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Colombia: Drop sanctions against trade union leader [reminder]
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Upcoming events not to be missed!
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 October 2017 16:54
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ACTIVlist Update - October 4, 2017
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 October 2017 14:00
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Guelph chapter reports on the 'Water Is Life' conference in Flint
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Guelph chapter of the CoC sent delegates to the FLINT WATER FORUM, this past weekend.
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He died operating on his patient
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- Published on Wednesday, 04 October 2017 05:12
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There is no 'Cult of Corbyn' -- This is a Movement Preparing for Power
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- Published on Tuesday, 03 October 2017 23:04
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1492 .... October 4, 2017
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There is no 'Cult of Corbyn' -- This is a Movement Preparing for Power
Hilary Wainwright
Everyone sensed the new energy at Labour Party conference this year. More cynical pundits referred to it as "giddy with optimism" (the Guardian’s editorial), or "support bordering on hysteria" (Simon Jenkins), conveying the idea of something irrational. Others referred to it as Corbyn’s "evangelical church" (Philip Collins) or even ‘the cult of Corbyn’ (the Times, Spectator and Observer all used this phrase).
The reality of the conference was something not seen in the UK for a long time: thousands of determined and self-confident members of a Labour Party that boldly stands for what they believe in. Their self-confidence stemmed not from some kind of Corbyn cult, but from...
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Strike Vote at Laurentian University
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- Published on Monday, 02 October 2017 22:11
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1491 .... October 3, 2017
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Strike Vote at Laurentian University
In the latest turmoil in the Canadian university sector, faculty at Laurentian University are now on strike. At the core is the longstanding vices of the neoliberal university -- underfunding, lack of hiring faculty, commercialization and privatization, and the hiring of a vast bureaucracy of private managers in the ceaseless efforts to benchmark, marketize and monetize ‘assets’. Ontario is the province that has by many measures the most poorly funded university sector in Canada; it has been steadily running its public university system down, and increasing the portion of operating funds coming from student fees (masked by re-packaging aid programs and misleading selling it as free tuition).
Members of the Laurentian University Faculty Association (LUFA) voted ninety-one per cent in...
Re. URGENT: This is ethnic cleansing
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- Published on Monday, 02 October 2017 03:23
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URGENT: Ethnic cleansing is happening in Myanmar right now.
Governments around the world are enabling Myanmar’s military.
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While most news outlets have moved on, the genocide of the Rohingya Muslim population continues unabated at the hands of the Myanmar military.
And now the Myanmar government has ominously declared ownership of the very land people have fled -- making it even clearer: this is ethnic cleansing.
Under pressure the UK government cut military training for...
The Fight for 15 - What Next?
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- Published on Saturday, 30 September 2017 23:21
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 26 September 2017
The Fight for 15 - What Next?
For those of us in unions, the Fight for $15 and Fairness means using all of the tools at our disposal to defend what we still have – at the bargaining table, on the shop floor, and in legislative halls – but then go beyond to forge new powerful community alliances to demand civil rights, immigrant justice, healthcare, quality education, food and shelter, and fair wages for all. Indeed, the pinnacle achievements of U.S. unions – think Social Security, minimum wages, safety laws – took place when labour acted not out of narrow self-interest, but as part of a broad social movement; not as a co-dependent of a political party, but as an independent force.
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Tax reform outrage
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- Published on Saturday, 30 September 2017 05:34
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ACTIVlist Update - September 29, 2017
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- Published on Friday, 29 September 2017 14:00
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Chapters this Week!
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1 new update on the petitions you support, PAOV
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Your Uber win has arrived!
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- Published on Friday, 29 September 2017 07:13
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London's transport regulator just stood up to Uber, and it was beautiful.
Sign our Thank You card to Transport for London, and take a moment to celebrate this massive win for people over profits!
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It's official: Uber isn't fit to run cabs in London, where it has been exploiting drivers and dodging regulations for years.
Transport for London (TfL) and the Mayor of London are being bombarded with threats and complaints from Uber right now -- so let’s show them some...
R&F.ca Weekly Update
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Can I level with you?
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- Published on Thursday, 28 September 2017 17:13
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I need to level with you, Supa. We’re $8448 short of our fundraising goal for this quarter, and if we don’t close the gap by Saturday night, we’ll have to cut back our plans for the fall.
This is really not a good time to put our foot on the brakes. Right now, billionaire corporations are trying to bully Trudeau into putting their profits before our rights in NAFTA negotiations. The Conservatives are surging in the polls. Kinder Morgan is trying to start pipeline construction, and the fate of Site C will be decided in just weeks. [1-4]
CoDev E-Bulletin for September 2017
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ACTIVlist Update - September 28, 2017
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Seven things to know as the 3rd round of NAFTA talks end in Ottawa Trudeau government failed to consider UN right to water in its Kinder Morgan pipeline approval
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The third round of NAFTA talks (September 23-27) have now concluded in Ottawa and the fourth round (October 11-15) is on the horizon for Washington, DC. What conclusions can we draw from these past five days?
The Council of Canadians is calling on the...
How Syncrude Benefitted from Oilsands Duck Deaths
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- Published on Thursday, 28 September 2017 09:06
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Egypt: Free jailed union leaders now
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- Published on Thursday, 28 September 2017 06:33
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Norwegian Elections: Another Right-Wing Victory, and a Serious Labour Defeat
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- Published on Wednesday, 27 September 2017 23:13
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1490 .... September 28, 2017
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Norwegian Elections: Another Right-Wing Victory, and a Serious Labour Defeat
Asbjørn Wahl
The centre-left failed in getting rid of the so-called ‘blue-blue’ government at the parliamentary elections in Norway on 11 September. The Labour Party was the main loser, while small parties on the centre-left advanced slightly. However, the parliamentary basis of the right-wing government has started to unravel. A deeper political crisis may be looming in the background, while social contradictions are on the raise. Social Democracy followed the general European downward tendency (except Britain).
First, some basic facts on the Norwegian electoral system. There are 169 members of parliament, who are elected through proportional representation. The 19 counties serve as the electoral constituencies. There is a threshold of 4 percent to qualify...
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ACTIVlist Update - September 27, 2017
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Labour rights become key issue in the renegotiation of NAFTA NAFTA Chapter 19 intensifies as a pivotal issue after U.S. ruling against Bombardier
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The Canadian labour movement is pushing for strong labour protections within a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
In what could become a rapidly escalating trade war during the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the United States Department of Commerce has slapped a 219.6 per...
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