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Brazil: The Débâcle of the PT
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1097 .... March 30, 2015
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Brazil: The Débâcle of the PT
Alfredo Saad-Filho
Hundreds of thousands of chiefly white middle class protesters took to the streets in Brazil on 15 March in an organized upsurge of hatred against the federal administration led by President Dilma Rousseff of the Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT). These protests are far more cohesive and better organized than the previous wave of anti-government demonstrations, in 2013; their demands are unambiguously reactionary, and they include primarily the country's elite.
The 2015 demonstrations erupted in the political vacuum created by the paralysis of Dilma's administration because of its own ineptitude and Brazil's worsening economy. Those difficulties were compounded by aggressive media reporting of the Lava Jato corruption scandal, focusing on a network of firms channelling...
Government Mandated Re-Education of BC Teachers #BCPoli #BCED
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B.C. government seeks to privatize and control teacher professional development
BY TARA EHRCKE | MARCH 27, 2015
Yesterday the B.C. government introduced Bill 11 -- a new law that will, among other things, change the system of teacher professional development in British Columbia. Without any consultation with teachers or their union, the BCTF, the government is legislating a new system of authorized continuing education that may be required to maintain teacher certification.
Not surprisingly, having been rebuffed by the B.C. courts twice with unilateral changes to teachers' collective agreements, the government is trying a different tack. Leave the collective agreement provisions in place, but add new restrictions through the regulatory framework. Having failed to bargain teacher professional development changes, the government is turning to its tried and true formula: legislate.
The new provisions will depend to a large degree on the accompanying regulations, which of course are not yet known. But the basic framework of the new system looks fairly familiar. It appears to be modelled on the type of mandated professional development requirements that have been put in place for other regulated professions, such as lawyers and nurses. In these frameworks, a certain number of hours of authorized activities are required, sometimes along with a professional development plan, self-reflection, or peer review. What is not yet clear is to what degree the profession itself (teachers) will have control over the authorization process, if any.
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BCSEA E-News: THE TRANSIT REFERENDUM - DID YOU GET AROUND TO VOTING?
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BCSEA is a non-profit society that relies on memberships to advance the low-carbon economy. Will you please join us?
THE TRANSIT REFERENDUM - Did You Get Around to Voting?
MARCH 27, 2015
http://www.bcsea.org/did-you-get-around-to-voting
Are you living in the Metro-Vancouver area? If so, ballots are on their way for the Transit Referendum.
BCSEA is a proud partner of Better Transit & Transportation -
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Education and Mobilization in Contested Mexico
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 18 March 2015
Education and Mobilization in Contested Mexico:
Situating Ayotzinapa
On September 26, 2014, students from the Ayotzinapa Teachers' College were attacked by police and gunmen in the town of Iguala. Three were killed, dozens injured and 43 student-teachers were taken away, never to be seen again. This atrocity is part of a landscape of violence and impunity carried out through alliances among elements of the Mexican state and organized crime. In response, a national movement of resistance has emerged. This panel of experts on contemporary Mexico explores the context surrounding these events including the rise of drug violence, long standing popular movements among teachers and students, meaningful democracy, and the links between powerful interests in licit and illicit industries.
Moderated by Carlota McAllister. Presentations by:
- Jo Tuckman is...
WWII vet warns Stephen Harper is working to "eradicate" Canada's social programs and "enrich the mighty"
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I know it's the wknd, but I wanted to highlight a unique PressProgress post from the Progress Summit 2015 -- a message from 92-year-old veteran Harry Smith that Stephen Harper has "robbed the vulnerable" and "enriched the 1% at the expense of the 99%."
The video was one of the most moving moment's of the Summit in Ottawa. Please feel free to share the post below on Facebook and Twitter -- even on Monday.
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/video-wwii-vet-slams-stephen-harpers-plan-return-canada-dog-eat-dog-world-1930s
Thanks,Chris
Telus Censoring Community Television Can a Corporation support Community?
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(Feb. 27, 2015) Above is a 'Community Television' program Telus said Canadians could not see because it did not meet the Telus 'balance' requirement . Please have a look and see what you think. Perhaps start with segment 2 (at 21:40) - a discussion of the terror attack at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. Segment 3 (40:15) is about climate change; Segment 1 is 'various'.
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Mainstream media attempting to criminalize anti-austerity movement
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Many mainstream media reports onanti-austerity street protests in Montréal over recent days work to criminalize the thousands joining the actions and to justify police violence.
Absent from media reports are any specifics on the injuries taking place due to the multiple police assaults, or any serious info on the heavy use of pepper spray and " rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-weight:bold" target="_blank">flash bang grenades.
Ta blessure de flic, is a social media page that has been set-up for people to share info onpolice brutality and photos of their wounds, working to raise awareness of the real physical repression coming down on the growing anti-austerity...
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Internet Insider: Bullying, bullying, and more bullying
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A View from Burnaby Mountain: Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1096 .... March 27, 2015
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A View from Burnaby Mountain:
Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything
Brad Hornick
"The call came to protestors assembled at bore-hole 2 on Burnaby Mountain: ‘Kinder Morgan has arrived! Get your asses down here.’ I ran to the motorcycle and hurried down to Drummond Walk. A few comrades were just starting to follow KM workers -- 2 hardhats with chain saws, a couple management types and a few security guards. I raged internally as I accompanied them into the forest at the ready, but not knowing what the next step was...
"...but then the cavalry arrived, unleashing, screaming like hell and tearing into, with voice and blow-horn and aggression. KM about-faced sheepishly. This was ‘caretaker’ warrior spirit I witnessed -- nothing would be the same...
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Science World Banner Drop
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https://youtu.be/WMSCS4yTfy0
From the roof of the Telus Science World pointing to the facility’s unscientific support for the provincial government’s massive LNG extraction dreams under the slogan “No ConScience World – fracking with climate science.”
New stand-up comedy video - What's the definition of "terrorism"?
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Dear PAOV --
Last week we shared our plan to diffuse the Conservatives’ racist fear-mongering about terrorism and focus attention on their economic failures. A few days later CBC’s The National devoted an entire 11-minute panel to discussing this exact strategic challenge. Watch The National's Terrorism vs. Economy panel.
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - March 26, 2015
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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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Council of Canadians supports bill against fracking in Ontario
The Council of Canadians supports legislation that would ban or place a moratorium on fracking at both the federal and provincial level.
Vancouver-Burnaby chapter activist seeks Supreme Court hearing on Trans Mountain pipeline
The Globe and Mail reports, "An environmental...
We Flooded the NEB, Here's What's Next
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Friends,
First of all, I wanted to introduce myself: my name is Aurore Fauret and I just joined the 350.org team to support the growing movement to stop the Energy East pipeline and move us past the tar sands.
Second, I've got some good news: We flooded the National Energy Board with over 1,600 applications demanding the NEB consider the massive climate impacts of Energy East.
Two out of every three applications received by the NEB demanded to talk about climate change. That's worth celebrating! We've forced the NEB to make a really a tough choice -– either approve our applications and include the climate impacts of the pipeline in their review, or reject the vast majority of applicants to Energy East and further erode Canadians' trust in the process.
We probably won't hear back from the NEB about our climate applications for several weeks, and then the NEB hearings may not start for...
20 years? Tell EPA that's way too long.
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Vandana Shiva: Our Very Existence on This Planet Is Being Called Into Question
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- Published on Thursday, 26 March 2015 09:15
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Dominions Bought-And-Paid-For Supporters vs. Gras
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EDUCATE! DOMINION, ENVIRONMENT, OIL & GAS
By Pontoon, www.bluevirginia.us
March 24th, 2015
Free Nelson attended Thursday night’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) meeting in the Shenandoah Valley. The meeting was designed to hear concerns from the public regarding the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), and to contribute input towards the Environmental impact study (EIS) FERC is required to conduct.
What we found truly astonishing about this meeting was the lengths to which Dominion Power continues to sink in its efforts to create the appearance of support for its ill-conceived, dirty fossil fuel pipeline. Some of the tactics used by Dominion are eerily similar to a 6-year-old throwing a temper tantrum, and they’re just as unattractive.
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PressProgress Post: Fact-checking Fraser Institute's latest war on the public sector
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With the help of labour economists like Erin Weir and Toby Sanger, we have come up with 6 counterpoints to today's Fraser Report attack on public service compensation:
Please feel free to share:
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/no-fraser-institute-public-sector-pay-isnt-skyrocketing
Cheers,Chris
Access Denied: MOE Vetoes Interview Request
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- Published on Thursday, 26 March 2015 07:15
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