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ACTIVlist Update - June 14, 2016
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Council of Canadians deeply saddened by attack on LGBTQI community Irving Oil its own worst enemy in pushing for Energy East pipeline project
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 is deeply shocked and saddened by the mass shooting that targeted the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, and Intersex (LGBTQI) community at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida this past weekend.
Fredericton-based Council of Canadians campaigner Mark D'Arcy says Irving Oil is its own...
Stop big money in Canadian politics
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Help stop big money in Canadian politics
Money to the Ref? We don’t allow that in hockey or baseball or other sports – but in politics it’s legal!
Politicians are the referees of what is in the public interest, and no one should be allowed to influence them with big money donations or gifts.
Ontario’s Liberal government has just proposed allowing wealthy people to donate more than $4,500 a year overall to each political party, and more than $7,500 during an election year – some of their other proposed changes are good but they are...
Broad mobilization puts EU glyphosate reauthorization on hold
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Climate Justice Transitions
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- Published on Monday, 13 June 2016 21:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1268 .... June 14, 2016
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Climate Justice Transitions
Jesse McLaren
The devastating fires in Fort McMurray show the urgent need to transition to an economy that supports people and the planet, and this is part of a transition in climate justice politics.
The mainstream environmental movement used to be dominated by a narrow focus on consumerism, individual lifestyle choices, and single issue politics -- taking for granted the broader context of colonialism and capitalism. The environmental movement talked about saving the planet in the abstract, without acknowledging the territories on which we're living or supporting Indigenous communities defending them. There was even a racist campaign against the right of the Makah nation to hunt whales, which they've done sustainably for millennia. The environmental movement talked about changing our individual...
The Orlando shootings
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ACTIVlist Update - June 13, 2016
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WIN! 'Border Security' TV show cancelled
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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In April 2013 the Council of Canadians joined with 90 other groups to call for the cancellation of the TV show 'Border Security'.
Alberta NDP refuses to debate fracking resolutions
The Council of Canadians supported the call for the Alberta NDP to adopt at their convention this weekend (June 10-12) resolutions backing both a moratorium on fracking and a comprehensive expert study into it.
Avi Lewis speaks in support of Grassy Narrows
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rabble.ca weekly Indigenous e-news for June 9th, 2016
Avi Lewis speaks in support of Grassy Narrows June 7, 2016 | By Avi Lewis Activist and journalist Avi Lewis calls upon the Ontario government to clean up mercury contamination in Northwestern Ontario affecting Indigenous communities.
End Child Labour in Global Supply Chains - ITUC OnLine
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Brussels, 9 June 2016 (ITUC OnLine): In the lead-up to the World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June, trade unions are putting the spotlight on the exploitation of children in the global supply chains of multinational companies. Of the 168 million children who are at work instead of in school, many millions are working in agriculture, manufacturing, mining and other sectors, and the goods they produce are an integral part of the reality of global supply chains. At least half of the total child labourers are in particularly hazardous work.
Read more: End Child Labour in Global Supply Chains - ITUC OnLine
ITUC Global Rights Index: Workers Rights Weakened in Most Regions, Worst Year on Record for Attacks on Free Speech and Democracy - ITUC Online
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Brussels, 9 June 2016 (ITUC OnLine): Weakening of workers' rights in most regions is being aggravated by severe crackdowns on freedom of speech and assembly, according to the 2016 ITUC Global Rights Index. Restrictions on freedom of speech and assembly, including severe crackdowns in some countries, increased by 22%, with 50 out of 141 countries surveyed recording restrictions.
#StolenHomes Escalation
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Seventeen actions across the globe demanding that Airbnb stop listing rentals in illegal Israeli settlements. #stolenhomes.
Last week the Stolen Homes coalition pulled off something incredible.
Seventeen actions across the globe demanding that Airbnb stop listing rentals in illegal Israeli settlements.
The expanse of actions represents a real escalation of the campaign. #StolenHomes coalition members organized rallies in Chicago, Washington DC, Boston, San Francisco, Durham, Los Angeles, Austin, Madison, St. Louis, Twin Cities, New Haven, Amsterdam, Palestine, Dublin and Paris (!)
ILO conference takes a strong stand on the future of work around global supply chains - ITUC OnLine
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Brussels, 10 June 2016 (ITUC OnLine): An agreement following the ILO ‘’general discussion’’ on decent work in global supply chains was approved today which sets in motion a process that could lead to a legal standard improving the lives of millions of workers in global supply chains.
The French Stand Up
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- Published on Sunday, 12 June 2016 23:00
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1267 .... June 13, 2016
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The French Stand Up
Richard Greeman
"We've had enough" is the phrase on everyone's lips as -- against all expectations -- the wave of strikes, blockades, disruptions and mass demonstrations begun on May 17th continues to develop throughout France. Indeed, in the past couple of days, two new strategic groups of workers have joined the protest. Technicians at France's nuclear power plants are now cutting back on production of electricity, and the railroad workers have massively joined the street protests while cutting back on trains. Meanwhile, there are long lines at the gas pumps as petroleum workers continue to blockade France's major oil refineries.
Surprisingly, most French people take these inconveniences in good humor, and the polls show broad public support for the movement's...
Standing for equality and against violence
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Friend --
You have likely heard the horrific news from Florida, where 50 people were killed over the weekend in a mass shooting in a nightclub frequented by members of the LGBTQ community.
Here in Victoria, we will be standing for equality and against violence on Monday June 13 at 11:30 am, lowering the Pride Flag at City Hall to half-mast. The ceremony will take place at the Pandora entrance to City Hall, between Douglas and Broad Street.
Please attend if you can and help spread the word far and wide, to help demonstrate that Victorians stand united for equality and against violence.
In solidarity,
Ben
Ben Isitt
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Ben Isitt, City Councillor and...
The BJP and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy in India
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 26 May 2016
The BJP and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy in India:
The Extreme Right and the Indian Working Classes
Since the election of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in May 2014, there has been an unprecedented onslaught on workers' rights along with a well-planned assault on democratic institutions, academic-cultural centres, intellectuals, left, progressive and secular groups, religious minorities, women and marginalized sections across India. Indeed, recent developments, such as the breaking of strikes across India, the arrest and torture of the disabled scholar Dr. G.N. Saibaba (Delhi University) on false accusations of being involved in the armed revolutionary movement, the suicide of Dalit scholar V. Rohith due to caste-based abuse and harassment, and the recent attacks on freedom of speech at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) because of...
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He will only spend 3 months in jail
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ACTIVlist Update - June 10, 2016
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Algonquin Elders to hold Sacred Walk in Ottawa, June 17
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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Algonquin and Traditional Grandmothers from the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation (an Algonquin community about 160 kilometres north-west of Ottawa) will be holding a sacred walk on June 17 to "save Ottawa's sacred site from development".
Epcor seeks to buy Edmonton's wastewater and stormwater collection services
Epcor is seeking to take over the drainage services currently publicly-owned and operated by the City...
Supreme Court says most bestiality is legal
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Dear PAOV,
We have some disturbing news.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that some forms of bestiality are LEGAL in
Canada. According to the Supreme Court, sexually abusing animals is only
a crime if the abuse involves intercourse.
The judges acknowledged in their ruling that it's important
to protect animals from abuse. But Canada's laws are so
outdated that most judges felt they had no other choice but to
rule the way they did.
Animal Justice was granted permission to intervene in the case to fight on behalf of animals. We
argued at the hearing that society cares deeply about...
Job Posting: Sales Coordinator
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- Published on Friday, 10 June 2016 10:15
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