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ACTIVlist Update - May 25, 2017
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Council supporters share reasons why they are committed to building climate solutions for all Hamilton chapter meets with 5 MPs to ask them to vote for electoral reform on May 31
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.
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When we asked people to join the climate solutions movement a few weeks ago, we also asked them why they wanted to join.
The Council of Canadians Hamilton chapter has met with five Members of Parliament to encourage them to vote for...
Victory! Retailer takes fur off store shelves
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- Published on Thursday, 25 May 2017 07:30
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Dear PAOV,
Thanks to the help of supporters like you, we just won an exciting victory for animals!
Accessories store Ardene was caught red-handed selling socks with real animal fur pom-poms—but telling customers that the socks were made with faux fur. Mislabelling fur products is a serious offence. That's why Animal Justice stepped in and filed a legal complaint with federal authorities.
And now, Ardene has been forced to take the fur socks off their shelves and issue an apology! You can get the details in this story in the National Observer.
PAOV, thousands of supporters like you signed our petition last month demanding that Ardene take fur off of their shelves....
Monsanto bombshell
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- Published on Thursday, 25 May 2017 05:15
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Urgent Call On Day 40 of Palestinian Hunger Strike
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 May 2017 23:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1420 .... May 25, 2017
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Urgent Call On Day 40 of Palestinian Hunger Strike
Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee
Hundreds of Palestinian political prisoners are now approaching their critical sixth week on hunger strike, and they have made an urgent appeal for international solidarity. As they hit Day 40 of their courageous Dignity Strike on May 26, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) calls for intensifying global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns to amplify the prisoners’ legitimate and just demands.
In particular, the BNC calls for immediate international action toward implementing a comprehensive military embargo on Israel, similar to that imposed against apartheid South Africa in the past. International bodies -- including banks, private military corporations, research centers, universities and governments -- must stop enabling Israel's...
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Rights abuses at luxury hotel in Manila!
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 May 2017 17:15
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The opportunity is now! Ask Your Politicians to Tackle Poverty
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 May 2017 17:00
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What a difference a year makes
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:15
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ACTIVlist Update - May 24, 2017
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:15
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Prince Albert & Regina chapters at 'Stand Up for Saskatchewan' anti-austerity rally Indigenous rights activist says Canada 150 park in Ottawa is "shameful and unfortunate"
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The Council of Canadians Prince Albert and Regina chapters were at the 'Stand Up for Saskatchewan' rally outside the provincial legislature this afternoon.
The Ottawa Citizen reports, "The official unveiling of the new Mooney’s Bay Park is set for Canada Day 2017, but it is already the...
“Polio is still a thing?”
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 May 2017 07:45
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Dear Paov, One of the most common things I hear about polio is, “Polio? That’s still a thing?”
As a Global Citizen, you likely know that while we’re closer than ever to making sure it soon won’t be “a thing,” we’ve still got work to do.
That’s why I’m reaching out today. In just one week, Global Citizen’s Official E-Petition will be closing. That means we have just seven days to tell Prime Minister Trudeau that Canadians want to see a bold pledge towards ending polio.
Take action now and...
Brazil's Political Rupture and the Left's Opportunity
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- Published on Tuesday, 23 May 2017 23:15
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1419 .... May 24, 2017
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Brazil’s Political Rupture and the Left’s Opportunity
Fora Temer -- eleições diretas já!
Alfredo Saad-Filho
"Out with Temer -- direct elections now!" Amid meltdown in Brazil, the left calls for democracy, while the right must find ways to deny the people a voice.
The Brazilian Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT) won the country's presidential elections four times in a row; first with Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-06, 2007-10), then with his hand-picked successor, Dilma Rousseff (2011-14, 2015-16). During its 13 years in office, the PT changed Brazil in many ways; four are principally worth mentioning, as they would come to play key roles in the elite conspiracy to impeach Dilma Rousseff and destroy her party.
First, the PT democratized the...
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ACTIVlist Update - May 23, 2017
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Northampton, Massachusetts city council to vote on 'blue community' motion on June 1 Common Frontiers calls on Trudeau to rethink his antagonistic policy toward Venezuela
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Northampton is poised to become the first blue community in the United States. The city of just over 28,000 people is situated 170 kilometres west of Boston.
Our ally Common Frontiers is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to rethink his policy towards Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government.
BREAKING: Robyn Moro challenges Canada's assisted dying laws
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- Published on Tuesday, 23 May 2017 12:15
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The New (Canadian) Imperialism, in Honduras
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- Published on Monday, 22 May 2017 22:00
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1418 .... May 23, 2017
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The New (Canadian) Imperialism, in Honduras: Ideology, the News Media, Pedagogy and Pop Culture
Tyler Shipley interviewed by Tanner Mirrlees
Tyler Shipley's new book, Ottawa and Empire: Canada and the Military Coup in Honduras (Between the Lines, 2017) is a focused, lucid, and valuable contribution to current historical materialist research on Canada as a "secondary imperial power."
Tanner Mirrlees interviews Shipley about the book and they address pertinent topics such as: the meaning of Canadian imperialism, the Canadian State's coercive and persuasive power, the gap between Canadian foreign policy words and deeds, Canada's imperial culture-ideologies, the Canadian news media as a propaganda model, the praxis of anti-imperial pedagogy, and popular culture as a site of Left struggles.
Tanner Mirrlees is an Assistant Professor...
Great news! Dog meat banned at Yulin
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- Published on Monday, 22 May 2017 08:45
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Turning up the Heat with Upcoming Activist Events
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- Published on Sunday, 21 May 2017 00:00
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ACTIVlist Update - May 19, 2017
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- Published on Friday, 19 May 2017 20:15
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Council of Canadians expresses solidarity with Innu Elder's resistance to Muskrat Falls dam project The Council still opposes RCMP and CSIS surveillance of activists
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The Council of Canadians expresses solidarity with Innu Elder Tshaukuesh (Elizabeth) Penashue and her resistance to the Muskrat Falls hydro-electric dam project.
The Council of Canadians is concerned by the RCMP and CSIS monitoring of Indigenous and environmental activists, and especially alarmed by these bodies sharing information with fossil...
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