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ACTIVlist Update - March 23, 2016
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Budget 2016 on Pipelines, Green Infrastructure Spending and Climate Visiting MEPs praise CETA, but suggest further work may be needed on ISDS provision
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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It certainly is far different evaluating this year’s federal budget than the last four I’ve written about.
On March 21, the Council of Canadians joined with civil society representatives from the Trade Justice Network, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and the Réseau québécois sur l'intégration continentale to present...
Overthrowing Dilma Rousseff
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- Published on Wednesday, 23 March 2016 04:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1237 .... March 23, 2016
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Overthrowing Dilma Rousseff:
It’s Class War, and Their Class is Winning
Alfredo Saad Filho
Every so often, the bourgeois political system runs into crisis. The machinery of the state jams; the veils of consent are torn asunder and the tools of power appear disturbingly naked. Brazil is living through one of those moments: it is dreamland for social scientists; a nightmare for everyone else.
Dilma Rousseff was elected President in 2010, with a 56-44 per cent majority against the right-wing neoliberal PSDB (Brazilian Social Democratic Party) opposition candidate. She was reelected four years later with a diminished yet convincing majority of 52-48 per cent, or a majority of 3.5 million votes.
Dilma's second victory sparked a heated panic among the neoliberal and U.S.-aligned...
ACTIVlist Update - March 22, 2016
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World Water Day: Send a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and your MP »
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WIN! BC Supreme Court rules against dump site at Shawnigan Lake
The BC Supreme Court has ruled that the province erred in granting a waste disposal permit at a dump site near Shawnigan Lake.
Federal budget holds promise of the right to water and sanitation for First Nations in Canada
The Council of Canadians has repeatedly called...
This World Water Day, we need the Dutch government to keep their promise
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- Published on Tuesday, 22 March 2016 07:45
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PAOV,
When I’m thirsty, I go to the sink and fill up a glass of fresh water within seconds – and when I need to use the restroom it is just a short walk away…
These everyday needs may seem simple for us, but for the 2.4 billion people lacking access to a basic toilet and the 663 million people using unsafe drinking water, it’s NOT.
Now more than ever, the world’s poor need your help, and we have the opportunity to improve the lives of millions.
Last year the Dutch government committed...
Read more: This World Water Day, we need the Dutch government to keep their promise
The 'SYRIZA Experience': Lessons and Adaptations
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- Published on Monday, 21 March 2016 22:00
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1236 .... March 22, 2016
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The ‘SYRIZA Experience’: Lessons and Adaptations
Andreas Karitzis
The impact of the strategic defeat of last year is still very strongly shaping various reactions within the Greek left. Some people seem content with superficial explanations of what happened and return to habitual ways of thinking and acting; others sense the strategic depth of the defeat and turn inward to disappointment and demoralization. Still others are trying to learn from the ‘SYRIZA experience’ in order to make themselves more useful to people in the future. All of us sense the dangers lurking in front of us but we are far from having a common and feasible strategy.
In a situation like this, political priorities change and ‘novel’ tasks emerge. For example, people far beyond those...
ACTIVlist Update - March 21, 2016
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WIN! Paris becomes a blue community!
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Blue Planet Project founder Maude Barlow was in Paris, France today to present a blue community certificate to deputy mayor Celia Blauel.
Council of Canadians presents to European parliamentary delegation on CETA
This morning, the Council of Canadians joined with civil society representatives from the Trade Justice Network, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and the Réseau québécois sur l'intégration continentale to present to a delegation...
Thank you!
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- Published on Monday, 21 March 2016 10:15
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Dear rabble readers,I am very glad to report that thanks to our readers, rabble met -- and exceeded -- our fundraising goal for the winter campaign! Thank you from everyone at rabble.
Over 600 people donated to our campaign this year, adding a much-needed $50,000 to rabble's modest budget.
Thank you!
Will you do one more thing today? It won't cost you a cent but it might help Canada spend more wisely: can you help us get the word out about the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' (CCPA) Alternative Federal Budget? Our Parliament Hill reporter, Karl Nerenberg, wrote this excellent summary (http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/karl-nerenberg/2016/03/free-tuition-and-ambitious-tax-measures-alternative-budget-dar) about the AFB and we need to share it with as many Canadians as possible before budget day on March 22. Read the article, share it with your social media contacts and encourage others to do the same.
Podemos and the Crisis of the Spanish State
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- Published on Sunday, 20 March 2016 22:00
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1235 .... March 21, 2016
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Podemos and the Crisis of the Spanish State
Early in February, Australian correspondent Dick Nichols, who reports from Catalonia, was interviewed by Tijmen Lucie of the Dutch Socialist Party monthly magazine Spanning. Below is an edited version of the original interview published on March 1 by Spectrezine.
Tijmen Lucie (TL): First of all what can you tell us about Podemos? How did this political party start?
Dick Nichols (DN): It's impossible to understand Podemos without grasping the many-sided crisis of Spanish society and the Spanish state. Podemos expresses the anger and hatred toward the Spanish and European establishment felt by millions of people -- especially the young -- and a deep desire for a radical overhaul of economy, society and state institutions. There are many reasons...
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
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- Published on Saturday, 19 March 2016 23:00
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 8 March 2016
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Movement Intersections Across Palestinian, Indigenous, and Black Struggles
First launched in Toronto in 2005, IAW has grown to become one of the most important global events in the Palestine solidarity calendar. This year, IAW took place in more than 150 cities across the globe. The week aims to raise awareness about Israel's ongoing practices of apartheid, occupation and dispossession against the Palestinian people. Lectures, films, and creative actions will build support for the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement.
Inspired by the ongoing popular resistance across historic Palestine and the intersections being made globally between various struggles with Palestine, we hope to make Israeli Apartheid Week 2016 a powerful contribution to the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice.
24 hours to double your impact.
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Hello PAOV -- Many of you have already chipped in to bring us 32% of the way to our goal of getting our TPP ads on TV. Today a local chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has stepped up to match donations made in the next 24 hours -- and we sill have a third ad to debut next week!
You can watch the first two ads here.
Thanks to the generous offer of the workers at the IBEW if you donate $5 today it turns into $10, $25 becomes $50 (and so on and so forth, you know how math works). They’ve pledged enough support to guarantee our people-powered ads will be reaching an audience of over half a million viewers across the country by next week.
With your support we can reach 1 million people with this crucial message.
Nearly half of Canadians say they don’t know enough about the TPP trade deal.1
ACTIVlist Update - March 18, 2016
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Council of Canadians joins with allies to demand Trudeau respond to violence in Honduras
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The Council of Canadians has joined with MiningWatch Canada, Rights Action and numerous other organizations in sending a letter to the Canadian government following the murders of land defenders Berta Cáceres and Nelson Garcia, ongoing threats against the Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations of Honduras, and the precarious situation of Mexican activist Gustavo Castro, who witnessed Berta's murder.
Internet Insider: Can John Oliver do for the encryption battle what he did for Net Neutrality?
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INTERNET INSIDER
March 18, 2016
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R&F.ca Weekly Update
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ITUC Newsletter 72, Supply Chain. Care Economy.. Latest News from the ITUC
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International Trade Union Confederation
N°72 / March 2016
Share your materials on the Supply Chains Ressources Hub
NOW!
Read more: ITUC Newsletter 72, Supply Chain. Care Economy.. Latest News from the ITUC
You can help 62 million girls
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ACTIVlist Update - March 17, 2016
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COPINH opposes Canadian dam construction in Honduras
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The Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), the organization co-founded by recently slain land rights defender Berta Cáceres, is opposed to the construction of the Canjel River Hydroelectric Project on Lenca territory in Honduras.
NWT chapter opposes fracking in the Liard Basin
The Council of Canadians Northwest Territories chapter is opposed to fracking in the Liard Basin.
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