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Listing Kuma Inu on more platforms
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- Published on Friday, 03 December 2021 01:52
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PAOV – this petition is taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in adding your name. Sign now to help:
Listing Kuma Inu on more platforms
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Interrupting your news with something wonderful
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- Published on Thursday, 02 December 2021 17:18
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Neskantaga First Nation
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- Published on Thursday, 02 December 2021 08:00
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Remote First Nation asks court to clarify Ontario’s obligations under the duty to consult and accommodate on environmental assessments ...
Pfizer Is Lobbying to Thwart Whistleblowers From Exposing Corporate Fraud
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- Published on Thursday, 02 December 2021 04:25
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Lets buy a forest (...again)!
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- Published on Thursday, 02 December 2021 00:03
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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...
Indigenous Identity Fraud in the Academy by Winona Wheeler
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:58
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Associate Professor, Department of Indigenous Studies College of Arts and Science
https://usaskfaculty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Indigenous-Identity-Fraud-in-the-Academy.pdf
Indigenous identity fraud occurs when non-Indigenous people pose and represent themselves as Indigenous. This phenomenon is not new news to us. We have been dealing with it for a few centuries. From Archie Belaney (Grey Owl), to Dr. Andrea Smith, Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at UC Riverside1 , writer Joseph Boyden, filmmaker Michelle Latimer, and even more recent newsworthy instances, there have always been a few non-Indigenous people “playing Indian” in our midst. Each of these, and many others, were well published, highly regarded...
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Update from the Wet'suwet'en Frontlines
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:50
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UPDATES FROM THE FRONTLINE
Video and Photos of Raid on Coyote Camp Released
All Land Defenders Are Out Of Jail
Outpouring Of Solidarity As The Struggle Continues
Call to action from Gidimt'en Checkpoint
Video and photos of the raid of Coyote Camp have been released and are appalling.Song - The Day the Mountains Came Down - Video
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:11
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Liam WallerOn November 14th 2021 all major roads leading into Vancouver B.C. were shut down by multiple mudslide events. Thousands of people were stranded, 4 lost their lives. Many more lost their livelihoods. This event inspired me to write this song in one hour. I recorded it in one take.
Were trying something different
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 December 2021 10:05
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r1 We need to recruit as many new climate organizers as possible.
Paov,
There is no denying that the climate emergency has reached our doorstep. This past summer, a deadly heat dome killed over 500 people in BC. Shortly after that, fires burned all across the west, covering the entire country in smoke. Then, this fall, climate-fuelled rain events brought record-breaking floods to both the west and east coasts. Right now, another atmospheric river is pummelling BC for the third time in a week.
The reality of the climate emergency is starting to weigh on so many of us. In the face of so much crisis, it can be hard to know what to do. But, action is the antidote to despair and every single one of us has the power to turn climate worriers into climate organizers.
Will you sign up to recruit your friends and family into the climate movement?
One-on-one conversations and personal stories are among the most powerful ways to move people...
Last chance to have your donation matched!
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 November 2021 16:40
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Dear Friend,
Just making sure you saw our other email today about this matching opportunity!
Today is your last chance to give to our Giving Tuesday campaign to support our upcoming lawsuit against prolonged solitary confinement, and have your donation matched one for one for up to $2,500.
Make your donation today to have it matched!
DONATEThis month, we look an important step forward in our fight to end solitary confinement in prisons. We filed a lawsuit to stop the wardens at federal prisons from unlawfully placing people in long-term solitary confinement.
The government claims that long-term solitary confinement has been banned. But wardens at federal prisons continue to isolate people in long-term solitary confinement by using lockdowns and “restrictive movement routines.”
Peoples’ rights are being violated, with devastating consequences for their physical and mental wellbeing. Solitary confinement is...
Need 1,800 people to give $5 before midnight
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 November 2021 14:57
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Every month, millions of people read or listen to The Intercept’s reporting — but fewer than 1 percent of them donate to make it possible.
To effectively confront the powerful and expose corruption, our stories need to be available to everyone, not hidden behind a paywall.
Because we don’t charge for subscriptions or run ads on our website, we depend on committed and generous people who step up to become members and make our journalism possible.
This has been a challenging year, and we’re counting on Giving Tuesday to make up a significant fundraising shortfall. And with just 6 hours left, we’re only $9,000 short of our $90,000 goal: In other words, we need...
Giving Tuesday is Today
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 November 2021 12:59
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Dear Friend,
We are 3 hours into our Giving Tuesday campaign, and many of you stepped up and contributed $1,500 towards our upcoming lawsuit to end prolonged solitary confinement.
We just need another 20 of supporter to join us at $50 each. Would you make a donation to help us make our $5,000 goal?
Your donation today will be matched for up to $2,500 by our donor Andrew Beckerman. Donate today!
DONATESolitary confinement and prison conditions don’t happen in a vacuum. They are informed by intersecting civil liberties and human rights issues such as colonialism, systemic racism, criminalization, borders, classism, ableism and more.
Peoples’ rights are being violated, with devastating consequences for their physical and mental wellbeing. Solitary confinement is debilitating, dehumanizing and must stop now.
That is why, for the 3rd time, we are...
Giving Tuesday is Today
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 November 2021 09:50
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Dear Friend,
Today is an exciting day – Giving Tuesday is today!
Here at the BCCLA, we are busy preparing for our fight to end prolonged solitary confinement. We filed a lawsuit to stop the wardens at federal prisons from unlawfully placing people in long-term solitary confinement.
We are hoping to raise $5,000 today and tomorrow towards this lawsuit. And good news – one of our generous donors, Andrew Beckerman, is offering a matching challenge!
DONATEThe criminal legal system is expansive, and it criminalizes Indigenous, Black, racialized, and low-income people; trapping them and making meaningful change difficult.
The government claims that...
Buy nothing. Give something.
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 November 2021 07:30
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Newsrooms are being pummeled by Silicon Valley algorithms
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 November 2021 05:24
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If this year has proved anything, it’s that the crises we face go a lot deeper than Donald Trump.
Whether it’s a warming planet or a Congress gridlocked by moneyed interests, the challenges of our time need to be addressed at their roots. And that requires journalism that questions the official story to expose the corruption and greed that those in power don’t want revealed.
But right now, journalism is being pummeled by social media algorithms that reward superficial and polarizing ragebait over substantive investigative reporting — setting off a race to the bottom among outlets forced to compete for clicks.
Thanks to reader support, The Intercept’s reporters...
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CoDev E-Bulletin - November 2021
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- Published on Monday, 29 November 2021 16:29
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BC families losing access to services
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- Published on Monday, 29 November 2021 16:21
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PAOV — Petition starter Jen is demanding BC’s government stop all planned changes to the province’s autism therapy funding. The government plans to end all direct funding to families within the next four years, replacing the current individual funding model with a “hub” system that will interrupt or end access to personalized treatment for many families. If you think that the government should continue their current autism therapy funding model, sign the petition now.
Consultation Before Change
20,614 have signed Jen Biddlecombe’s petition. Let’s get to 25,000!
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The bipartisan consensus for global killing
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- Published on Monday, 29 November 2021 13:05
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I’ve spent much of the last 25 years as a journalist covering the impact of American militarism, reporting from war zones in Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, and Nigeria.
I’ve seen firsthand the devastating impacts of U.S. militarism under Republican and Democratic presidents, from George W. Bush’s Iraq War fiasco to Barack Obama’s drone wars and Afghanistan surge.
In 2014, I helped co-found The Intercept because U.S. journalism was utterly failing to provide the accountability and transparency necessary for the institutions of democracy to provide any check on the most powerful military in the history of the world, and I’ve been humbled by the financial support from readers that has allowed us to expand and deepen our reporting.
Unfortunately, the news industry has seen...
Giving Tuesday is Tomorrow
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- Published on Monday, 29 November 2021 12:19
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Dear Friend,
The BCCLA has done years of advocacy and litigation work, seeking meaningful change and advancing civil liberties.
This month, we took an important step forward in our fight to end solitary confinement in prisons. We filed a lawsuit to stop the wardens at federal prisons from unlawfully placing people in long-term solitary confinement.
Tomorrow, November 30th, is Giving Tuesday, and we are hoping to raise $5,000 to go towards this important case. Would you give today or tomorrow?
One of our donors, Andrew Beckerman, is offering a matching challenge!
Make a gift on Giving Tuesday and it will be matched one-for-one up to a maximum of $2,500. The match will only be available for 48 hours, so you’ll have to act fast!
Make a donation for Giving Tuesday.
People in prison, their family members and their communities have been calling for change. They've conducted advocacy campaigns, organized protests, and...
Argentina's pesticide nightmare
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- Published on Monday, 29 November 2021 04:49
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Argentina is living a pesticide nightmare: in the 25 years since glyphosate was approved, cancer cases have tripled and birth defects have shot up 400%!
But an independent lab (the Chemistry and Environmental Pollution Group) is fighting back. They run tests on the water in town after town, and when the results show local people are drinking poison, communities have been able to go to court and win back their clean water.
The lab charges as little as it can for the work -- often even doing it out of their own pocket. So they desperately need funding to keep equipment updated, pay staff, and run the tests.
Can you chip in to help towns get clean drinking water and end Argentina's pesticide nightmare?
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