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The Subways Should Be Free
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2019 02:34
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1770 ... February 22, 2019
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The Subways Should Be Free
Christopher Baum
Last month, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio finally launched his eagerly anticipated Fair Fares program offering half-price transit fares for low-income New Yorkers -- but the early reviews were decidedly mixed.
The first phase of the program will make weekly and monthly unlimited-use MetroCards (NYC bus and subway fare cards) available at half price to some 30,000 New Yorkers, with another 100,000 to be added to the program in April.
Advocates quickly pointed out that these totals fall far short of the estimated 800,000 New Yorkers who currently live below the federal poverty line, and accused de Blasio of failing to live up to the grandiose promises he made when announcing the program last...
R&F.ca Weekly Update
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2019 02:06
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Long struggle wins collective bargaining rights for workers at transnational confectioner Perfetti Van Melle in Bangladesh
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2019 01:08
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Cafe Etico is Looking for Volunteers!
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- Published on Thursday, 21 February 2019 11:04
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Trump and the World Economy
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- Published on Thursday, 21 February 2019 01:34
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1769 ... February 21, 2019
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Trump and the World Economy
Leo Panitch interviewed by Martin Thomas of Solidarity.
Martin Thomas (MT): I can see four main sorts of possible outcomes to be considered from Trump’s economic jousting.
One: it may reshape some deals, like NAFTA [the North American Free Trade Agreement] to the USA’s advantage or imagined advantage, but after a flurry relations in the world markets will settle down much as before.
Two: By generally shaking up trade relations, and putting pressure on some of China’s protectionist policies, economic life around the world may settle after the jousting into a more "globalized" form, more subject to world-market rules.
Three: The jousting leaves a world-market system operating in much the same way as now, but with the...
Upcoming Events List 25+
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 February 2019 21:28
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A revolutionary new fight
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 February 2019 15:12
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Friends,
Last weekend, I felt the collective power and resolve of hundreds of young people from every corner of this country who are ready to kickstart a revolutionary new fight.
I spent 4 days at Powershift Young and Rising in Ottawa where it became crystal clear that young people like myself are eager to take the lead in building bold and visionary solutions that tackle climate change and inequality -- like a Green New Deal for Canada. But we will need all the help we can get to make this vision a reality -- will you sign up to back a Green New Deal for Canada?
A Green New Deal for Canada means mobilizing a WWII scale response to climate change that addresses not just the environmental crisis,...
ACTIVlist Update - February 20, 2019
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 February 2019 11:42
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Working in coalition to stop Doug Ford’s regressive agenda
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 a recent article, NOW Toronto examines how social justice organizations, labour, environmental groups and others are coming together in new ways to fight Premier Doug Ford’s regressive austerity agenda in Ontario.
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Fordism and Ontario Universities: College "For the People" Who Can Pay
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 February 2019 00:56
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1768 ... February 20, 2019
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Fordism and Ontario Universities: College "For the People" Who Can Pay
School Magazine
In 2011, The Quebec Liberal government of Jean Charest decided to hike post-secondary school tuition fees by 75 per cent over a five-year period. This move mobilized students across Quebec and by 2012 a demonstration in Montreal brought out between 100,000 and 200,000 people. About 310,000 out of a total 400,000 students across the province were out on strike. The symbol of their protest was a small red square patch anyone could make and attach with a safety pin. In August 2012, Charest’s government was defeated in an election and the increase was repealed.
Last Monday, several hundred students gathered in the slush in front Queen’s Park. Many of them wore...
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SEA Event March 2019
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 February 2019 15:22
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Yellow Vests and Red Unions Strike Together
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 February 2019 02:56
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1767 ... February 19, 2019
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Yellow Vests and Red Unions Strike Together
Richard Greeman
On Tuesday, February 5, as the government of Emmanuel Macron pushed harsh repressive laws against demonstrators through the National Assembly, the Yellow Vests joined with France’s unions for the first time in a day-long, nation-wide "General Strike."
At the very moment when in Paris the lower house was voting to implement Macron’s proposed laws designed to suppress public demonstrations (a legal right protected in both the French Constitution and the UN Human Rights Declaration), tens of thousands of their constituents were out in the streets all over the country demonstrating and striking against Macron’s authoritarian, neoliberal government. The demonstrators’ demands ranged from better salaries and retirement benefits, restoration of public services, equitable tax codes, an...
The next climate disaster
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- Published on Monday, 18 February 2019 23:42
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Take action to the defend the Arctic Refuge from oil and gas drilling
Dear PAOV,
I’ll keep it short and simple: The Trump Administration wants to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development, and we need your help to stop this.
TAKE ACTION NOWWhat does this have to do with Canadians? The answer is simple - a lot!
Quaker Concern is back!
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- Published on Monday, 18 February 2019 12:42
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It’s time to kick off 2019 with another edition of Quaker Concern, CFSC’s 8 page print and digital newsletter.
In this issue Joy Morris sheds some light on how Canada may be failing children when their parents come into conflict with the law. Do Judges Consider Children’s Rights When Sentencing Parents?
Bertha Small shares stories from trainings delivered and visits conducted with front-line peacebuilders and conflict transformers in one of the biggest and busiest cities on earth – Kinshasa, DR Congo. My Visit to Kinshasa, DR Congo
Manuela Popovici challenges settler folks to reflect deeply on the inner work we each need in order to engage in genuine reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Reflections on the Inner Journey of Reconciliation
Tony McQuail explains why his new Canada Day celebration involves making a donation, which he doesn’t see as “charity.” Why I Support CFSC’s Reconciliation Fund
And as always, we share some brief highlights from CFSC’s work and recent travels in support of justice and peace.
You can find the current and previous issues of Quaker Concern at https://QuakerConcern.ca, where you can also download them in PDF.
All donors to CFSC receive a print copy of Quaker Concern FREE. Donate now to get yours.
endangered species
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- Published on Monday, 18 February 2019 11:40
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Killer whales. Caribou. Cutthroat trout. These animals are supposed to be “protected” under the Endangered Species Act, but all three species are at risk of being completely wiped off the planet by destructive industrial projects. [1]
Right now, when a species is designated “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act, there’s no enforced time limit on how long the government can take to put a plan in place to actually protect them.
That means that after being identified as endangered, these animals and their habitats are being left unprotected from oil, gas, and mining corporations who want to tear up their precious ecosystems for profit. [2]
Protection plans have been taking over six years to create, and many endangered animals still don’t have one at all. [3] For the almost 200 vulnerable species -- like the caribou, killer whale, and sea otter -- that could mean a death sentence.
If we can blow the lid off this giant failing in the Endangered Species Act with a massive petition pressuring the federal government, we could force them to implement a 1-year time limit on creating protection plans for animals deemed endangered. Will you add your name before endangered species lose more of their habitat?
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Another Blow against Mass Incarceration
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- Published on Monday, 18 February 2019 11:36
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© Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR for the Open Society Foundations In Nigeria, people who land in pretrial detention can often find themselves in a kind of legal black hole. Due to a combination of overcrowding, bureaucratic inefficiency, and neglect, even people who have been arrested for minor charges can end up spending years waiting for a chance to defend themselves in court. Sometimes, the time they spend waiting exceeds the maximum sentence they’d face upon conviction. But thanks to the work of civil society organizations in Nigeria, as well as a growing team of volunteers, more pretrial detainees are getting the legal counsel they deserve—and an initiative which is already getting results is poised to expand considerably.
In Jordan, reforms to the labour law are making things worse
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Fighting Pipelines, Defending Sovereignty
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- Published on Monday, 18 February 2019 02:34
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1766 ... February 18, 2019
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Fighting Pipelines, Defending Sovereignty
Statement of Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people of British Columbia
We are writing to express deep gratitude to the Wet’suwet’en People who have been acting with formidable vision and strength to defend their people and territories from pipeline development, and have been facing violent incursions from RCMP and industry for doing so. They have been holding this line for years and caring for the lands and waters for countless generations. For us and for many others, the Unist´ot´en camp represents resurgence, reconnection, creativity, and relationship to the land. The long-term struggle of the Wet´suwet´en is a legitimate, legally sanctioned struggle for rights, autonomy and sovereignty on their unceded territories. These efforts benefit all Canadians. We send our deepest thanks.
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Imperialism and Capitalism: As American as Apple Pie?
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- Published on Sunday, 17 February 2019 03:08
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1765 ... February 17, 2019
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Imperialism and Capitalism: As American as Apple Pie?
James Parisot
In the midst of the U.S. Civil War (1861 - 1865), as somewhere between half a million to three quarters of a million bodies lay dead from bullets and disease, Emanuel Leutze completed a painting titled Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way for the U.S. Capitol. The painting celebrated empire as central to American history. Included in the final draft of the painting was a free black man, subordinate to the leadership of the white men forging the path of empire across the continent; supposedly saved from slavery with their leadership. Of course, as W.E.B. Du Bois famously discussed, central to the Civil War was the "general strike of the slaves"; their resistance...
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