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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - October 28, 2015
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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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Corporate pressure over TTIP talks force EU to drop regulations on hormone-damaging chemicals
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) undermine the ability of democratically-elected governments to regulate in the public interest on a wide range of issues, notably when those regulations impact the corporations that profit from the harmful practices in question.
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The world works better when Canada solves problems instead of causing them.
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- Published on Wednesday, 28 October 2015 09:15
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Friends,
Just over four years ago, we were getting ready for the Washington protests that helped accelerate the Keystone pipeline fight. A week out I was nervous but excited — I knew that our movement was ready to take a new step. And that’s how it turned out: enough people showed up outside the White House to constitute the country’s biggest civil disobedience action in a long time. It got the ball rolling.
Now you’ve got the same chance in Canada. In the wake of the sweeping Liberal victory, it’s time to welcome the new government to office—and make sure that they realize there’s no time to waste. Climate Welcome is a reminder that unless the tar sands stops expanding, Canada simply can’t play a constructive role in solving the world’s climate problems.
The movement has matured a lot since those days four years ago. It’s broad and diverse, led...
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Brazil: Guarani teenagers feared dead as ranchers' warfare intensifies - News from Survival
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- Published on Wednesday, 28 October 2015 05:15
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - October 27, 2015
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 October 2015 14:15
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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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WIN! Canada Post suspends the program to end door-to-door mail delivery
The Council of Canadians is opposed to the ending of door-to-door mail delivery that was initiated under soon-to-be former prime minister Stephen Harper.
Support Migrant Workers
Migrant worker groups from coast to coast to coast have joined together and formed a single unified voice...
ITUC Newsletter 68, ITUC General Council, Climate change,.. Latest News from the ITUC
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 October 2015 08:15
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International Trade Union Confederation
N°68 / October 2015
Help ratify the new treaty to end modern slavery
NOW!
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We just got the news.
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Leading the legal fight for animal protection
Animal Justice will make historic arguments before the Supreme Court
Dear supporter,
We just got the news.
Animal Justice will go before the Supreme Court of Canada on November 9th to argue on behalf of animals.
This is the first time in Canadian history that animal advocates will...
Baka 'Pygmies' report more abuse despite WWF assurances - News from Survival
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Surge in Portuguese Left Bloc Support Puts Socialist Party on the Spot
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- Published on Monday, 26 October 2015 22:45
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1179 .... October 27, 2015
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Surge in Portuguese Left Bloc Support Puts Socialist Party on the Spot
Dick Nichols
Will Portugal finally see the end of austerity as administered for four years by the right-wing coalition (known as Portugal Ahead) composed of the Social-Democratic Party (PSD) and Democratic and Social Centre-People's Party (CDS-PP)?
In the country's legislative October 4 elections this governing alliance, running for the first time as a single ticket called Portugal Ahead (except on the Azores), won the elections, but with only 38.4 per cent of the vote (down from 50.4 per cent at the 2011 national election). Of the 5.4 million Portuguese who voted, 739,000 turned their back on the outgoing government, leaving it with only 107 seats in the 230-seat parliament (down 25). As...
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - October 26, 2015
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- Published on Monday, 26 October 2015 13:15
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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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No to Bill Blair in Justin Trudeau's cabinet
We are calling on incoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau not to name newly elected Liberal MP Bill Blair to his cabinet on Nov. 4.
What will Trudeau's promised Canada Health Accord look like?
A Canada Health Accord appears to be back on the table with incoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. One of the key...
Landmark victory?
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Good Riddance and Old Quandaries
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- Published on Sunday, 25 October 2015 23:15
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1178 .... October 26, 2015
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Good Riddance and Old Quandaries:
Two Views from Quebec on the Canadian Federal Election
The recent Canadian federal election results have taken most commentators and social activists by surprise. If the anti-Harper sentiment amongst two-thirds of the population had been clear enough for more than a year, very few had on their radar a Liberal majority outcome (even given the notoriety of the electoral distortions of the single-member plurality electoral system in Canada). The collapse of the social democratic NDP back to traditional base support levels in terms of the popular vote was equally unexpected.
Not surprisingly, post-election commentary has focused on how much the Liberals will depart from the core neoliberal framework of the Conservative government, although a huge number of small and symbolic...
Shop for tribal rights
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- Published on Sunday, 25 October 2015 11:00
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Work Doesn't Get More Precarious Than This
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The Culture of Conquest and the Doctrine of Discovery
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- Published on Sunday, 25 October 2015 10:15
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 6 October 2015
The Culture of Conquest and the Doctrine of Discovery:
The U.S. as a Colonial Settler State
A roundtable discussion with Professor Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and York University scholars focusing on her latest book, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States.
Introduction by Rob Albritton, moderated by Lee Maracle.
- Boyd Cothran History, York University
- Victoria Freeman History, York University
- Bonita Lawrence Equity Studies, York University
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Im a new mom and Ill die from ALS
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Working For Each Other, Working For Ourselves
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 3 October 2015
Working For Each Other, Working For Ourselves:
A Revolutionary Public Service Worker-Organizer Summit
On October 3rd 2015, the Industrial Workers of the World’s Toronto General Membership Branch hosted “Working For Each Other, Working For Ourselves: A Revolutionary Public Service Worker-Organizer Summit,” an event which brought together grassroots workplace organizers from around North America.
A major component of today's economy, the public services are often hit first and hard by austerity and other cut backs. As workers, we need to organize ourselves to fight these battles in the community centres, grocery stores, bedrooms and office towers where we work for the benefit of other people.
- Plenary: Public Service Workers' Struggles and Public Services After Capitalism.
- The Demand of Identity: The Grievances, Organizing and Tactics of Queer Solidarity Unionism. ...
Shockingly close to a polio free world
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- Published on Saturday, 24 October 2015 08:15
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Hey PAOV,“There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.” - Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine
Before the creation of a vaccine in 1955, polio was a devastating disease that affected millions of people, especially children, every year. Over the past thirty years, political ambition and increased funding for vaccines and treatment has led to an extraordinary milestone: the world is now 99.9% polio free.
Today is World Polio Day and we’re too close to eradicating this devastating disease to stop now. Tweet at Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom to ensure that they...
Attacks on Jummas continue despite government promises - News from Survival
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- Published on Saturday, 24 October 2015 04:15
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VIDEO: Syria War Complexity Explained
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- Published on Friday, 23 October 2015 15:00
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Watch the 4 year timeline that accurately portrays all the players involved - (Assad, Free Syrian Army, Kurdish, ISIS, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Hezbollah, USA and Russia)
Might need to watch a few times before you can attempt to relay the info to anyone else.
http://www.vox.com/2015/10/20/9571643/syria-drone-footage#volume-placement-4940
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