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Cdn manufacturing jobs plummet to near record low - "supportive public policy" needed: StatsCan
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Are Canadian factory doors being locked for good? The country lost 20,000 manufacturing jobs in February -- the single-largest decrease in any sector. Is it finally time for "supportive public policy" for manufacturing sector? Including analysis from United Steelworkers economist Erin Weir....
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/canadian-manufacturing-jobs-plummet-near-record-low-statistics-canada
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - March 13, 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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Joint Media Release: Over 30 Leading Digital Rights, Pro-Democracy, and Civil Liberties organizations rally support for tomorrow's Day of Action across Canada to stop Bill C-51
Media Release: Thousands of people in Canada can't drink their water, says new report / Plusieurs milliers de Canadiens incapables de boire l'eau du robinet, selon un nouveau rapport
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CoDev invites you to our Opening Feature Presentations
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ITUC OnLine: UN Women and Uber
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
ITUC OnLine
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UN Women and Uber – Selling Principles to the Lowest Bidder
Brussels, 13 March 2015 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has described an announcement by the United Nations gender body UN Women of a partnership with the Uber company to “create” a million jobs for women as undermining the very principles of the United Nations. Uber has come under fire in countries around the world for undermining incomes and working conditions of women and men who drive taxis for a living, and faced a string of accusations of union-busting, breaches of privacy, and risks to health and safety.
March 13th, 2015 - Weekly Indigenous news on rabble.ca
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rabble.ca weekly e-news for March 13th, 2015
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Indigenous This week's top news and analysis about the struggles of indigenous peoples for rights and sovereignty. For more on indigenous issues visit our topic page: http://rabble.ca/indigenousCivil liberties, First Nation rights compromised by C-51, committee hears March 13, 2015 | By Stuart Trew Part one of yesterday's two-part committee hearing into the Anti-Terrorism Act 2015 (C-51) wrapped up with five of six witnesses opposing many aspects of the legislation.
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ITUC OnLine: Bangladesh: Business as Usual as Garment Brands Stall Progress
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
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Bangladesh: Business as Usual as Garment Brands Stall Progress
Brussels, 13 March 2015 (ITUC OnLine): International and European trade union bodies are calling on the European Union to bolster action on workers’ rights and safety in Bangladesh’s garment industry. The Bangladesh government has failed to implement vital labour law reforms, and a compensation fund for victims of the Rana Plaza disaster still remains US$ 9 million short of the target.
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Internet Insider: #stopC51 rally, digital privacy, Net Neutrality rules and more
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CoDev Newsletter 2015
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8 Things You Need To Know About C-51
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PM Harper's dangerous 'secret police' bill
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- Published on Thursday, 12 March 2015 13:22
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Friends,
By now, you’ve probably heard Stephen Harper’s arguments in favour of a new piece of legislation, called C-51, that threatens to criminalize all of the work we do together.
This bill would recklessly hand over vague new powers to Canada's spies, effectively creating a 'secret police.' The bill is worded so vaguely, it's almost guaranteed to become a tool to target peaceful social movements that threaten the Prime Minister and his powerful friends.
Our movements are about justice. We are transparent, open, people-driven and committed to non-violent, peaceful action. But that hasn't stopped this government from targeting us with illegal and unjustified spying -- including of me in my work supporting First Nations to defend our land, water and indigenous rights.
This bill is an abuse of democracy, and would give new powers to PM Harper, the RCMP and CSIS to target First Nations, the climate movement, and many others. That's why so...
PressProgress: Canadian women dropped out of the workforce in record numbers in 2014
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http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/canadian-women-dropped-out-workforce-record-numbers-2014
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Women Warriors: Diné Protect Cultural Identity and
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Laura Paskus
3/10/15Editor’s Note: On Sunday March 8, International Women’s Day, we introduced you to some of the women who are part of the effort to reign in oil and gas development on the Navajo Nation. In our third installment we return to Etta Arviso, who has long fought to retain Navajo identity and culture.
RELATED: On the Front Lines: Diné Women Stand Firm Against Increased, Unfettered Oil Development
Up in northern New Mexico and Arizona, Etta Arviso works with the last of the Navajo Code Talkers. She lobbies for their rights, including housing and veterans’ care, and organizes dinners that bring all the men together.
RELATED: Oil Leases Proliferate in Northwestern New Mexico as Diné and Pueblo Call for Oversight
For Arviso, history is alive. She talks not only of the crucial role the Code Talkers served in World War Two, but also of the Long Walk, the forced removal of Navajo people from Arizona and northwestern New Mexico in the 19th century. In 1864 the U.S. Army marched more than 8,000 Navajo men, women and children to the Bosque Redondo Reservation on Fort Sumner in eastern New Mexico. Four years later the Navajo Nation and the U.S. government signed a treaty allowing the people to begin their “long walk” home.
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PressProgress roll call! 10 remarkable Conservative conflicts of interest:
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This one went up late yesterday on PressProgress and may interest your members.
Not an economic piece, but it has fun with the history of Conservative's ethical lapses and conflicts of interest... please feel free to share:
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/whoops-short-history-conservatives-and-conflict-interest
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Urgent action: World leaders must recognize tribal peoples' right to hunt
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Urgent Action: World leaders must recognize tribal peoples’ right to hunt
Around the world, tribal peoples are being accused of “poaching” because they hunt their food. This violates their rights under international law and leaves them vulnerable to arrest and beatings, torture and death.
They are better at looking after their environment than anyone else, and yet are often the target of “anti-poaching” drives while the main causes of biodiversity loss, like logging and organized poaching networks, go unaddressed.
On March 25, representatives of countries from around the world will meet at a follow-up conference in Botswana on the illegal wildlife trade. Last year no mention...
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EXCLUSIVE: B.C. Gov Should Have Deferred Site C Dam Decision
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - March 11, 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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WIN! Controversial Mexican water law is delayed indefinitely
Blue Planet Project founder Maude Barlow has tweeted, "Huge victory!"
WIN! Alberta government changes position on gay-straight alliance clubs
In December 2014, the Council of Canadians joined a protest against the Alberta government's proposed Bill 10.Mid-Island chapter seeks public ownership of Nanaimo's watershed
The Council of Canadians Mid-Island chapter has asked Nanaimo city council...
The Just Film Festival - Early Bird Savings!
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Syriza's Only Choice: A Radical Step Forward
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 March 2015 22:22
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1089 .... March 11, 2015
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Syriza's Only Choice: A Radical Step Forward
Spyros Lapatsioras, John Milios and Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos
"One must know how to employ the kairos [right or opportune moment] of one's forces at the right moment.
It is easy to only lose a little, if one always keeps foremost in the mind the idea that unity is never the trick, but the game."
— Guy Gebord, "Notes on poker."
1. Introduction
The transitional "bridge Agreement" of the 20th of February is a truce intended by the Greek government and welcomed by the other side (the European "institutions"). Within the truce period (the next four months), the conditions for negotiating the next agreement will be shaped. This could mean that everything is still open. However, that is not...
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