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The last orangutans
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 August 2018 09:51
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Tiny town v. water giants
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 August 2018 03:48
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The Long March to Post-Capitalist Transition: Pan-Africanist Perspectives
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- Published on Monday, 27 August 2018 21:45
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1656 ... August 28, 2018
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The Long March to Post-Capitalist Transition: Pan-Africanist Perspectives
Ameth Lô
The centenary of the October 1917 Russian Revolution, a world-shaking historic event, was an occasion for celebration throughout the world. Many diverse interpretations are advanced as to its success in achieving a radical transformation of society, both in terms of its history and its overall impact. Nonetheless, there is no denying that this event altered forever the course of history.
For Black peoples, this revolution arrived just over a century after the victory in Haiti in 1804. That event was the first massive and successful revolt of Black slaves, and an important step toward the long-overdue abolition of slavery worldwide.
The establishment of the first Black republic in the Northern hemisphere emerged from...
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BREAKING: NAFTA disaster
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- Published on Monday, 27 August 2018 16:57
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The Trump administration just announced the details of their revised NAFTA deal with Mexico, and it's a disaster for...
15th Annual Corn Festival - Sept 2nd!
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- Published on Monday, 27 August 2018 08:44
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Nestlé
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- Published on Monday, 27 August 2018 07:10
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A, over 120,000 people have already called out Nestlé’s dodgy business partner Indofood -- for exploiting workers and destroying orangutan habitat. SumOfUs members around the world are demanding that the world’s leading palm oil certification body, the RSPO, kicks Indofood out.
Can you please add your name today to pile on the pressure and make sure the RSPO takes strong action against repeat palm oil offender Indofood?
We have just a few days left to persuade the palm oil industry to blacklist Nestlé’s reckless business partner, Indofood.
The Indonesian food giant is responsible for...
74 lashes for being a trade unionist
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- Published on Monday, 27 August 2018 06:30
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The bees!
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- Published on Sunday, 26 August 2018 07:10
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SumOfUs members like you really are saving the bees: this year you’ve helped win historic bans on bee-killing pesticides in Europe and Canada. And you’ve convinced major retailers in North America and Australia to start ditching toxic neonicotinoid pesticides.
Bees are one of the world’s most important pollinators of food crops. One third of the food we eat relies on bees to pollinate it -- from avocados to broccoli, and cherries to squash.
But the evidence is clear that toxic pesticides called neonicotinoids -- pushed by chemicals giants like Bayer and Syngenta -- are poisoning bee populations.
Every time we win, pesticide corporations fight back, desperate to protect their bee-killing profits. But thanks to SumOfUs members...
From Socialist Finance to Peripheral Financialization
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- Published on Saturday, 25 August 2018 21:10
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From Socialist Finance to Peripheral Financialization: The Yugoslav Experience
Socialist countries have always had banks: central banks, savings banks taking local deposits, commercial banks, and export banks. Che Guevara was even the director of the National Bank of Cuba. What makes socialist banks “socialist”? And what are the relationships between socialist and global finance? How was socialist finance taken over by networks of secret services and company managers, who supported and structured the transition to authoritarian, capitalist parties in the late 1980s and 1990s? Here we look at the entanglements of global and socialist finance in Yugoslavia and to reflect on the new forms of peripheralization generated by financial flows in post-crisis Europe.
* Johanna Bockman is Associate Professor of Global Affairs and Sociology at George Mason University. She is the author...
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Is Telus blocking your phone calls?
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- Published on Saturday, 25 August 2018 09:54
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Paov,
We are hearing stunning allegations that Telus may be blocking calls to Canada's North!
...bees
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- Published on Saturday, 25 August 2018 08:06
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Health Canada says it wants to ban three bee-killing neonics in the next three to five years. But we know Bayer is busy looking for ways to overturn the ban and finding alternatives to neonics.
Send a message to Health Canada to ban all bee-killing pesticides as soon as possible.
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Last week, we got some good news: Health Canada plans to ban all major bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides in the next three to five years.
But we know pesticides...
Local grassroots actions and events to finish off the summer!
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- Published on Friday, 24 August 2018 16:31
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Come on Pepsi!
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- Published on Friday, 24 August 2018 04:01
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Pepsi’s CEO is stepping down, leaving a legacy filled with rainforest destruction, dying orangutans, and exploited workers for cheap palm oil.
But Indra Nooyi wants to be remembered for the good work she’s done. A huge public campaign could push her to fix Pepsi’s palm oil policy before she leaves.
Tell Indra Nooyi to make her final act count for the planet and close the loopholes in Pepsi’s palm oil policy.
R&F.ca Weekly Update
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- Published on Friday, 24 August 2018 03:30
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Five Principles of a Socialist Climate Politics
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- Published on Thursday, 23 August 2018 20:07
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1655 ... August 24, 2018
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Five Principles of a Socialist Climate Politics
Matthew Huber
Democratic socialism is in the air. Since Bernie Sanders’s miraculous 2016 primary run -- garnering 13.2 million votes and 23 state victories -- the politics of democratic socialism has grown in popularity. I believe this popularity is based on its capacity to articulate clear and simple principles. As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (now famously) said on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, "I believe that in a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no person in America should be too poor to live." Who disagrees with that? It’s becoming clear that climate politics needs to catch up with these developments.
Many have recognized the need to articulate a "Medicare-for-all"-like strategy on climate change, where people could see how...
UPS delivery drivers risk death
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- Published on Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:02
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Urgent: 65 Days to the Vote - here's your chance to help when it matters most!
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- Published on Thursday, 23 August 2018 13:10
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Just 60 days from today, ballots will be mailed out in BC's referendum on proportional representation! A win for PR in BC would be a win for Canada.
Here's your chance to help when it matters most.
In January, thanks to your generous support, we were able to hire a BC On-the-Ground Organizer - with enough money to fund the position for six months. He has been doing a great job for us building up support for proportional representation, but that money is now gone.
If we want to keep our On-the-Ground Organizer in these critical months ahead, we must raise at least $15,000 now.
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