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ACTIVlist Update - May 10, 2019
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Eau Secours brings fire to water: 9 QC Blue Communities
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In seven months, Eau Secours and its volunteers have added seven more Québec municipalities to the Blue Communities roster of 49 Blue Communities—17 of which are in Canada. They have also signed up two educational institutions including McGill University.
Chapters This Week
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Cheaper cell phone plans
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People in Canada keep paying some of the highest prices in the world for their cell phone plans.1 We need to put an end to this now.
...R&F.ca Weekly Update
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Where is Canadas Socialist Resurgence?
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- Published on Thursday, 09 May 2019 22:34
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1822 ... May 10, 2019
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Where is Canada’s Socialist Resurgence?
David Bush
Socialism is back, at least south of the border. The popularity of Bernie Sanders, the election of open socialists such as Kshama Sawant, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Ilhan Omar, the growth of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the teacher strike wave across many ‘red states’ are just some of the signs that socialism is on the rise in the United States of America.
The growth of socialism is just one side of the political polarization taking place in the United States. The surge of the far-right and the confidence Trump has empowered racists and reactionaries everywhere is extremely troubling. This dynamic of political polarization is occurring in many advanced capitalist countries such as France, the...
This is where we, LabourStart and you, come in
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More good news?!
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cell phones at the border
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- Published on Thursday, 09 May 2019 04:50
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Paov, cell phone and laptop searches at the border have been back in the headlines since I was last in touch with you.
Toronto business lawyer Nick Wright was pulled aside by border agents at Pearson airport, who searched his luggage, then demanded the passwords to his phone and laptop. The agents gave...
What is the Socialist Project?
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- Published on Thursday, 09 May 2019 02:46
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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 16 ... May 9 2019
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What is the Socialist Project?
“Oats for Breakfast is affiliated with the Socialist Project,” our listeners hear at the beginning of each episode. In this episode, we finally get into talking about what the Socialist Project is – its structure, goals, as well as the vision of socialism that guides its work. We also discuss the SP’s Action Keele project, an on-the-gound organizing campaign based in working class neighborhoods in Toronto.
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What do you want to see in a Green New Deal?
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Earlier this week, we joined more than 60 organizations and thousands of people across Canada to launch the Pact for a Green New Deal. The pact is a call from artists, Indigenous and migrant rights groups, economists, unions and young people to bring forward a bold and ambitious plan to seriously tackle climate change and inequality, and it’s the next piece of our work to win a Green New Deal for Canada.
The plan is to build this together, from the grassroots up. That’s why we need you. From May 18th to 31st, people will gather in communities across the country at local town halls to help build a shared vision for Canada’s Green New Deal. Join a Green New Deal town hall in your community -- or sign up to host...
SEA Members Meeting for May
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Re. Hate plastic? Read this now
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We don’t have much time. In just 2 days, 186 governments will decide on an international law that could help save our oceans from plastic waste.
But corporate lobbyists are working overtime to undermine this new anti-plastic law.
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1821 ... May 8, 2019
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Extinction Rebellion: A Cause for Hope for the Planet and Maybe for Revolution
Mike Shaughnessy
The worldwide protests organized by Extinction Rebellion (XR), have put the issue of the ecological crisis into mainstream political discourse. Non-violent actions have been carried out in more than 30 countries and within them, many more towns and cities. But it has been in the UK, the birthplace of the movement, that has seen the most spectacular actions, particularly in London. Four central London locations were held, and blockaded, three of them illegally, for almost a week, with over a 1,000 arrests being made by police.
It has astonished me that protesters held on for so long in London, but I had obviously misjudged the numbers that Extinction Rebellion...
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ACTIVlist Update - May 7, 2019
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Jericho House becomes 49th Blue Community!
This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to canadians.org. Please use this link to forward ACTIVlist to a friend and encourage them to join! Thank you for your interest and support.
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The Council of Canadians welcomed the latest Blue Community into the fold yesterday. Jericho House in Wainfleet, Ontario is a youth leadership, social & ecological justice, and spirituality centre just a stone’s throw from Lake Erie on the Niagara Peninsula.
Spring flooding - let's get our story right
The floods that have devastated so much of Eastern Canada this spring have been cited as a...
Help us defend refugee rights
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...Green New Deal Townhall
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Hate plastic? Read this now
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A simple but brilliant new international rule could stop rich countries dumping shiploads of plastic in our oceans and on poor communities.
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Europe and the USA flood Southeast Asia with shiploads of plastic waste every single day.
Beaches home to sea turtles and birds there are being smothered with straws, wrappers, bottles, and bags.
But in literally 3 days, 186 governments meeting in Geneva will decide on an international law to cut reckless...
Muslims Under Attack: Solidarity or 'Left Secularism'
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 May 2019 00:06
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1820 ... May 7, 2019
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Muslims Under Attack: Solidarity or ‘Left Secularism’
John Clarke
Western governments and the xenophobic far right are engaged in a veritable war on Muslims. One way in which this attack unfolds is an ongoing effort to force Muslims to embrace dominant ‘values’ and change their forms of dress or abandon religious observances. Though he was not speaking exclusively about Muslims, the infamous war criminal, Tony Blair, recently sounded off on this very theme of the obligation to ‘integrate’ and was challenged very powerfully by Aditya Chakrabortty in The Guardian.
As this vicious and escalating attack on Muslim communities unfolds, many on the left appreciate clearly its racist nature and the need for active solidarity with those on the receiving end. However, there are others...
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2 days till the AGM!
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- Published on Monday, 06 May 2019 20:06
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2 days till the AGM
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...ACTIVlist Update - May 6, 2019
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Pact for a Green New Deal unites fights vs. climate & inequality crises
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The Council of Canadians is part of a broad new coalition launching today with the aim of winning transformative change in the face of the climate crisis.
Media Release: Large, Diverse, Non-partisan Coalition of Youth, Artists, Scientists, Indigenous Leaders and Groups Calls for Green New Deal for Canada
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Green New Deal
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The Green New Deal is a visionary plan to move us off the corporate-dominated fossil economy and stop the biggest threat our planet has faced: climate change.
Take the pledge to support the Green New Deal.
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“We have 12 years to combat climate change before it's too late.” -- United Nations IPCC report.
“Canada is warming at twice the global rate” -- Canada's Changing Climate Report
It seems that every week, there’s another groundbreaking report...
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