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Benjamin Netanyahu
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- Published on Monday, 16 November 2015 16:30
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Dear PAOV,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to DC this week was designed to be low-key and, above all else, normal. But in some ways - thanks to you - this trip was anything but.
Netanyahu’s trip had a clear aim: mending ties with progressives. And with good reason. In just the past year, Netanyahu has tried to march the U.S. into war with Iran, race-baited in order to win re-election, and, at every opportunity, trampled on the civil and human rights of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, inside Israel, and in the diaspora.
G20 recognises inequality as risk to growth – L20 calls for national action plans
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- Published on Monday, 16 November 2015 16:15
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
ITUC OnLine 094/161115 G20 recognises inequality as risk to growth – L20 calls for national action plans on jobs and wages Antalya, Turkey 16 November 2015 (ITUC OnLine): G20 leaders at the Antalya Summit have acknowledged that reducing inequality, creating jobs and ensuring inclusion are essential to generate a stable economy. The summit took place in the shadow of terrorism, the flight of refugees from fear and the threat of further economic crisis.
Read more: G20 recognises inequality as risk to growth – L20 calls for national action plans
Paris
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- Published on Monday, 16 November 2015 15:15
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Friends,
There are times when words are hard to come by, and when you find them they feel inadequate.
I’m writing you from France, with a heavy heart. Following Friday's attacks in Paris, the mood here is tense. People are angry, and many are afraid. Many of our staff members are in Paris to get ready for the climate talks in a couple of weeks, and they are feeling the pain of this moment sharply.
I am heartbroken -- for the lives lost in Paris, and for those lost in Beirut and Baghdad, which also suffered devastating attacks late last week. Clearly the world is hurting in many places right now.
As we’ve struggled to find the right words and the right response to Friday night’s attacks, one thing rises to the top for me:
The upcoming Paris Climate Summit is, in a sense, a peace summit -- perhaps the most important peace summit that...
[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - November 16, 2015
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- Published on Monday, 16 November 2015 13:15
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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.
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Barlow in Vienna to challenge CETA
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow is in Vienna, Austria today to speak against the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
Council of Canadians campaigners write Trudeau's ministers
Shortly after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named his cabinet on Nov. 4, Council of Canadians campaigners wrote his key ministers on issues...
Welcome Syrian refugees
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- Published on Monday, 16 November 2015 11:45
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ACTION ALERT: Speak up for the most abused animals on earth
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- Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45
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Leading the legal fight for animal protection
ACTION ALERT: Speak up for the most abused animals on earth
Would you spend ten minutes to help hundreds of millions of animals?
It's hard to relate to
chickens. They look nothing like us, and many of us have never even met one.
Yet, believe it or not, chickens are every bit as sentient as the dogs and
cats we know and...
Read more: ACTION ALERT: Speak up for the most abused animals on earth
From Paris to Benghazi
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- Published on Monday, 16 November 2015 04:45
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Polar bears with too tight collars
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- Published on Sunday, 15 November 2015 19:45
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A stunning calendar in aid of tribal peoples
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- Published on Sunday, 15 November 2015 17:30
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You have a message about NEWSTALK 1010 CFRB
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- Published on Sunday, 15 November 2015 14:45
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From Greece to Portugal to Corbyn's Labour Party
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- Published on Saturday, 14 November 2015 23:30
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 1 November 2015
From Greece to Portugal to Corbyn's Labour Party:
Openings and Closures on the European Left
After decades of uninterrupted neoliberal austerity across Europe, in recent years a new left alternative has begun to take shape. Whereas generations had turned to Latin America and other parts of the global capitalist periphery for signs of hope for a viable socialist alternative, today working people have once again turned to confront the capitalist classes in their own countries, and to challenge the vision of a neoliberal Europe with a reinvigorated left politics that seeks to build social movements by working both within and outside the state.
Three of the most prominent examples have been Syriza's meteoric rise in Greece -- the only radical left government to do so despite the...
WIldrose wants to punish provinces for 'discouraging economic activity'
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- Published on Friday, 13 November 2015 14:00
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So... Environmental, health and safety regulations? Labour laws? Where do these factor in?
Please share widely.
http://www.pressprogress.ca/alberta_wildrose_considers_new_policy_punishing_any_province_that_gets_in_the_way_of_oil_companies
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Luke
[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - November 13, 2015
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- Published on Friday, 13 November 2015 13:30
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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.
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TAKE ACTION: Protect the Great Lakes from Nestlé
The Ontario Environmental Registry is accepting public comments on Nestlé’s application until
Sunday, November 15. This is your chance to tell the Ontario government you want to protect the Great Lakes from Nestlé!
Globe and Mail calls for parliamentary review of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Council of Canadians has called for a...
Internet Insider: Big Telecom's latest assault on Internet choice and affordability, plus the latest on C-51 and the TPP
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- Published on Friday, 13 November 2015 07:15
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INTERNET INSIDER
November 13th, 2015
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R&F.ca Weekly Update
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - November 12, 2015
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- Published on Thursday, 12 November 2015 13:15
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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.
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Barlow challenges CETA in Spain
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow is speaking in Madrid today and will be in Barcelona tomorrow to challenge the CETA, the TTIP and the ISDS provisions in those deals that would allow corporations to sue governments for any future profits impacted by environmental and social justice legislation.
Shell, really?!
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- Published on Thursday, 12 November 2015 11:45
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PAOV, here's a recap of our historic Supreme Court case
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- Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45
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Leading the legal fight for animal protection
Dear PAOV,
Animals got their day in court this week.
On Monday, law professor Peter Sankoff and I went to the Supreme Court of Canada to represent Animal Justice in a groundbreaking appeal. We spoke words that had never before been heard in court: "Animal Justice is here to represent the interests of animals."
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