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Almost there!
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- Published on Sunday, 16 December 2018 10:02
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...The Internet is in danger. Serious danger.
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- Published on Sunday, 16 December 2018 04:20
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Paov—I wanted to make sure you saw this email. Canada's free and open Internet is at risk, but you can help us save it. And if you donate now, your gift will be DOUBLED by generous donors. Will you chip in now?
...Penny for your thoughts?
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- Published on Sunday, 16 December 2018 04:12
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Can you spare a couple minutes to help choose our direction in Canada for 2019?
We want to make sure we're working on the campaigns that you care about most.
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SumOfUs is a community of people from around the world committed to curbing the growing power of corporations. This year, we fought -- and won -- against corporate giants like Kinder Morgan, Airbnb and CitiGroup. And we called on our government to keep companies like Bell, Nestlé,...
Remembering the Metro Days of Action
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- Published on Sunday, 16 December 2018 03:34
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 12 November 2018
Remembering the Metro Days of Action
As Ontario faces a new round of neoliberal attacks on workers, the poor, racialized, and other marginalized communities it is important to draw lessons from past struggles.
For two days in October 1996, Toronto was shut down with massive protests against the harsh new policies of Mike Harris’ Conservative government. That was one of eleven Days of Action across Ontario in those years. As Ontario faces shockingly similar initiatives from the Doug Ford government in 2018, it’s time to reflect on what was tried and what was accomplished in confronting a neoliberal agenda two decades ago.
Moderated by Maryanna Lewyckyj. Presentations by:
- Doug Nesbitt has written a PhD dissertation on the Ontario Days of Action and is an editor at...
R&F.ca Weekly Update
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- Published on Saturday, 15 December 2018 03:32
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Orangutans
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- Published on Saturday, 15 December 2018 03:14
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Orangutans need you.
With your help we can make every big company in the world stop buying palm oil that destroys our rainforests.
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Orangutans need trees to live. But profit-hungry companies are tearing down and burning their rainforest homes to grow palm oil trees instead. Orangutans are shot dead when they try to explore these new plantations.
In just the last 16 years, we lost 150,000 orangutans on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. That’s over half of the orangutan population living on...
Fix Canada's Internet
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- Published on Friday, 14 December 2018 11:56
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Paov,
Do you want faster, affordable Internet access no matter where you are in Canada? More choice of providers and lower prices? Strong Net Neutrality protections that keep our...
ACTIVlist Update - December 14, 2018
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- Published on Friday, 14 December 2018 10:34
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Chapters This Week
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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Last week, Council of Canadians chapters organized for water & climate justice, against offshore drilling, stood in solidarity with the Unist’ot’en and much more! See all their amazing work here #CouncilChapters.
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TAKE ACTION!
Writing a Letter to the Editor in your local paper is an easy and effective way to make a difference in your community.
Migrant rights are human rights
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- Published on Friday, 14 December 2018 10:02
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Support migrant rights
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...Canada: Postal Workers Forced Back to Work, Supporters Jailed
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- Published on Friday, 14 December 2018 04:22
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From reconciliation to redress
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- Published on Friday, 14 December 2018 04:18
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The Political Revolution Goes to Work
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- Published on Friday, 14 December 2018 03:42
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1722 ... December 14, 2018
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The Political Revolution Goes to Work
Jane Slaughter
The term "political revolution" is an odd one. Bernie Sanders never said that voting for him or building his campaign would overthrow capitalism (the traditional meaning of "revolution" in the socialist movement). The idea was radical but vague. It was rightly inspirational while what was actually asked of us was within the sphere of voting and elections, and in the Democratic Party at that.
Let’s define "political revolution" very broadly as left electoral campaigns that raise transitional demands and seek to enfranchise the disenfranchised. Bernie’s campaign, as well as those of followers such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, called for radical reforms that the U.S. system could grant -- Medicare for All, free public college -- but which...
Reminder: We need your help to stop #FactorySchools
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- Published on Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:52
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Norieen Yaakob of the Temiar tribe of Malaysia barely survived running away from her residential school. She was found 47 days after fleeing her school; five other children died.
Dear friend,
Will you help us end the horror of Factory Schools?
Read more: Reminder: We need your help to stop #FactorySchools
How a Closed Society Can Become Open
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- Published on Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:50
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This year, the Open Society Foundation for South Africa celebrates its 25th anniversary. When Open Society Foundations Founder and Chair George Soros first visited the country, while it was still under the apartheid system, South Africa was the epitome of a closed society. And although it’s true that the South Africa of today still faces many challenges, it is impossible to deny the stunning changes it has experienced over the past generation. Since its founding, the Open Society Foundation for South Africa has been honored to support all those who have worked so hard to move the country forward—and the Foundation looks forward to spending 25 more years supporting South Africa as it fulfills its boundless promise.
We need your input!
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- Published on Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:46
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Hi Paov, I know it’s a busy time so I’ll keep this quick: OpenMedia could really use your input to guide the future of our work. If you haven’t already, please take a minute to offer your thoughts in our annual community survey. We’ll be closing...
ACTIVlist Update - December 13, 2018 - Faces of offshore resistance
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- Published on Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:36
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Council of Canadians debunks Fraser Institute water report This photo series highlights a number of community activists fighting to protect their homes, coastal communities,...
Read more: ACTIVlist Update - December 13, 2018 - Faces of offshore resistance
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 information in the Fraser Institute's report on water and its conclusions paint an inaccurate and dangerous picture of water security in Canada.
Photo essay: Faces of offshore resistance
Why is offshore drilling not worth the risk? Who carries these risks? Who is fighting back against the offshore industry?
Canada needs its own Green New Deal: it's time for Powershift
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- Published on Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:14
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Friends,
Last Friday, I joined a few dozen others on a cold Montreal morning to greet Justin Trudeau and Canada’s Premiers with a simple message: Canada needs its own Green New Deal.
I wish I could tell you that they got the message, but from everything I’ve heard about their meeting, we still have a lot of work to do. Instead of the kind of bold, visionary action we’re calling for in the Good Work Guarantee that thousands of people signed to support – an end to fossil fuel expansion,...
Read more: Canada needs its own Green New Deal: it's time for Powershift
End torture
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- Published on Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:02
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End indefinite isolation
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...Forced labour for cheap palm oil
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- Published on Thursday, 13 December 2018 06:26
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BREAKING: Procter & Gamble’s villainous palm oil partner, FGV, has been sanctioned over multiple human rights violations, including trafficking and forced labour.
It’s the evidence we need to force big brands to get rid of conflict palm oil once and for all!
Tell Procter & Gamble and other big companies: clean conflict palm oil out of your supply chain--NOW!
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This is huge. FGV or “Felda” has been found guilty of human trafficking and forced labour on its plantations. 160,000 SumOfUs members like you helped expose FGV, Malaysia’s biggest palm oil producer, in 2015 -- and these sanctions are proof that the industry is finally...
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