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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - March 20, 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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Bilcon wins NAFTA challenge against Canada over gravel quarry expansion
The Council of Canadians opposed the expansion of the Whites Point gravel quarry in Digby Neck, Nova Scotia by the Delaware-based company Bilcon. We also opposed the company's use of the Chapter 11 investor-state provision in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) when...
Internet Insider: Secret Police Bill, Pick and Pay TV, the Internet Freedom Blimp and more
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South Africa's Troubled Alliance and the Road Ahead
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1092 .... March 20, 2015
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South Africa's Troubled Alliance and the Road Ahead
An Interview with Karl Cloete
The expulsion of the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) from COSATU in November 2014 was a watershed moment in the post-apartheid labour movement. The expulsion is a product of, and has deepened further, the crisis in the Alliance between the African National Congress (ANC), Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), as well as the internal crises of each of the three component parts of the Alliance.
In addition to fighting inside COSATU for a radical shift amongst South African trade unions, NUMSA also played a major role in the establishment of a new United Front which held its first...
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Joint Panel Chief Wants Review of Site C
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- Published on Thursday, 19 March 2015 21:15
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8 things Joe Oliver could learn from the Alternative Federal Budget
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- Published on Thursday, 19 March 2015 20:30
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This is a morning post hooked to the the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Alternative Federal Budget 2015. With a creative packaging of their new charts, we make the case against an austerity budget, noting “governments should be helping citizens during these uncertain times by pushing against weak growth, not cutting access to services.”
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8 things Joe Oliver could learn from the Alternative Federal Budget
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/8-things-joe-oliver-could-learn-alternative-federal-budget
Thanks,
Chris
Launching Poverty Myth Busters: Who you gonna call?
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - March 19, 2015
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- Published on Thursday, 19 March 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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Media Release:
To curtail number of drinking water advisories, Alternative Federal Budget demands funding for water /
Pour réduire le nombre d’avis portant sur la qualité de l’eau potable, le budget alternatif demande de financer l’eau
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Take action: Water shut-offs in Detroit to resume
It's time to go beyond the plate
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A message from Pamela Anderson
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Three quarters of worlds people want governments to act on climate change - ITUC OnLine
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
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New ITUC Climate Justice Frontline’s briefing sets out union plans for a climate deal in 2015
Brussels, 19 March 2015 (ITUC OnLine): Overwhelming support for government action on climate change puts leaders in the spotlight to agree a climate deal in December 2015 that will give the world a fighting chance to limit temperature rises to 2° C.
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ITUC Condemns Tunisia Terror Attack - ITUC OnLine
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
Brussels, 19 March 2015 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has condemned yesterday’s barbaric terrorist attack in Tunis, which cost the lives of 19 people and left many more injured, and expressed its deepest condolences to all those affected.
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#StrikeTown: Why Are Toronto University Workers On Strike?
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1091 .... March 19, 2015
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#StrikeTown:
Why Are Toronto University Workers On Strike?
CUPE 3903 represents contract faculty, teaching assistants (TA) and graduate assistants at York University in Toronto, Canada. In August 2014, their collective agreement expired. Since then, teaching assistants and graduate assistants went out on legal strike, which is in its third week as of March 16, 2015. There are three core issues they are striking for: 1) protecting tuition indexation, which means if the school raises tuition, it must, as an employer, raises wages in step; (2) better funding for Master's students, many of whom earn $0 dollar paycheques each month; and (3) LGBTQ employment equity.
CUPE local 3903 joined U of T's educational workers (CUPE 3902) in a strike that now affect two of Canada's largest...
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The Just Film Festival celebrates Activism and Art
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Dear PM: Destruction of our atmosphere undermines Canada's security
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r1 March 2015 | r44 | Donate | Leave a Legacy 
In this issue: Our atmosphere is critical infrastructure | RCMP inflammatory anti-environmental rhetoric does not make us safer | Blueberry River First Nations launches landmark case against BC | Perspectives from LNG community dialogues | Join us for an evening with Sarah Harmer and friends! | What's new at West Coast?
Dear PAOV,
If the Prime Minister can call the fossil fuel industry "critical infrastructure", then...
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We have work to do
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NMM 2015
Israeli elections underscore the importance of JVP's historic growth and strategy.
Angela Davis at JVP National Member Meeting.
Photo credit: Michelle Nelson
[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - March 18, 2015
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 March 2015 14:00
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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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Fight for $15 comes to UVic
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By Adrian Paradis http://www.martlet.ca/news/fight-for-15-comes-to-uvic/
March 17, 2015
On March 17, proponents and unions gathered outside the SUB to support Fight for $15, a B.C. Federation of Labour sponsored campaign with the goal of raising B.C.’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by the end of 2015. However, organizers of the group did not gain permission to gather on campus and were therefore asked to leave by Campus Security. After going through the proper channels, the group will attempt to gather again next week. Campus Security declined to comment for this story.
How the FBI Created a Terrorist - In Depth from Court Sealed Agency Transcripts
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THE STING
HOW THE FBI CREATED A TERRORIST
BY TREVOR AARONSONCLASSIFIED SOURCE: Document: U.S. vs Osmakac Exhibit 2
IN THE VIDEO, Sami Osmakac is tall and gaunt, with jutting cheekbones and a scraggly beard. He sits cross-legged on the maroon carpet of the hotel room, wearing white cotton socks and pants that rise up his legs to reveal his thin, pale ankles. An AK-47 leans against the closet door behind him. What appears to be a suicide vest is strapped to his body. In his right hand is a pistol.
“Recording,” says an unseen man behind the camera.
“This video is to all the Muslim youth and to all the Muslims worldwide,” Osmakac says, looking straight into the lens. “This is a call to the truth. It is the call to help and aid in the party of Allah … and pay him back for every sister that has been raped and every brother that has been tortured and raped.”
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Monsanto's latest attack
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ITUC Newsletter 57: Uber, Guatemala, Honduras.. Latest News from the ITUC
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 March 2015 01:00
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