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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1704 ... November 12, 2018
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Steps Forward in Free Access to Public Transport

Lukasz Lugowski

Thirty years of neoliberal domination, culminating in the economic crisis that began in 2008, have resulted in the introduction of charges

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We have just a few days left to call on Canada to take real action to save the bees now.

Will you send a comment to Health Canada to impose the ban on bee-killing pesticides immediately?

Send an email

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Thanks to you, we’ve secured a win on banning two

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Left Streamed — Recorded in Toronto, 10 October 2018

What Deal of the Century? The Final Resolution:
Peacemaking in the age of Trump and Netanyahu

Palestinian human rights lawyer, Jonathan Kuttab, examines the present configuration of regional forces and international personalities leading to current sorry outlook for justice and peace for

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This is a reckless attach on the climate

I just wanted to make sure you saw this, A -- this critical lawsuit could hold Doug Ford to account and save Ontario’s climate plan, ensuring Ontario does its part to mitigate runaway climate chaos. Whatever amount you can chip in will go

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Laying down the law :notre objectif audacieux est en vue! r1 Our community is building incredible momentum with matching funds for the Tar Sands Trial! ...

Laying down the law :notre objectif audacieux est en vue! r1 Our community is building incredible momentum with matching funds for the Tar Sands Trial! ...

Ballots are in the mail and we couldn't be more excited. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌

Dear PAOV,

Did your ballot come in the mail yet?

Now that the voting period on proportional representation (Pro Rep) is open, voting packages have been mailed to homes all across British Columbia. This referendum's a once-in-a-generation opportunity to

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Act now to stop a land grab in Republic of Congo WWF is violating international law

URGENT ACTION

Dear PAOV,
The Baka fear for their future.

They are about to see the forests they’ve lived in and protected for generations stolen from them. It’s a land grab, driven by Western…

Café Simpatico presents...

The Zapatista Movement in Chiapas

“ ¡ Zapata vive , la lucha sigue !”

(Zapata lives, the struggle continues!)

In 1994, the day the NAFTA agreement became operational, threatening the survival of Mexican campesinos , the Zapatista National Liberation Army staged a 12-day-long uprising. Mexican society shook to its core.

After 24

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What is BDS?

Palestinian human rights lawyer, Jonathan Kuttab, explains BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) campaign to a Toronto audience in October 2018. He calls on people of goodwill everywhere to support the campaign because it works.

Click here to view presentation…

SEA November Meeting - Council Strategy r1 Tuesday Nov 20th at 6pm, 711 Douglas St, Below Crystal Gardens ...

SEA November Meeting - Council Strategy r1 Tuesday Nov 20th at 6pm, 711 Douglas St, Below Crystal Gardens ...

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The NEB is failing the 74 killer whales we have left r1 The National Energy Board is recklessly rushing through the review of the Trans Mountain Pipeline ...

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The owls of de-forest r1 Critically endangered spotted owls are still losing habitat ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1703 ... November 8, 2018
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For a Liberal Populism?

Blake Stewart

Over thirty years have passed since Chantal Mouffe and her late partner Ernesto Laclau developed the political philosophy of ‘Post-Marxism’ in their seminal text Hegemony

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Dear PAOV,

On Thursday November 8 at 7 PM John Horgan will debate Andrew Wilkinson on proportional representation on CBC and Global TV. Can you tune in to the debate and help us on Twitter or Facebook?

What: Debate on Electoral Reform Between John Horgan and Andrew Wilkinson

When: Thursday

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Dear FVC Supporter,

We recently learned that the President and CEO of the Urban Development Institute, a lobby group for property developers, sent a letter to their hundreds of member organizations urging a vote for first-past-the-post. The letter parroted the misleading claims about proportional representation being put forth by the

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Subject: Fwd: Send out message

5pm Wednesday, Nov. 14

Picket at the entrance of Golden City Restaurant, 721 Fisgard St.

at the sixth celebration of Murray Rankin as MP

Our Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid will be picketing the entrance of the restaurant with our banners and handing out leaflets to

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Dear SJS Friends and Students,

If you are interested in hearing Robin D’Angelo speak about white fragility, she will be on campus on Nov. 21. Tickets are free but must be ordered in advance. See the link below to order your tickets.

Regards, Margo

Margo L. Matwychuk, PhD

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Pepsi’s conflict palm oil dealt another blow

BREAKING: The world’s largest sustainable palm oil authority just sanctioned Pepsi’s business partner , infamous palm oil villain Indofood, for abusing workers on its plantations.

It’s our chance to hold Pepsi to its well-publicised sustainable palm oil promises. Tell Pepsi to end its business

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1702 ... November 7, 2018
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Challenges for Cuba’s New Constitution

Tom Hansen

Cuba is writing a new constitution, part of a lengthy process of political change that can be traced to the 6th Congress of the

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New greeting cards! A hoot for the holidays!

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NationBuilder r1

Congratulations Friend --

Thanks to your support and a decade of community demands, the Poverty Reduction Act (Bill...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1701 ... November 6, 2018
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The Lesson of Brazil

Pierre Beaudet

The catastrophe -- expected and foreseeable -- has happened. This immense country, with its 200 million inhabitants, is now in darkness. At best, it will take a

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Strike Solidarity Requested, a Job Advert and More on Movies r1 Today marks 3 weeks since public health nurses were forced on strike... ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1700 ... November 5, 2018
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The Google Walkout:
An International Working-Class Movement

Dan La Botz

Thousands of Google employees throughout the United States and around the world walked off their jobs on November 1, "to protest

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Left Streamed — Recorded in Toronto, 14 October 2018

Corbynism and the Labour Party

Openings, Obstacles, Possibilities for British Socialism

The leadership of the UK Labour Party by Jeremy Corbyn continues to enjoy enormous popularity across the UK. This even despite continual attacks from the corporate press, the Conservative Party, and

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Don't miss your chance to double your impact r1 Every donation to the TarSandsTrial.ca in the month of November will be matched, DOUBLING your impact! ...

Don't miss your chance to double your impact r1 Every donation to the TarSandsTrial.ca in the month of November will be matched, DOUBLING your impact! ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1699 ... November 1, 2018
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Brazil: Quilombo Campo Grande suffers threats from Fascism

MST (Landless Rural Workers' Movement)

We, the MST families of Southern MG, of Quilombo Campo Grande, denounce fascist action against our 20-year struggle.

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Subject: [victoriapeacecoalition] Reminder: Yves Engler talk, Sat, Nov 3, 1pm (not 11am) Cornett B111

*Please note this event starts at 1pm *

Overcoming the NDP's anti Palestinian History , Saturday, Nov. 3, 1-3pm, UVic, Cornett B111.

Yves Engler will offer a roadmap for those who oppose racism and colonialism to push the

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Hey Vancouver Island! Let's Talk Forests r1 We're visiting Port McNeill on November 6 ...

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Double your impact this November r1 Every donation to the TarSandsTrial.ca in the month of November will be matched, DOUBLING your impact! ...

Double your impact this November r1 Every donation to the TarSandsTrial.ca in the month of November will be matched, DOUBLING your impact! ...

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 8 ... November 1 2018
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The Struggle for Justice in Prisons w/ Jordan House

Episode 8: From 21 August and 9 September, prisoners across the U.S. went on strike. One set of Canadian prisoners -- at Burnside jail in Nova Scotia -- decided to

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In just two weeks, Canada could pass the motion that would kick-start real action on plastic pollution. This week, MP Gord Johns started the debate in the House of Commons to pass M-151, the motion that provides a comprehensive framework for a national strategy to address Canada's plastic debris.

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1698 ... October 31, 2018
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Stop Land Grabs:
Declaration of the Social Movements: Ten Peoples’ Principles Against Land Grabs, Evictions and Neoliberalism

Frans Ari Prasetyo and People’s Alliance Against Eviction

"Let a New World be born

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Finally, a chance to help the killer whales r1 Only FIVE days left to comment! ...

NationBuilder r1

Dear Paov --

The referendum on BC’s voting system has formally begun and ballots are landing in mailboxes as we speak.

The BC Health Coalition is supporting a change to proportional representation (pro rep) because we strongly believe that a fairer system of voting will lead to better health

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PAPER REVOLUTION - collective empowerment.

More about us at:
www.PaperRevolution.org
twitter.com/PaperRev
facebook.com/PaperRev

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IN THIS ISSUE:

-Introducing Giggle Search - A Search Engine for Humanity
-Red Nose Revolution Support & Thanks
-Sweet Om Community Kitchen Support & Thanks
-Several Groups Disrupt Duluth City Council Meeting
-#HambacherForest – #EndeGelaende Sets Up Protest Camp in #Stepprath for…

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Why 'Cyber' is Red-Hot

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A jury ruled Monsanto's toxic weedkiller, glyphosate, caused a man's terminal cancer

A,

Mr Dewayne Johnson is dying of cancer. But Monsanto and Bayer are dragging the brave father of three through a lengthy legal battle -- even though the courts ruled in favour of Mr Johnson.

Monsanto and Bayer will

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1697 ... October 30, 2018
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Class War Conservatism and Resistance to the Doug Ford Tories

Jeff Shantz

The Fordist Conservative government in Ontario presents a pressing challenge to politics as usual and raises the stakes for

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BREAKING: Trump wants to genetically test millions of people

Trump wants millions of people to prove their gender with invasive genetic testing.

Add your name to demand that genetic testing companies like Ancestry and 23andMe refuse to throw privacy rights and anti-discrimination policies in the garbage.

Sign the Petition

A,

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Last week, hundreds visited their MPs with demands for action -- today, let’s keep the pressure up r1

Dear friends,

We are less than a year away from the next federal election and the clock is ticking for politicians to bring our climate policy in line with what scientists and people

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Hello activists:

Several events of interest are coming up:

1. Banning and Eliminating Nuclear Weapons: A Planetary Health Imperative,

Wed., Oct 31, 5-6pm, Patient Care Centre, Royal Jubilee Hospital, 1952 Bay St.

2. Yves Engler book launch, Left, Right Nov. 1, 7-9pm, UVic, Hickman 105

3. Overcoming the NDP's anti

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Let’s change our out-of-date border search laws

Hi Paov,

From personal photos to call history, private messages, documents and more, our phones and laptops have some of our most personal, sensitive information on them.

And...

Labour on Film r1 Join CLiFF in Celebrating its 10th Anniversary ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1696 ... October 29, 2018
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Challenging the Market with Collective Solutions

Gordon Peters

For a short time very recently the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate change hit the headlines and everyone

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Transit Justice in the Inner Suburbs

Public transit is essential to accessing Toronto’s social and cultural life, including necessary things like getting groceries or going to work. Yet working class communities suffer from inadequate and expensive, transit service. Different plans for transit

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OpenMedia r1

We're going to Ottawa to stop the Internet tax. Stand with us!

Paov,

We've just learned the people behind the proposal to tax Internet use over 15GB per month also asked the government to consider a tax on hyperlink sharing and a policy forcing websites to...

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A jury ruled Monsanto's toxic weedkiller, glyphosate, caused a man's terminal cancer

A jury ruled Monsanto's toxic weedkiller, glyphosate, caused a man's terminal cancer -- and this week a judge upheld the verdict.

Now, Monsanto is about to appeal the verdict to avoid paying compensation and stop other cancer victims from

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ISSAMBA - Your Unforgettable Journey Through the Depths Of African Rhythms r1 Get your ticket now ...

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1695 ... October 27, 2018
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Brazil: The Collapse of Democracy?

Alfredo Saad-Filho

Brazil will elect its new President on 28 October 2018. Since the judicial-parliamentary coup that removed elected President Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers’ Party

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NationBuilder r1

Congratulations to new and returning municipal councils throughout the province, and all those who worked hard campaigning and getting people...

Share Davi's message to stop more Yanomami deaths Share Davi's message to stop more Yanomami deaths r33 Dear friend,
Yanomami indigenous people in Venezuela and Brazil are dying from a devastating measles outbreak which is sweeping through their communities.

Survival has been sounding the alarm about the deadly epidemic, but…

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1694 ... October 26, 2018
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Ford Takes on Bill 148: But There is Resistance

Chloe Rockarts and Gerard Di Trolio

When the Tories were elected to govern Ontario this past June, it was a day that

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Toad People wins prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award r1

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Stand up for compassion and choice

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This is a reckless attach on the climate

Doug Ford was so eager to tear down climate protections that he plowed right over Ontarian’s rights.

But a powerful lawsuit could finally hold him to account now.

Can you chip in CA$91 today to protect our climate from Ford’s reckless regime?

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1693 ... October 25, 2018
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Understanding the Rise of the Radical Right

Mario Candeias

It is the time of monsters. The organic crisis of the old neoliberal project has also brought forth the rise of a

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Dear Friends of SJS,

October 25:

AERON STARK

"The Experiences of LGBTQ Youth in Three Cities Across British Columbia:

Substance Use, Discrimination, Police, and the Law"

FREE TALK

Thursday, October 25th, 2018

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Cornett A317

Aeron Stark is a community-based researcher who has a BSc

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Scientists say there's plastic in our poop! It’s polluting our oceans, our communities -- and our bodies. But without public pressure now, some governments will still go easy on the plastics industry.

Tell all European governments to support the EU’s ambitious Single-Use Plastics law, and make it stronger still. Tough rules

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1692 ... October 24, 2018
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In and Against the State

Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin

Just a few years ago, it would have seemed most unlikely that developments in the British Labour Party would attract widespread

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Dear FVC Supporter,

Please attend the rally for proportional representation with John Horgan and Andrew Weaver on Tuesday October 23 at 6:30 PM!

What: Rally for Pro Rep

When: Tuesday October 23, 6:30 PM

Where: Crystal Garden, 713 Douglas Street, Victoria

Details: Join Premier John Horgan and BC Green Party

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PeerNetBC Community Workshops Announcement!

Dear FVC Supporter,

First, the good news! Thanks to your generous support, our citizens campaign for proportional representation is on the front page of the Province Newspaper today! AND - we have an 8-page ad hitting 39 newspapers in interior and northern BC later this week. AMAZING! It is only with

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