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Close the nutrition gap.
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Win tickets to the 2016 Global Citizen Festival by taking action on our third campaign: Food & Hunger.
There is enough food in the world to feed everyone. People who are well-fed create stable communities and perform better in school. But one third of the world’s population suffers from malnutrition.
Together we can end hunger and close the nutrition gap by making food accessible to...
Deja vu: Monsanto profits, farmers struggle
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They died in detention despite having done nothing wrong
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Let's Celebrate Our Successes! Taking on the housing crunch, school closures and rising hydro rates.
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A, we want to hear from you
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Wall: Sky Darkens for Sunshine Premier
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1290 .... August 8, 2016
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Wall: Sky Darkens for Sunshine Premier
J. F. Conway
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall had already broken one promise even before he called the election: "We didn't make a lot of election promises, but we made one significant one -- to keep Saskatchewan strong" (Regina Leader-Post, 18 June 2016) -- unless, of course, you embrace that old bromide, "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger." The post-election sky of the Sunshine Premier has darkened as the spectre of economic collapse haunts him. Despite his glorious history making third term (finally humbling the CCF/NDP, the former natural governing party of the province), Wall's fresh mandate in office has quickly become a nightmare. The next years look ugly and Wall will bear the responsibility, just as he eagerly...
Who Really Leaked the DNC Emails?
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Who Leaked the DNC Emails?Gary Leupp on who leaked the DNC emails and why it doesn't really matter.
Weapons of Mass DistractionGerald Sussman explains why American elections are one big ruse.
Jill Stein Picks Ajamu Baraka as VPJill Stein picks long-time CounterPuncher Ajamu Baraka as her VP. counterpunch NEWS UPDATE 8-2-2016
Palestinian Solidarity Struggles
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Palestinian Solidarity Struggles
The state of Israel was just served notice by Black Lives Matter (BLM) in a big way. The human rights movement pummeled Israel for its decades long oppression of the Palestinian people in its new platform. In a show of solidarity between black Americans, who have bravely struggled against centuries of discrimination in the U.S., Black Lives Matter has reached out to their Palestinian brothers and sisters by embracing the Palestinian call for justice and freedom.
BLM chided Israel for their systemic and institutionalized racism against the Palestinians, pointing out the confiscation of their lands, the bulldozing of their homes, and the continuous ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Palestinian population in favor of Jewish immigrants.
BLM endorsed the Palestinian call for the boycott, divestment, and sanctioning of Israel...
The Crime That Keeps on Paying
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The Crime That Keeps on Paying
Diana Johnstone says beware of Hiroshima's reckoning.
The Roma Roots of Pop Culture Icons
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How Hollywood whitewashed the Roma heritage of some of its most beloved characters.
When 20th Century Fox released the movie X-Men 16 years ago, it whitewashed the background of one of its central characters. Magneto, after all, is Sinto-Roma.
Many of our most beloved comic book characters, in fact, have Roma roots—roots which, were they more visible, could help bolster the self-perceptions of young Roma people.
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ACTIVlist Update - August 5, 2016
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Council of Canadians founder Mel Hurtig passes away Peterborough Chapter joins rally at Central East Correctional Centre in support of immigration detainees
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The Council of Canadians is mourning the passing of Mel Hurtig.
Peterborough Council of Canadians Chapter members joined End Immigration Detention Peterborough for a gathering downtown on Tuesday in solidarity with immigration detainees who recently ended their hunger strike,...
The Propaganda War With Putin
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Yanis Varoufakis on
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This week CounterPunch Radio host Eric Draitser sits down with Yanis Varoufakis to discuss the shifts in the political landscape of both Europe and the US, and what they mean for political activism and progressive politics. Listen Today! counterpunch NEWS UPDATE 8-4-2016
Trudeau Just Broke His Promise to Canada's First Nations
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Ecuador threatens to shut down teachers' union
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Internet Insider: fighting the lame duck and Comcast's privacy price-gouge
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R&F.ca Weekly Update
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Work Life: What's At Stake At Canada Post?
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1289 .... August 5, 2016
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Work Life: What's At Stake At Canada Post?
David Camfield
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is currently engaged in collective bargaining with Canada Post. Unlike in previous rounds, the contracts of both the Urban bargaining unit (covering about 42,000 workers) and the unit of some 8,000 Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMCs) are being negotiated simultaneously.
That's not the only reason that this round of bargaining is unusual. This is a rare case of a public sector union not only trying to defend its past gains but also to change the nature of the work its members do. CUPW is backing a visionary plan to transform Canada Post called Delivering Community Power (DCP) and trying to win some of its elements at...
In Canada we shouldn't be this cruel to animals
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- Published on Thursday, 04 August 2016 18:30
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