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Biden remains the consummate insider of the foreign policy establishment
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- Published on Friday, 18 June 2021 09:14
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I’ve spent my whole journalistic career reporting on the horrors of U.S. militarism, including on the ground in places like Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, and Afghanistan. In the beginning, it was a pretty lonely beat.
Much of the establishment media was slow to seize on the rising tide of public anger over the forever wars. But Intercept readers championed our coverage of drone assassinations, civilian massacres, and mercenary profiteering.
That helped to fuel a dramatic shift in the terms of debate, and now President Joe Biden seems set to follow through on Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan. But the devil is in the details: There will still be contractors, U.S. airstrikes and covert CIA and special forces operations.
Make no mistake: Biden remains the consummate insider of...
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Good things grow in Ontario
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- Published on Thursday, 17 June 2021 14:22
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Don't forget to RSVP!
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- Published on Thursday, 17 June 2021 12:34
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Dear Friend,
Don't forget to RSVP for our upcoming digital panel: No One Left Behind: Reflections on human rights and civil liberties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
When: Wednesday, June 23, 2021; 7:30pm - 8:30pm PST / 10:30pm - 11:30pm EST
Where: Livestream on YouTube. RSVP by June 20th to receive a link.
Who: Lama Mugabo, Judith Sayers, Elene Lam, and Emilie Coyle. Moderated by Veronica Martisius, BCCLA Staff Counsel. Read more about the panelists and moderator.
ASL and live captioning available.
RSVP Today!The COVID-19 pandemic has served as a flashpoint for human rights and civil liberties, with communities fighting for vital public health measures. Addressing the social determinants of health, such as race, class, gender, housing, colonialism, disability, age, working conditions, and immigration status, are essential for a meaningful public health response...
We did it! A milestone for Indigenous rights and reconciliation
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- Published on Thursday, 17 June 2021 10:55
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This is a milestone for Indigenous rights and reconciliation!
Bill C-15 passed the final vote in Canada's Senate. This moment is the culmination of years of hard work. It took countless meetings to build relationships, strategize, and inform key decision makers. It took countless presentations, educational resources, and media interviews. It took tremendous efforts to counter misinformation and fear-mongering about Indigenous peoples' human rights.
So many people were a part of this victory. Everything that CFSC has contributed to making this happen could not have been done without our committed donors and volunteers. Thank you so...
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Joe Manchin Gets Candid With Billionaire Donors in Leaked Audio
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- Published on Thursday, 17 June 2021 05:17
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Nestlé is bullying an entire town
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 June 2021 07:52
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Nestlé Waters is trying to silence and bully the whistleblower who exposed its illegal plastic dump. He really needs your help today.
Tell Nestlé to urgently clean up its mess and drop the case against Didier Thouvenin.
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Sucking dry an already drought-stricken water table, illegally pumping and monopolizing water resources, an embezzlement probe, and now plastic and chemical pollution. Nestlé Waters is behind all of this.
Not surprised? We are not either, but just like the people of Vittel in France, we are shocked and appalled.
There are no less than 9 illegal dumps, some of which are more than 50 years old, scattered around the mineral water territory of Vittel and Contrexéville in Eastern France. That’s enough plastic and chemical waste to fill several dozens of Olympic swimming pools.
This pollution is denounced by brave locals. One of them, the farmer Didier Thouvenin, is...
Dog abused
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 June 2021 16:26
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PAOV — “The dog was in obvious distress, to the point of collapsing, vomiting and bleeding out from its paws all over the road.” Community members in Kitchener, ON are very concerned about the safety of a local dog, after witnessing the dog’s owner dragging it behind a motorized bike. Despite the man being charged with animal cruelty, the dog remains in his possession. The community is calling on local officials to remove and rehome the dog. You can help in this critical moment by signing the petition now.
Remove/rehome dog who was dragged behind motorized bike
Ending B.C.s new war in the woods
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 June 2021 12:43
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SUPER-DUPER NON-COLONIAL PRESS CONFERENCE (a summary)
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 June 2021 09:51
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A Summary of a
SUPER-DUPER NON-COLONIAL PRESS CONFERENCE
On June 1, 2021, BC Premier “Lie and Log” Horgan held a bogus press conference to “address” forestry issues. He said “fibre”and “value-added” a lot and talked about how fancy the Old Growth Strategic Review is—even though it came out last year and it recommended a deferral on old growth logging, but old growth logging went up 43% instead. This time stuff is really gonna happen in 2023! Forests Minister Katrine Conroy is excited!
He did not directly talk about the forest protectors known as the “Fairy Creek Blockade” and the thousands of people in the streets supporting the blockaders until a reporter asked him how he would address protesters’ disappointment with his so-called plan.
He said, “the critical recommendation that's at play [from the Old Growth Strategic Review] at Fairy Creek is consulting with the title holders... in this instance the Pacheedaht... (and the Ditidaht and the Huwayut)... if we were to arbitrarily put deferrals in place there that would be a...
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The dirtiest plastic on earth
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 June 2021 06:11
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Make plastic from coal: that’s the horrifying new plan from Adani Enterprises. It's an idea so controversial even other fossil fuel companies are alarmed.
But we can stop it IF we get Adani's biggest investor, Blackrock, to come out against the plan.
Tell Blackrock to speak up now!
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Even billionaire coal barons know that the era of coal-fired power is over. But they're refusing to just leave it in the ground.
So instead they've come up with a horrifying back-up plan: turn their unburnable coal into the dirtiest plastic on earth.
We’ve just found out that Adani Enterprises has submitted plans to build a $4bn plant to convert coal dug from its bitterly opposed Carmichael mine in Australia and turn it into toxic PVC plastic in India.
But we can stop this terrible plan before it ever gets...
Police in Rio de Janeiro are trying to interrogate our editor
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- Published on Monday, 14 June 2021 13:27
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From its beginnings, The Intercept’s team in Brazil has reported on a culture of corruption and politicization in the Brazilian criminal justice system — which illegally conspired to imprison former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and paved the way for far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to take power.
Events there have now taken an alarming turn: In a naked attempt to suppress our journalism, a pro-Bolsonaro police official has initiated an investigation into The Intercept Brasil’s executive editor, Leandro Demori, for his reporting on police violence.
Leandro’s alleged offense was to raise questions about the involvement of a police division in a raid on a favela last month that killed at least 28 people — the deadliest...
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Kaniekeha:ke social worker Wanda Gabriel on trauma
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- Published on Monday, 14 June 2021 11:35
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Kanieke’ha:ke social worker Wanda Gabriel on trauma
CFSC holds in the Light all affected with the news of 215 children found in unmarked graves at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
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A Call For Accountability: Kamloops Indian Residential School
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- Published on Monday, 14 June 2021 02:43
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PAOV – this petition is taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in adding your name. Sign now to help:
A Call For Accountability: Kamloops Indian Residential School
Katie Koopman started this petition to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Citizens of Canada, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, Charlie Angus MP and it now has 11,371 signatures
Sign now with a click
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Political System Unites to Condemn Ilhan Omar for Telling the Truth
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- Published on Sunday, 13 June 2021 16:19
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Gambier Island logging
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- Published on Saturday, 12 June 2021 15:01
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PAOV — A private woodlot operator on Gambier Island is set to begin logging the old-growth forests of Whispering Creek. Along with irreversible damage to the old-growth forest, the drinking water of the nearby community is at risk. This petition is calling for an immediate end to the logging. If you think ancient forests should be protected from destruction, add your name to the petition.
STOP LOGGING OLD GROWTH IN THE WHISPERING CREEK WATERSHED OF CHÁ7ELKWNECH (GAMBIER ISLAND)
3,268 have signed Gambier Island Conservancy’s petition. Let’s get to 5,000!
Were committed to holding the Biden administration accountable
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- Published on Saturday, 12 June 2021 08:01
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We wanted to make sure you didn’t miss this important note from Intercept co-founder Jeremy Scahill and editor-in-chief Betsy Reed. Can you chip in to help reach our goal today?
CIA-trained death squads massacring children. Big Pharma putting profits over people’s lives in a pandemic. Police “kettling” protesters who dare to oppose their racist brutality. The U.S. government executing prisoners in death chambers largely hidden from public view. A new president with a 50-year record of promoting U.S. militarism and attacks on whistleblowers.
These are just some of the stories The Intercept has brought to readers in the past year. Week after week, people come to The Intercept to find stories they won’t...
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Water protectors arrested & more
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- Published on Saturday, 12 June 2021 06:32
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250 water protectors arrested in protest against Canadian-owned pipeline being built on Indigenous territories in Minnesota
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PBI-Colombia present as IACHR conducts visit to the Portal de la Resistencia in Bogota to hear from demonstrators
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24 hours to save the bees
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- Published on Saturday, 12 June 2021 05:55
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In just 24 hours, Switzerland could become the first country in the world to ban ALL pesticides.
Bayer and friends are in panic mode, going all out to stop it -- we need to match them blow for blow. Rush a donation to help blanket the country in ads -- and win the most important vote yet in our fight to save the bees:
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For 10 years, A, our community has been fighting for the bees, going toe-to-toe with Bayer over and over again. Now we face the most important vote yet.
On Sunday, Swiss voters will decide whether to make their country the first in the world to ban ALL toxic pesticides.
If they do it, the...
Google Translate
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- Published on Friday, 11 June 2021 15:24
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PAOV — “If Google could find the resources for including Maori on its app, there is no reason to believe that it will have any difficulty in including Canada’s most widely spoken indigenous language on its app.” Google Translate supports over 100 languages but Cree, spoken by over 95,000 people in Canada, is not among them. Google Translate does not include many of the Indigenous languages spoken throughout Canada, blaming a lack of written translations. Petition starter Joseph is calling on Google to increase Indigenous language representation on its platforms. If you want to see more languages represented on Google, add your signature now.
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Council This Week
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- Published on Friday, 11 June 2021 14:44
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