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They're breaking the Internet tomorrow
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 June 2018 11:35
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We only have a few hours, Paov.
Tomorrow morning a small EU Parliamentary Committee will vote to decide if the Internet should remain open...
Breaking: McDonalds
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 June 2018 07:20
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Incredible. Thanks to you, McDonald’s UK and Ireland will begin transitioning to paper straws in all of its restaurants starting in September!
And more than that, McDonald’s has also begun testing alternatives to plastic straws in Belgium, and has just announced similar trials will start in the U.S., France, Sweden, Norway and Australia later this year. In addition, it will begin tests to offer straws upon request only in several countries including Malaysia.
You have made one of the world’s largest corporations take notice and change its ways. Thank you.
There is still more to do. McDonald’s needs to push out these changes everywhere it operates -- while ensuring it continues to cater for disabled people (many of whom need a straw) in all its outlets. And of course, McDonald’s and all corporations need to take urgent and sustained action to tackle the plastic pollution crisis they’ve helped create.
But for today: thank...
PAOV, its Pollinator Week! Heres what
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 June 2018 06:01
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Suicide prevention in schools
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 June 2018 05:21
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It's time for DHL to negotiate with striking workers
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:00
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We All Live in a Mediocracy
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- Published on Monday, 18 June 2018 23:41
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1626 ... June 19, 2018
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We All Live in a Mediocracy
Patrick Desjardins
Alain Deneault has become one of the most important Canadian public intellectuals Anglosphere audiences have never heard of. Having completed a doctorate on the economic thought of German social theorist Georg Simmel under the supervision of Jacques Rancière at Université Paris VIII, Deneault returned to Canada and promptly published a number of works notable for demonstrating the Canadian state’s links to the global mining sector on the one hand, and Canada’s involvement in the spread and use of tax havens worldwide on the other. Since that time, Deneault has become one of the country’s foremost experts on these topics, frequently appearing in French language media in both Canada and abroad, having recently offered commentary on the Paradise...
ACTIVlist Update - June 18, 2018
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- Published on Monday, 18 June 2018 13:29
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Maude Barlow calls for the release of human rights activist Oyub Titiev from Chechen prison Chapters this Week! Trudeau government introduces Bill C-79, legislation to ratify the Trans-Pacific...
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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Council of Canadians honorary chairperson and Right Livelihood Award recipient Maude Barlow is calling for the release of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Chechnya office of the Russian human rights group Memorial.
Here's a snapshot of recent and upcoming chapter actions across the country.
Take Action on Rental Housing
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- Published on Monday, 18 June 2018 07:02
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The government should have heard you loud and clear: Housing is the Number One challenge in BC!
Housing came...
Oracle workers on strike for more than a month need our support now
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- Published on Monday, 18 June 2018 06:54
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The Nightmare of Neoliberal Fascism
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- Published on Sunday, 17 June 2018 22:23
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1625 ... June 18, 2018
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The Nightmare of Neoliberal Fascism
Henry A. Giroux interviewed by Mark Karlin
Mark Karlin (MK): Why is it important to have an historical understanding of fascism to shed light on the age of Trump?
Henry A. Giroux (HG): The conditions leading to fascism do not exist in some ethereal space outside of history. Nor are they fixed in a static moment in the past. As Hannah Arendt reminds us, the protean elements of fascism always run the risk of crystallizing into new forms. Historical memory is a prerequisite to the political and moral witnessing necessary to successfully counter growing fascism in the United States today. As Richard Evans, the renowned historian of modern Germany, observes, the Trump administration may not replicate all the features...
UPDATE: Please don't delete this email
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- Published on Sunday, 17 June 2018 05:17
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Paov—I am just overwhelmed by the amazing response to this email. Thanks to OpenMedia members like you, we’re close to meeting our fundraising goal. If we do, we can launch...
Democracy and Ecological Crisis
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- Published on Saturday, 16 June 2018 21:46
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1624 ... June 17, 2018
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Democracy and Ecological Crisis
Nancy Holmstrom
Last fall 15,000 scientists issued a second dire notice to humanity that we are on a collision course with the limits of our planet. They concluded, "To prevent widespread misery, humanity must practice a more environmentally sustainable alternative to business as usual," including "reassess[ing]... the role of an economy rooted in growth." That means that we have to challenge capitalism; there is no capitalism without growth. Rosa Luxemburg’s statement on the eve of World War I that the choice is between socialism or barbarism was never more true. But today our struggle is about our very existence.
This reality should shape the way we think about politics and how we do politics. Democracy is often said to be...
CPP
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- Published on Saturday, 16 June 2018 06:07
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Despite industry experts calling the Trans Mountain pipeline project a risky investment, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is still seriously considering investing your retirement savings in this dangerous project.
We've already sent over 13,000 emails to top executives and we need to keep flooding their inboxes as they prepare to make their final decision in the coming weeks. Even if you already have written, you can write again and ensure they do not ignore the strong message people in Canada are sending: we don't want our retirement fund put at risk by investing in this doomed project.
A Win for Democracy
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- Published on Friday, 15 June 2018 13:47
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© Anush Babajanyan/Redux As recently as a few months ago, conventional wisdom held that the Armenian people were indifferent to democracy and would not effectively resist the attempt by Serzh Sargysan, the country’s longtime strongman ruler, to expand his powers. But the conventional wisdom was wrong. To the surprise of many, including democracy experts in Armenia, Sargysan’s power grab was resisted by a robust nonviolent protest movement. Protesters forced him to step down, and a new prime minister—who embraces the democratic principles of openness, transparency, and accountability—has taken leadership of the country. At a time when open society seems under threat all over the world, Armenia’s democratic awakening stands as a rebuke to authoritarians everywhere.
XPO: Time to talk about your behaviour
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- Published on Friday, 15 June 2018 07:15
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Israel's Environmental Colonialism and Ecoapartheid
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- Published on Thursday, 14 June 2018 21:48
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1623 ... June 15, 2018
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Israel's Environmental Colonialism and Ecoapartheid
Ben Lorber
Since the idea of Zionism first gripped the minds of a few intellectuals and the limbs of many agrarian pioneers in the early 20th century, the state of Israel has presented its settlement of the land of Palestine, and its uprooting of the Palestinian people, as a rejuvenation of the earth. By "greenwashing" the occupation, Israel hides its apartheid behind an environmentalist mirage, and distracts public attention not only from its brutal oppression of the Palestinian people, but from its large-scale degradation of the earth upon which these tragedies unfold.
Determined to "make the desert bloom," an international organization -- the Jewish National Fund-Keren Kayemet LeYisrael (JNF-KKL, or JNF) planted forests, recreational parks and nature reserves to...
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CoDev Presents Sin Miedo...a free movie screening
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- Published on Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:39
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Please don't delete this email
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- Published on Thursday, 14 June 2018 12:32
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Paov—I just wanted to make sure you saw this email. This is possibly the most dangerous time ever for the free and open Internet, and we need your help.
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