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The Greek Crisis: Syriza vs Europe
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- Published on Friday, 24 April 2015 22:34
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Vancouver -- 10 April 2015
The Greek Crisis: Syriza vs Europe
On January 26, Greeks elected Syriza, the Coalition of the Radical Left, to form government in their country that has been ravaged by a toxic mix of economic depression and mass unemployment. For six years Greece, along with other countries of the European periphery (Spain, Portugal, Ireland), has been subjected to painful austerity by European institutions and the IMF. While private creditors have been bailed out, Greeks and the people of the European periphery have been made to suffer. Their governments have acquiesced in slashing social spending, cutting pensions and wages and privatizing valuable state assets, often for a pittance.
If countries were entered into a sadistic austerity contest, Greece would sadly come out tops. Today, however, Greece...
[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - April 24, 2015
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- Published on Friday, 24 April 2015 13:17
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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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Harper a climate disaster in the making
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Globe and Mail reports, "Canada has historically matched its [greenhouse gas emission] targets with those set south of the border, a bar that was raised late last month when the U.S. said it would cut emissions by 26 per cent to 28 per cent by 2025, relative to 2005 levels, and is on...
Earth Walk
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- Published on Friday, 24 April 2015 10:51
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Friend --
I hope you are well. I'm writing to encourage you
to participate in this year's Earth Walk for Peace and the Planet,
happening tomorrow, Saturday April 25th at 11:00 am
at the BC Legislature Lawn for a walk to Centennial Square.
More than 70 community organizations have come together for
this year's walk, proclaiming their support for a peaceful world that
respects ecological systems and the communities they sustain. I am
happy to report that the City of Victoria has endorsed the
Earth Walk, along with the Burnside Gorge Community
Association, Fairfield Gonzales Community Association, the
Hillside-Quadra Neighbourhood Action Group, the North Jubilee
Neighbourhood Association, the North Park Neighbourhood
Association and a number of environmental groups, unions, businesses
and faith groups.
Please take a few minutes to share this
message with your contacts, and, if you use Facebook, join the event, invite your friends...
Internet Insider: The government's copyright trap + over 200,000 speaking out to #StopC51
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- Published on Friday, 24 April 2015 07:17
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INTERNET INSIDER
April 23rd, 2015
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The Armenian Genocide: An Open Wound
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- Published on Thursday, 23 April 2015 22:17
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1109 .... April 24, 2015
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The Armenian Genocide: An Open Wound
Sungur Savran
To the memory of Stepan Shaumyan, Armenian Bolshevik leader of the Baku Commune in 1918, and of Hrant Dink, Armenian socialist intellectual from Istanbul who, until his assassination in 2007, exerted a Herculean effort to bring the genocide into the centre of attention in Turkey.
On April 24, 1915, hundreds of Armenian intellectuals, politicians and community leaders were rounded in Istanbul (or Constantinople as it was then called in the West) by the Ottoman state, to be subsequently sent to exile from which most never returned. This was the signal that set off a chain of events that ended in a tragedy the like of which has rarely been witnessed in the annals of modern history. The Armenians,...
[May E-News] Join major symposium in-person or online
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- Published on Thursday, 23 April 2015 18:51
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - April 23, 2015
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- Published on Thursday, 23 April 2015 13:51
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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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Council of Canadians to launch 10-city election town hall tour As the October 19, 2015 federal election looms, the Council of Canadians will be in communities across Canada encouraging people to 'Go vote!'.
Irving's 'environmental emergencies' raise concerns about Energy East project
The Council of Canadians is supporting a May 30th "End of the Line" march in Saint John against the Energy East pipeline and the new...
Final week: Tell EPA to act on this brain-harming pesticide!
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 April 2015 19:17
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - April 22, 2015
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 April 2015 19:17
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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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ACTION ALERT:
It's time to stop shipping crude oil by rail
ACTION ALERT: Tell the OEB Energy East is Our Risk, Their Reward!
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Water funding in federal budget a mirage On the eve of Earth Day, the Conservative government tabled what they boasted to...
Next Week! "The Mayor Who Ended Homelessness" comes to BC!
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 April 2015 07:17
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"Without the forest we are nobody..."
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 April 2015 06:51
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Survival Tribes News Act Now Donate
EARTH DAY
Many consider today to be the anniversary of the birth of the environmental movement. We know that for tribal peoples – the best conservationists and guardians of the natural world – protecting the environment is not a one-off event, but a way of life. As people around the world reflect on the importance of conservation, please stand up for the tribes whose struggle to protect their lands is the biggest conservation battle of all.
Join the campaign→
“We love the forest because we were born here. Without the forest we are nobody and we have no way of surviving.”
To’o, Awá,...
Renewable Energy Will Own the 21st Century
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 April 2015 06:17
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Fortress Europe and a Mediterranean Cemetery for Migrants
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- Published on Tuesday, 21 April 2015 22:17
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1108 .... April 22, 2015
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Fortress Europe and a Mediterranean Cemetery for Migrants
Cinzia Arruzza
In the night between April 18th and April 19th a boat filled with up to 950 migrants sank in the Mediterranean Sea, 70 miles north of Libya, while trying to reach the southern European border. This was not only the greatest tragedy to date involving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, it is also the latest in a long series of deaths: around 14,600 from 1993 to November, 2012; 900 in little more than a year from January, 2014 to April, 2015, before this latest tragedy.
In the face of between 700 and 900 deaths, it is difficult to write a series of numbers and data, when anger, sadness, and shame would seem to be...
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BCSEA E-News: THE TOP TEN REASONS WHY PEOPLE LOVE THE ELECTRIC CAR
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- Published on Tuesday, 21 April 2015 15:00
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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 TOP TEN REASONS WHY PEOPLE LOVE THE ELECTRIC CAR
BY This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., BCSEA Founder and Communication Director APRIL 20, 2015
https://www.bcsea.org/electric-car-ten-reasons-why-people-love-you
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - April 21, 2015
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- Published on Tuesday, 21 April 2015 13:51
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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:
Maude Barlow in conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel: Barlow challenges G7 countries on CETA and TTIP
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Documentary Fractured Land premiers next week “Anyone who can throw a hatchet and sue you is a...
[coalalert] RAVEN COAL MINE LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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- Published on Tuesday, 21 April 2015 11:34
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http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/opinion/letters/300728231.html
CV RECORD: “COMPLIANCE HAS BIGGER ISSUES THAN RAVEN MINE"
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