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Council Catch-Up

Details: Published on Tuesday, 06 July 2021 09:44; Written by editor

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Fairy Creek Protesters Warn of Dangerous Police Tactics

Details: Published on Tuesday, 06 July 2021 08:00; Written by editor

The use of heavy equipment to dislodge blockaders creates unacceptable risks, says lawyer for group.

Police employ an excavator to extract a protester chained to a log at an anti-old-growth logging camp outside Port Renfrew on June 22. Photo by Jen Osborne.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/07/02/Fairy-Creek-Protesters-Warn-Dangerous-Police-Tactics/

A new LNG project in B.C.

Details: Published on Monday, 05 July 2021 14:07; Written by editor

The Fraser River is one of the most important rivers in the world for wild salmon. It is British Columbia’s longest river, carrying spring water all the way from the Rockies to the Strait of Georgia in Vancouver. It’s also where FortisBC wants to expand its Tilbury LNG terminal.

If we don’t intervene, this project could have devastating impacts on nearby communities, the climate, wild salmon, and on other endangered fish species which nearby Indigenous communities rely on.

Canada Day

Details: Published on Monday, 05 July 2021 13:48; Written by editor

Content warning: this email contains details about residential schools and colonial violence. The Indian Residential School Survivors Society crisis line is available 24/7 at 1-800-721-0066

Stand.earth is not celebrating ‘Canada Day,’ and this is why.

Six years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its Calls to Action, the culmination of lengthy work collecting accounts and information about Canada’s genocidal residential schools. In recent days and weeks, the horror and scale of these atrocities has been made sharply apparent with the uncovering of mass and unmarked graves in Tk'emlúps (Kamloops, B.C.) and quickly extending across the country.

This is the reality of the country we call “Canada.” It's a reminder that we live in a country that was violently built on stolen land, and continues to perpetuate ongoing genocides against Indigenous peoples.

Our hearts are heavy thinking of all Indigenous Nations and communities, and each of these children and their families. They are more than statistics, and we owe them more than sympathy and words.

As part of confronting Canada's colonial history and ongoing genocide in the present day, we invite you to join us and mark July 1st not in celebration, but in mourning, reflection, and action.

Here are some actions you can take today:

Read more: Canada Day

June 2021 Update

Details: Published on Monday, 05 July 2021 12:39; Written by editor

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Threats and fear as loggers clash with blockaders at Fairy Creek

Details: Published on Monday, 05 July 2021 10:26; Written by editor

https://twitter.com/oracogan/status/1410636329348599810?s=20
“Get the grader and just mow them down! Run her over!” yelled a logger.
Over 320 arrests have been made at the Fairy Creek blockades since police began removing forest defenders in mid-May. As enforcement of an injunction obtained by logging company Teal-Jones enters its seventh week, aggression from police and logging industry workers has been ramping up.

Each day the RCMP try to clear logging roads, encountering blockaders in what are known as “dragons” — a device that secures a person’s arm in a tube buried in the ground — or surreal-looking wooden tripods dangling up to 30 feet in the air. Land defenders have adopted these tactics in an effort to halt the logging of old-growth forests in Pacheedaht and Ditidaht territories.

https://ricochet.media/en/3711/threats-and-fear-as-loggers-clash-with-blockaders-at-fairy-creek

Our favourite Indigenous films, the benefits of curiosity, and more

Details: Published on Monday, 05 July 2021 06:53; Written by editor

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Our favourite Indigenous films

We're often asked a question along the lines of, "What Indigenous films does CFSC recommend I watch if I want to learn about Indigenous cultures?" To help answer this, we decided to create an easy-to-share one-page handout with our top picks: https://quakerservice.ca/IndigenousFilms

Scientific American Retracted Pro-Palestine Article Without Any Factual Errors

Details: Published on Sunday, 04 July 2021 09:11; Written by editor

Reminder: Watch The Condor & The Eagle with us on Tuesday

Details: Published on Saturday, 03 July 2021 09:00; Written by editor

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Save the Hunt Club Forest in Ottawa

Details: Published on Friday, 02 July 2021 20:35; Written by editor

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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:

Save the Hunt Club Forest in Ottawa

Manuel Costa started this petition to Bmw, Justin Trudeau, Ottawa City Council and it now has 7,715 signatures

Sign now with a click

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Check out our Summer 2021 Supporter Update!

Details: Published on Friday, 02 July 2021 09:00; Written by editor

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It’s a uniquely exciting time at Iron & Earth for a range of reasons. Our initiatives are progressing very well despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, and we've also had significant leadership changes.

Lliam Hildebrand, Iron & Earth’s Co-founder and outgoing Executive Director, has stepped down from his post and stepped into a new chapter of his life. We reflect on the strong foundation Lliam built over the past 5 years, and his legacy of creating a movement and voice for fossil fuel industry and Indigenous workers to thrive in a prosperous transition.

We are thrilled to present you, our supporters, with a Summer Supporter Update that describes the milestones we’ve reached in recent months and our plans for the remainder of the year.

Here’s a sneak peek of what you’ll find in our update:

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Read more: Check out our Summer 2021 Supporter Update!

E-News: Reflecting on what our country has been – and what our society must become

Details: Published on Friday, 02 July 2021 07:37; Written by editor

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Complicating the Fairy Creek narrative

Details: Published on Thursday, 01 July 2021 11:01; Written by editor

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Striving for better

Details: Published on Thursday, 01 July 2021 07:43; Written by editor

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PBI-Canada asks that Canada’s feminist foreign policy be implemented as sexual violence against women at protests in Colombia increases … Read more...

Three Members of Parliament call for urgent action from Trudeau government on the human rights situation in Colombia … Read more...

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How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America

Details: Published on Thursday, 01 July 2021 05:19; Written by editor

Day of Mourning

Details: Published on Wednesday, 30 June 2021 18:07; Written by editor

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Content warning: residential schools, death of children.

PAOV — Over 1,000 unmarked graves have been discovered at former residential school sites across the country since late May. Over 285,000 people are now calling for a National Day of Mourning for the children lost to the residential school system. Show your support by signing the petition now.

If you require support, a national Indian Residential School Crisis Line has been set up for survivors and those affected. You can access emotional and crisis support by calling the 24-hour national crisis line: 1-866-925-4419

Call for a National Day of Mourning for the Lost Children of Residential School

Weve almost hit our goal. Can you chip in before midnight?

Details: Published on Wednesday, 30 June 2021 15:34; Written by editor

I’ll admit it — just a few days ago I wasn’t sure if we were going to reach this campaign goal. I knew $400,000 was an ambitious target, and for most of the month we’ve been running behind.

But yesterday was one of the best days for grassroots fundraising in The Intercept’s history. We’ve been clicking refresh and watching the goal grow tantalizingly close.

Readers are stepping up to invest in journalism that challenges the political and economic status quo — no matter who occupies the White House.

And now we have just $20,000 left to reach our goal. To get there, we need only 800 donors to chip in just $25 each.

Can you donate to The Intercept before midnight?

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Cuba Solidarity Update

Details: Published on Wednesday, 30 June 2021 13:39; Written by editor

Cuba Solidarity News
Because of the U.S. blockade, Cuba is having a hard time acquiring enough syringes to vaccinate all of its citizens against the pandemic. Our campaign to send syringes to Cuba continues. We are still accepting donations to purchase syringes to ship to Cuba.
Last Wednesday, June 23, the resolution proposed by Cuba at the United Nations General Assembly, calling for “the necessity of ending the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba,” was overwhelmingly passed by 184 countries, with the usual U.S. and Israel voting against it and three abstentions from Colombia, Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates. Once again, for the 28th year, the world has opposed and condemned it and calls for the end of it.
The Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodrigues Padilla reported to the General Assembly that, "The human damage is incalculable. No Cuban family’s life escapes the effects of this policy. It is neither legal nor ethical for a great power’s government to blockade a small nation in an attempt to impose a government of its own design; it is not permissible, and it is unacceptable." He denounced the United States government’s decision to use the pandemic as an ally in its unconventional war against the Revolution, intensifying the blockade and causing the country to lose some 5 billion dollars in just one year. He noted that also remaining in full force are the more than 240 hostile measures adopted by the administration of Donald Trump, which interrupted the delivery of remittances to Cuban families, hurt the nation’s self-employed, disrupted family reunification, and made the battle against COVID-19 more difficult. Before the vote, representatives from various countries spoke out against it, emphasizing the economic, financial, and commercial damage it imposes on Cuba, exposing the human rights violations it inflicts on all Cuban citizens, and emphasizing its genocidal and inhumane effects.

It is incredible that a country like Cuba, with only 11 million people, with hardly any natural resources for imperial countries to go and steal, which has not been any threat to anyone or any country, which has sent teachers and doctors to 164 countries to combat sickness, diseases, pandemics and illiteracy, gets treated in such a sadistic way by a country like the U.S. that keeps repeating its adherence to human rights, democracy and freedom.

Since the formation of our Victoria Friends of Cuba organization in 1993, the main focus of our campaign, like that of thousands of other organizations around the world, has been to end the US blockade of Cuba and to tell the truth about what kind of country Cuba is. With our committee, supporters and people who stand for justice, equality and peace, we will continue in our struggle to keep exposing the inhumane, illegal and genocidal effects of the longest blockade that has ever been imposed by the richest and most militaristic country on the globe on a tiny country that wants to be free and independent. We will continue to stand in solidarity, friendship, and love with our neighbours who are doing so much for humanity with so little.

One last push. Every dollar matters.

Details: Published on Wednesday, 30 June 2021 12:29; Written by editor

We wanted to make sure you didn’t miss co-founder Jeremy Scahill’s message. Can you chip in before our midnight deadline?

I know we’ve been sending you a lot of emails this month, so I wanted to take a few moments to explain why The Intercept’s membership campaign matters to me.

Throughout my life, I’ve reported from war and conflict zones around the world and on the front lines of social justice struggles in the United States. And I’ve usually done it with very scant resources. As a young reporter, I slept on my share of...

July 1st, 2021: Turning grief into action

Details: Published on Tuesday, 29 June 2021 15:51; Written by editor

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