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ACTIVlist Update - May 13, 2016
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WIN! Federal University of Lavras becomes a 'blue university'
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Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow presented a 'blue university' certificate to Dr. Jose Roberto Sores Scolforo, the Rector of the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), while both were at the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) conference at the University of Bern today.
Council of Canadians to join march against Nestle on May 29
On Sunday May 29, Save...
Don't export these greyhounds to their death
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- Published on Friday, 13 May 2016 11:45
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Urgent Action: Human rights defender jailed for exposing forced labour
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- Published on Friday, 13 May 2016 06:30
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Internet Insider: What would you like to read?
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- Published on Friday, 13 May 2016 05:15
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Hi there!
For a few months we’ve been running a weekly newsletter with a condensed overview of the week’s digital rights news. But now we’d love to know what you think about the Internet Insider, and how we can make it better for you.
So we thought we'd ask you: What do you really want to see/read in our newsletter? That’s why we’re asking for your feedback by filling out this short form. We promise it won’t take you longer...
R&F.ca Weekly Update
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- Published on Friday, 13 May 2016 03:15
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Canada, Left-Nationalism, and Alternatives
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- Published on Thursday, 12 May 2016 23:15
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1256 .... May 13, 2016
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Canada, Left-Nationalism, and Alternatives
Paul Kellogg interviewed by Robin Chang on Escape from the Staples Trap
A concrete understanding of contemporary Canadian economic development depends in part on a grasp of the current institutional structures within the North American economic bloc and how this regional trading bloc interacts with others within the world market. In terms of tracing the history of capitalism in the Canadian context, the next question becomes what are the comparative forms of colonization within the Americas as well as the role of staples commodity exports in that development. Due to these different historical roots, capitalist development has in fact taken different forms, in which varied patterns are persistent through the competitive dynamic of capitalism.
For Canada's particular economic history, this...
Enbridge and Kinder Morgan Lobbying Hard
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- Published on Thursday, 12 May 2016 17:45
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Changing Canadas electoral system
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- Published on Thursday, 12 May 2016 17:00
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12 May 2016
Hey rabble readers!
This week Karl Nerenberg reported the big news about Trudeau's overdue electoral reform plans. Changing Canada's electoral system before the 2019 federal election is one of the Liberal Party's biggest promises. Should all the skeptics eat their hats? Which voting systems are on the table? Will we really bid adieu to our first-past-the-post system? Karl scrutinizes the situation right here.
And the latest in rabble's ongoing electoral reform series investigates Indigenous perspectives on proportional representation. Too many assume that electoral reform can solve lack of representation and participation by Indigenous peoples in elections. So what can be done? Jennifer E. Dalton makes the case for nation-to-nation recognition as the solution in her analysis.
Help democracy – stop bad Cabinet appointments
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- Published on Thursday, 12 May 2016 15:00
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Help democracy – stop bad Cabinet appointments
Dear friend,
The Prime Minister and provincial premiers have the power to give jobs to whomever they want to run government agencies that enforce laws (including the courts), and run government programs.
Thousands of people are hand-picked by the PM and premiers in secret, without any review or checks on their power – they even get to choose the people who enforce the laws that require themselves, and their Cabinet ministers, to be honest, ethical, open and waste-preventing! Politicians in cities and towns across Canada also get to choose...
One step closer to making every vote count!
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- Published on Thursday, 12 May 2016 13:00
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For Immediate Release
May 11, 2016
One step closer to making every vote count!
Electoral reformers across the country are relieved and thrilled to see the launch of the Special Committee on Electoral Reform.
“Canadians have been clear. Sixty-three percent of the electorate voted in 2015 for parties promising Voter Equality - to Make Every Vote Count. They want equal and effective votes,” said Fair Vote Canada President Gary Shaul.
Proportional representation fits nicely with the Minister’s principles for conducting the consultations. We know, after 13 previous studies and commissions and through a robust collection of research, the principle of proportional representation checks every box:
(a) Effectiveness and legitimacy - providing effective votes for most voters, proportional representation provides legitimacy to developing and implementing the laws that govern all Canadians;
Can you be one more?
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- Published on Thursday, 12 May 2016 11:30
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Palestinians are locked up and locked out -- why? For being Palestinian.
Poets are under house arrest for reading poems. Children are in jail for dissenting Facebook posts. Scientists are imprisoned indefinitely under “administrative detention.” Internationally renowned nonviolent movement leaders are blocked from leaving the country.
Webinar May 15: PR 101 and Coalition Governments!
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We've had a great response to this webinar but there are still spots left! This week was a perfect example of how voters will benefit if our parties get better at working together on a regular basis with proportional representation:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-apologizes-electoral-reform-1.3568632
Register here:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1288968850687740162
Anita
You're Invited! PR 101 and Coalition Governments
Sunday May 15, 1 PM EDT
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These children deserve a childhood
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RCMP Fakes Terror Bombing To Blame Muslims
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- Published on Thursday, 12 May 2016 09:15
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Did RCMP Fake Terror Bombing To Blame Muslims?
On Canada Day 2013, the RCMP 'faked' a Terror Bombing in Victoria B.C. The Media then 'blamed' Canada's Muslim Community - who had nothing to do with it.
(May 9, 2016): The RCMP carried out a fake Terror Bombing in Victoria BC on July 1, 2013. Canada's Media then told us that Muslims had done this terrorist act. Was this 'operation' planned and carried out not to 'prevent' a bombing, but to fake a bombing and then use that act to blame Muslims and create fear and division in our country?Bayer... what the WHAAAA
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leaked treaty texts confirm TTIP is a trade deal that threatens democracy
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Read more: leaked treaty texts confirm TTIP is a trade deal that threatens democracy
Get Your Tickets for the CoDev Annual Solidarity Dinner!
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 May 2016 14:45
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ACTIVlist Update - May 11, 2016
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Monsef announces public hearings and town halls on electoral reform Canada fully endorses UNDRIP, but questions remain
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The federal Minister of Democratic Institutions Maryam Monsef has announced the federal government will hold public consultations on alternatives to the current electoral system.
Canada has now fully endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), but questions remain about how fully it will be implemented and its implications for controversial tar...
URGENT: Our friend Omar Barghouti is being persecuted
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 May 2016 11:00
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The Israeli government thinks they can get away with this. And as a whole movement - truly globally - we need to show them that they can’t.
Our friend and partner Omar Barghouti has been banned from leaving Israel/Palestine -- tell Secretary John Kerry that he must intervene.
. TAKE ACTION . . .Dear PAOV,
Yesterday, news broke that the Israeli government has refused to renew travel documents for our friend and partner Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement -- effectively banning him from leaving Israel/Palestine.
This is a blatant violation of Barghouti’s basic rights. And it marks another low in Israel’s repression, intimidation and criminalization of Palestinian human rights activists.
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Exxon's having a bad year
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 May 2016 10:30
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