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Praise the Workers, Not Amazon

Details: Published on Tuesday, 16 October 2018 19:58; Written by editor

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1687 ... October 17, 2018
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Praise the Workers, Not Amazon

Jonathan Rosenblum

"Power concedes nothing without a demand," abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass declared 161 years ago.

Last week saw that truth on broad display as Amazon, facing growing political and organizing pressure, announced it was setting a minimum wage of $15/hour for its U.S. workforce and also raising wages in England.

The company’s declaration followed months of mounting bad publicity for Amazon. U.S. workers have been speaking out in greater numbers about the punishing pace of work, high injury rates, and a plantation mentality on the warehouse floor. A British journalist went undercover at Amazon and wrote a book describing workers forced to pee in bottles and extraordinarily high rates of depression. (Ironically, Hired: Six Months Undercover in...

ACTIVlist Update - October 16, 2018

Details: Published on Tuesday, 16 October 2018 17:18; Written by editor

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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MPs hold emergency debate on climate change in wake of UN report
MPs spent their first day back in Parliament after their recent break debating the perils of climate change.

Hamilton chapter hosts a conversation on poverty and inequality
Tomorrow (October 17), is the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

Broadbent and Segal say evidence is clear – Canada needs proportional representation
In a recent op-ed in the Globe...

Killing our bees?

Details: Published on Tuesday, 16 October 2018 14:04; Written by editor

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The Toronto Overdose Prevention Society

Details: Published on Tuesday, 16 October 2018 00:42; Written by editor

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 7 ... October 16 2018
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The Toronto Overdose Prevention Society w/ Sarah Ovens

Episode 7: Canada is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. In 2016 there were 3,005 opioid-related deaths in Canada. In 2017 the figure jumped to 3,996. The Canadian government’s response has been inadequate, which has prompted a wave of activism.

We talk to Sarah Ovens, a social worker and an organizer with the Toronto Overdose Prevention Society (TOPS), about why the opioid crisis is taking place and what her organization is doing to try to address it.

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Turkmenistan: Free Gaspar Matalaev, end forced and child labour

Details: Published on Monday, 15 October 2018 15:26; Written by editor

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ACTIVlist Update - October 15, 2018

Details: Published on Monday, 15 October 2018 13:22; Written by editor

PETITION: Keep rBGH-laced milk out of Canada!

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New UN report demands immediate urgent action on climate change
The the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report that says governments must make "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" to avoid disastrous levels of climate change.

Experts agree that NAFTA’s Chapter 11 removal from new USMCA deal a huge win
Global News reports that while the...

Stem cell therapies

Details: Published on Monday, 15 October 2018 13:06; Written by editor

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BREAKING: Emergency debate on climate happening now

Details: Published on Monday, 15 October 2018 13:02; Written by editor

Friends,

I have some great news. Earlier today, after hearing from hundreds of us, Canada’s Speaker of the House approved a request from three Members of Parliament – Elizabeth May, Guy Caron and Nathaniel Erskine-Smith – to hold an emergency debate on last week’s critical Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on limiting climate change to 1.5ºC. And the debate is happening now! Click here to tune in.

I want to say thank you. This happened because of the thousands of people who signed last week’s petition to federal party leaders calling for this debate, and the hundreds of people who picked up the phone today and called the speaker, urging him to allow it.

Now that we have a debate, it’s time to hear what our politicians are going...

Were so close to a historic emergency debate on climate

Details: Published on Monday, 15 October 2018 09:04; Written by editor

Friends,

This morning we received some big news. After hearing from thousands of people all across Canada, Guy Caron, the New Democratic Party’s House leader, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, and Liberal Party MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, wrote to the Speaker of the House to request an emergency House of Commons debate on last week’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 1.5ºC climate change report.

Like I said, this is big news. But, we still need your help. It’s up to the Speaker of the House – the Honourable Geoff Regan – to decide if this debate happens. Will you take a minute to call the Speaker, urging him to accept the request for this debate? We’ve made it easy with a system that will dial the call for you.

We only have a few hours to make it clear that...

One job should be enough! Solidarity with striking Marriott USA workers

Details: Published on Monday, 15 October 2018 03:14; Written by editor

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Tammy is fighting for her son

Details: Published on Sunday, 14 October 2018 11:34; Written by editor

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Exposing the truth behind the "elephant massacre," and more...

Details: Published on Saturday, 13 October 2018 19:42; Written by editor

It's been a busy month at Survival...

Hi everyone,

We've been thinking a lot about conservation as the International Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade happens in London this month.

When people talk about how to tackle poaching, we tend to hear about the need for more powerful weapons, arming more guards, "shoot on sight" policies, and so on.

But for tribal peoples, this militarization of conservation leads to violence, human rights abuses and even extrajudicial killing. They’re accused of poaching when they hunt to feed their families, or simply for collecting medicinal plants. They’re illegally evicted from their homes, beaten when they try to return, and in extreme cases are killed by wildlife guards.

Book Launch: Puerto Montt

Details: Published on Saturday, 13 October 2018 18:42; Written by editor

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Book Launch: Puerto Montt

The Toronto book launch of Graeme Krupinski’s premier novel, Puerto Montt (Crowsnest Books, 2018).

A short reading by the author, discussion by Matt Tracey and audience Q&A.

Graeme Krupinski was born and raised in Toronto before living in Argentina and Chile. His poetry and non-fiction has been published in journals and newspapers in English and Spanish.

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Federal "Rights Framework" Legislation Webinar Details

Details: Published on Saturday, 13 October 2018 04:14; Written by editor

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Appropriating culture for profit?

Details: Published on Saturday, 13 October 2018 04:02; Written by editor

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Municipal elections are right around the corner!

Details: Published on Friday, 12 October 2018 13:38; Written by editor

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Turkmenistan: Free Gaspar Matalaev, end forced and child labour in the cottonfields!

Details: Published on Friday, 12 October 2018 03:36; Written by editor

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R&F.ca Weekly Update

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Finish signing “NHS England: Help Fun

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The Age of Unreason

Details: Published on Thursday, 11 October 2018 19:16; Written by editor

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1686 ... October 12, 2018
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The Age of Unreason:
The Knowledge-Practice Relation and its Political Significance

Raju Das

In many contemporary societies, there is a typical distrust of knowledge claims that are backed by reason and evidence. Correspondingly, there is a popular penchant for knowledge claims that have no basis in reason or evidence. It is as if post-modernism is being put into practice in popular circles.

Beginning with some empirical evidence from India concerning the existence of knowledge claims emanating from conservative forces that make no sense, and subjecting them to a critique on the basis of a series of counter-questions, I discuss the internal relation between knowledge (theoretical and empirical) and practice (political and epistemological). In part by building on Lenin and Plato, I argue for the...

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