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Whole Foods
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- Published on Monday, 22 April 2019 06:16
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Trader Joe’s is reducing 1 million pounds of plastic waste each year — all by cutting wasteful single-use packaging in its stores.
Let’s hold competitors to the same standard: Call on Whole Foods to ban single-use plastic.
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Choking out our precious marine life and leaching toxins into our bodies — no one knows just how much unrecycled plastic waste is in our oceans, but we know where it comes from.
Grocery stores are a huge source of this plastic waste. But a new initiative from Trader Joe’s could change that.
The grocery store is reducing 1 million pounds of...
Grocery Store Workers Take on a Multinational
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- Published on Sunday, 21 April 2019 23:50
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1810 ... April 22, 2019
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Grocery Store Workers Take on a Multinational
Andy Piascik
At precisely 1:00 Eastern time on the afternoon of April 11th, 31,000 workers at 253 Stop and Shop grocery stores throughout Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts walked off their jobs. The strike came after several months of failed negotiations in which Stop and Shop refused to retract an onerous set of demands for the elimination of premium pay for Sunday work, major cuts to pensions and dramatic increases in the amount workers would have to pay for healthcare.
The strikers are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). Truck drivers, both union and non-union, have honored the picket lines by refusing to make their deliveries, according to strikers at four picket lines in...
Bayer-Monsanto is panicking
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- Published on Sunday, 21 April 2019 04:26
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Bayer's shares are plummeting. Its annual investor meeting is in just 5 days. Bayer's bosses are in panic mode -- they're desperate for the meeting to go smoothly.
With your help, we'll fly in a high-profile victim of Bayer-Monsanto's toxic pesticides to crash the meeting.
Can you chip in to turn Bayer's investor meeting into a PR nightmare?
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Donate CA$94 nowDonate...From Neo-Liberalism to Neo-Fascism?
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- Published on Sunday, 21 April 2019 00:28
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 28 March 2019
From Neo-Liberalism to Neo-Fascism?
Reaction across the Americas from Bolsonaro to Trump
A panel of leading international analysts associated with the Socialist Register.
Chaired by Leo Panitch, presentations by:
- Ana Saggario Garcia, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janiero (author of “Brazil’s New Imperial Capitalism,” “Amplifying the contradictions: The centrifugal BRICS,” and “Brazil Under Bolsonaro: Social Base, Agenda and Perspectives”)
- Ray Kiely, Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London (author of The Neoliberal Paradox; “Locating Trump: Paleoconservatism, neoliberalism and anti-globalization”)
- Ruth Felder, State University of New York at Albany (author of “South American post-neoliberalism and external restrictions: The case of Argentina”).
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Adani is desperate
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- Published on Saturday, 20 April 2019 03:12
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Adani Group is desperate to build one of the biggest coal mines in the world, right on the edge of Australia's precious Great Barrier Reef. But it's missing one key thing: insurance.
Several major insurers have already said no, but Liberty Mutual Insurance is refusing to take a stand. Tell Liberty Mutual to rule out backing Adani's disastrous mine now.
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For millions of years it’s been home to sea life so spectacular it can be seen from space. The Great Barrier Reef’s vivid corals and unique creatures make it one of the most spectacular places on earth.
But unless we act, the Great Barrier Reef is going to die.
Tackling climate change together!
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2019 03:16
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This week was terrible for supporters of climate action -- Jason Kenney, one of the biggest supporters of tar sands corporations, was elected into the top office in Alberta.
But amidst the bad news -- we wanted to know that, through your support, SumOfUs has engaged in several corporate campaigns that make a real difference in the fight against climate change.
Late in 2018, thousands of SumOfUs members in Canada told us that climate change should be SumOfUs' biggest priority in 2019. So we listened and, already this year, put the pressure on TD, TransCanada, Alton Gas, as well as worked on creating a solutions-oriented vision -- the Green New Deal.
Here's an inside look at what happens after you signed petitions and donated to these campaigns.
You’re pressuring banks to pull the plug on fossil fuel funding.
R&F.ca Weekly Update
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2019 01:16
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Building the Slovenian Left
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2019 01:08
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1809 ... April 19, 2019
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Building the Slovenian Left:
Successes and challenges in Eastern Europe’s most promising New Left project
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Luka Mesec is the coordinator for the party Levica (“The Left”) in Slovenia. The party was only founded in summer 2017 and emerged from an electoral alliance between three left-wing parties that has been represented in the Slovenian parliament since 2014. In the last parliamentary elections in summer 2018, Levica won over nine per cent of votes and has tolerated the liberal governing coalition since last fall. This makes it one of the few new left parties in Central and Eastern Europe that has met with electoral success. In conversation with the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung’s Wenke Christoph, Luka discusses the political models that helped them succeed, and what challenges and chances come...
ACTIVlist Update - April 18, 2019
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- Published on Thursday, 18 April 2019 15:20
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Sign our petition: Our health is not for sale in NAFTA.
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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In the new NAFTA, Democrats are asking for progressive changes to make health care affordable. With pharmacare on the line, why is Canada standing in the way?
Chapters This Week
Chapter activists have been calling for urgent and immediate action on climate change and to standing up for democracy. Here are just a few examples of their recent actions and upcoming...
Notice of Election
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- Published on Thursday, 18 April 2019 07:02
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...Jason Kenney's enemy list
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- Published on Thursday, 18 April 2019 07:00
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This. Is. Awful.
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- Published on Thursday, 18 April 2019 03:20
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Right now Máxima -- farmer, grandmother, and environmentalist from Peru -- is in court facing off a giant gold mining company, just to protect her home.
If you donate right now, you’ll be helping Máxima pay for top lawyers to fend off this legal attack.
No one should have to face down corporate bullies alone. Can you show Máxima we are backing her every step of the way?
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Donate CA$94 now Read more: This. Is. Awful.Elections
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- Published on Thursday, 18 April 2019 03:04
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Hi Paov, Canada’s Federal elections are due in October – but with them could also come a huge host of privacy problems.
The data that political parties hold on us – like political affiliation, voting intention, donation history and demographic information – is obviously particularly sensitive.
...Rethinking Ottawas Transit System
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- Published on Thursday, 18 April 2019 01:26
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1808 ... April 18, 2019
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Rethinking Ottawa’s Transit System:
A bold proposal for free transit in a city designed for cars
Julia Szwarc
During the week of February 4-10, Free Transit Ottawa challenged Ottawa’s City Councillors and Mayor to take the Transit Week Challenge. The idea was simple: To get the people who make decisions about public transit to experience the system firsthand. To the surprise of the organizers, the majority of Council chose to participate. Some, such as Shawn Menard, Laura Dudas, and Theresa Kavanagh, enthusiastically took the challenge.
Allan Hubley and Jean Cloutier, Chair and Vice Chair of the Transit Committee respectively, were initially unresponsive but eventually succumbed to the public pressure demanding that they take part. Others, such as Mayor Jim Watson and Barrhaven Councillor Jan...
ACTIVlist Update - April 17, 2019
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 11:42
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Alberta, it doesn't end here
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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I’m writing to say even though the election result last night was not what we hoped for, Council of Canadians supporters like you came together for a better future for all Albertans.
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Reminder: Labor & Green New Deal: A Conversation -- This Saturday -- Corrected Local Times
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 11:26
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We lost an election, but we will win the fight
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 08:56
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Friends,
You probably already know this, but last night, Jason Kenney was elected Premier of Alberta.
We’re not going to lie, the road ahead looks hard. Kenney won by appealing to the worst of who we are, and he will govern using our deepest fears and anxieties to serve the few and hurt the many.
But, as young Albertans, we still have hope and a steely resolve. This fall, young people and millennials could decide the federal election. For our entire lives, fossil fuel billionaires and their political allies have made decisions that undermine our right to good jobs and a liveable future. That was their time. This is our time, as young people, to lead.
Today we’re...
Mr. Bayer-Monsanto
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 04:02
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Chemicals giant Bayer is out of control -- and its CEO must step down before he does any more harm.
Bee-killing neonics. Cancer-causing glyphosate. The list goes on and on. It's got to change!
Sign our petition to Bayer's top boss, and I'll deliver it to him NEXT FRIDAY at the company's annual shareholder meeting in Germany.
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Bayer is dragging suffering cancer patients through court. It’s churning out one toxic pesticide after another while lobbying hard to keep them on the market. And it’s...
Yellow Vests Struggle to Reinvent Democracy
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 01:18
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1807 ... April 17, 2019
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Yellow Vests Struggle to Reinvent Democracy:
Macron Cranks Up Propaganda and Repression
Richard Greeman
After five months of constant presence at traffic circles, toll-booths, and hazardous Saturday marches, the massive, self-organized social movement known as the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) has just held its second nationwide "Assembly of Assemblies." Hundreds of autonomous Yellow Vest activist groups from all over France each chose two delegates (one woman, one man) to gather in the port city of St. Nazaire for a weekend of deliberation (April 5-7).
After weeks of skirmishing with the municipal authorities, the local Yellow Vests were able to host 700 delegates at the St. Nazaire "House of the People," and the three-day series of general meetings and working groups went off without a...
ACTIVlist Update - April 16, 2019
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- Published on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 11:50
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PEI, vote yes on proportional representation
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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Prince Edward Island’s provincial election and referendum on proportional representation is happening Tuesday, April 23. Advanced polling started this past Saturday.
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