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The Roots and Contours of Worker Rebellion in a Changing China

Details: Published on Thursday, 07 April 2016 23:15; Written by editor

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1244 .... April 8, 2016
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The Roots and Contours of Worker Rebellion in a Changing China

Herman Rosenfeld

It is impossible to ignore the large and growing wave of worker strikes and protests now rocking China. Just last year there were over 2700 actions, double the numbers of 2014 and more than 500 during this past January alone. They are in response to the Chinese government's restructuring program of wage cuts, worker layoffs, and workplace closures during an economic slowdown and plans to move away from the export-oriented strategy followed in this stage of the reform period.

The protests often include appeals and references by participants to the traditionally stated values and promises of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) about liberation and the interests of the working class, which...

Panama Papers

Details: Published on Thursday, 07 April 2016 16:30; Written by editor

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ACTIVlist Update - April 7, 2016

Details: Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45; Written by editor

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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G20 class-action lawsuits to proceed, G7 coming to Canada in 2018
The Council of Canadians welcomes the class-action lawsuits representing the more than 1,000 people whose civil rights were violated at the G20 summit on June 26-27, 2010 in Toronto.

South Niagara chapter opposes "biodiversity offsetting" plan
The regional council could allow 13 acres of provincially-significant wetland in the city of Niagara Falls to be destroyed to accommodate a $1 billion "Paradise"...

Pesticides are a worker rights issue and farmworkers are in the front line of exposure!

Details: Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45; Written by editor

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Alberta's Minister Turned Coal Lobbyist

Details: Published on Thursday, 07 April 2016 06:15; Written by editor

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Brewing the Right Cup of Coffee

Details: Published on Wednesday, 06 April 2016 23:45; Written by editor

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1243 .... April 7, 2016
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Brewing the Right Cup of Coffee

Gavin Fridell interviewed by Arturo Ezquerro-Cañete

Coffee is one of the most valuable commodities exported by the global South (seconded only by oil and illegal drugs), generating billions of dollars in corporate profit each year. And yet, despite the expansion and increased visibility of fair-trade coffee, the majority of the world's coffee families live in relative poverty. Gavin Fridell's recent book, Coffee (Polity, 2014), not only charts coffee's long and tortuous history of exploitation and colonialism, but endeavours to expose the culprit for such vast inequality.

Central to the book's arguments are Fridell's rejection of the contemporary fixation on "market-driven projects" as a solution to the problems of poverty, inequality, and environmental destruction associated with this tropical bean....

[coalalert] COALWATCH PRESS RELEASE: EAO TERMINATES THE RAVEN COAL MINE PROJECT EA

Details: Published on Wednesday, 06 April 2016 19:45; Written by editor

April 6, 2016 PRESS RELEASE EAO TERMINATES THE RAVEN COAL MINE PROJECT EA Late this afternoon, CoalWatch learned that in a letter dated April 4, 2016 the BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) informed Compliance Coal Corporation (Compliance) that the Environmental Assessment (EA) review for the Raven Coal Mine Project had been terminated. The letter from the EAO to Compliance in part stated the decision to terminate the EA “ is based on an assessment that continuation of an EA at this time would be neither efficient nor appropriate given the timing and readiness of the project to proceed with the EA.” “CoalWatch has been urging the EAO to terminate the Raven Coal Mine Project EA for over nine months. Despite this decision being long overdue, I’m very pleased the EAO decided to terminate the Raven Coal Mine Project EA,” noted CoalWatch president John Snyder. “Finally, the threat posed to the Comox Valley and...

[coalalert] COALWATCH PRESS RELEASE: EAO TERMINATES RAVEN COAL MINE PROJECT EA

Details: Published on Wednesday, 06 April 2016 20:45; Written by editor

Gallery Opening Tonight Challenges Site C

Details: Published on Wednesday, 06 April 2016 18:15; Written by editor

Gage Art Gallery Show Challenges B.C. Hydro Site ‘C’ Dam Speakers to make presentation at the Gallery Wednesday, April 6th - 7pm A new art show that opened last week at the Gage Art Gallery on Oak Bay Avenue is challenging the recent decision by B.C. Hydro and the Clark Government to go ahead with the controversial Site ‘C’ dam on the Peace River in northern B.C.. Artist Deirdre Kelly, speaking at the opening on Thursday evening said, “Clear cut logging and other site preparation has already destroyed important wildlife habitat, and is in direct contravention of the promises that were made in Treaty 8, the legal document that was signed in 1908 between First Nations and the government”. She also said, quoting David Suzuki on his 80th birthday, “ he visited with the Rocky Mountain Camp protesters in January, and stated that ‘the site ‘C’ dam was a climate change disaster’.” Two...

ACTIVlist Update - April 6, 2016

Details: Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45; Written by editor

Canadian social democrats should (and do) oppose CETA
Raoul Gebert was the Chief of Staff for NDP leader Thomas Mulcair between May 2012 and January 2015. During this period (and presently) the federal NDP have lacked a clear position on the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

Drinking water of over 5 million Canadians within Energy East pipeline spill reach
The Council of Canadians joined with Environmental Defence, Transition Initiative Kenora...

Something remarkable is happening

Details: Published on Wednesday, 06 April 2016 11:15; Written by editor

Friends,

We accidentally gave you the wrong date for the Break Free actions in Vancouver.

They'll take place on May 13th and 14th -- in just a month! Click here to sign up!

The corrected email is below -- apologies,

Cam Fenton

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r52 Something remarkable is happening.

Friends,

This February was the hottest in recorded history, scorching crops and flooding homes all across the planet. Record-breaking temperatures have robbed the Arctic of its winter.

Yet despite this, governments around the world still plan to build massive new coal mines and open new oil and gas fields.

Mahdi is free - let's help free Esmail and Miguel too

Details: Published on Wednesday, 06 April 2016 10:30; Written by editor

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591 poisoned. 57 dead. And the mercury's still in the ground.

Details: Published on Wednesday, 06 April 2016 07:45; Written by editor

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My son didn't have to die

Details: Published on Wednesday, 06 April 2016 05:15; Written by editor

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support the fight for fairness at Canadian chips maker Covered Bridge

Details: Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45; Written by editor

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ACTIVlist Update - April 5, 2016

Details: Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45; Written by editor

Council of Canadians outraged by the Panama Papers
The Council of Canadians is outraged by the revelations contained in the Panama Papers.

London chapter holds public forum on protecting the Antler River
The Council of Canadians London chapter held a public forum titled "Water is a Human Right: Protecting the Antler River" on March 30.

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Something remarkable is happening.

Details: Published on Tuesday, 05 April 2016 13:15; Written by editor

Friends,

This February was the hottest in recorded history, scorching crops and flooding homes all across the planet. Record-breaking temperatures have robbed the Arctic of its winter.

Yet despite this, governments around the world still plan to build massive new coal mines and open new oil and gas fields.

But everywhere they do, something remarkable is happening: resistance. This May, from the oil and gas fields of Nigeria and Brazil to the coal fields of Germany and Australia, people have made their intentions clear: they intend to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground, and are willing to put their bodies on the line to do it. That's what Break Free is about: escalating the global fight to keep fossil fuels underground and accelerate the just transition to the renewable energy economy we know is possible.

In Canada, we’ve seen the new federal government come in with ambitious plans for climate action,...

Canadian Veterans

Details: Published on Tuesday, 05 April 2016 07:00; Written by editor

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A big win for wolves and coyotes!

Details: Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45; Written by editor

Leading the legal fight for animal protection

A win for wolves and coyotes!

Dear PAOV,

We just got the news -- the Ontario government is abandoning a bad plan to let hunters to gun down more wolves and coyotes!

We told you earlier this year about Ontario's attempts to weaken hunting laws so that wolves and coyotes could be shot and killed more easily. Although officials tried to justify expanding...

ACTIVlist Update - April 4, 2016

Details: Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45; Written by editor

TransCanada shuts down Keystone after leak in South Dakota
TransCanada has shut down its Keystone pipeline after a leak was discovered in South Dakota.

Council of Canadians helps organize PowerShift youth climate conference
The Council of Canadians helped to organize the PowerShift conference in Edmonton (Treaty 6 territory) this weekend.

Quill Plains chapter opposes nuclear waste dump in South Australia
The Council of Canadians Quill Plains chapter has signed an Australian...

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