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Two Takes on Remaking the U.S. Left
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 November 2016 22:00
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1331 .... November 16, 2016
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Two Takes on Remaking the U.S. Left
Build an Independent, Democratic Socialist Left
Bernie Sanders
The following is an excerpt from Bernie Sanders's speech at a meeting of the National Committee for Independent Political Action in New York City on June 22, 1989, published under the title "Reflections from Vermont" in the December 1989 issue of Monthly Review.
It seems obvious to me that there is no way that we can deal with the enormous economic, social, and environmental problems facing this country without making radical changes in the economic system, and we've got to be honest about that. I believe that democratic socialism is the appropriate framework for making those changes, and we should be upfront about our beliefs. . . .
When...
ACTIVlist Update - November 15, 2016
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WIN! New Brunswick to ban dumping fracked-wastewater in municipal wastewater systems
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New Brunswick intends to ban the dumping of fracking wastewater at municipal wastewater facilities!
Wolastoq Grand Council and Allies call on banks to withdraw investments #NODAPL
Grand Chief Ron Tremblay of the Wolastoq Grand Council called together his allies in Fredericton, New Brunswick to support their Indigenous Sisters & Brothers at Standing Rock, North Dakota.
Trump's top climate denier
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 November 2016 11:00
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Tomorrow: Join me for a live webinar on stopping Kinder Morgan.
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 November 2016 09:30
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Friends,
The damage from last week’s US election will be measured in geologic time. But, even if the Trump presidency is happening at a time when we can least afford it, we still have reasons to hope and reasons to fight. In fact, with Donald Trump threatening to derail climate progress around the globe, the world needs Canada, and Justin Trudeau, to step up and be bold.
Read more: Tomorrow: Join me for a live webinar on stopping Kinder Morgan.
That means rejecting the Kinder Morgan pipeline because it is one of the single biggest threats to our climate. Prime Minister Trudeau clearly has all the evidence he needs to reject the pipeline -- but what will truly decide this fight is...
CORRECTION: Teacher sentenced to six years in jail for union activities
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Teacher sentenced to six years in jail for union activities
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 November 2016 06:15
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Ontario's Austerity Government Sets Basic Income Trap
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 November 2016 01:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1339 .... November 15, 2016
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Ontario’s Austerity Government Sets Basic Income Trap
John Clarke
The Ontario Government's Adviser on Basic Income (BI), Hugh Segal, has released his much heralded discussion paper, "Finding a Better Way," that sets out his proposals for a lengthy BI pilot project. If the experiment he advocates is put into effect, it will run parallel to the deliberations of a Security Reform Working Group that will be considering changes to the present social assistance system in the province, rather than replacement to it.
Segal's proposal is being put forward in an international context of considerably enhanced interest in the notion of Basic Income (BI). The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) has been very sceptical when considering the nature and possibilities of BI in general but,...
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27,108 signatures needed
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- Published on Monday, 14 November 2016 17:30
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ACTIVlist Update - November 14, 2016
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WIN! Trans-Pacific Partnership derailed
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Multiple sources confirm that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) appears to have been derailed. Let us take a moment to celebrate, but there may now be a new set of acronyms to learn: EPA, AFTA, RCEP, FTAAP and TiSA.
WIN! EYATH water utility becomes blue community ambassador
Blue Planet Project campaigner Meera Karunananthan has met with EYATH officials in Thessaloniki, Greece and presented them with a certificate that recognizes...
Tell Minister Joly to stop the Internet Tax
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- Published on Monday, 14 November 2016 09:45
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Paov,
When you open your next Internet bill, you could get a nasty shock. Unless we act quickly.
Right now, lobbyists are pushing for a new tax on Canadians’ Internet access that could force Big Telecom to hike your bills up even higher.1, 2, 3
Find out more — and act now to stop the Internet tax dead in its tracks here:
I Want to Stop the Internet Tax
We need to demand Minister...
Chinese Workers' Uprising
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- Published on Sunday, 13 November 2016 06:00
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 30 October 2016
Chinese Workers’ Uprising:
Unions, Workers, and Resistance in China Today
China has been the fastest growing major economy in the world for three decades. It is also home to some of the largest, most incendiary, and most underreported labor struggles of our time. But under China’s labor management system, independent unionism is severely restricted, and the ACFTU official trade union body monopolizes worker representation for more than 800 million workers. Independent organizations are barred from agitating for their interests, despite growing wealth inequalities, and where long hours, safety hazards, and authoritarian management define life in the factories.
But this has not prevented the emergence of workers’ resistance and fightbacks across almost all sectors of work. The China Labour Bulletin reports that the number of strikes has...
Thousands of dead orangutans
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Rise Up Against Fascism! Upcoming Local Activist Events
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- Published on Saturday, 12 November 2016 18:00
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Is socialism utopian? Discussion this Monday
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We know that everybody is interested in talking about the election of Donald Trump right now so we're preparing an extra event in November for this very purpose. Watch out for invitations and posters to "How to Defeat Trump".
In the meantime though, without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement. Our American comrades and the IMT have made some excellent predictions on how this recent election would play out and they do that on the basis of having studied the methods of Marx at length. Let us follow their example!
Historically, there were many competing understandings of what socialism meant and how it could be achieved. The works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were largely intended to offer a logical analysis of how society develops historically and why socialism was the natural inheritor of capitalism. Engels wrote a pamphlet on the subject of how Marxism...
Thousands of dead orangutans
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- Published on Saturday, 12 November 2016 05:45
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All Good News, Nothing About the US Election!
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Internet Insider: we're still fighting the TPP
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- Published on Friday, 11 November 2016 05:15
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INTERNET INSIDER
November 11, 2016
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R&F.ca Weekly Update
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- Published on Friday, 11 November 2016 03:15
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Ford Unifor Agreement Ratified -- Voted Down at Oakville Unit, Local 707
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- Published on Thursday, 10 November 2016 22:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1329 .... November 11, 2016
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Ford Unifor Agreement Ratified -- Voted Down at Oakville Unit, Local 707
Herman Rosenfeld
As bargaining between Unifor and the Canadian branches of the Detroit Three automakers came down to the last company, Ford, the signs were pointing to an emerging resistance to decades of concessions. Amid general opposition on the shop floor, leaders at the biggest Ford local were openly opposing the pattern the union had bargained with General Motors and Fiat Chrysler (FCA).
But at the October 31st deadline, the Unifor locals reached a tentative agreement with Ford, based on the pattern. Ratification votes were held November 5 and 6 and the agreement was narrowly passed by 58% across the Ford Canada local unions and therefore came into effect, even though it...
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ACTIVlist Update - November 10, 2016
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MEMORIAM - Northumberland County chapter activist Elma Parker passes away
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Council of Canadians Northumberland County chapter activist Elma Parker passed away today.
Sudbury chapter raises concerns about pipelines & 'free trade' with Liberal MP Marc Serré
The Council of Canadians Sudbury chapter met with Nickel Belt Liberal MP Marc Serré on November 9.
Regina chapter to hold #StopKM vigil on Nov. 21
The Council of Canadians Regina chapter will be holding...
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