. I took is last Thursday, around noon, when smoke from wildfires

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I won’t beat around the bush. Canada has a trash problem.

We generate a whopping 31 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. Every minute, we dump a garbage truck full of trash into the ocean. A product we might use for 60 seconds winds up in a landfill for

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Burger King is refusing to take bold action to address rainforest deforestation in its supply chain -- so we're pushing a powerful shareholder proposal at the corporation's AGM.

Will you help make sure it gets a strong vote? Simply ask your pension fund to support it on your behalf using our

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1840 ... June 4, 2019
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Between Dystopia and Democratic Socialism

Andrew Jackson

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a widespread sense that liberal capitalism had triumphed in the battle of ideas, and that

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Walk The Climate Emergency Talk, Trudeau! r1 Please join PIPE UP Network on June 9 at 2 pm at Science World to tell the Trudeau Cabinet and MPs to Walk the Climate Emergency Talk. ...

"All Eyes on Juliana": Watch 9th Circuit Dissect Trump's Argument in Youth Climate Suit TUESDAY - Livestreamed from Portland OR r1 2 pm Pacific; 3 pm Mountain; 4 pm Central; 5 pm Eastern ...

We need your help to buy three federal election campaign advertisements!

Dear FVC Supporter,

The federal election is now just 113 days away.

In June 2015, Justin Trudeau made a historic promise that inspired voters from coast to coast - to end first-past-the-post and make every vote count.

In 2017, rejecting

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What part of 'emergency' do people they not understand? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌

Right now, Trudeau's government is debating a bill in Parliament that would declare a National Climate Emergency. If it passes (and we think it absolutely should), then the next test will be on June 18th , when the Trudeau government will decide

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body. You'd think that with Postmedia's near media monopoly on Canadian news outlets, it'd be at least slightly easier to keep track of how the corporation's pro-pipeline bias distorts mainstream news, especially environmental coverage.

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Our voices are being heard!

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It's 30 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre. And right now, the government of China is detaining a million people in internment camps -- just because they’re Muslim.

Yet Google wants to launch a search engine for China that would censor searches about these human rights abuses -- and help identify people

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1839 ... June 3, 2019
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European Progressive Future?
Neither Yesterday’s Tsipras nor Today’s Greens

Gal Kirn

One cannot and should not turn away from the disastrous results of the recent European Parliament elections, especially considering that

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Philippines: Holcim workers on the picket line need our support today r1 Please share this message widely in your union. ...

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 18 ... June 2, 2019
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Wikileaks, Data Activism, and Information Freedom
w/ Julian von Bargen

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is under arrest in the UK and facing possible extradition to the USA. We talk to data scientist and PhD candidate Julian von

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Help us get to 200,000 signatures to deliver to the CEO of Newmont

Máxima has been fighting for many years to protect her traditional land from mining giant Newmont’s massive open-pit gold mine. Yet, her harassment continues.

In just 6 days, our allies are heading to deliver this petition directly

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1838 ... May 31, 2019
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Green New Deal: Plan, Mood, Battlefield

Thea Riofrancos

Climate scientists are beginning to sound like radicals. The 2018 IPCC report concluded that "unprecedented changes across all aspects of society" would be

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Call for Canada's first leaders' debate on climate change r1

Friends,

After tediously debating it for the past week, the Canadian House of Commons is poised to declare a climate emergency. 1 If and when it’s passed, Catherine McKenna’s climate emergency motion will commit Canada to “meeting its national emissions

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The photos were taken during a Brazilian government expedition in 2008.

Dear friend,

"Let them live... we must let our uncontacted relatives live." – Pire'i Awá, Brazil

Today marks 11 years since Survival released photographs of an uncontacted tribe near the Brazil/Peru border, including the one above. The images made a

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15 minutes r1 Alberta is busy automating oil and gas will permits. The second scoop from our reader-funded freedom of information request ...

Last chance to register! r1 If you plan to register for workshop this weekend, please email Katrina. Register today by 5PM! ...

This World Oceans Day, make waves for Indigenous rights! r1 June 8 is World Oceans Day! Join RAVEN and the Heiltsuk Nation in reaching out to strengthen the groundbreaking case to protect the Great Bear Sea! ...

This World Oceans Day, make waves for Indigenous rights! r1 June 8 is World Oceans Day! Join RAVEN and the Heiltsuk Nation in reaching out to strengthen the groundbreaking case to protect the Great Bear Sea! ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1837 ... May 30, 2019
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Hard Right Turn Ontario

Greg Albo

A decade after the global financial crisis, few of the initial political calculations on the trajectory of world capitalism remain intact. The assessments made by

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A new report just dropped a bombshell.

An explosive new report warns there could be a global food crisis if we lose the bees.

With some species already locally extinct we need your support today to power up campaigns that give bees a chance against pesticide giants like Bayer.

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Reinstate the Karachi 8! r1 You're one click away from helping workers in Pakistan secure justice. ...

Dear Friends of SJS,

Please join us this coming week for a conversation with Dahr Jamai l, celebrated author of:

The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption

Wednesday, June 5, 7 pm

University of Victoria

David Turpin Bldg A110

Dahr Jamail, based

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CoDevelopment Canada International Solidarity Award Winners Announced! r1 Join us in honouring this year's International Solidarity Award Winners Joey Hartman and Irene Lanzinger! ...

body. Calls for political action on the climate crisis are reverberating through communities across the country. A flurry of decentralized, community-organized "Green New Deal" town halls are taking place in public libraries and community spaces across Canada, drumming up support for and engagement in shaping the policy platform. Students have…

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1836 ... May 29, 2019
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Growth in Renewables has Stalled. Investment is Falling. But Why?

John Treat and Sean Sweeney

The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently announced that the growth of capacity additions to renewable power

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Rachel Singleton-Polster, Haana Edenshaw, Jennifer Preston, and Keira Mann at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Report back from the UN

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1835 ... May 28, 2019
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Socialist Strategy and the Capitalist Democratic State

Stephen Maher and Rafael Khachaturian

The democratic socialist movement in the United States today is emerging from a central impasse: the dual failure of

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1834 ... May 27, 2019
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Oppose Doug Ford’s Ontario School Budget

Dudley Paul

When it comes down to it, the question is what do we want for our schools?

The government of Doug Ford is actually

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Left Streamed — Recorded in Toronto, 14 May 2019

Toronto Workers’ Theatre Group presents: “Toronto 1919”

The Toronto General Strike:
In the spring of 1919, thousands of workers were raising a clenched fist of defiance to bosses and politicians all across Canada. The most famous event was the general strike in

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