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You have a message about N As petition
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- Published on Wednesday, 29 July 2015 04:45
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 July 2015 16:00
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Ban Action Bronson from Osheaga
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 July 2015 16:00
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Campaign cash over Palestinian rights?
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 July 2015 14:45
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BDS: front and center in the political debate
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Presidential candidates are lining up to declare the fight against Palestinian rights a major priority.
ITUC OnLine: Myanmar: National Trade Union Centre Officially Registered
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 July 2015 14:45
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Brussels 28 July 2015 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has written to the Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar to congratulate them on their official registration by the government.
In the letter to CTUM President Maung Maung, ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow said: “The ITUC and the international trade union movement are proud to have walked through the darkest period in the history of Burma’s independent labour movement with you and many other brilliant leaders and organisers. At this historic moment of celebration, I want to pay tribute to the workers, activists and their families who had been arrested, or lost their freedom and lives in Burma and in exile since 1988. History will remember them, and it is their bravery that has sustained the struggle.
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ITUC OnLine: US Decision on People Trafficking in Malayisa Manipulated
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 July 2015 14:45
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Brussels, 27 July 2015 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC is deeply concerned that the US State Department today upgraded Malaysia from "Tier 3" to "Tier 2 Watch" in its annual Trafficking in Persons Report. The unwarranted upgrade is presumed to be result of political interference by the administration to ensure that Malaysia remains eligible to participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), which has been under negotiation since 2008. The recently adopted Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) provides that Tier 3 countries cannot be parties to trade agreements with the United States.
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Right to the City/Right to Landscape
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- Published on Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:30
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 9 July 2015
Right to the City/Right to Landscape
From an Elitist to a More Just Urban Landscape in California's East Bay Area
Moderated by Laam Hae. Presentation by Don Mitchell, Professor of Geography, Syracuse University.
Both political ecology, especially as it has sought to come to terms with the politics of environmental racism, and critical landscape studies have shown that any landscape is situated within structures operating at other scales. Sometimes the key determinant of a process, outcome, or landscape morphology localist in one locale takes place somewhere far removed from where its effects are felt. Yet movements for both the right to the city and the right to landscape tend to adopt an overly localist approach to the production of space. In this paper, I will draw...
First Nations treaty rights could halt major dam project
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- Published on Friday, 24 July 2015 14:45
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Title: First Nations treaty rights could halt major dam projectAlbum: Redeye: Vancouver Cooperative RadioYear: 2015Genre: InterviewLength: 0:11:08 minutes (10.2 MB)Format: 44.1kHz, 128Kbps
3 big ideas for a Pro-Privacy Canada
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- Published on Friday, 24 July 2015 12:15
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Watch and share this video. If everyone shares we can make this go viral and send the government a message it can’t ignore.
Watch our video!As a federal election looms, it’s time for the OpenMedia community to draw a line in the sand: We have to make Canadian politicians choose between the old, reckless approach to privacy – and the new approach that we are setting out today.
This is why we’ve just released a powerful new video outlining a clear plan to address Canada’s stark privacy deficit, based on input from over 125,000 Canadians!
Sid Ryan on the unstoppable alliance of labour, environment and Indigenous groups
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- Published on Friday, 24 July 2015 11:30
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rabble.ca weekly e-news for July 16th, 2015
This is your daily dose of our Editor top picks! For more new rabble content, visit www.rabble.caIndigenous 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/indigenous
The miseducation of Augie Merasty July 16, 2015 | By Christine Smith (McFarlane) At 86, Joseph (Augie) Merasty decided his story needed to be told: a firsthand account of the impact residential schools had on Indigenous children and how this experience shaped his life. Sid Ryan on the unstoppable alliance of labour, environment and Indigenous groups July 16, 2015 | By Steve Cornwell In a rabble...
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A reason to celebrate this Friday!
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- Published on Friday, 24 July 2015 08:30
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Exclusive: B.C. to Pay Millions to Subsidize Petronas Pollution
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- Published on Friday, 24 July 2015 06:15
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R&F.ca Weekly Update
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- Published on Friday, 24 July 2015 03:15
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