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Máxima Acuña
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- Published on Saturday, 04 February 2023 23:10
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Sylvia,
Brave grandmother Máxima Acuña has been beaten, hospitalized, and bullied in court by the biggest gold mining company in the world.
Our community has come together to help her before…and now she needs our help again.
For more than a decade, Newmont Mining has had its sights set on Máxima’s family farm in Peru. Newmont tried everything to turn the land into a massive new gold and copper mine, but Máxima refused to give up her home…and has paid a brutal price.
After years of lawsuits, Máxima’s legal fund has dried up. A decision on her case will come any day, but it won't be the end of the road. If she wins, Newmont will try to bankrupt her with an appeal. And if the mining Goliath wins, Máxima will have to appeal herself or lose her land. Without more cash, it's a losing battle. Can...
Sign the petition: Statehood for D.C. now!
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- Published on Saturday, 04 February 2023 11:25
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Taxation without representation was wrong in 1776, and it is wrong today. The people of D.C. pay the highest federal taxes per capita but have no voting representation in Congress. Becoming a state ends this injustice.
D.C. residents bear all the responsibilities of full U.S. citizenship: They serve on juries, in the U.S. military, and work hard to build safe, strong communities where they live. And yet the 700,000+ people who call D.C. home, the majority of whom are...
BC primary forest destruction
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- Published on Saturday, 04 February 2023 08:06
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The UK's biggest power station is cutting down Canadian primary forest to generate electricity. And it's being heavily bankrolled through “green energy” subsidies from British taxpayers.
Call on the power station and UK and BC government officials to stop forest destruction and end greenwashing now.
Sylvia,
It’s outrageous – Britain's biggest power station is cutting down Canadian primary forest to generate electricity all for the sake of profit.
Drax, the power station operator, burns millions of tonnes of imported Canadian wood pellets - which is classed as renewable energy and being heavily financed by UK taxpayers through a government 'green energy' subsidy.
But BBC and CBC journalists have discovered Drax’s business practices anything but green – some of the wood comes from an important old growth forest in BC. And burning wood produces more greenhouse gas than burning coal.
Take action to stop the primary forest destruction and end greenwashing now.
Drax says it only uses...
Dogwood News This Week: BUSTED! ...again
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- Published on Saturday, 04 February 2023 06:03
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news and action Saturday February 4, 2023
Coastal GasLink had another major failure at its Clore River pipeline crossing last weekend: temporary dams ruptured, flooding the work site. Once again, mud and debris swept downstream into salmon and steelhead habitat.
The company’s public relations team is pretending they flooded their own construction site on purpose. “We initiated a temporary overflow of our barrier,” they claim. But Wet’suwet’en officials flew in by helicopter, and witnessed the site in disarray – with black sediment coating the riverbanks downstream.
Local chiefs had already busted Coastal GasLink contractors earlier this month for operating heavy equipment in the river with no sediment barrier in place –...
Vaccines are too important to be left to Big Pharma
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- Published on Friday, 03 February 2023 15:15
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SAVE THE DATE!
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- Published on Friday, 03 February 2023 15:14
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"I am begging Canada to save all 4 of my children"
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- Published on Friday, 03 February 2023 14:31
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PAOV — You can make a difference. Sign now to help Sadia and her children come to Canada.
Canada Must Save At-Risk Afghan Women’s Rights Advocate Sadia: Issue Entry Permits ASAP!
1,544 have signed Matthew Behrens’s petition. Let’s get to 2,500!
Sign now with a clickSadia risked her life for years working to empower Afghan women under Canadian-funded projects. But Canada has slammed the door on Sadia, a mother of four, and hundreds...
Read more: "I am begging Canada to save all 4 of my children"
Council Catch-Up
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- Published on Friday, 03 February 2023 13:14
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Winter 2023 edition of Quaker Concern newsletter
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- Published on Friday, 03 February 2023 07:57
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The Winter 2023 edition of Canadian Friends Service Committee's print and digital newsletter Quaker Concern is out!
Inside you'll find three full-length articles plus highlights from our recent activities and travels in support of justice and peace.
You can read the current issue (as well as past ones) online or download it in PDF.
Through the bars: making connections
By Nancy Russell
Have you ever had a pen pal? Was it a good experience? Did you learn about where they lived, their customs and culture, or perhaps their life circumstances, including the joys and the sorrows?... Keep reading ››
CFSC members and staff gather at Camp...
Why has Danone...
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- Published on Friday, 03 February 2023 07:12
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Indigenous activists in Mexico stopped Danone stealing their precious water before, but now the company is back.
Will you help the water defenders get rid of Danone for good?
Sylvia,
“Drought equals death.” These are the words from the Indigenous group Pueblos Unidos, and exactly what Danone is contributing to in a small Mexican town.
I've seen with my own eyes the devastating impact in the region: the river is drying up, and farmers are struggling to grow crops.
Last year, Indigenous activists forced Danone to shut down its water pumping plant. But now they are back.
Danone spends millions branding itself as a sustainable water company. If we raise the alarm that this greedy corporation is circling this small town's already scarce water supply, we can shame executives to leave the region...
Urine Ontario
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- Published on Thursday, 02 February 2023 17:33
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PAOV - Top suggestions for you this week
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- Published on Thursday, 02 February 2023 08:39
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This week’s picks.
For You.
Based on petitions you signed in the past, here are petitions you might be interested in.
Reinstate Lisa LaFlamme as Chief Anchor at CTV News | Réintégrez Lisa LaFlamme
Français ci-dessous Bell Media announced on...
George Santos Benefactor Bankrolled Group Opposing LAs Progressive Prosecutor
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- Published on Thursday, 02 February 2023 05:20
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Palm oil
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- Published on Thursday, 02 February 2023 03:16
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Oreo cookies and Toblerone bars come with a bad palm oil aftertaste. From deforestation to land grab, the palm oil industry is as dirty as it gets. The good thing is, Oreo maker Mondelēz wants to be a sustainability champion, so let’s push it to become one before it changes its mind.
Sylvia,
Oreo maker Mondelēz claims it’s “made snacking right” using only sustainable palm oil. But this is just a marketing smokescreen trying to cover up a supply chain so complicated and opaque, it’s darker than an Oreo!
The good news is that as an industry leader, Mondelēz is already keen to be a champion. All it needs is a big public push from a community like ours – and it...
Brutal Dog Slaughter
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- Published on Thursday, 02 February 2023 02:00
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Hundreds of street dogs are being exterminated as a Moroccan city tries to "show off" for FIFA.
Calls are growing on Tangiers Municipality to stop brutally slaughtering dogs.
3 million dogs are at risk, now’s our chance to demand action.
Sylvia,
It’s horrible to imagine: dogs shot in the streets, in broad daylight and in front of children. Dying dogs left to suffer, their mouths bleeding and their foggy eyes calling for help.
This is happening right now in Tangiers, Morocco, where municipal workers are slaughtering hundreds of dogs in preparation for a visit by FIFA officials to assess Morocco’s World Cup bid.
We can't let this go on. Morocco's national government has already signed an agreement with the national veterinary authority to prohibit the killing of dogs -- but Tangiers is flat-out ignoring it. Join the call and share...
Reconciliation through art
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 February 2023 14:52
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PAOV — There has never been an Indigenous woman on Canadian currency. The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) says that Indigenous women have played an integral role in shaping the history and culture of Canada, and it’s time they are represented on a Canadian bank note. You can show your support by signing the petition today.
Support having an Indigenous woman on the next Canadian bank note
2,809 have signed Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)’s petition. Let’s get to 5,000!
Read more: Reconciliation through art
Elon Musk censored a BBC documentary. So much for free speech.
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 February 2023 13:45
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Elon Musk is at it again. Officials from India’s ruling right-wing party say Twitter complied with the India government’s demands to remove a documentary critical of the regime.
This isn’t the first time Musk has silenced journalists on Twitter.
Only a little over a month ago, he suspended the accounts of several journalists who had covered Twitter critically — reporting for CNN, the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Intercept, and more — under flimsy pretenses.
Now, new reporting reveals that Twitter agreed to censor access to a BBC documentary critical of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in a genocidal massacre in the Indian state of Gujarat.
At the request of Kanchan Gupta, the senior adviser...
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Apple
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- Published on Wednesday, 01 February 2023 11:30
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Sylvia,
SumOfUs members like you made execs at the world’s most valuable company listen -- and act. Again!
SumOfUs members co-filed two resolutions at Apple this season -- on freedom of expression, and forced labor. As a result of members’ persistent shareholder activism -- that has secured the support of other investors in voting with us -- the company has promised action on both of them.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been in negotiations with Apple’s lawyers and top executives, firmly raising your concerns, as well as those of communities most impacted by their decisions. Finally, they promised to do enough to make us withdraw the resolutions!
Concern about Apple taking down apps -- especially virtual private networks (VPNs) that help people communicate safely -- to appease repressive governments like that of China, was the reason for our first campaign in 2019.
This time, a SumOfUs member co-filed a resolution with our friends at investment groups Azzad and Open Mic asking Apple to make it clearer what apps they had taken down, and why.
Apple’s Transparency Report currently only states how many apps each government has requested be removed, whether the request is based on...
Were being sued by Erik Prince. He wont drop his empty claims.
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- Published on Tuesday, 31 January 2023 14:52
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Erik Prince, the billionaire mercenary who founded the private security firm Blackwater, is taking another run at his defamation suit against The Intercept — for the third time.
We’ve already spent over $200,000 on legal fees and costs fighting off Prince’s lawsuits — not to mention the seemingly never-ending hours by our legal department.
This is the weaponization of libel law to threaten the news media and chill journalism. We refuse to be silenced, but we’re counting on you, our readers, to stand with us.
Will you donate $5 to help support The Intercept’s hard-hitting investigative journalism — as well...
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Rape kits
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- Published on Tuesday, 31 January 2023 14:33
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Content warning: rape and sexual violence
PAOV — You can make a difference. Sign now to help Gabrielle get rape kits in every Canadian hospital.
Rape kits in every hospital in Canada
322,062 have signed Gabrielle Doyon Hanson’s petition. Let’s get to 500,000!
Sign now with a clickFrançais
Rape and sexual assaults cause many physical and psychological injuries. It shouldn’t have to be a maze and a struggle to seek for emergency medical...
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