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A look inside Canadian Perspectives
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- Published on Thursday, 09 December 2021 13:15
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Colombian rainforest DECIMATED
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- Published on Thursday, 09 December 2021 09:44
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A brave Indigenous community has finally found a way to stop one of Europe’s paper giants from decimating the Colombian rainforest. And they could use our help to keep their resistance going.
For decades, paper company Smurfit Kappa has wiped out huge swaths of irreplaceable forest to mass-plant the invasive species they use to make packaging materials -- drying up the water supply for local communities and destroying the local ecosystem.
Just months ago, the Misak people decided to take on Smurfit by camping out on their land in protest. And it’s working: they’ve been able to stop 70% of the paper giant’s activity! 500 protesters have stayed there day and night, but the company’s attacks are escalating. Security forces have started attacking the protesters, injuring and even killing them.
The Misak community is refusing to give up, but desperately needs our support. They need money to buy food, equipment, and shelter to keep their protest going....
Jen Psaki Accidentally Tells the Truth About How Expensive Covid Rapid Tests Are in U.S.
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- Published on Thursday, 09 December 2021 04:24
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Buy One, Get One at Café Etico!! ☕
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 December 2021 18:56
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BC is allowing the logging of primary forest for pellets. This has to stop.
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 December 2021 16:22
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the bc government is issuing licenses to log some of our last primary forests for the purpose of making pellets and this is wrong
Rapid COVID-19 tests
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 December 2021 15:42
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PAOV — With the emergence of a new variant, BC residents are urging the government to make rapid COVID tests free to everyone in the province. Tests are available in BC for a fee, but free rapid tests are available in several provinces across the country. If you agree that COVID tests should be free for British Columbians, sign the petition.
Provide FREE COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests to every household in British Columbia
1,806 have signed COVID Test Finders’s petition. Let’s get to 2,500!
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RSVP for a special virtual event tomorrow
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 December 2021 12:10
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I want to be sure you didn't miss this announcement of an important virtual event I'll be hosting with Editor-in-Chief Betsy Reed tomorrow. Will you RSVP today?
Most Americans view the battle between Republicans and Democrats as the defining feature of contemporary politics. Yet U.S. militarism and the preservation of American imperial power has long been a source of common ground for both parties.
“When it comes to national security policy, the U.S. has been on a steady, hypermilitarized arc for decades,” writes Intercept senior correspondent and Editor-at-Large Jeremy Scahill.
This Thursday, December 9, 2021, at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT, Scahill and Intercept Editor-in-Chief Betsy Reed invite...
Paper
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 December 2021 08:55
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A brave Indigenous community has finally found a way to stop one of Europe’s paper giants from decimating the Colombian rainforest. And they could use our help to keep their resistance going.
For decades, paper company Smurfit Kappa has wiped out huge swaths of irreplaceable forest to mass-plant the invasive species they use to make packaging materials -- drying up the water supply for local communities and destroying the local ecosystem.
Just months ago, the Misak people decided to take on Smurfit by camping out on their land in protest. And it’s working: they’ve been able to stop 70% of the paper giant’s activity! 500 protesters have stayed there day and night, but the company’s attacks are escalating. Security forces have started attacking the protesters, injuring and even killing them.
The Misak community is refusing to give up, but desperately needs our support. They need money to buy...
Destroying an environmental sanctuary?
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 December 2021 16:22
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PAOV — The Ontario government has expedited a one million square foot warehouse development in southwestern Ontario, and the community is fighting back. The planned development is on historically significant conservation lands and an environmental sanctuary that is home to over 4,000 different species. If you think that the government should reconsider the warehouse development, sign the petition now.
Help Save the Village of Blair From a Development on Heritage Conservation Lands
12,109 have signed Paige Burchell’s petition. Let’s get to 15,000!
Read more: Destroying an environmental sanctuary?
It starts with a conversation
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 December 2021 10:05
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Last week people across the country pledged to help us build a bigger climate movement by convincing their friends and family to take action with us in 2022.
I’ll be honest, we aren’t nearly as close to our recruitment goal as we need to be at this point to put our ambitious plans into action to defeat Big Oil. Can we count on you to recruit your friends and family to build a powerful climate movement?
Having conversations about the climate crisis can seem intimidating, but the truth is we won’t win this fight without bringing other people onboard. It was a long, hard and hot year, and more likely than not, the people in your life are just as worried as you are about the climate crisis. With tens of thousands of people waking up to the climate emergency for the first time, we have a chance to turn those climate worriers into a wave of new climate organizers. How many new climate organizers we can recruit before our organizing call in January will help us determine how ambitious we can...
BCs transportation corridors
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- Published on Monday, 06 December 2021 16:41
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PAOV — Following the devastating storms and floods in British Columbia over the past few weeks, calls are growing for the province to better protect its highways and transportation corridors from further weather-related emergencies. This petition is urging the government to immediately resume control of the privatized highways in the province. If you agree, sign the petition now.
Return British Columbia Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure to the Public Sector
831 have signed CL Sleeman’s petition. Let’s get to 1,000!
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Virtual townhall: All I want for Christmas is... vaccine justice!
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- Published on Monday, 06 December 2021 15:59
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Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Sues The Intercept Over Russian Mercenary Report
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- Published on Sunday, 05 December 2021 16:18
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Horses being sent to slaughter
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- Published on Sunday, 05 December 2021 15:02
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PAOV — Canada exports tens of thousands of live horses for horse meat annually, and is one of the largest exporters of horse meat in the world. The horses are transported in inhumane conditions, in cramped crates on loud airplanes. Horses are frequently injured or killed in transit. This petition is urging the government to immediately end the export of live horses for slaughter. You can help in this critical moment by signing the petition now.
Canada, stop exporting live horses for slaughter.
246,928 have signed Canadians Against Live Export - YYC’s petition. Let’s get to...
Stories from the inside: Cargill workers speak
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- Published on Saturday, 04 December 2021 10:20
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Fairy tale forest
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- Published on Friday, 03 December 2021 23:20
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It sounds like a fairy tale, but there’s a place on Earth where tigers, elephants, and orangutans coexist in the wild. And this week we can buy a huge piece of their forest home to help protect it...forever.
The Leuser ecosystem of Indonesia has been called one of the most irreplaceable ecosystems on the planet. But poaching, infrastructure projects like hydroelectric dams, and mass deforestation fueled by palm oil plantations are threatening to destroy it.
That’s why our partner Rainforest Trust wants to purchase and protect a huge chunk of this forest...and give these critically endangered species a fighting chance to survive. Just months ago we were able to do this in Colombia, and protect a rare monkey species...let’s do it again!
If 5000 of us chip in the cost of a cup of coffee in the next 24 hours, Rainforest Trust has a donor offering a 4x match on your donation! They could secure the land quickly...
Deer cull
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- Published on Friday, 03 December 2021 16:02
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PAOV — A cull of white-tailed deer is planned in Longueuil parks, in order to control the growth of the population. Petition starter Mikaela is urging officials to find a more humane alternative solution. Last year, a cull was cancelled and over 32,000 people are demanding it be cancelled again. If you think the white-tailed deer should be protected, sign the petition.
Contre l’abattage des cerfs de Virginie à Montréal
32,773 have signed Mikaela Siscov’s petition. Let’s get to 35,000!
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7 Things to Know About the RCMP Invasion of Wet'suwet'en Yintah - Pam Palmater
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- Published on Friday, 03 December 2021 12:50
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In the midst of British Columbia's state of emergency, where the military has been sent in to rescue people trapped by massive flooding and mudslides, the RCMP decide to send in over 50 heavily armed officers to violently remove Wet'suwet'en peoples and their relations from Wet'suwet'en Yintah (territory). Canada refuses to heed the calls by the United Nations to stop Coastal Gaslink pipeline and remove RCMP and their weapons from Wet'suwet'en lands.
In this video, I try to answer the most frequent questions I get about these grave human rights violations against peaceful Indigenous land defenders trying to protect their waters from pipeline contamination. As I state in the video, I am not a spokesperson for the Wet'suwet'en. I offer these videos as a form of public education in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en land defenders, traditional leaders and clan members trying to protect their lands, waters and peoples. Link to the Gidimt'en website where you can donate funds, send supplies or make arrangements to go to their camp: https://www.yintahaccess.com Link to various methods to donate: Read more: 7 Things to Know About the RCMP Invasion of Wet'suwet'en Yintah - Pam Palmater
CRYPTO: What's It Doing to Mother Earth -- and You? Webinar Sat Dec 11
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- Published on Friday, 03 December 2021 11:23
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Live on December 9: Empire After Trump
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- Published on Friday, 03 December 2021 09:48
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Most Americans view the battle between Republicans and Democrats as the defining feature of contemporary politics. Yet U.S. militarism and the preservation of American imperial power has long been a source of common ground for both parties.
“When it comes to national security policy, the U.S. has been on a steady, hypermilitarized arc for decades,” writes Intercept senior correspondent and Editor-at-Large Jeremy Scahill.
On Thursday, December 9, 2021, at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT, Scahill and Intercept Editor-in-Chief Betsy Reed invite you to join them for a live virtual event focused on the roots and consequences of bipartisan unity on militarism and foreign policy.
They’ll unpack the humanitarian and economic costs of the politics of...
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