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Norway's Unions Confront Neoliberalism
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 May 2016 22:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1255 .... May 11, 2016
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Norway's Unions Confront Neoliberalism:
A Country Report from a Meeting of Left Trade Unionists in European
Asbjørn Wahl
For a long time, Norway has represented an exception in Europe and the word. The main reason has been the abundance of oil revenue, which has made Norway the only country in Europe without net state debt. Quite the opposite, the Norwegian government has a huge surplus -- most of it in the form of the so-called "Government Pension Fund -- Global." Until recently, Norwegian workers have therefore not felt the effects of the financial and economic crisis as strongly as most other workers in Europe. For example, unemployment rates have mostly been between 2.5 and 3.5 per cent over the last ten years.
However, since...
Every citizen deserves a basic income
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 May 2016 18:30
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ACTIVlist Update - May 10, 2016
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Barlow challenges TISA in Switzerland
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Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow spoke against the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) in Basel, Switzerland yesterday.
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Trudeau, are you listening?
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 May 2016 11:45
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New report: Kids are on the frontline of pesticide harms
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 May 2016 10:45
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Read more: New report: Kids are on the frontline of pesticide harms
Only two weeks 'til showtime!
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 May 2016 09:15
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ACTIVlist Update - May 9, 2016
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TAKE ACTION: Liberal MPs – federal pipeline reviews need real change
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We’ve launched a new action alert, in just a few easy steps you can tweet, call or email your Liberal MP with key demands for the Energy East pipeline review.
An invitation to protest the TPP this week!
The House of Commons standing committee on international trade will be in Montreal, Quebec City, Windsor and Toronto this week to hear testimony on...
Please Tell Maryam Monsef what Make Every Vote Count Means to You!
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- Published on Monday, 09 May 2016 12:00
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Tell Maryam Monsef what Make Every Vote Count Means to You!
On June 16, 2015, the Liberal Party of Canada released their election platform on electoral reform in which they promised to “make every vote count.” On that day, Justin Trudeau said:
“We need to know that when we cast a ballot, it counts. That when we vote, it matters. So I’m proposing we make every vote count.”
Since the Liberals formed government, they have repeated their commitment to make 2015 the last election using first-past-the-post. They have committed to spending 8 million dollars this year to consult Canadians about our values, but the most important value in their platform - to make every vote count - seems to be slipping behind the curtain.
Read more: Please Tell Maryam Monsef what Make Every Vote Count Means to You!
Turkey: Corrosion of Rights and Democracy - ITUC OnLine
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- Published on Monday, 09 May 2016 08:30
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Brussels, 9 May 2016 (ITUC OnLine): The resignation of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, forced out of office by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has moved Turkey further down the path to autocracy. The sentencing of two senior journalists from the Cumhuriyet newspaper, Erdem Gul and Can Dundar to 5 years and 5 years 10 months in prison respectively is yet another example of fundamental freedoms being swept aside as President Erdogan assumes total control over the government and ruling AK Party.
Read more: Turkey: Corrosion of Rights and Democracy - ITUC OnLine
Special Phone Call-In with NASA Climate Research Scientist
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- Published on Monday, 09 May 2016 08:15
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Read more: Special Phone Call-In with NASA Climate Research Scientist
Confronting Injustice
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- Published on Saturday, 07 May 2016 23:00
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 22 April 2016
Confronting Injustice:
Social Activism in the Age of Individualism
A new generation of activists working for economic and environmental justice, and against war and poverty, confronts critical questions. Why is the world so unjust and crisis-prone? What kind of world should we fight for? How can we win? In this panoramic yet accessible book, Umair Muhammad engages with these and other urgent debates. He argues that individual solutions like "buying green" are dead ends and that hope for the future lies in a radical expansion of democracy and the transformation of the economy from one based on profit to one that can meet human needs. The scale of these problems should make it clear that individualist, lifestyle approaches to activism will not suffice. We need to change...
I just emailed my MP
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Dear PAOV,
Did you know that Canada's animal protection laws are the worst
in the western world? Our animal cruelty laws haven't been
meaningfully updated since the 1950s, and we're failing animals as a
result.
But on Monday, Parliament will debate a new bill that could finally bring our laws into the 21st century. MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith put forward Bill C-246, the Modernizing Animal Protections Act, which would:
- update animal cruelty laws so abusers won't escape criminal punishment;
- ban cat and dog fur, which many of us are shocked to learn is not already illegal;
- ban the cruel practice of shark finning.
Monday's debate is just the first step on a long road to passing...
Jon Stewart please come back
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- Published on Friday, 06 May 2016 14:30
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PAOV – There's a new petition taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in signing it.
Petitioning Jon Stewart
ACTIVlist Update - May 6, 2016
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A fourth dam on the Peace River?
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Another dam is being planned for the Peace River. It's called the Amisk dam and it would be situated in northwestern Alberta.
"Three Amigos" summit on June 29 in Ottawa likely to focus on trade and climate change
The next so-called "Three Amigos" summit will take place in Ottawa on June 29.
North Bay ramps up the fight against Energy East pipeline
The people...
The world as it could be
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- Published on Friday, 06 May 2016 09:00
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Dear PAOV,
Every morning I start my day reading a round-up of news related to Israel/Palestine. Demolitions, the IDF, and the ongoing humiliation of Palestinians dominate the headlines.
But there’s also often - increasingly - truly beautiful reports from the frontlines of our movement. Palestinians bravely asserting their rights, grassroots BDS victories, the courage of Israeli refuseniks, and the work of JVP chapters and members across the country.
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