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The Politics of the Right and the Dilemmas of the Left
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1183 .... November 6, 2015
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The Politics of the Right and the Dilemmas of the Left
The 2016 Socialist Register
The Preface to the 2016 Socialist Register, The Politics of the Right, includes the following paragraphs:
"There is a great strategic importance in a sober analysis of the strength of new right today, and the impasse of the left emerges here as a central concern. In confronting almost everywhere different permutations of right wing populism gaining further ground in this phase of neoliberalism, and the increasing state authoritarianism seen in new modes of surveillance and policing, we need to recognize the complicity of liberal and social democratic political agents in this. Both this and the limited political capacities of the radical left have provide space for the rise of...
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Member & Supporter Update
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - November 5, 2015
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- Published on Thursday, 05 November 2015 14:15
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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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Groups & landowners want the City of Saint John, not TransCanada, to take the lead on public safety and emergency planning
An upcoming trade-show style Open House on 'Safety and Emergency Response' by TransCanada is the last straw for worried community groups and landowners in the greater Saint John area.
Hamilton chapter opposes Line 10 export pipeline
The Council of Canadians Hamilton chapter is opposing the Line 10...
Breaking: TPP text released
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BREAKING: Were risking arrest outside the Prime Mini
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- Published on Thursday, 05 November 2015 08:45
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Friends,
Right now, I’m risking arrest outside the Prime Minister’s residence with dozens of other people from across Canada to demand a freeze on the tar sands expansion.
I’m nervous, unsure about how this day will unfold, and, surprisingly, I’m also full of hope. I have hope that the new leader of Canada will carve out a different path for this country than the one we’ve seen over the last 10 years -- one that honours the rights of Indigenous peoples and respects the limits of our climate. This is the first day that Justin Trudeau has woken up as Prime Minister of Canada, and we’re making sure that we get to his doorstep before Big Oil does.
But I’ll be honest: I’m also afraid. I’m afraid of what will happen if Prime Minister Trudeau doesn’t hear our call. More toxic oil poisoning our sacred waters, more wildfires blazing...
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Canada Now Has a Minister of Environment AND Climate Change
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- Published on Thursday, 05 November 2015 05:15
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Last Days of Ivory: Kathryn Bigelow spurns call to withdraw film - News from Survival
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- Published on Thursday, 05 November 2015 04:30
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - November 4, 2015
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 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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TransCanada's KXL manoeuvre puts new emphasis on Energy East, second export terminal
Even though it is very likely that TransCanada has sought to suspend its application for its proposed 830,000 barrels per day Keystone XL pipeline in order to stave off an imminent veto by US president Barack Obama, we can rightly celebrate that the project continues to be mired in controversy and delays.
Barlow challenges CETA in Leeds, says it will...
Plastic bags in Victoria
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Bees (update)
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Bahrain teachers union leader still in jail, still needs our solidarity
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 November 2015 04:45
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Canadas Election: Voters Defeat Harper, but Elect Another Trudeau
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- Published on Tuesday, 03 November 2015 22:45
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1182 .... November 4, 2015
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Canada’s Election: Voters Defeat Harper,
but Elect Another Trudeau
Richard Fidler
Canada's federal election October 19 was effectively a plebiscite of voter opinion on the decade-long rule by the ultra-neoliberal Conservatives (Tories) led by Stephen Harper. With some 70 per cent of the electorate declaring for "change" in successive polling, the overriding issue was which of the main opposition parties, the New Democratic Party (NDP) or the Liberals, would emerge as the party best situated to replace the Tories.
The Official Opposition NDP entered the campaign in August with high hopes, leading the polls, buoyed by its recent victory in the Tory heartland of Alberta and enjoying new support for its principled opposition to the Tories’ repressive "anti-terror" bill C-51. But on October 19...
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Fish farm censorship
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- Published on Tuesday, 03 November 2015 15:30
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - November 3, 2015
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- Published on Tuesday, 03 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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Sounding the TTIP alarm across the European Union
There is a great deal of opposition to ISDS in TTIP; so much so, that many think either ISDS will have to come out of the deal or be radically modified, or it will be defeated in Europe. Already, the European Commission has proposed ISDS ‘reforms’ to TTIP that would set up a new European Investment Court that...
Last night's important news, and our response in Canada:
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Dear Friends,
Late last night we got some big news that TransCanada asked the United States government to “pause” its review of the Keystone XL pipeline. In response, my friend Bill McKibben said that “clearly TransCanada has lost and they recognize that. It’s one of the great victories for this movement in decades.”
For me, it was a reminder that four years ago, the fight to stop this pipeline in the United States was fired up by a historic sit-in at the White House. Now we have a chance to do something similar and make history in Canada.
Hundreds of people have already told us that they’re coming to Ottawa for the Climate Welcome sit-ins. Over four days people from coast to coast will risk arrest to call on Canada’s new Prime Minister to take bold climate action by freezing tar sands...
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This week @ rabble.ca: The election's over. Now what?
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- Published on Monday, 02 November 2015 16:30
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29 Oct 2015
Hey rabble readers!
We need to send our award-winning reporter back to his r12.
rabble.ca • Suite 400, 215 Spadina Avenue • Toronto, ON M5T 2C7 • Canada
This week @ rabble.ca: Welcome to a Harper-free Canada!
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22 Oct 2015
Hey rabble readers!
Welcome to a Harper-free Canada! The election on October 19 brought the return of a Liberal majority to Canada's Parliament and a new prime minister who has lots of promises to keep. What kind of change will a Trudeau government bring? Harper may be gone, but how can we deal with the lingering effects of Harperism? Catch up on all the election news from the week on rabble and read our analysis of what progressives can expect from our new federal government.
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - November 2, 2015
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- Published on Monday, 02 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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CETA: The Canadian people's voice in Europe
In the last several years, Canadian business groups and their lobbyists have been making the transatlantic journey to promote CETA. This week, the Council of Canadians is launching an eight-country, two-month European tour to bring the citizens’ point of view to the table with European leaders.
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