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ACTIVlist Update - March 16, 2018
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I was on Burnaby Mountain... Fredericton chapter at public meeting to oppose Sisson mine and Schedule 2 provision that allows mine waste to be dumped into freshwater
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I was on Burnaby Mountain this past weekend for the massive Kwekwecnewtxw: Protect the Inlet rally to stop Kinder Morgan pipeline and wanted to share with you what’s happening next.
The Council of Canadians Fredericton chapter was at a public consultation held by Environment Canada last...
R&F.ca Weekly Update
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Imperialism Today: A Critical Assessment of Latin American Dependency Theory
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- Published on Thursday, 15 March 2018 23:24
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1572 ... March 16, 2018
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Imperialism Today: A Critical Assessment of Latin American Dependency Theory
Brazilian economist and sociologist Ruy Mauro Marini (1932-1997) was a prime exponent of what became known as dependency theory, an attempt to explain the systemic unequal relations of the Latin American countries in particular with the developed economies of the imperialist "North." He was a close collaborator of, among others, Vânia Bambirra and the recently-deceased Theotónio Dos Santos. Marini’s best-known work, first published in Spanish in 1972, is Dialectics of Dependency.
Marini was a founder of the Brazilian Marxist organization Política Operária and later, during his Chilean exile, a member of the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR). Forced into exile again after the Pinochet coup, he taught at the UNAM in Mexico for many years,...
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ACTIVlist Update - March 15, 2018
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Alton Gas lacks DFO permission to carry on work, delays project completion until 2021 BP drilling offshore Nova Scotia threatens endangered whales
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This week Alton Gas officially announced their project won't be completed until 2021, a full 11 years after their original completion date.
The Council of Canadians opposes the Trudeau government's approval of the controversial transnational corporation BP drilling seven oil and gas exploration wells 300 kilometres off the coast of Nova...
CoDev's March 2018 Executive Director's Report
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Nestlé
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- Published on Thursday, 15 March 2018 12:09
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Every day that passes, Nestlé takes almost 5 million litres of water from Ontario's aquifers, while politicians ignore this greedy water grab.
But no more. June 7th has just been announced as the date for the Ontario provincial election and parties are in the last phases of finalizing their platforms. With an election just months away, timing is critical to pressure Premier Wynne to commit to protecting Ontario's precious water from Nestlé's greed, once and for all.
Every day, Nestlé is taking millions of litres of Ontario’s precious groundwater on expired permits.
We need to send a strong message now to Premier Wynne to say no to Nestlé sucking Ontario dry.
B.C. Could Become Last Place on Coast to Allow Fish Farms
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All Hands on Deck: The West Virginia Teachers' Strike
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- Published on Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:41
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1571 ... March 15, 2018
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All Hands on Deck: The West Virginia Teachers’ Strike
Jane McAlevey
Dignity and respect are the root cause of every serious labor struggle. This was certainly the case in West Virginia’s unprecedented nine-day statewide education strike. When the workers won this past Tuesday, singing and dancing erupted among the thousands who packed the state capitol. Their final chant before leaving the building was, "Who made history? We made history!"
The strike produced a string of significant victories, not all of which are immediately tangible. Perhaps most significantly, it restored the dignity of 34,000 workers, rebuilding the pride of West Virginia’s working class and reinforcing one hell of a union that will carry the struggle forward.
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USA: Teachers Strike Invigorates Labour Movement
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No Fare Is Fair: A Campaign for Free Public Transit in Toronto
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 March 2018 23:23
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1570 ... March 14, 2018
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No Fare Is Fair: A Campaign for Free Public Transit in Toronto
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Why Do We Need Free Transit?
Public transit should be a right for everyone in Toronto. Using subways, buses, and streetcars shouldn’t require paying fares, or user fees, that penalize riders with lower incomes.
Like public education, libraries, clean water, and healthcare, public transit should be funded by government revenues. Regardless of income, which part of the city you live or work in, or if you have mobility challenges, transit should be easily accessible.
Imagine how empowering free transit would be: No more barriers between you and your destinations. No more fare gates. No more harassment from “fare police.”
Toronto transit fares have risen faster than...
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ACTIVlist Update - March 13, 2018
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WIN! Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter celebrates local utility not being sold to Hydro One Trump pushes for NAFTA deal to be reached within weeks
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The Council of Canadians Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter has been campaigning against the sale of Peterborough Distribution Inc. (PDI), the city-owned utility that distributes electricity in Peterborough, Lakefield and Norwood, to the provincial electricity transmission and distribution utility Hydro One since February 2016.
Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump talked by telephone yesterday and...
REMINDER TONIGHT: Solidarity with the Tsleil-Waututh Stand against Kinder Morgan and more
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How Young Parisians Expose Police Abuse
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© Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Earlier this year in Paris, a joint complaint filed by 18 young people finally had its day in court. The case’s defendants were four police officers from a “neighborhood support group.” According to many young Parisians, however, these officers tended to express their “support” for marginalized communities through ethnic profiling and abuse. Throughout the trial, depressingly familiar forms of this abuse were revealed: harrowing footage from an officer’s body camera, an alleged order to “oust the undesirables,” a pattern of those in authority looking the other way. How the case’s judges will rule is still unknown, but by pushing their cause into the spotlight, these young people have performed an invaluable service for tolerance, equality, and the rule of law.
They're afraid to air our ads
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 March 2018 09:26
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Radio stations are refusing to run our ads educating Canadians about Bell’s proposal for extrajudicial website blocking. Why? Because they’re afraid the ads would give the CRTC ammunition to remove their licence.
What a cold and hard reminder of why it’s so critical to keep the Internet free of censorship like this, which makes it easy for a small handful of powerful entities to police what we can and can’t say online.
This is exactly why we can’t back down.
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Turkey's Privatization of Sugar Factories
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- Published on Monday, 12 March 2018 23:52
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1569 ... March 13, 2018
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Turkey’s Privatization of Sugar Factories
Kubilay Cenk
On February 21, a notice was released in Turkey’s Official Gazette (Resmi Gazete) stating that bids will be collected for Turkey’s state-owned fourteen sugar plants. According to Directorate of Privatization Administration’s (OIB) announcement, sugar plants in the provinces of Afyon, Alpullu, Bor, Burdur, Çorum, Elbistan, Erzincan, Erzurum, Ilgın, Kastamonu, Kırşehir, Muş, Turhal and Yozgat will be privatized. The Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP – Justice and Development Party) government, which has looted and made benefits of public-enterprises available to both national and international capital, seeks new privatization opportunities.
The introduction of neoliberal policies and privatization to Turkey began long before the AKP government.
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Nobel Prize for Exxon
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- Published on Monday, 12 March 2018 13:29
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Why does the Nobel Foundation, which awarded the Peace Prize for climate leadership to Al Gore, still invest in planet-destroying fossil fuels?
Ask the Nobel Foundation to divest from all fossil fuels, putting its money where its mouth is on climate change.
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More than 837 institutions with total assets of more than $6 trillion, have committed to stop investing in fossil fuels companies, taking a clear stance against the main drivers of climate change. But the Nobel Foundation is not one of them -- yet.
Last year the foundation which awards the Nobel Prizes, was forced by campaigners to divest entirely from nuclear...
They're scared the CRTC will remove their license.
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- Published on Sunday, 11 March 2018 10:56
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