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ITUC Support for Algerian Teachers - ITUC OnLine
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Brussels, 11 April 2016 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has expressed its support for 2,500 Algerian teachers facing repression from the government over their demands to be transferred from temporary to permanent contracts. Teachers protested by going on hunger strike following a 240km walk, with one of them, Fullah Jalal, suffering a broken leg when she was beaten by security forces. The teachers have also been threatened with outright dismissal by the Algerian Education Minister.
TED Vancouvers Global Citizen message.
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Thank you so much for your continued support of the mission to end extreme poverty by 2030.
Some of the world's most engaging thinkers came together in Vancouver earlier this year for the annual TED conference and Global Citizen’s CEO Hugh Evans was invited to join them to give a talk making the case for global citizenship - and it just went live!
When Hugh was in high school, he took part in a transformative trip to the Philippines through a fund-raising scholarship, where he befriended...
We've just won a major prize for trade union rights
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Swedish foodworkers fighting Findus factory closure by asset strippers Nomad Foods
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Only hours left to influence the law on dying with dignity
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The BRICS: An Anti-Capitalist Critique
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- Published on Saturday, 09 April 2016 22:00
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 31 March 2016
The BRICS: An Anti-Capitalist Critique
The relative economic decline of the United States, Europe and Japan is often linked to the rise of an ‘emerging’ bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa demanding ‘a seat at the table’. Yet as many of the world’s leading left thinkers demonstrate in this important new book, the BRICS seem to be not so much overturning the tables of global capitalism, but as collaborating in holding them up.
The book's co-editors Patrick Bond from South Africa and Ana Garcia from Brazil are joined by the two Toronto authors of chapters in the book in discussing how to understand where the BRICS fit on the most crucial global issues ranging from world finance to climate change.
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Cambodia: ITUC Deplores New Anti-Union Law - ITUC OnLine
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- Published on Friday, 08 April 2016 16:45
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Brussels, 6 April 2016 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has deplored the approval of a new Trade Union Law by the National Assembly of Cambodia this week. The law was pushed through despite repeated objections by trade unions, the International Labour Organization and several global garment brands. The law, backed by Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party, would among other things impose new limits on the right to strike, facilitate government intervention in internal union affairs and permit third parties to seek the dissolution of trade unions - while at the same time imposing only miniscule penalties on employers for unfair labour practices. Trade unionists who peacefully protested at the time of the vote on the new law were bludgeoned by government thugs ( "> ), leaving several injured.
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Thanks to you Rep. Hank Johnson from Rabbi Joseph Berman
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Rep. Hank Johnson has taken a brave stand for Palestinian human rights, but you can bet that our opponents will come after him. Let's have his back.
Rep. Hank Johnson has taken a brave stand for Palestinian human rights, but you can bet that our opponents will come after him. Let's have his back.
. TAKE ACTION . . .Dear PAOV,
This is a big deal.
Senator Patrick Leahy, along with 10 Congressional representatives, has written to the State Department, urging them to investigate “gross violations of human rights” by Israel and Egypt.
This letter happened because Rep. Hank Johnson organized it -- but it got 11 signatories, including, crucially, Senator Leahy himself -- because we helped fight for it.
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Honduras: Tragedy and hope
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rabble.ca weekly e-news for April 7th, 2016
Honduras: Tragedy and hope April 1, 2016 | By Victoria Fenner Honduras was in the spotlight with the recent murder of environmentalist Berta Caceras. But that's not stopping World Accord of Waterloo from working with their Honduran partners. Indigenous This week's top news and analysis about the struggles of indigenous peoples for rights and sovereignty. For more on indigenous issues visit our topic page: http://rabble.ca/indigenousThis week @ rabble.ca: Courage is contagious
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07 Apr 2016
"Courage is contagious." That's what Edward Snowden had to say on the Panama Papers leak that gave us a glimpse into the hidden world of offshore tax shelters -- that cost the world's public coffers an estimated $32 trillion globally -- and about $200 billion in Canada.
How the global 1% stash their cash remains elusive, and so far only one Canadian has been named, though 450 or so are known to at least the CBC. But what can we learn from the largest data deluge to date? Two things.
Japan: G7 Labour Leaders Meeting with Prime Minister Abe - ITUC OnLine
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Brussels, 8 April 2016 (ITUC OnLine): Labour leaders from the G7 countries yesterday met current G7 Chair and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, in the lead-up to the G7 Summit next month in Ise-Shima. The delegation, led by Rikio Kozu, President of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation RENGO, presented Abe with a set of trade union priorities for G7 action, under four fundamental pillars:
- reducing inequality - creating employment and decent work - achieving gender equality - achieving environmental sustainability and action on climate.
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April SEA meeting and jam-packed month of events!
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ACTIVlist Update - April 8, 2016
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Comox Valley chapter hosts TPP forum with Dr. Shiv Chopra Sudbury chapter disappointed injunction not granted to stop logging of the Benny Forest
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The Council of Canadians Comox Valley chapter hosted a public forum in Courtenay last night featuring Dr. Shiv Chopra speaking on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and its potential impacts on the Food and Drugs Act.
The Council of Canadians Sudbury chapter supports ongoing efforts to protect the Benny Forest, which...
Internet Insider: A Web with no links? No way!
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My baby died and I don't want this to happen to anyone else
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[coalalert] TIMES COLONIST: " FOR RAVEN OPPONENTS, RELIEF AS PROJECT IS TERMINATED"
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http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/for-raven-coal-mine-opponents-relief-as-project-is-terminated-1.2226991
Note: The article in the Times Colonist is in the above link.
R&F.ca Weekly Update
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