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Bayer court case

Details: Published on Friday, 16 December 2022 23:38; Written by editor

Sylvia,

Our beekeeper friends are battling Bayer in court to defend our right to protest its toxic pesticides.

Now their case has made it all the way to the highest court, one step away from finally defeating Bayer. But they’re running out of cash to cover the legal costs.

They’re asking for our help – and the stakes couldn’t be higher. If Bayer wins, it could call the police and shut down peaceful protests when we speak out publicly at its shareholder meetings. Other corporations could follow suit and also shut us down.

But it's not over yet. With your help, Bayer could still lose. Together we can help these beekeepers fight to defeat Bayer in court. Sylvia, can we count on you to chip in?

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The Intercept has chosen a harder road

Details: Published on Friday, 16 December 2022 14:48; Written by editor

The most profitable way for any public figure to build an audience is to tell people what they want to hear — which is usually that everything wrong with America is the fault of an opposing political faction or party.

Trust me, I get the temptation. I could spend all my time decrying the Trumpist far right — but pontificating about the obvious is a missed opportunity to shed light on the deeper and more enduring injustices at the heart of American empire.

As an Intercept reader, I know you appreciate the importance of independent reporting that exposes the...

Fighting the fossil fuel industry on a laptop

Details: Published on Friday, 16 December 2022 07:14; Written by editor

Hi Paov -

My name is Matilda Borgström and this is my story of my work as a climate campaigner with 350.org.

Despite what you might think, this email won't contain any thrilling stories of me gluing myself to a fossil-funding bank or scaling an oil rig in the name of climate justice. The reason: I'm a digital climate campaigner. What does that mean? I do my climate activism on a laptop, in the middle of the Scottish countryside, while drinking cups of coffee and being frequently interrupted in my work by my large, hairy (very muddy) dog Merlyn.

Me and Merlyn at my desk, busy thinking up new campaigns to take down the fossil fuel industry.

While my work might not be as adrenaline-pumping as some of my...

Beluga whales, polar bears and seals

Details: Published on Thursday, 15 December 2022 16:58; Written by editor

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Health care crisis

Details: Published on Thursday, 15 December 2022 16:27; Written by editor

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PAOV — You can make a difference. Add your name to Ahmed’s petition to urgently address the doctor shortage in Canada.

Rapidly Solve the Physician Shortage Crisis Canadians are facing

45,246 have signed Ahmed Alamelhuda’s petition. Let’s get to 50,000!

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Dear Premiers Jason Kenney and Doug Ford, respected Ministers of Health, and Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,

As Family Physicians and Specialists practicing throughout Canada, we are experiencing...

Take action now: Big Pharma price-gouging on children's health

Details: Published on Thursday, 15 December 2022 12:46; Written by editor

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The Pandemic and War — Not Government Spending — Caused Inflation, According to Nobel Prize Winner

Details: Published on Thursday, 15 December 2022 11:10; Written by editor

YouTube animal cruelty

Details: Published on Wednesday, 14 December 2022 15:45; Written by editor

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Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki: Shut Down Animal Torture/Killing Channel - Gatorpool Gators

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60 years of advocacy

Details: Published on Wednesday, 14 December 2022 10:00; Written by editor

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Dear Friend,

This year, the BCCLA turns 60. Thank you so much for standing with us, year after year.

We are continuing to educate the public on their rights, especially our next generation of advocates. This year, we launched our new Digital Privacy Rights for Youth project, which informs youth on their rights concerning their personal electronic devices like cell phones and laptops.

Our work wouldn’t have been possible without supporters like you. Friend, with your support, we can have the resources to stand up on your behalf - to litigate important cases, advocate for systemic solutions through interventions and law reforms, and provide accessible educational resources.

We want to do this work as long as necessary to uphold civil liberties and human rights. This holiday season, will you make a year-end donation, so we can continue this important work for years to come?

Buying rainforest

Details: Published on Tuesday, 13 December 2022 23:39; Written by editor

Sylvia,

For hundreds of generations, the Huaorani Tribe of Ecuador has lived in harmony with the rainforest, alongside sloths, endangered birds, and majestic jaguars.

But now a road has opened up access to their home – bringing in oil and timber companies who want to bulldoze millions of trees and evict them from their land.

It’s a humanitarian and ecological catastrophe. But we can help make it stop.

A small but determined conservation group is working with the Huaorani people to buy up strategic plots of land before they can be sold for drilling and logging. If we all chip in, we can create a buffer zone that shields vast swathes of Amazon rainforest from development – but we need to move fast.

Every 1 $/£/€ will protect one square metre of rainforest – making sure it stays in Huaorani hands forever. Can you chip in today?

If...

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Doctor shortage

Details: Published on Tuesday, 13 December 2022 17:12; Written by editor

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PAOV — You can make a difference. Add your name to Ahmed’s petition to urgently address the doctor shortage in Canada.

Rapidly Solve the Physician Shortage Crisis Canadians are facing

43,109 have signed Ahmed Alamelhuda’s petition. Let’s get to 50,000!

Sign now with a click

Dear Premiers Jason Kenney and Doug Ford, respected Ministers of Health, and Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,

As Family Physicians and Specialists practicing throughout Canada, we are experiencing first-hand the detrimental...

Tell the Justice Department to drop the prosecution of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange now

Details: Published on Tuesday, 13 December 2022 15:40; Written by editor

Publishing is not a crime.

Twelve years after WikiLeaks exposed the dirty secrets of U.S. diplomacy in a massive publication of State Department cables, co-founder Julian Assange remains in a high-security British prison awaiting extradition to the United States. He faces espionage charges that could add up to 175 years in U.S. prison.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has the power to drop the case against Assange immediately. Instead, the Biden administration has continued the effort at prosecution begun under former President Donald Trump.

Assange’s indictment presents a critical threat to the First Amendment and to press freedom in the U.S. and abroad. It sets a precedent that could easily be used against any journalist publishing sensitive information — a major reason...

A walk down memory lane

Details: Published on Tuesday, 13 December 2022 11:39; Written by editor

Dear Sylvia,

So much has happened this year – from war to climate disasters, razor-thin election wins to billionaire takeovers. But amidst all the darkness, our movement is a growing light, and I couldn’t be prouder of what we achieved together in 2022.

Click to watch a short video featuring some of our exciting highlights, and scroll below to read all about it!

Our campaigns are all over the media

From our reports on the metaverse and Brazilian elections, to our shareholder activism and campaign deliveries – SumOfUs is getting noticed all over the world through top-tier media hits. This year we were in the New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, Sunday Times, and New York Post, as well as El País, Time (twice!), Reuters, Business Insider, ARTE, CNN, Al Jazeera, The Independent, Wired, and Bloomberg. Thanks to our high-integrity, creative, people-powered campaigning, we are becoming the go-to resource for reporters covering key issues that we work on.

Media headlines featuring SumOfUs campaigns

A glimpse of the...

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Climate Spotlight: Supporting local opposition to the fossil fuel industry in Latin America

Details: Published on Tuesday, 13 December 2022 10:22; Written by editor

¡Hola, amigx!

My name is Maria Victoria, and I'm writing to you from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where I live. I am 350.org's Latin America Senior Campaigner, and I spend most of my days doing what I like the most: meeting, strategizing, and supporting fellow activists invested in building a better and more equitable future for us all.

I've been a campaigner for many years now – long enough to know that there is a lot of truth to the saying that "together we are stronger." That's why 350.org in Latin America is going all in for building and strengthening grassroots connections in 2023. We have ambitious plans to train local activists and leaders, provide support materials, help build campaigns, foster new links and networks, and help already existing ones to flourish! And I feel really excited about it, because the progress we've already made is so encouraging:

Every day, in Argentina and other countries in Latin America,...

Missing and murdered Indigenous women

Details: Published on Monday, 12 December 2022 15:43; Written by editor

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PAOV — You can make a difference. Sign now to join Phillip in calling on the Winnipeg Police Service to immediately search the area’s landfills to find the remains of three murdered Indigenous women.

Find our MMIW Marcedes Myran, Morgan Beatrice Harris & Buffalo Woman

5,017 have signed phillip Morin’s petition. Let’s get to 7,500!

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The Winnipeg Police Service believes the remains of Three victims of an alleged serial...

I'm worried

Details: Published on Sunday, 11 December 2022 23:38; Written by editor

Sylvia,

I'm Yohanna, SumOfUs's managing director. I don't usually email, but I'm writing to you today because I have an important—but unfortunate—message to share.

I just heard from our finance director, who oversees SumOfUs's budgets, and after closing the books for the month of November, I'm worried.

Last month a technical bug caused a third of all credit card transactions to fail, costing us hundreds of thousands. If we don't catch up fast, we'll have to consider scaling back our campaign plan for the next 6 months. That means the incredibly important annual general meetings of corporations might happen without our voices in the room, and our life-saving community work could have to pause, too.

Would you give a donation now to help us close this gap?

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The Internets New Favorite AI Proposes Torturing Iranians and Surveilling Mosques

Details: Published on Sunday, 11 December 2022 13:09; Written by editor

Journalists jailed in Iran

Details: Published on Sunday, 11 December 2022 13:03; Written by editor

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PAOV — The two journalists who broke the story of Mahsa Amini’s death are still imprisoned in Iran and supporters are gravely concerned for their safety. Will you add your name to Bahar’s petition to demand their release?

Free Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohamadi imprisoned for breaking news of MahsaAmini

118,075 have signed Bahar S’s petition. Let’s get to 150,000!

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On September 22, the woman journalist Niloofar...

Amazon Rainforest buy?!

Details: Published on Sunday, 11 December 2022 07:08; Written by editor

Sylvia,

For hundreds of generations, the Huaorani Tribe of Ecuador has lived in harmony with the rainforest, alongside sloths, endangered birds, and majestic jaguars.

But now a road has opened up access to their home – bringing in oil and timber companies who want to bulldoze millions of trees and evict them from their land.

It’s a humanitarian and ecological catastrophe. But we can help make it stop.

Every dollar will protect one square metre of rainforest – making sure it stays in Huaorani hands forever. Can you chip in today?

If you’ve saved...

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Will you donate $5 to support independent journalism?

Details: Published on Saturday, 10 December 2022 08:45; Written by editor

Twenty years ago, the internet provided a thrilling new means of communication for voices previously shut out by the established corporate media. Many of The Intercept’s most celebrated journalists began their careers blogging or writing for online startups in those early days of the free and open internet.

But the truth is that it’s never been more difficult for independent journalism online.

Big Tech giants like Google, Meta, and Apple increasingly control what people see online in their news feeds and search results, and too many of the people who run these tech monopolies openly disregard the value of journalism.

The Intercept is organizationally strong, and we’ve never been prouder...