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Toxic overlap

Details: Published on Thursday, 25 March 2021 22:04; Written by editor

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Bloodbath layoffs. Donations down. Journalism is in trouble.

Details: Published on Thursday, 22 April 2021 20:00; Written by editor

On March 9, 47 journalists at the award-winning news site HuffPost were suddenly laid off after the site was bought by BuzzFeed. One staffer described it as “a bloodbath” and “worse than the worst-case scenario.”

It’s just the latest gut punch to a journalism industry battered by existential crises on multiple fronts.

Here at The Intercept, we’re not immune to the financial pressures that are affecting the entire news industry. And to keep The Intercept strong over the long haul, we set ambitious goals for growing the number of readers who donate to support our journalism.

But since Donald Trump left office, new donations to The Intercept are down more than 50 percent, and that’s a problem.

Democracy simply cannot survive without strong, well-funded investigative journalism holding the powerful...

The Limits of Co-ops /w Dr. Sharryn Kasmir

Details: Published on Thursday, 25 March 2021 08:32; Written by editor

The Limits of Co-ops /w Dr. Sharryn Kasmir

In a time where the Left is desperately searching for a viable alternative model to global capitalism, rather than merely critiques of it, co-ops have emerged as an easy reference to a potential future system. As the co-op model has staked a place in the popular leftists imagination, it is necessary to consider it’s short-comings, and the limits it imposes on socialist movements. To discuss these issues we are joined by Dr. Sharryn Kasmir of Hofstra University.

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You're invited: Get to know two young Friends, Rachel & Christina

Details: Published on Wednesday, 24 March 2021 13:42; Written by editor

You're invited!

Tomorrow, March 25th at 7 pm Eastern

Brew some tea and join us for a conversation with two young Friends, Rachel Singleton-Polster and Christina Tellez.

This is the third installment in our on-going series all year long on the last Thursday of...

Slaves for chocolate

Details: Published on Wednesday, 24 March 2021 12:08; Written by editor

Children as young as 11 are being trafficked into slavery harvesting cocoa for giants like Nestle, Mars, and Hershey.

But a group of former child labourers is fighting back with a lawsuit that could crush this practice for good -- will you chip in CA$87 and help them end the chocolate slave trade?

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Tenimba was just 11 when a trafficker lured him from his home in Mali to a cocoa plantation in Ivory Coast. He was promised good pay and care. Instead, he worked every day for two years with no pay, no medical care, and no safety measures.

Today there are over 1.5 million child slaves like Tenimba, losing their childhood to supply cocoa to some of the world’s wealthiest brands, like Nestle, Mars, and Hershey.

But Tenimba and 7...

Hardships and Authoritarianism: Understanding Politics in the Philippines

Details: Published on Wednesday, 24 March 2021 10:46; Written by editor

Hardships and Authoritarianism: Understanding Politics in the Philippines

Ben Reid

On Sunday March 7, nine human rights activists were killed and six others arrested in coordinated police and military actions in the Philippines. This was an escalation of the state repression and targeted assassinations that have become a common occurrence under the regime of President Rodrigo Duterte since his election in 2016 under the rubric of a ‘war on drugs’. Bloody Sunday is another incident in the state violence deployed by Duterte’s regime. But the state violence also marks a new phase in a so-called ‘whole of nation’ approach to combating the insurgency of the Communist Party of the Philippines,...

Yes, Blame Christian Fundamentalism for the Atlanta Murders

Details: Published on Thursday, 22 April 2021 20:00; Written by editor

Reform of Quebecs Workplace Health-and-Safety Regime

Details: Published on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 09:48; Written by editor

Reform of Quebec’s Workplace Health-and-Safety Regime
“Social Partnership” or Class Struggle?

David Mandel

Last January, the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ – National Institute of Public Health) published a report on non-traumatic musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). These are pains and other symptoms that affect muscles, tendons, joints and other tissues in the back, neck and other members. Some examples are tendinitis, bursitis, back pains, carpal tunnel syndrome. Their causes are bad posture, excessive loads, repetitive tasks, as well as psychological demands related to work.

Every year over a million Quebecers – one in four, and a majority of women – are afflicted with MSDs, which are associated with...

It's World Water Day!

Details: Published on Monday, 22 March 2021 12:42; Written by editor

It's World Water Day!

Biden Continues the US Conflict With China Through the Quad

Details: Published on Monday, 22 March 2021 10:32; Written by editor

Biden Continues the US Conflict With China Through the Quad

Vijay Prashad

On March 12, the heads of government of four countries, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and the United States President Joe Biden, met for a virtual meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, better known as the Quad. Modi’s opening remarks illustrate the emptiness of the public agenda; he called the Quad “a force for global good” with no details beyond a list of areas of collaboration (“vaccines, climate change and emerging technologies”). There was no direct mention of China during the meeting.

In the details relating to the...

Voices Beyond Borders: A Poetic and Musical Tribute to Paul Robeson

Details: Published on Sunday, 21 March 2021 07:20; Written by editor

Voices Beyond Borders: A Poetic and Musical Tribute to Paul Robeson

An evening of poetry and music to commemorate Paul Robeson’s fight against racism and contribution to workers’ internationalism. In celebration of Black History Month, featuring presentations/performances by George Elliot Clarke, Lillian Allen, Evie Shockley, Michael Fraser, Honey Novick, Jim Phelan, and Giovanna Riccio.

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The human right to water

Details: Published on Saturday, 20 March 2021 15:50; Written by editor

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PBI-Mexico accompanied FPDTA-MPT mobilizing on World Water Day in defence of the Cuautla and Metlapanapa rivers … Read more...

PBI-Guatemala congratulates fishers and lawyers defending the Champerico estuary from corporate shrimp farming … Read more...

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Tracking the Invisible Killer

Details: Published on Thursday, 22 April 2021 20:00; Written by editor

Council This Week

Details: Published on Friday, 19 March 2021 19:02; Written by editor

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We raised the stakes

Details: Published on Friday, 19 March 2021 17:10; Written by editor

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Yesterday, 500 people tuned in to our virtual town hall to join together in asking: what happened to the Just Transition Act the Liberals promised last election?

We invited Trudeau’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson, to address that question at yesterday’s town hall, but he declined to attend. We asked him if he could join us at a future date, or simply provide a written update on the Just Transition Act, but we still haven’t heard back. Our offer still stands.

That's why today, we're amping up the pressure by pushing our MPs to take a position on the Just Transition Act.

Help us build momentum in support of a Just Transition Act within Parliament. Email your MP now.

Even though Wilkinson declined our invitation, Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May and NDP Environment and Climate Change Critic Laurel Collins were there to provide some insights on where this legislation might have gone. They both talked about how they have repeatedly raised the just transition question in the House of Commons. Collins explained that, when she pressed Wilkinson’s office for an update,...

Halt the sale of crown land, investigating Ducks Unl

Details: Published on Friday, 19 March 2021 16:08; Written by editor

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This has been a trying year for so many of us. With Spring Equinox just around the corner, the arrival of a new season inspires renewed energy. Here are some pressing issues that need our support!

Sign the Petition #LandBack
“They stole our lands and now they are selling off all that remains of the Crown lands so that there is no land left for our people." -FSIN vice-chief Heather Bear
This petition includes signatures from many prominent organizations, including Idle No More, Office of the Treaty Commissioner, National Farmers Union, Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, and Black Lives Matter YXE, calling for the halt of crown land sales in SK. As Treaty...

We must stand with the Asian community

Details: Published on Friday, 19 March 2021 14:46; Written by editor

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Dear friend,

At Stand.earth, we unequivocally denounce all anti-Asian hate crimes and manifestations of white supremacy in all its forms.

This week’s tragic shooting in Atlanta, Georgia targeted three different businesses staffed primarily by Asian women, where a white male shooter entered and killed eight people, six being Asian women. Anti-Asian racism has been present for a long time in the U.S. and Canada, but hate crimes have recently skyrocketed alongside inflammatory rhetoric about Asian communities regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

An important discussion to have right now is that this tragedy could have been prevented. This egregious and racist hate crime (and it’s important to recognize this as a racist act, not just some random act of violence) serves as a reminder of how important it is for every one of us to speak up, show up in solidarity with our Asian colleagues, friends, neighbors, and family, and do our part to combat anti-Asian racism. Every. Single. Day.

In that spirit, we’d like to share the following resources for those looking to take action, learn more, and rise...

“The Bernie team won,” so the entire staff of the state Democratic Party quit.

Details: Published on Thursday, 22 April 2021 20:00; Written by editor

In a huge victory for progressives and the culmination of years of grassroots organizing, a slate of progressive candidates just swept the elections for the Nevada Democratic Party’s five leadership positions.

In response, the entire staff of the Nevada Democratic Party quit.

And on their way out the door, they moved nearly half a million dollars from the state party’s campaign coffers to a national Senate campaign fund, while giving themselves generous severance payments. Every consultant severed their contract, and we don’t yet know what kind of money changed hands when that happened.

I’ve never seen anything quite like this. Establishment Democrats and their lobbyist and consultant allies want this story to quietly fade away, but we will not let that happen.

This story is developing rapidly,...

The Struggle for Water Justice is a Struggle for Gender and Racial Justice

Details: Published on Friday, 19 March 2021 11:26; Written by editor

The Struggle for Water Justice is a Struggle for Gender and Racial Justice

Susan Spronk

The essay is published in honour of World Water Day, which has been held every year on March 22 since 1993. The goal of this day is to celebrate water and raise awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. Check out the Alternative World Water Forum (AWWF) – in French, the Forum Alternatif Mondial de l’Eau (FAME) for a calendar of events.

COVID-19 has exposed deep, structural inequalities in the world today along the lines of class, gender and race – between well-resourced and precarious workers, women and men, racialized...

17 is too many hours

Details: Published on Thursday, 18 March 2021 22:04; Written by editor

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