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body. Before delving into the news this week, we at rabble express our heartbreak and horror after yesterday’s terror attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. We stand in solidarity and mourning with Muslim communities around the world. Early reports pointed out that the New Zealand attacker took “inspiration”…

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Paov --

Like so many people around the world, we have been filled with horror and grief since hearing about the terrorist attack and mass shooting that happened against the Muslim community in New Zealand.

Though this terrible act was perpetrated halfway around the world, it is important for

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1788 ... March 21, 2019
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Rethinking Approaches to Climate Change

Richard Fidler

Climate change is the most visible, most threatening expression of a larger, planetary ecological crisis, the result of an economic system (capitalism) with an

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On March 21st join me and thousands across the country to #UniteAgainstRacism. r1

Dear Friends,

Today, I woke up to images pouring in from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe where untold scores of death and suffering are occurring at the hands of Cyclone Idai, which the UN is calling the worst

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These major banks are the biggest funders of the fossil fuel industry

A damning report released today found that TD, RBC and Scotiabank are amongst the top 10 banks in the world funding climate change through the bankrolling of fossil fuels.

Tell Scotiabank, TD and RBC to stop funding any

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Urgent World Water Day Gathering with the Tsilhqot’in this Friday r1 Today, Taseko Mines intends to begin an extensive drilling and road building program in Tsilhqot'in territory. ...

Urgent World Water Day Gathering with the Tsilhqot’in this Friday r1 Today, Taseko Mines intends to begin an extensive drilling and road building program in Tsilhqot'in territory. ...

Urgent World Water Day Gathering with the Tsilhqot’in this Friday r1 Today, Taseko Mines intends to begin an extensive drilling and road building program in Tsilhqot'in territory. ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1787 ... March 20, 2019
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Ukraine: An Election for the Oligarchs

Interview with Volodymyr Ishchenko

Five years after the "EuroMaidan" protests in Kiev and elsewhere toppled the government of now-exiled former president Viktor Yanukovych, the people

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The government just added a new high speed Internet goal to the budget

Paov,

BREAKING: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s newly unveiled budget includes a clear goal of bringing at least 50/10 Mbps speed...

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Congratulations! Yesterday, after a decade of advocacy, the provincial government has finally launched its first ever poverty reduction plan for...

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Dear Friends of SJS,

Please join us this evening for the SJS Annual Lecture:

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

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Friday was a day of immeasurable heartbreak and yet I am immensely hopeful r1

Dear friends,

After these last few days, I’m feeling a mixture of rage, grief, and resolve. The news of Friday’s horrific Mosque attack in New Zealand, which claimed 50 lives, shook me to the core. 50

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A new court ruling could spell the end of glyphosate

A, a judge just ordered secret research on cancer-causing glyphosate to be made public . This is our chance to prove that glyphosate, Monsanto’s favourite weedkiller, should be banned immediately. With your help, we’ll hire a people-powered scientist to go through

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China: Free jailed labour activists now r1 The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions needs our support today. ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1786 ... March 19, 2019
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Working Women: Should We Be Combatting Sexism to Stimulate Economic Growth?

Meenakshi Krishnan and Benjamin Selwyn

In the run-up to International Women’s Day, it was good to see Christine Lagarde highlight

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BREAKING: Pepsi’s palm oil business partner Indofood has been stripped of its sustainability certificates -- for abusing workers on its environment-wrecking plantations.

But Pepsi STILL won’t cut ties with the palm oil villain. WHY?!

Tell Pepsi: No more excuses. Drop conflict palm oil company Indofood now!

Sign the petition

A,

Pepsi

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Join three First Nations to confront bitumen threat in court r1 Want to throw another legal hurdle in the path of the Trans Mountain pipeline? ...

Join three First Nations to confront bitumen threat in court r1 Want to throw another legal hurdle in the path of the Trans Mountain pipeline? ...

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Left Streamed — Recorded in Toronto, 1 March 2019

Moving Beyond Ford: The Transportation We Want

In Toronto and beyond, campaigns are underway to confront the Ford government’s initiative to take the Toronto subway system from the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) in order to reorganize, further automobilize and possibly privatize transit

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A new court ruling could spell the end of glyphosate

Monsanto’s bogus research is the reason Europe didn’t ban glyphosate in 2017.

To protect Monsanto’s “commercial interests”, the EU kept this “research” a secret. Until now.

A judge has just ordered the release of these dodgy dossiers. With your donation

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Reminder of upcoming cafe also: Monday March 18, 7 pm (doors open) at 1923 Fernwood Toad with Lucia Morales Celestino of Nexico

and Cafe Simpatico at 1923 Fernwood Road

Friday, March 29............Doors open at 7 pm: Music at 7:30 p, Presentation at 8:0 pm

You are invited to a presentation…

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Minister Bains is listening to us. We need him to stand strong.

Paov,

BREAKING: The Canadian government just...

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r52 Fwd: Vigil for New Zealand mosque shooting today MAR15

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Vigil for New Zealand mosque shooting (today)

https://www.facebook.com/events/824492171224445/

Today at 3 PM – 5 PM MAR 15

Centennial Square, Victoria

What this event is:

Yesterday, approximately 50

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1785 ... March 15, 2019
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An Ecosocialist Green New Deal: Guiding Principles

DSA Ecosocialists

Humankind has reached a moment of existential crisis. Human activity is causing disastrous climate disruption and Earth’s sixth mass extinction event, triggering

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Tell Pizza Hut to stop buying ingredients that destroy rainforests.

A,

Pizza Hut's annual shareholder meeting is coming up fast. Over 75,000 incredible SumOfUs members like you have already told the fast food giant to stop buying ingredients that destroy rainforests.

We've now been contacted by Pizza Hut's lawyers, who

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$375,000 per well r1 It's the fracking industry's version of a dine and dash. And guess who is left holding the bill? ...

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Together, we are powerful, which is why we wanted to send you this special update -- about three significant, people-powered wins we’ve achieved this week!

You rock!

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A victory for workers!

SumOfUs celebrates the Turkish workers' victory during International Women's Day in Paris

On International Women’s Day 2019 SumOfUs marched

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1784 ... March 13, 2019
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Searching for New Forms of Struggle

João Pedro Stédile Reports on the Latin American Left from the International People’s Assembly

From February 24 to 27th, the International People’s Assembly (AIP) was

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Dear Friends of SJS,

Greater Victoria Acting Together is hiring an organizer! Please circulate widely. Deadline for applications to be received is March 30, 2019

Dear friends or friends of friends with big lists!

Greater Victoria Acting Together (GVAT) is a broad-based organization with a unique mix of faith, labour,

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The Liberal and SNC-Lavalin's relationship is the biggest corporate scandal of the year.

Now you can let everyone know how you feel about putting corporations above the law with our easy-to-use letter to the editor tool.

Send a letter

A,

Watching the SNC-Lavalin scandal unfold these last few weeks has

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1783 ... March 12, 2019
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Labour in the Age of Duterte: The Pacific Plaza Strike

Ia Maranon and Walden Bello

The lesson of the Pacific Plaza strike is that workers’ solidarity, not presidential promise, will end

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Should citizens who left home to join ISIS be allowed to return? While international law holds that the answer is yes , the governments of both the United Kingdom and the United States are refusing to…

body. Another week, another round of political posturing in the ongoing SNC-Lavalin scandal. We’ll cut to the chase.

This week, we heard Gerald Butts, former PMO adviser, testify before the House of Commons. Then, Trudeau held a press conference on Thursday morning, which in typical fashion featured coded and qualifying…

body. Capitalism is the worst possible system for people and the planet.

Extraction of profit at any cost is simply incompatible with caring for the delicate network of ecosystems that sustain life on Earth. An alarming scientific review recently found that human activity is driving insects to extinction, writes David…

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1782 ... March 11, 2019
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The New Politics of Disablement: The Contribution of Mike Oliver

Ravi Malhotra

Michael Oliver (3 February 1945 to 2 March 2019) was a British academic, author, and disability rights activist. He

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Dear A,

Fantastic news! Almost 900 incredible SumOfUs members like you have already chipped in to save bees, butterflies and bugs from dangerous pesticides.

A grassroots group in Switzerland are on the verge of kicking toxic pesticides out of their country -- and now you can help them .

Last week, they

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CASC is fortunate to host this outstanding speaker Monday March 18, at Fernwood Community Association, 1923 Fernwood Road. Doors open at 7 pm Presentation at 7:30 pm A Voice from Mexico: LUCIA MORALES CELESTINO Lucia's talk will centre on the general political context in Mexico and the challenges faced by…

Left Streamed — Recorded in Toronto, 28 February 2019

Digital Games: A Canary in the Coal Mine of Capital

Not everyone plays digital games, but with the rise of casual, mobile-based gaming, we all know someone who does. With global sales revenues that far exceed global Hollywood’s annual box office, the

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Net Neutrality could be gutted in the Telecommunications Act review.

Paov,

Even though Net Neutrality is the law in Canada, the chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) called for “flexibility” in how it's enforced late last year.1

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Stop Alton Gas from destroying the Shubenacadie River

A massive natural gas company is about to destroy a river in Nova Scotia and trample Indigenous rights.

Tell the Federal government to stop Alton Gas’ destructive project.

Sign the petition

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No one would ever think that dumping 3,000 tonnes of

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Beaver Lake Cree have their day in court/Les cris de Beaver Lake se font entendre devant le tribunal r1 This is a case that goes to the heart of what Canada’s responsibility to uphold the treaties really means. Thank you for your support. ...…

Beaver Lake Cree have their day in court/Les cris de Beaver Lake se font entendre devant le tribunal r1 This is a case that goes to the heart of what Canada’s responsibility to uphold the treaties really means. Thank you for your support. ...…

Tell Saputo to clean up their act

A,

Because of your pressure -- McCain's contacted us to let us know that it was already signed onto another food waste commitment to reduce its food waste by 50% by 2025 and it finally made the commitment public on its website.

Now we

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1781 ... March 8, 2019
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Exterminators-in-Chief: Trudeau, Bolsonaro, et al, and Informed Consent

Judith Deutsch

In Memory of Dave Vasey who knew first-hand about official callousness toward life in the small town of Walkerton where people

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International Women's Day r1 The best place on the web to follow working women's news stories. ...

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Across the Cardinal Divide r1 A simple way of life, far off the beaten track comes under threat from a major coal mine expansion. ...

You can help expose the tragedy of deforestation and demand action.

Pizza Hut and KFC are buying ingredients that destroy rainforests -- and they have one of the food industry’s worst policies on deforestation.

Tell Pizza Hut and KFC to commit to zero deforestation!

Sign the petition

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Magnificent rainforests in

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1780 ... March 7, 2019
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A More Dangerous World:
The Nuclear Arms Race, the INF Treaty and Canada

Socialist Project Steering Committee

On October 20, 2018, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw

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Dear CASC supporters, CASC hosted the premier presentation of a new play about Palestine on Feb. 22, 2019 at Cafe Simpatico. This background the context of the drama and events portrayed. These notes were given to those who attended. After reading them, the video may be viewed with insight provided.…

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Bees, butterflies, and beetles are going extinct faster than we could imagine. A grassroots group in Switzerland just launched a campaign to ban ALL pesticides -- and set an inspiring example for the world.

Will you donate to make this pesticide ban a reality?

If you’ve saved your payment information with

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1779 ... March 6, 2019
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s Other Charges: Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza

Chiara Cruciati

Benjamin Netanyahu’s bad day Thursday got off to the worst possible start: before the Israeli general prosecutor Avichai Mandelblit officially

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Last week, we were rocked by the news that the National Energy Board, an institution we know prioritizes corporations, approved the Trans Mountain pipeline -- again.

With this news, it's clear that in addition to fighting pipelines, we need to push for transformative climate policies that transition us off fossil.

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1778 ... March 5, 2019
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Trudeau Doctrine

Yves Engler

Many Canadians are familiar with the Monroe Doctrine. First issued in 1823, it warned European powers against renewed colonization of the Western Hemisphere. Presented as anti-imperialist, the

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Scandal of WWF-funded abuse revealed in BuzzFeed investigation Scandal of WWF-funded abuse revealed in BuzzFeed investigation

One Of The World’s Biggest Charities Funds Guards Who Have Tortured And Killed People

A major new BuzzFeed investigation has revealed the shocking extent of WWF-funded abuse in the name of conservation.
READ THE…

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Living clothing, bioweapons, and edited twins – synthetic biology 2019

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1777 ... March 4, 2019
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For a Fighting Ecological Trade-Unionism

Daniel Tanuro

How can we reconcile social struggle and environmental struggle? This question poses problems for trade unionists. To avoid a climate catastrophe, it would be

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body. Justin Trudeau is on the ropes, but can the NDP provide a viable, progressive alternative? Karl Nerenberg ’s preoccupation this week sums up the news cycle well.

From the dueling testimonies of Jody Wilson-Raybould in the House of Commons and Michael Cohen in the U.S . to the disgruntled and…

CASC is fortunate to host this outstanding speaker Monday March 18, at Fernwood Community Association, 1923 Fernwood Road. Doors open at 7 pm Presentation at 7:30 pm A Voice from Mexico: LUCIA MORALES CELESTINO Lucia's talk will centre on the general political context in Mexico and the challenges faced by…

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1776 ... March 3, 2019
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The Machinery of Images and the (Post-)Modern War

Ayyaz Mallick

On 14 February, 20-year-old Adil Ahmed Dar rammed a vehicle fill of explosives into a bus full of reserve police force

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1775 ... March 1, 2019
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The War on AMLO

Kurt Hackbarth and Colin Mooers

Ten weeks into the administration of progressive president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the Mexican right has made it clear how it

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Yves Rocher is starving out a brave group of women

Dear A,

Just sending you a quick email to make sure you saw this: Billion dollar cosmetic giant Yves Rocher fired 132 staff -- mostly women -- simply for joining a union.

More than 1,300 incredible SumOfUs members like you have already

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1774 ... February 28, 2019
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Opportunities for the Montreal Urban Left

Matthew Brett

Opportunities exist for an organized urban left one year into the Projet Montréal administration’s mandate. That was the key message of a recent

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We’re letting our MPs know: No Internet Tax!

Paov,

Parliament is currently reviewing the laws that govern our Internet. But instead of addressing the digital divide that keeps half of the low-income households from having home Internet, the CRTC is recommending a new tax that would...

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r1 Subject: Latin American Muralism and Identity Ideafest Panel, March 5, 2:00 pm, Clearihue A118

Next Tuesday, March 5, as part of Ideafest19, the Latin American Studies Program will present a panel on Latin American muralism and identity. Taking as a point of departure the recently inaugurated Latin American Studies…

374 days of continuous struggle for rights - Support AB InBev Sonepat workers! r1 ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1773 ... February 27, 2019
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An Inevitable Division: The Politics and Consequences of the Labour Split

Jeremy Gilbert

It’s the changing nature of class and capital that’s caused this split -- and should shape the Left’s response

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Minister Bains just ordered the CRTC to put customers first

Dear Paov,

I have some amazing news to share!

Today the government sent a clear message to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC): it must put the interests of customers before Big Telecom's.

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 11 ... February 26 2019
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The Left and the U.S. Democratic Party w/ Adam Hilton

Bernie Sanders has recently announced his second bid to be the Democratic Party Presidential nomination for 2020. What does it mean for a self-proclaimed democratic socialist to

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Yves Rocher is starving out a brave group of women

Cosmetics giant Yves Rocher is starving out a brave group of women asking for nothing more than to be safe at work and fairly paid.

Can you make an emergency donation to help fired workers put food on the table

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