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Dear Friends of SJS,
Some more great upcoming events:
Victoria Marxists Upcoming events:
January 21st @ 6:30PM - Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
A short pamphlet by Friedrich Engels outlining the differences between various historical and current versions of socialism and the relevance of these different philosophies on concrete political goals.
See link: http://bit.ly/1KtHiHW
January 28th @ 6:30PM - Wage-Labour and Capital
An introduction to the economic critique of capitalism written by Karl Marx in 1847. The... contents cover the long-term implications of capitalism (including the basis for collapses similar to the recent recessions) and the social relations that are inherent to private ownership of the means of production.
See link: http://bit.ly/1OPrSAT
All events will be held at QV Cafe (1701 Government St). The links lead to the literature being discussed - prior reading is encouraged but not required. Discussion is open to everybody in a safe environment and every opinion will be heard.
Thanks and hope to see you soon,
~Adam
University Scientist Unveils Fifteen Years of Ancient Forest Canopy Research
UVic entomologist, Neville Winchester has climbed over two thousand ancient trees in the coastal rainforest of Vancouver island, looking for organisms that inhabit "islands in the sky", the specialized ecological spaces, hundreds of feet up, above the forest floor.
On January 29th, at 6:30 pm, UVic Student Union Building, Upper Lounge, Dr. Winchester, will publicly share findings of fifteen years of ground-breaking biological research and samplings of organisms from the unique environment of the ancient temperate rainforest canopy, which he and a team of graduate students at UVic collected and identified in the Walbran valley and other remnant old-growth forests, in the most extensive research ever done to understand the complexity and biodiversity of these threatened ecosystems.
This research unveiled the existence of hundreds of species of invertebrates never before identified by science and found nowhere else on earth. Dr. Winchester's research provides the scientific basis confirming the urgency for a legislated end to the continued resource liquidation of ancient forest ecosystems in British Columbia, especially in regions like South Vancouver island, where all but roughly 5 % of the last low-elevation primary forests have been logged and converted into biologically- degraded tree plantations.
The event is sponsored by Friends of Carmanah/Walbran, UVic Environmental Studies Students' Association and the UVic Biology Undergraduate Society.
Admission by donation with all proceeds to further the FOCW campaign to protect the Central Walbran Ancient Forest and support the vision of the Carmanah/Walbran Rainforest Global Heritage Trail.
For more information contact Bobby Arbess, Friends of Carmanah/Walbran at 778-265-3748
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Margo MatwychukDirector
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