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- Published on Wednesday, 19 April 2023 12:45
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This could be your last fundraising email
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- Published on Wednesday, 19 April 2023 10:12
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Let’s cut to the chase.
At The Intercept, we’re lucky to have a dedicated base of readers who chip in a small amount each month to keep our journalism going. But traffic and revenues are down across the news industry, and that’s a challenge, even for a nonprofit like us.
To get back on track, we’ve set an ambitious goal of adding 3,000 new monthly donors by the end of our April membership campaign. That means we’re going to have to send a lot of fundraising emails over the next 12 days.
We know that all these fundraising requests...
Can you donate $5 a month to help expose the real story behind the Dakota Access crackdown?
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- Published on Tuesday, 18 April 2023 10:52
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The owner of the Dakota Access pipeline is still fighting to keep thousands of pages of records from private security firm TigerSwan from being released to The Intercept.
In a major legal victory, we’ve finally obtained over 50,000 documents that reveal tactics TigerSwan used to surveil and suppress pipeline protesters at Standing Rock in coordination with North Dakota law enforcement agencies.
But we’ve hit another wall. After more than two years of litigation, the state still has yet to release over 9,000 pages containing material that someone would apparently rather keep out of the public eye. And in some cases, the records we’ve received have been redacted for no apparent reason.
We won’t stop reporting...
Justice for Bobbi: Adopt Clares Law
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- Published on Tuesday, 18 April 2023 08:24
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"Stop the creation of a local Puppy Mill!", "Stop the deportation of Betty and her two Canadian sons including an autistic son", "Demand Ontario’s Auditor General Investigate Ford’s More Homes Built Faster Act!", "Hate Crimes against Hindus on the rise in Canada"
PAOV, here are 5 petitions that need your help this week
Justice for Bobbi: Adopt Clare’s Law in Ontario
Français On the government of Canada website, it states “The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies intimate partner violence as a major global public health concern as it affects...
Weve got 40 totes left
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- Published on Monday, 17 April 2023 16:36
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Which false climate solution are you? Take our quiz and find out!
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- Published on Monday, 17 April 2023 12:19
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Hey Paov!
In honour of Earth Month, we've put together a fun quiz that you can share with friends and family who might be at risk of falling for Big Oil’s lies:
Which false climate solution are you?
The more our climate movement talks about solutions — clean, renewable alternatives to fossil fuels, firmly rooted within climate justice — the more the fossil fuel industry tries to co-opt the message.
That's why they’ve shifted from denying the climate crisis to selling "quick and easy fixes" like carbon capture and emissions offsetting — promises and technologies presented by the coal, oil and gas industry as a magical way to solve the climate crisis, while their true purpose is to delay...
Read more: Which false climate solution are you? Take our quiz and find out!
$200,000 in legal bills
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- Published on Monday, 17 April 2023 11:42
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Erik Prince, the billionaire founder of the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater, is making a third attempt at his defamation lawsuit against The Intercept.
We’ve spent over $200,000 on legal fees fighting off this action, on top of the countless hours spent on these cases by our internal legal team.
Make no mistake: We stand by our reporting on Prince 100 percent. As the founder of one of the most powerful private mercenary armies in the world, Erik Prince is absolutely worthy of journalistic inquiry.
But lawsuits like this can blow a major hole in our budget. That’s why The Intercept’s sustaining members...
Hundreds Turn Out to Denounce Texas Republicans “Vigilante Death Squads Policy”
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- Published on Sunday, 16 April 2023 15:18
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Bring Yusuf home
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- Published on Saturday, 15 April 2023 14:02
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PAOV — Yusuf, a 9-year-old Canadian boy, has spent nearly half his life in a Syrian prison camp in terrible conditions. He is in urgent need of life-saving brain surgery, but the Canadian government will not allow him to return with his mother, who was born outside of Canada. Yusuf is autistic and non-verbal, and separating him from his mother could be catastrophic. Petition starter Matthew is fighting to keep families like this one together and safely resettled back in Canada. Sign the petition now to help bring Yusuf home.
“Canadians are dying": Free Jack Letts & 35+ Canadian Kids, Women & Men in Syria
Earth Month Spotlight: 350 Ghana's fight to reduce carbon emissions
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- Published on Saturday, 15 April 2023 07:30
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Hi Paov,
I am Portia Adu-Mensah, director of the group 350 Ghana Reduce our Carbon, also known as 350 GROC. Our story started with a group of seven people and one target: a coal power plant. And our climate movement in Ghana has grown into a beautiful network of over 150 members fighting for renewable energy solutions!
We started in 2013, after a massive training event that 350.org organised in Turkiye – the Global PowerShift. It was a crucial moment for the climate movement, when we needed new energy and – above all – new global connections. Around 500 people from more than 130 countries came together during a week of meetings and relationship building.
As several other new young climate leaders around the world, I came back home with my friends full of ideas and passionate to make change. We started 350 GROC to oppose Ghana's plans to build the Ekumfi Aboano power plant – a 700-megawatt (MW) project that would burn 2 million tons of coal per year and impact the health and livelihoods of thousands of people. We mobilised, protested, and talked to affected communities. And after three years of campaigning, we won! The project was cancelled, once and for...
Read more: Earth Month Spotlight: 350 Ghana's fight to reduce carbon emissions
Tell Ron DeSantis: Stop silencing students, teachers, and the press
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- Published on Saturday, 15 April 2023 07:03
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is doing everything in his power to stifle debate, silence and punish his critics, and cancel the free speech rights the First Amendment grants the press and public. It’s time for this to stop.
DeSantis has already made headlines over his repeated attempts to censor Florida teachers and schools, shutting down African American history classes and restricting discussion of LGBTQ+ issues in schools.
Now, DeSantis and his allies want to silence journalism by making it dramatically easier for politicians to sue reporters and win.
If DeSantis gets his way, the Florida Legislature could rewrite the state’s defamation laws and gut protections for anonymous sources, making it impossible...
Read more: Tell Ron DeSantis: Stop silencing students, teachers, and the press
Dogwood News This Week: they bought a premier
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- Published on Saturday, 15 April 2023 06:03
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Your place for
news and action Saturday April 15, 2023 If you had to pick the worst corporate polluter in B.C. history, it’s probably Teck. The coal mining giant used to be the biggest political donor, too. Teck gave millions to the then-ruling BC Liberals, and a little taste now and then to the NDP.
Now those donations are illegal. So instead they bought a premier, the day he retired. How much will John Horgan earn shilling for Big Coal? Whatever amount, it’s on top of his gold-plated pension worth close to $150,000 a year.
Horgan admitted he was negotiating with Teck for months while still serving as an MLA. If you’re disgusted by B.C.’s revolving door of double-dipping ex-public servants going to work for the companies they...
17-year-old killed on a bus
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- Published on Friday, 14 April 2023 15:46
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PAOV — On Tuesday, a 17-year-old boy was killed in an unprovoked attack on a Metro Vancouver bus. People across the province are demanding the government act to make public transit safer. Show your support by signing the petition now.
Make BC Translink buses and skytrains safer!
487 have signed Dominique Curtis’s petition. Let’s get to 500!
Sign now with a click
Read more: 17-year-old killed on a bus
We embarked on an experiment
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- Published on Thursday, 13 April 2023 18:00
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Ignoring cage-free promises?
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- Published on Thursday, 13 April 2023 14:18
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PAOV — Kellogg’s has failed to keep their promises to ban cruel cages in their egg supply chains. The cramped conditions in the cages causes the hens extreme distress, as they suffer broken bones, deformities, and severe feather loss. Open Wing Alliance started their petition because they want to put an end to the cruel confinement of egg-laying hens. They don’t want these companies to get away with their horrific animal abuse. Sign the petition to join the Alliance in demanding Kellogg’s take immediate action to give these hens the freedom they deserve.
Hold global companies accountable for their cage-free promise!
AFRICOM Chief to Congress: We Share “Core Values” With Coup Leaders
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- Published on Thursday, 13 April 2023 05:18
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Save OHIP Canadas Healthcare System!
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- Published on Thursday, 13 April 2023 02:46
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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 OHIP Canada’s Healthcare System!!
Holly Hesse started this petition, and it now has 14,800 signatures
Sign now with a clickMy mother was a Registered Nurse during the Harper Era.. our family and others suffered with cuts...
Indigenous infant mortality
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- Published on Wednesday, 12 April 2023 15:00
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PAOV, Indigenous infants in northern communities experience high rates of infant mortality and sickness. Limited access to medical resources has a devastating impact on remote communities and their most vulnerable members — infants. A group of nursing students started their petition to call attention to this urgent issue. Petition starter Ashley says, “The stakes of this issue are high. If things do not change, the lives of countless Indigenous infants will continue to be lost unnecessarily.” Sign now if you believe this inequity is unacceptable in Canada.
Justice for Northern Indigenous Infants: Demanding Equal Access to Life-Saving Health Care
Thank you for joining our Earth Month Challenge
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- Published on Wednesday, 12 April 2023 09:38
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Hi PAOV,
Thank you for investing in people and our planet and joining our challenge to multiply the power of our movement!
Together, our online campaigns, grassroots organising, and public actions have stopped countless pipelines and changed government policies.
We know who we're up against. But I know with you by our side, together we can win.
In solidarity
Ellie for 350.org
P.S.If you weren't able to share on our page for whatever reason, please find our links again below.
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- Published on Wednesday, 12 April 2023 09:05
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Hi Paov,
April is Earth Month, and we are challenging you to help grow the climate movement.
The world's climate scientists delivered a final warning last month. Their message is clear – we need to take bold climate action now to prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis.1
Instead of listening to scientists’ warnings, political leaders continue to approve new fossil fuel projects, pushing us further away from meeting our climate targets.2
This is why we are trying something new. We need more people than ever before to take action, call their representatives, and pressure our leaders to invest in a just transition.
By acting together as one and showing the power of our numbers, we can hold governments accountable and make them invest in real, just climate solutions. But we need as many people as possible in this fight.
Paov, will you help invest in our planet by inviting three more people to join the climate movement?
Clicking the links in this email will take you straight to our challenge page and register you there, no need to fill out your details.
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