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Internet Insider: Latest on privacy, and on an exciting week ahead!
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- Published on Friday, 28 October 2016 08:45
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R&F.ca Weekly Update
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- Published on Friday, 28 October 2016 03:15
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CoDev E-Bulletin October 2016
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- Published on Thursday, 27 October 2016 16:15
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The Spectre of the Communist Manifesto
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- Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45
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A spectre is haunting UVic — the spectre of communism! Next Monday, October 31st, will be our next discussion night of Fall 2016. We will be discussing a very historic work, the Communist Manifesto (see here - http://bit.ly/1gPDLW4). Written in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the Communist Manifesto provided a basic analysis for the growing revolutionary wave that was, at that time, engulfing Europe. In the future, we will be reading more in-depth texts written by Marx and Engels and the Communist Manifesto, being one of their earliest works on the subject, provides a solid foundation on which to build an understanding of socialism. We highly encourage people read the Manifesto and come to our discussion with questions.
Here is a link to the Facebook event page. The event will be at 6:30pm in SUB B025. Halloween candy will be shared :)
In Solidarity,
Socialist Fightback UVic
ACTIVlist Update - October 27, 2016
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CETA moves forward, but without controversial 'investment protection' provisions Town hall hears Site C dam is a "$9 billion heist"
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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An 11th hour deal has been struck between Belgium and the Belgian region of Wallonia to allow the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) to move forward.
The Council of Canadians and Wilderness Committee held a town hall meeting last night on the Site C dam.
Chinese Workers' Uprising
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- Published on Thursday, 27 October 2016 13:15
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Chinese Workers’ Uprising:
Unions, Workers, and Resistance in China Today
When: Sunday October 30th, 2pm
Where: Beit Zatoun Cultural Centre, 612 Markham Street, Toronto
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 been increasing over the past...
VIDEO: Your Site C Questions Answered
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- Published on Thursday, 27 October 2016 09:15
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Fighting the TPP: Niagara Labour Organizes
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- Published on Wednesday, 26 October 2016 21:45
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1320 .... October 27, 2016
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Fighting the TPP: Niagara Labour Organizes
From a Townhall Presentation on the Trans-Pacific Partnership on October 22 by Bruce Allen, organized by the Niagara Regional Labour Council, for which Bruce is Vice-President.
Bruce Allen
I want to take this opportunity to present a short overview of local activity in Niagara in response to the TPP. It will emphasize in particular the leading role which the Niagara Regional Labour Council (NRLC) has played in this activity.
The first actions to show opposition to the TPP were initiated last autumn. They essentially came from outside of the labour movement. They were initiated largely by former members of the Occupy group which existed in Niagara in the wake of the global economic meltdown of 2008. Their efforts were...
Procter & Gamble
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- Published on Wednesday, 26 October 2016 09:00
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Justice for the victims of pig truck rollover
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- Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45
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Dear PAOV,
Three weeks ago, a truck carrying 180 pigs rolled over as it approached the Fearmans Pork slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ontario. In the horrifying aftermath of the crash, many pigs were trapped inside the wreckage, hurt and dying.
Despite the traumatic crash, the surviving pigs were shown no mercy. Instead, they were hit with paddles to force them out of the truck, left outside with no shade...
ACTIVlist Update - October 25, 2016
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WIN! Saanich Council passes resolution opposing the TPP PEI chapter hosts Gordon Laxer talk on 'After the Sands'
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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The Council of Canadians Victoria chapter has convinced Saanich Council to pass a resolution in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)!
The Council of Canadians Prince Edward Island chapter hosted a talk this evening by author-activist Gordon Laxer on his book After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians.
CoDev Blog: Answering a Partner's Call
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- Published on Tuesday, 25 October 2016 10:15
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The Crisis of European Integration and the Challenges for the Left
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- Published on Tuesday, 25 October 2016 01:45
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1319 .... October 25, 2016
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The Crisis of European Integration and the Challenges for the Left
Panagiotis Sotiris
The elephant in the room is now visible to everyone. All the developments of the past years, from the extreme violence and cynicism of the “memoranda of understanding” imposed upon Greece to the decision of the British referendum in favour of Brexit, point to the same direction: the deep crisis of European Integration. It was supposed to be the most advanced example of economic and political integration and the first successful introduction of a single currency in such a broad area. It presented itself as a paragon of stability and human rights. Yet the reality is very different.
Faced with the global capitalist crisis of 2007-8 not only did the EU...
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90 journalists in jail - can you help?
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- Published on Monday, 24 October 2016 23:45
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Introducing LEAP Victoria! Plus Other Stupendous SEA News
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- Published on Monday, 24 October 2016 22:45
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ACTIVlist Update - October 24, 2016
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WIN! No CETA signing ceremony this week, future of the deal uncertain
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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The European Union has not reached consensus on signing the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and there will be no signing ceremony on October 27!
Windsor-Essex chapter screens 'Secret Path' film
The Council of Canadians Windsor-Essex chapter screened the animated film Secret Path this evening.
Wallonia holds firm against CETA, Trudeau sets Monday as deadline to...
World Polio Day
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- Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45
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Hey Paov,
When I was six months old, doctors told my parents that I had polio, which should have sealed my fate in India, my birth country. Instead, I was adopted by a family in Canada and received critical medical care and surgeries allowing me to eventually walk with the help of crutches and braces.
Today, I live a life engaged in my community all because I had access to corrective surgeries and rehabilitation. But many other children stricken with polio do not.
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I just got arrested.
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- Published on Monday, 24 October 2016 09:30
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Friends,
Within the last hour, over 75 young people in Ottawa were arrested. I was one of them. We were arrested demanding that Prime Minister Trudeau reject Kinder Morgan -- because climate leaders don’t build pipelines.
This morning, we started the day with a powerful march and rally at the University of Ottawa. I had the opportunity to hear from Cedar Parker-George from the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation whose community is on the forefront of the fight against Kinder Morgan pipeline. This pipeline threatens the coastal environment which his nation has depended on since time immemorial. Following the rally we marched to Parliament and, in waves, we crossed over police fences and were arrested.
I was nervous about getting...
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