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Victory!
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JULY 2017
SAVED! Chatham dogs get a second chance at life
Animal Justice fought in court last year to save 21 abused dogs from execution after they were rescued from a dogfighting ring. After months of negotiations, the dogs will now have a fresh start at a Florida rehabilitation centre! Thanks to everyone who spoke up for the pups.
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Palestinian Dispossessions, Canada and the Jewish National Fund
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Palestinian Dispossessions, Canada and the Jewish National Fund
The Jewish National Fund (JNF) has been the key tool used by Israel to dispossess Palestinians of their lands for over a century. It also discriminates against Palestinian citizens of Israel in the provision of land and housing, and appropriates lands in the Occupied Palestinian Territory in violation of international law.
Canadian taxpayers subsidize these activities, as the JNF has a fundraising office in Canada that has had charitable status since 1967.
Join with Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) in calling on the Minister of National Revenue to revoke JNF Canada's charitable status NOW!
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The Crisis in Venezuela
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- Published on Saturday, 29 July 2017 17:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1458 .... July 29, 2017
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The Crisis in Venezuela
The Left and Venezuela
Claudio Katz
During the last two months Venezuela has been faced with a terrible wave of violence. It has already resulted in more than 60 deaths along with looted schools, burned public buildings, destroyed public transportation and emptied hospitals. The major media, however, simply engage in a running stream of gruesome denunciations of the government. They have installed the image of a dictator in conflict with the opposition democrats.
But the statistics do not corroborate that narrative, especially when it comes to those who have fallen. When the number had risen to 39, an initial report pointed to only four who were victims of the security forces. The remainder had died in looting or shoot-outs...
These animals deserve better
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URGENT: Japanese government about to greenlight massive nuclear dump!
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R&F.ca Weekly Update
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[SPAM] Against NAFTA: Resolution to Support Workers in Canada, Mexico and the USA
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- Published on Thursday, 27 July 2017 22:45
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1457 .... July 28, 2017
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Against NAFTA:
Resolution to Support Workers in Canada, Mexico and the USA
Autoworkers Caravan
The following resolution calling for the repeal of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is the work of the Autoworkers Caravan. It is an organizing, educating and mobilizing group of current and former autoworkers, largely located in the USA, but with some Canadian Unifor members as well. The group is somewhat of a successor to the once active oppositional movement within the U.S.-centred ‘International’, the United Auto Workers (UAW) -- the now defunct New Directions movement. The Autoworkers Caravan, formed in 2008 and based in the Detroit area, continues to challenge the leadership of the UAW, and works to democratize and energize union locals across the USA. Caravan activity has...
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After long fight, national agreement brings gains for fast food workers in Germany
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SAFE! Chatham dogs saved from execution
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- Published on Thursday, 27 July 2017 06:15
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Dear PAOV,
Last year, Animal Justice lawyers went to court in Chatham, Ontario to fight for the lives of 21 pit bull dogs who were rescued from a dogfighting ring. Even though these dogs were victims of horrific abuse, the Ontario SPCA was trying to execute them, claiming they were dangerous.
The court refused to let Animal Justice intervene on behalf of the dogs, and we were heartbroken. But now, there's some good news: The dogs are safe!
Animal Justice was fighting for a second behavioural assessment of the dogs, and that's...
Questions and Implications of the French Elections
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1456 .... July 27, 2017
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Questions and Implications of the French Elections:
Mélenchon, La France Insoumise, Populism
Pierre Rousset
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s presidential and legislative campaign this year was different from the previous ones. There was a huge change in the relationship to political parties in general and to his former Left Front allies in particular. It’s important to understand the reasons for this change, as well as the implications and the specific context in which it took place.
First, let’s take a quick look at who Mélenchon is. He called on voters to "get rid of" traditional politicians, successfully skirting over the fact that he himself is a rather caricatural example of such figures. He was a member of the ‘Lambertists’, a current of Trotskyist background with a symbiotic...
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New bill targets chlorpyrifos! Tell your Senators to sign on.
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News from System Change Not Climate Change
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Were going to buy every single ad.
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Militant Particularism and Ecosocialism
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- Published on Tuesday, 25 July 2017 23:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1455 .... July 26, 2017
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Militant Particularism and Ecosocialism:
Harvey, Klein, Smith, Foster
Brad Hornick
In "Militant Particularism and Global Ambition: The Conceptual Politics of Place, Space, and Environment in the Work of Raymond Williams" (1995), David Harvey discusses the challenges presented by moving from place out across time. In the midst of his involvement in a participatory research project within a high-stakes local struggle against the closure of an automotive plant, he was accused of being a "free-floating Marxist intellectual," an outsider, and he was given the "evil eye" and asked to explain "where his loyalties lay." (p. 71) This is in an environment where people were losing jobs, and families and communities were being destroyed. Harvey takes the accusation to heart and proceeds to explore the alienation inherent...
Update: Carlsberg/Cambrew still attacking Cambodian union
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Sewage dumped into drinking water?
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- Published on Monday, 24 July 2017 12:45
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The denim industry's dirty secret
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"All Power to the Soviets!" Biography of a Slogan
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- Published on Sunday, 23 July 2017 23:45
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1454 .... July 24, 2017
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"All Power to the Soviets!" Biography of a Slogan
Lars T. Lih
"All power to the Soviets!" is surely one of the most famous slogans in revolutionary history. It is right up there with "Egalité, liberté, fraternité" as a symbol of an entire revolutionary epoch. In this essay and others to follow, I would like to examine the origin of this slogan in its original context of Russia in 1917.
Our slogan consists of three words: вся власть советам (vsya vlast’ sovetam). "Vsya" = "all," "vlast’" = "power", and "sovetam" = "to the soviets." The Russian word sovet simply means "advice," and, from that, "council." By now, of course, we are very used to the Russian word, because it evokes a specific set of...
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