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FIFA Presidents Position Untenable
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Brussels, 27 May 2015 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has described FIFA President Joseph Blatter’s position as untenable, with the indictment by US authorities of nine FIFA officials and five company executives on corruption charges, and the launch of a criminal investigation by the Swiss Attorney-General’s Office.
ITUC Newsletter 62, FIFA Election, Informal Economy, Cambodia.. Latest News from the ITUC
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News items of interest from May 22nd through 26th
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This is the second test of listing the latest news item in one article instead of replicating the each entire article on the PAOV site, this saves time and space but is it easier for you to review? This allows us to actually show you more items that may be of interest so if you like this new setup click here.
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - May 26, 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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Communities Stand United Against Hudbay
On Friday, the Council of Canadians joined the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network, Rights Action and allies to confront Hudbay Minerals at their annual shareholders’ meeting.
St. John's chapter speaks at media conference opposed to fracking
The Council of Canadians St. John's chapter participated in...Baseless and Fictitious Anti-Indian Rhetoric at Rogue Congressional Hearing on Fed Recognition
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Gale Courey Toensing5/13/15
The United South and Eastern Tribes, seven partner organizations and a federally recognized sovereign Indian nation have asked the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs to renounce the testimony presented at a recent oversight hearing by one of its invited panelists. The panelist, attorney Donald C. Mitchell, supported terminating the federal recognition of tribes he alleged were unlawfully acknowledged by the Interior Department.
BCSEA E-News - The BIG Questions: What are your thoughts?
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BCSEA is a non-profit society that relies on memberships to advance the low-carbon economy. Will you please join us?
THE BIG QUESTIONS: What are your thoughts?
By This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., BCSEA Founder and Communication Director MAY 25, 2015
http://www.bcsea.org/big-questions-what-are-your-thoughts
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Which adjective do Canadians think best describes the economy?
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A newly disclosed internal report prepared for the Privy Council Office says that when asked which adjective best describes the economy, Canadians picked the word "uneven."
Please share widely with your networks, thank you.
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/internal-report-stephen-harper-canadians-pick-uneven-best-word-economy
--Luke
Call for conservation to respect tribal peoples' rights - News from Survival
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - May 25, 2015
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- Published on Monday, 25 May 2015 13:30
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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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Media Release: TPP ministerial talks postponed in Guam due to US fast track delays
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Fast-track authority stalls the Trans-Pacific Partnership and in turn a Canada-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
It appears that the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) "free trade" deal has been stalled over the issue of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA),...
They want to sweep this under the carpet
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- Published on Monday, 25 May 2015 09:00
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The most powerful ideas come from you - and our crowdsourced pro-privacy action plan, shaped by over 125,000 of you, is already creating a big splash.
Now we need to make sure politicians can’t ignore it. Send our crowdsourced action plan to your Senators today, before their crucial final vote on the government’s reckless, dangerous, and ineffective Bill C-51.
...Bee deaths skyrocket
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Polarizing Development: Introducing Alternatives to Neoliberalism and the Crisis
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- Published on Sunday, 24 May 2015 23:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1122 .... May 25, 2015
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Polarizing Development:
Introducing Alternatives to Neoliberalism and the Crisis
Taken from Polarizing Development: Alternatives to Neoliberalism and the Crisis (2015), edited by Lucia Pradella and Thomas Marois, Pluto Press. We thank Pluto Press for permission to reproduce this excerpt.
Thomas Marois and Lucia Pradella
Neoliberal economic policies, with their emphasis on market-led development and individual rationality, have been exposed as bankrupt not only by the global economic crisis but also by increasing social opposition and resistance. Social movements and critical scholars in Latin America, East Asia, Europe and the United States, alongside the Arab uprisings, have triggered renewed debate on possible different futures. While for some years any discussion of substantive alternatives has been marginalized, the global crisis since 2008 has opened up new spaces...
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From FAILURE20 to COP21
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1121 .... May 24, 2015
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From FAILURE20 to COP21
Asbjørn Wahl
Climate change is going on. Extreme weather conditions, storms, floodings, landslides, droughts and ice melting are reported ever more regularly from many parts of the world. Millions of people are losing their livelihood, their homes, their jobs -- and many also their lives. The successive reports of the United Nation Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have increasingly called for urgent action in order to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases. However, after having negotiated for 20 years, our political leaders have failed to take necessary action. The result is that emissions are increasing rather than decreasing (61 per cent increase from 1990 to 2013). Temperature increase is on course for 4-6oC rather than maximum 1.5-2.0oC, something which will...
A new kind of climate movement. Watch:
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- Published on Saturday, 23 May 2015 08:45
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Friends,
This is getting exciting. On Thursday, I was in downtown Toronto to watch one of the most diverse groups of speakers I’ve ever seen formally kick off the countdown to the March for Jobs, Justice and the Climate.
It gave me chills thinking about what’s to come -- but you don’t have to take my word for it, watch this highlight video and find out for yourself.
Like I said, things are getting exciting and here’s how you can get involved.
1. On Saturday, July 4th, from British Columbia to New Brunswick, communities will rally to declare that we, the people, are ready for a new economy; that we are greater than the tar sands. Click here to find an action near you.
2. On Sunday, July 5th, we are joining a growing coalition to stage the most diverse climate...
40+ Alternative News Items - May 15th to 22nd
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Antarctic glacier melt 'accelerating' - Al Jazeera English
Eyewitness footage of Santa Barbara Oil Spill
Film: Line in the Sand | rabble.ca
Protesters converge on Nestlé bottling plants in Sacramento and LA
For those who believe in the social benefits of oil spills
Here's the Best Stuff from Edward Snowden's Reddit "Ask Me Anything" | Mother Jones
Santa Barbara oil spill now stretches for 9 miles
Crowdsourcing climate strategy | MIT News
Anonymous Steals 1 Terabyte Passwords From Expo 2015 in Italy
Province Forges Ahead with LNG Development | The Tyee
How Drug Companies and Bad Patents Put Lives at Risk | Open Society Foundations (OSF)
Maude Barlow: Fall 2015 will be a watershed election | rabble.ca
Santa Barbara oil spill highlights dangers of offshore fracking and drilling
Despite Protests, Malaysia Still Plans to Build a Mega Dam That Could Displace 20,000 Indigenous People · Global Voices
FBI Invokes National Security to Justify Surveillance of Tar Sands Protestors - The Intercept
Economist Withdraws from Trans Mountain Review, Calling It 'Rigged' | The Tyee
Burundi police crack down on fresh protests - Al Jazeera English
Palestine: How Much Have Israeli Settlements Expanded Since 1948? · Global Voices
Global Voices Checkdesk Tracking Reactions to Morsi’s Trial · Global Voices
When citizens disobey | MIT News
Poland pays damages to men detained in secret CIA prison
Western US drought advances; Washington State declares state of emergency
GCHQ's Rainbow Lights: Exploiting Social Issues for Militarism and Imperialism - The Intercept
Protest is powerful when it comes to BDS | rabble.ca
Oil Billionaire Attempts to Silence University Quake Researchers - WhoWhatWhy
Harpers privatization plan for First Nations water services - May 22nd, 2015 Weekly Indigenous news on rabble.ca
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rabble.ca weekly e-news for May 22nd, 2015
This is your daily dose of our Editor top picks! For more new rabble content, visit www.rabble.ca http://rabble.ca/indigenousHarper's privatization plan for First Nations water services May 21, 2015 | By Brent Patterson The situation is serious in terms of access to clean drinking water for First Nations in Canada. Now the Harper government is looking at introducing privatization to First Nations water systems.
[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - May 22, 2015
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- Published on Friday, 22 May 2015 13:30
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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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South Niagara, Hamilton chapters at day of action to stop health care cuts and privatization
The Council of Canadians South Niagara and Hamilton chapters took part in a protest at Liberal MPP Jim Bradley's office in St. Catharines today.
Campbell River chapter challenges Black Press support for private health care
The Council of Canadians Campbell River...
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