There is one more thing you can do

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Published on Monday, 23 November 2015 03:30

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Thank you for taking action to end the fossil fuel industry's influence at UN climate talks and standing in solidarity with the people of the Philippines. But I would like to ask you to do just one more thing:

Can you make a donation to support the relief efforts in the Philippines?

Only one year ago, Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Philippines. The storm and its coastal surge left more than 7,000 dead or missing, destroyed more than 1.1 million homes and affected 14 million people.

Just one year later, Typhoon Hagupit has brought a second wave of destruction to the Philippines, destroying towns that were only just starting to rebuild after Haiyan.

Please consider donating to the ongoing relief efforts in the Philippines. 100% of your donations will go to the Citizens Disaster Response Center (CDRC), a local group who have been coordinating a network of 17 regional organizations across the country. Your donation...

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The Realism of Audacity: Rethinking Revolutionary Strategy Today

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Published on Sunday, 22 November 2015 23:45

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1188 .... November 23, 2015
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The Realism of Audacity:
Rethinking Revolutionary Strategy Today

Panagiotis Sotiris

In a certain way, I feel a certain unease since the entire Greek Left has some form of responsibility for the fact that Greece is not currently a laboratory of hope; rather it is a reason for despair. What I am going to say should be taken as a form of self-criticism rather than a declaration. I consider myself part of the problem...

The problem is that in the country where the most aggressive experiment in neoliberal social engineering was met with the most massive, almost insurrectionary sequence of struggles, where the political crisis was the closest to a crisis of hegemony Western Europe has seen since the ‘Fall of the dictatorships’, where a...

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Update: Help us collect Petitions for PR to deliver to MPs across Canada!

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Published on Sunday, 22 November 2015 14:15

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Thank you to all the people who have signed up to help so far! We now have volunteers collecting petition signatures in 180 ridings - 92 of them held by MPs in the new Liberal government. We are laying the groundwork for our visits to MPs in January. Each one of you is so important. If you can help by collecting signatures, please sign up now!

Anita

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SeaWorld orcas

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Published on Sunday, 22 November 2015 07:45

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Building Power in Our Communities

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Published on Saturday, 21 November 2015 21:30

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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 30 October 2015

Building Power in Our Communities:
The Fight for Racial and Economic Justice

Kali Akuno is a founder of Cooperation Jackson and a key member of the late Chokwe Lumumba's successful election campaign for the mayoralty of Jackson, Mississippi. Akuno discusses integrating strategies in the fight for racial and economic justice, including popular assemblies and neighborhood defence committees; alternative community development through solidarity economies; and strategically selective engagement with electoral politics and taking government office.

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GMO Salmon

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Published on Saturday, 21 November 2015 08:15

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USDA, don't suppress bee science

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Published on Saturday, 21 November 2015 06:15

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SEA Meeting, #ActivistAssembleYYJ & Acting Together

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Published on Friday, 20 November 2015 18:30

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Is the government caving to Bell's power grab?

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Published on Friday, 20 November 2015 15:45

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BREAKING: the government has JUST announced they will consider a sneaky attempt by Bell to undo new customer protection rules through an obscure, rarely invoked parliamentary procedure.1,2

If successful Bell could kill Canada's smaller and more affordable Internet providers so they can price-gouge you at will. And you don’t have to be a Bell customer – this will impact everyone.

This means the countdown has started until the government makes its final decision on the future of affordable Internet access,...

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Activist Assembly YYJ

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Published on Friday, 20 November 2015 14:45

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Activist Assembly YYJ* – will taking place on Saturday, November 28 – all day (Uvic Student Union Building, SUB).

Featuring:

• Keynote address: Harsha Walia (co–founder of No One Is Illegal-Vancouver)
• Panels: Environmental Justice (featuring Divest Victoria and UVic) & the Student Movement
• Workshops: Building a Sanctuary City (Refugees Welcome), Intro to Direct Action, Whiteness and anti-oppression in activist spaces, Indigenous organizing & solidarity, and much more!
• Open Plenary: Where to we go from here? Facilitated by Jessie Hemphill (Councillor for the District of Port Hardy and First Nations community planner & facilitator)

ISIS Is Weak by Waleed Aly for The Project

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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - November 20, 2015

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Published on Friday, 20 November 2015 14:00

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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 www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.

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Nestlé

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Published on Friday, 20 November 2015 13:45

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Now it's our job

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Published on Friday, 20 November 2015 11:15

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Friends,

This week, we got some disappointing news. Citing security concerns, the French government has prohibited many of the Paris mobilizations and events connected to the upcoming climate summit from going forward -- including the massive march being planned for November 29th.

This is a heavy blow, especially for the many organizers who have been working around the clock for months to bring hundreds of thousands of people out into the streets of Paris. It’s a heavy blow, too, because it makes our job -- of making sure this summit actually yields real, ambitious results -- that much harder.

While activists in Paris are revising their plans, it’s up to the rest of us to kick it up a notch.

The Global Climate March -- which already consists of thousands of events, small and large, all around the world -- will continue. From London to Los Angeles, and from Quito to Quezon City, people...

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