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Accompanying Indigenous rights defenders
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 November 2020 13:22
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The Neoliberal University
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- Published on Sunday, 15 September 2019 03:26
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1892 ... September 15, 2019
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The Neoliberal University:
Opposition grows to performance-based funding model for post-secondary education in Ontario
Ontario Universities and Colleges Coalition
Announced in the Ontario Budget, the Ford government’s reckless new market-based approach to funding postsecondary education will fundamentally compromise the integrity of Ontario’s higher education system. This alarming shift in education funding will create greater inequity, hurt students, and threaten the quality of education in our province.
The proposed market-based performance funding model will tie 60 per cent (over $3-billion dollars) of postsecondary funding to each institution’s "performance" against a set of arbitrary and flawed metrics. This dramatic shift follows years of stagnant public funding for postsecondary education in Ontario, and is only the latest in a series of attacks on the foundations of postsecondary education in the province, including cuts of over $400-million to college and university budgets, cuts of almost $700-million to student financial assistance, and cuts to the democratically determined student fees that allow students’ unions to advocate on behalf of, and provide vital support to their members.
Universities and colleges...
Christopher Leclair still needs you, PAOV
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 November 2020 13:22
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Ban facial recognition technology now
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- Published on Saturday, 14 September 2019 11:40
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Paov,
Amazon's Ring, the video doorbell company, just admitted that it is partnering with 400 U.S. police departments, which can then use facial recognition technology on the footage they get.1
It's not just the United States. The wall-to-wall facial recognition surveillance state could engulf Canada as well and sooner than you might think.
Facial recognition is invasive, biased, and unreliable, but it's already creeping into...
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- Published on Saturday, 14 September 2019 04:36
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Oh no, A! It looks like you started your donation to help save the orangutans from palm oil destruction but never completed the process.
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Here’s why: we don’t take any money from ANY corporations. And the truth is: we wouldn’t have it any other way.
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- Published on Friday, 13 September 2019 12:10
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Our take on last night's leaders' debate
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 November 2020 13:22
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palm oil
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- Published on Friday, 13 September 2019 03:16
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500 precious orangutans die every single month on the small island of Borneo alone.
Palm oil plantations are driving their decline.
Now you can force Pizza Hut and KFC to end this massacre. But the clock is ticking -- will you chip in today to save orangutans from extinction?
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Should GM Oshawa be publicly owned?
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- Published on Friday, 13 September 2019 03:00
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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 27 ... September 13, 2019
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Should GM Oshawa be publicly owned?
The Oats podcast interviews Tony Leah and Rebecca Keetch about GM’s decision to wind down vehicle assembly at its facility in Oshawa, Ontario. Tony and Rebecca work at GM Oshawa. They are also both members of Green Jobs Oshawa, an initiative calling for GM’s facility to come under public ownership and be directed toward producing electric vehicles.
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R&F.ca Weekly Update
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- Published on Friday, 13 September 2019 01:46
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Stop price gouging
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- Published on Thursday, 12 September 2019 08:44
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Hi Paov,
I have exciting news for you! OpenMedia has just launched a brand new tool to collect people’s horror stories with their cell phone and home Internet providers. Then we’ll plaster the most powerful stories on ads the next government will see the minute it lands in Ottawa.
I probably don’t need to tell you that Canada’s Internet services are too damn expensive and subpar. But if we go public with...
Leaching acid for more than 60 years
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- Published on Thursday, 12 September 2019 07:02
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And still, they fight
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 September 2019 05:56
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For 18 years, workers at the Pearl Continental Karachi (Pakistan) have fought with unflagging determination for their collective rights and for recognition of their union.
That's an extraordinary thing -- for 18 years, denied their rights, those workers continue their struggle.
They've been backed by the International Union of Foodworkers (IUF) who have launched an online campaign demanding that the Pakistani government finally intervene and implement the decisions and recommendations of the ILO, ensuring direct and immediate negotiations between the union and the hotel management.
Please click here to show your support for this important campaign.
Nineteen years is too long to wait for justice.
Thank you -- and please spread the word.
Eric Lee
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Facial recognition cameras in Canada
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 September 2019 04:42
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Hi Paov, would you be happy with facial recognition surveillance cameras on the streets in Canada, tracking people and matching faces to databases as we go about our daily lives?
In less than a week, 6,000 people in Canada have signed on to demand that our next government immediately put a moratorium on the use of facial recognition by law enforcement, and a review of our privacy laws. Will you add your name too?
...Indonesia: solidarity brings reduced sentence for union leader convicted in trial farce
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 September 2019 03:52
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Read more: Indonesia: solidarity brings reduced sentence for union leader convicted in trial farce
Strategic. Game-changing. And cheap at twice the price.
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 September 2019 03:18
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The Brexit Crisis and British Labour
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:22
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The Brexit Crisis and British Labour:
Two Speeches from the 2019 TUC Congress
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the UK Labour Party, speaking at the 151st annual TUC Congress in Brighton.
Congress, thank you for that warm welcome. It’s an honour to be asked to address you again. I’m proud that trade unions and the Labour Party are working as closely together now as we ever have. Because together we are one movement -- the Labour Movement, the greatest force for progressive change this country has ever known. So thank you to every single one of you for what you do, for your members and for our society.
And thank you to Frances O’Grady for your work as the TUC’s General Secretary. You are a brilliant voice in standing up for workers.
I want to pay special thanks too to TUC President Mark Serwotka. Mark, you are one of the most dedicated and one of the bravest trade union leaders we’ve ever had and you’re a walking advertisement for our wonderful National Health Service (NHS).
URGENT: Our deadline is now tomorrow!
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 November 2020 13:22
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10,000 abandoned mines
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 September 2019 11:08
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