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New video - $3 billion in missing anti-terror funding
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 March 2015 17:00
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Dear PAOV,I'm writing to share a new 5-minute preview from the SHD documentary about surveillance. We started filming this documentary in 2013 thanks to the support of donors across the country.
You can watch the preview here.
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Can you visit the candidates?
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 March 2015 16:30
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The 2015 election is fast approaching and who we elect to fill those seats is critical. We need 170 YES votes (a majority) in the House of Commons to implement proportional representation in Canada.We’ve never been this close to achieving votes that count, and we need your help now.
Can you visit one or more of the candidates in your riding to find out what his or her position is on proportional representation?
Sign up here to visit a local candidate.
We will provide you with a short set of question to ask your candidates, and all the background information you will need if you wish to have a discussion about PR with your candidate.
[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - March 17, 2015
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 March 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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CSIS briefings on Northern Gateway protests prompts further concerns about C-51
News reports are heightening concerns about how C-51, the Harper government's so-called "anti-terrorism" legislation, could be used against people protesting against its extreme resource extraction agenda of tar sands expansion and pipelines.
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The Mother Of Nonviolent Direct Action: Lucy Parsons
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 March 2015 13:45
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By William Loren Katz, www.zinnedproject.org
March 16th, 2015
On her birthday remembering Lucy Gonzales Parson who advocated nonviolent direct action a year before Gandhi advocated the tactic
Lucy Gonzales started life in Texas, was of Mexican American, African American, and Native American descent and born into slavery.
Lucy Gonzales Parsons, 1853–1942, was a labor organizer and orator.
On March 7, 1942, fire engulfed the simple home of 89-year-old Lucy Gonzales Parsons on Chicago’s North Troy Street, and ended a life dedicated to liberating working women and men of the world from capitalism and racial oppression. A dynamic, militant, self-educated public speaker and writer, she became the first American woman of color to carry her crusade for socialism across the country and overseas.
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Final notice on Energy East application:
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 March 2015 09:30
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Friends,
I've sent you a lot of emails this past month about applying to the National Energy Board's review of Energy East and this is the last one: today is the last day to apply to be an intervenor in the Energy East review.
We've already spooked the NEB, forcing them to extend the application period by another week. So far over 2/3rds of all applications sent in demand to speak about climate change.
I'm asking for your help in one last push. Here are the steps to apply -- it takes 10-15 minutes at most:
- Click here and open this link for the NEB’s review page.
- Follow this step-by-step guide to apply to the NEB.
- Once you've finished, click here and register your application.
Tonight the extended application period will close, and with your help we can drive our point home: without considering climate change, the NEB review is incomplete and...
CoDev Annual Solidarity Dinner
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 March 2015 06:15
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Guardian launches divestment campaign
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 16:00
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Hi friends,
The Guardian, one of the world’s most respected and influential newspapers, is joining the fight to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Earlier today, they launched a bold new partnership with 350.org and have signed on to the fossil fuel divestment campaign in a big way:
In a watershed moment for the growing divestment movement, The Guardian is setting its sights on the contradictory fossil fuel investments of two of the largest philanthropic health and development organizations: the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation here in North America and the U.K.'s Wellcome Trust. Both are heavily invested in the industry wreaking havoc on our climate, a fact that’s at odds with their missions to create a better world.
Call on the Gates Foundation & the Wellcome Trust to divest from fossil...
PressProgress Post: Stephen Harper steers Canada's economy into a "prolonged period of misery"
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 14:00
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This economic wrap points outlines all the signs that Stephen Harper is steering Canada's economy into a "prolonged period of misery":
Please feel free to share with your members and followers on social media:
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/stephen-harper-steers-canadas-economy-prolonged-period-misery
Cheers,Chris
[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - March 16, 2015
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 13:46
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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:
Upcoming election: Injunction filed against key sections of the "Fair" Elections Act / Prochaines élections : demande d’injonction contre des articles clés de la Loi sur l’« intégrité » des élections
Media Release: Energy East: TransCanada holds second meeting with businesses, shut-out citizens attend anyway / Les membres du Conseil des Canadiens,...
Day Of Action Against C-51 Across Canada
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 13:17
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By The Canadian Press, www.macleans.ca
March 15th, 2015
Above photo: Protesters outside the Vancouver Art Gallery. (Jonathan Hayward, CP) Photos below from OpenMedia.CA Flickr page.
Wide-ranging bill would give police much broader powers and allow them to detain terror suspects and give new powers to Canada’s spy agency.
Leadnow Montreal, QC, #RejectFear
MONTREAL — Thousands of Canadians came together to loudly denounce the Conservative government’s proposed anti-terror legislation in rallies held across the country on Saturday.
Organizing Against Feminicide In Mexico
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 13:17
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EDUCATE! AYOTZINAPA, POLICE VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE, WOMEN'S RIGHTS
By Nidia Bautista, www.cipamericas.org
March 15th, 2015
“The Other Ayotzinapa”
Over the past weeks, the bodies of three women were found in three different municipalities of the State of Mexico. The State of Mexico is the most dangerous state for women — 10 times more women have been murdered there then in Ciudad Juarez over the last 21 years.
US and Israeli Dual Citizens Arrested in Raid on ISIL Operations Headquarters in Iraq, Military Contractors
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 12:51
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Full Coverage from Tasnim and Sputnik News Organizations but no Mainstream Press found
Iranian MP Dismisses West War on Terrorism as “A Lie”
Tasnim News Agency (press release) - Mar 9, 2015TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Recent reports of the arrest of American military advisors assisting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group in Iraq once again revealed that the West claim about war on terrorism is nothing but a lie, a senior Iranian ...US, Israeli military advisers arrested while aiding IS terrorists in Iraq
Axis of Logic - Mar 9, 2015Iraqi counter-terrorism forces arrested four foreign military advisors from the United States and Israel who were aiding the Islamic State, Iranian Tasnim News Agency reports. Three of the arrested military advisors are dual citizens of the United States and ...Arrest of American Advisors in Iraq Reveals US-ISIL Cooperation: Iranian MP
Tasnim News Agency (press release) - Mar 8, 2015TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Reports of the arrest of American military advisors assisting the ISIL militants in Iraq were a testimony of cooperation between the US and the ISIL terrorist group in the Arab country, an Iranian lawmaker said. Print. Speaking to the Tasnim ...BCSEA E-News: My Ten Best Reasons for Voting YES in the Transportation Referendum
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 12:34
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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?
MY TEN BEST REASONS FOR VOTING YES IN THE TRANSPORTATION REFERENDUM
by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. march 13, 2015
Starting this week, if you live on the Lower Mainland you will receive an invitation to vote in the referendum on the future of the region’s transportation.
Some people want to vote NO.
Maybe they never lived in a city that failed to work out its transportation problems, as I have. Try London, England, in the 1980s, when the roads were so jammed with traffic that I had to plan on getting stuck for half an hour every time I needed to drive somewhere.
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Mexico to ratify ILO Convention 98 on Collective Bargaining
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 10:00
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
Mexico to ratify ILO Convention 98 on Collective Bargaining
Brussels, 16 March 2015 (ITUC OnLine): International and regional trade union groups have welcomed a commitment by Mexican Secretary for Labour and Social Welfare, Alfonso Navarrete Prida, to ratify ILO Convention 98 and promote genuine collective bargaining. This is a first step to end the use of ‘protection contracts’.
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Fundamental Rifts: Power, Wealth and Inequality in the Arab World
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2015 09:34
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1090 .... March 16, 2015
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Fundamental Rifts:
Power, Wealth and Inequality in the Arab World
Adam Hanieh
Over four years since mass uprisings ousted sclerotic regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, it can seem that the initial hopes represented by these movements lie in tatters. Libya, Syria, Yemen and Iraq remain mired in bloody armed conflicts that have led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands and displaced millions more within and across borders. In the pivotal case of Egypt, military rule has returned through the violent crushing of protests, the arrests of an estimated 40,000 people and the rebuilding of the repressive structures of the [Hosni] Mubarak era. Elsewhere, autocratic governments look more secure in their rule today than they have for many years.
In assessing the current moment,...
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[coalalert] COALWATCH PRESS RELEASE 3/16/2015
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TRANSITogether: Building A Movement
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- Published on Sunday, 15 March 2015 00:17
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 1 March 2015
TRANSITogether: Building A Movement
The election of John Tory creates new openings and challenges for the public transit movement in Toronto, as does the large vote for Ford in the city’s inner suburban areas. How are we to understand this moment, and how do we move forward as a transit movement? These are some of the questions posed at this forum.
Moderated by Herman Rosenfeld. Presentations by:
- Kamilla, Free and Accessible Transit Campaign of the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly (GTWA)
- Brenda Thompson, TTCriders.ca
- Milan Gokhale is an activist with TTCriders and Scarborough Transit Action
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Stop Monsanto's latest attack
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- Published on Saturday, 14 March 2015 03:34
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