Alternative News
Articles from non-mainstream as opposed to corporate for profit sources.
stop the escalating repression against independent trade unions in Algeria!
- Details
- Published on Wednesday, 20 December 2017 03:45
- Written by editor
Read more: stop the escalating repression against independent trade unions in Algeria!
Feeling gouged by your bank? Help stop it!
- Details
- Published on Wednesday, 20 December 2017 02:01
- Written by editor
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
Big 6 Banks gouge out $42 billion in profit in 2017
Help stop the gouging now!
Dear Friend,
Feeling gouged by your bank right now? You have a right to – while businesses in many sectors across Canada were suffering, Canada’s Big 6 Banks gouged out record annual profits for the 7th year in a row of more than $42 billion in 2017!
That works out to almost $20 million in profit every hour banks are open – 13% higher than in 2016, and more than double...
Update on the Preclearance Act
- Details
- Published on Tuesday, 19 December 2017 12:09
- Written by editor
A: your 2017 impact
- Details
- Published on Tuesday, 19 December 2017 05:13
- Written by editor
Communists Sweep the Nepali Elections
- Details
- Published on Monday, 18 December 2017 23:39
- Written by editor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1528 .... December 19, 2017
_____________________________________________________
Communists Sweep the Nepali Elections
Vijay Prashad
You might as well imagine a large red flag fluttering from the summit of Mount Everest. That’s what the outcome of the parliamentary and provincial elections in Nepal suggests. The Communists have won both decisively. In the parliament, the Communist alliance will hold close to a two-thirds majority. The government that this majority forms will not only be able to last the full five year term -- the first time this would have happened since Nepal adopted parliamentary democracy in 1990 -- but it will be able to revise the 2015 Constitution.
Both the parliamentary and provincial results show that the Communists won across the country from the countryside to the cities. Even though they have a...
ACTIVlist Update - December 18, 2017
- Details
- Published on Monday, 18 December 2017 19:32
- Written by editor
Mark the 5 year anniversary of Idle No More on Dec. 21st in Toronto! The Council backs the Juruna and Arara peoples in their fight against the Volta Grande open-pit gold mine
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.
_____________________
Five years ago we were honoured to support the beginnings of Idle No More with round dances, flash mobs, and marches across the country.
In March 2014, The Council of Canadians joined the Belo Sun No! campaign opposing Toronto-based Belo Sun...
Bells grab for internet control
- Details
- Published on Monday, 18 December 2017 17:55
- Written by editor
Canada’s internet is free and open now -- but Bell, Rogers, Shaw, and Cineplex want to change that.
Will you help preserve net neutrality in Canada?
A,
It’s scary -- Bell, Cineplex, Rogers, and Shaw are trying to censor the internet and force the end of net neutrality in Canada. And worse, they're trying to do it behind closed doors.
These 4 companies, led by Bell, are pushing to create an internet "blacklist" of certain websites that all internet service providers in Canada would legally have to block. They know this outrageous proposal would never pass, so first, they tried to sneak it into NAFTA negotiations -- and...
Bell's bid to block the Internet
- Details
- Published on Monday, 18 December 2017 14:40
- Written by editor
Bell is trying to censor Canada’s Internet.
Tomorrow, they could put forward a proposal to have Canada’s telecom regulator, the CRTC, set up a body that would block websites that they deem to have pirated content on them. It’s a slippery slope — with no court oversight.
Bell has some support from Shaw, but Telus and Rogers haven’t made their stance clear — help us push them over the edge in support of an open Internet and Net Neutrality,...
Were going to cut the money off
- Details
- Published on Monday, 18 December 2017 08:31
- Written by editor
Incredible news! Thanks to you, Cartier has agreed to stop purchasing gems from Myanmar.
But we’re not stopping there. Can you tell Bulgari to adopt a policy of selling no genocide gems?
A,
We did it. Cartier has agreed to stop purchasing gemstones from Myanmar, with immediate effect.
This is all because of you. Over 75,000 members of the SumOfUs community stepped up to demand Cartier take an ethical stand, and refuse to buy gems from Myanmar.
Gems that, through incredibly strong industry ties to the state military, are helping to fund the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya Muslims.
We cannot thank you enough for speaking up.
Let's help Amnesty International send 5,000 messages to support jailed Iranian teacher
- Details
- Published on Sunday, 17 December 2017 23:20
- Written by editor
Read more: Let's help Amnesty International send 5,000 messages to support jailed Iranian teacher
Copping Out at COP23, Avoidance and Possibility in a Burning World
- Details
- Published on Sunday, 17 December 2017 21:42
- Written by editor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1527 .... December 18, 2017
_____________________________________________________
Copping Out at COP23, Avoidance and Possibility in a Burning World
Dave Bleakney
During the recent COP23 summit in Bonn, a taxi driver provided a clear summary. Asked what he thought of COP 23, he replied "the climate is in crisis, but here, this is about money." He had provided what had been missing inside. As we race toward certain and expanding catastrophe, he underscored that profiteering off a destructive cycle production, consumption, shipping, the unnecessary transport of products over vast distances and continuous growth models form the basis from which these discussions are framed. It is as though the elephant in the room is never acknowledged, with few exceptions.
How does this appear? In North America you can try this experiment. Turn down...
Read more: Copping Out at COP23, Avoidance and Possibility in a Burning World
Audit Ethics Commissioner & Lobbying Commissioner
- Details
- Published on Sunday, 17 December 2017 20:44
- Written by editor
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
Dear Friend of Democracy,
Federal Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson has let off 95% of federal Cabinet ministers, MPs and government officials she has investigated, including many who clearly violated federal ethics rules. An incredible 218 of her 253 rulings have been secret rulings. To see details about her negligently weak enforcement record, click here.
Federal Lobbying Commissioner Karen Shepherd has let off 84% of the lobbyists she has caught violating federal lobbying rules. An incredible 88 of her 105 rulings have been secret rulings....
Read more: Audit Ethics Commissioner & Lobbying Commissioner
Power: Institutional Foundations for Classes and States
- Details
- Published on Saturday, 16 December 2017 21:17
- Written by editor
LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 7 October 2017
Transcending Pessimism, Reimagining Democracy - Session 4
Power: Institutional Foundations for Classes and States
This conference is in honour of Professor Emeritus Leo Panitch (York University). The conference was held October 6-7 at York University.
Session 4 was moderated and introduced by Scott Aquanno (University of Ontario Institute of Technology). Presentations by:
- Ruth Felder - SUNY - Albany
- Adam Hilton - Mt. Holyoke College
- Ursula Huws - University of Hertfordshire
- Doug Henwood - Left Business Observer, The Nation
Click here to view presentation
Share on Facebook
LeftStreamed YouTube channel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( LeftStreamed Production ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Produced by the LeftStreamed Collective. Viewers are encouraged to
distribute widely. Comments on the video and suggestions are
welcome - write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." ' + path + '\'' + prefix + ':' + addy82179 + '\'>'+addy_text82179+'<\/a>';
//-->
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you...
Read more: Power: Institutional Foundations for Classes and States
Monsanto said WHAT?!
- Details
- Published on Saturday, 16 December 2017 03:10
- Written by editor
Does new Anti-Terrorism bill address human rights concerns?
- Details
- Published on Friday, 15 December 2017 13:14
- Written by editor
Read more: Does new Anti-Terrorism bill address human rights concerns?
Save the Bees
- Details
- Published on Friday, 15 December 2017 06:06
- Written by editor
A,
The SumOfUs community was a powerful defender for the bees this week. Ahead of a crucial EU meeting on the future of bee-killing pesticides, we got ads plastered across Brussels Airport, making sure that leaders didn’t miss our important message.
Check them out!
Representatives from EU governments met to decide on a game-changing proposal to widen the ban on three infamous bee-killing pesticides this week.
Disappointingly, the vote was postponed.
As upset as we are about these news here at SumOfUs, we are equally proud and grateful for the support of the SumOfUs community. Thanks to you, we got these critical ads up quickly -- and they will be seen by thousands of people, and will have a lasting effect on EU politicians that saw them.
And now, we will build on our momentum....
Canada Must Stop Support to Honduras Regime following Botched Election
- Details
- Published on Thursday, 14 December 2017 22:23
- Written by editor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1526 .... December 15, 2017
_____________________________________________________
Canada Must Stop Support to Honduras Regime following Botched Election
Jen Moore
In the chaos following national elections in Honduras on November 26, Canadian authorities must take a strong public stand and forcibly denounce evidence of electoral fraud and violent repression of public protests. Across Honduras, tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating their discontent over evidence of electoral fraud by the government-controlled electoral tribunal. As widely reported, while early trends in the vote count indicated that opposition presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla was on track to win, delays, irregularities and evidence of vote-rigging since then favour the incumbent National Party candidate, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH).
Even prior to the November 26 vote, Hernández’ attempt at reelection in the face of Honduras’ single-term limit...
Read more: Canada Must Stop Support to Honduras Regime following Botched Election
ACTIVlist Update - December 14, 2017
- Details
- Published on Thursday, 14 December 2017 20:05
- Written by editor
MEDIA RELEASE: Suppressed report shows hundreds of BC's fracked gas wells may leak methane, underscores need for public inquiry
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.
_____________________
_____________________
TAKE ACTION!
Writing a Letter to the Editor in your local paper is an easy and effective way to make a difference in your community.
GIVE TO NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
The Council of Canadians provides independent political commentary thanks to the support of people like you. Please...
More Articles...
- Bell, censorship, and Net Neutrality
- Urgent: Human Rights Crisis in Honduras
- Forget Presents! Here are some radical giving ideas for the holidays!
- Doubling down.
- Monsanto said WHAT?!
- Site C Approved: What You Need to Know
- Levis has a secret
- US vote, Canadian impact
- People's Pizza Party & Social Environmental Action Awards! - January 12
- Children sold as slaves
