Paov, ready to speak up for the ancient forests on #WalbranWednesday?

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Published on Monday, 04 July 2016 17:15

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Christy Clark vs. Treaty 8 First Nations

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Published on Monday, 04 July 2016 13:15

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Dear PAOV,

What an amazing response!

I just wanted to make sure you saw Brittany’s email below. Time and again, the Leadnow community just blows us away with your generosity and commitment. From coast to coast to coast, people like you are digging deep and have just helped us raise $10,000! 

Can you chip in and help us hit $18,000? We’ll get straight to work designing our hard-hitting ads tomorrow and the more we raise right now, the more effective our ads will be.

Click here to donate: https://secure.leadnow.ca/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1694&ea.campaign.id=52957 

Thanks for all you do,

Amara, on behalf of the Leadnow team

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First "boycott ban" case defeated in UK high court | The Electronic Intifada

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Published on Saturday, 02 July 2016 11:00

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Subject: First "boycott ban" case defeated in UK high court | The Electronic Intifada
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Justice for Palestinians 1; Zionism 0 in the UK

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Patriotism isn't funny, but our Canada Day contest just might be

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Published on Friday, 01 July 2016 15:45

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rabble.ca 15th anniversary. Oh, Canada.

July 1 is a time for lefties to endure an entire uninterrupted day of cringe-inducing displays of patriotism. Red and white facepaint everywhere and way too many people will harangue and lecture the world on social media about peacekeeping, multiculturalism and our "dreamy" prime minister.

The patriotic trinkets news outlets offer on Canada Day -- like a Canadian flag cut-out centrefold -- are just awful.

Over at CBC Montreal, they've put together probably the worst example of Canada Day schlock in a generation: The not-so-great Canada Day "Tuques Up" challenge. It is like a patriotic card game version of charades.

Warning: the card game is pretty embarrassing so be warned about looking at the complete collection, which inexplicably includes Liberal MP Marc Garneau who they may have mistaken for Chris Hadfield.

At rabble we usually give pause, and reflect on our problematic Canadian national mythology. But this year, we also want to give you something fun to cure those red and white blues.

The CBC suggests that readers come up with their own cards for tuques up. So we did.

Download and enjoy our version. You won't be sorry! (get it?)

The point is that alternative media plays a serious, but sometimes irreverent, role in society. rabble is a necessary and subversive space for radical ideas that are otherwise invisible. Canada needs more radical ideas, more undermining of the status quo, more pressure on the powerful, and less pressure on the powerless.

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Victory! $453 Returned to Barista

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Published on Friday, 01 July 2016 14:45

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Campaign Victory!
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We're excited to announce that this week, we finally got the wages that've been owed to our barista friend that was getting paid below minimum wage and fired without cause! The campaign began in January, and we went through a lot to finally get here. We have so much appreciation for the workers and the community that stood with us to make this a big victory. Read more about how it all went down here.

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Victory! Enbridge approval overturned by federal court

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How will the TPP affect you?

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Published on Thursday, 30 June 2016 22:45

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Here’s a photo of the plane that flew your message over Ottawa this morning:

Yesterday leaders from the US and Mexico met with our government in Ottawa to talk trade. Over the next few days the media will be paying attention to the Trans-Pacific Partnership - a bad trade deal that will kill jobs, increase the cost of medicine, and let corporations sue us for our common sense policies. Corporate lobbyists will be using this moment to pressure our leaders to ratify the TPP, so it's a key one for us to counter their spin.

That’s why we’re so grateful to the hundreds of people from the Leadnow community who chipped in to pay for a plane to fly over Ottawa this morning pulling a massive banner that says “RejectTPP.ca” - a big, bold link to a hard-hitting new website that covers the dangers and costs of this outdated corporate power grab.

Do you know how the TPP will affect you? This new website will help. Click here to check out the new website to see the top reasons for rejecting the TPP, and then use our simple tool to send a message to our government that you want them to Reject the TPP: RejectTPP.ca

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Mark your calendars, the dates we stop Kinder Morgan

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Published on Thursday, 30 June 2016 17:15

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Plants and Healers International Summer Newsletter 2016

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Published on Thursday, 30 June 2016 13:15

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Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Frank Cook's birthday was on June 9th! This always offers a great opportunity to remember him in various ways. He was a prolific maker of various beverages so this year PHI executive director Marc Williams decided to make a liqueur in his honor. This liqueur contains Currants, Raspberries, and Dandelion roots from the garden of an amazing 91 year old lady named Elly who Marc works for periodically. Another addition is Kumquats from Frank and Marc's friend Mycol Stevens and everything was immersed in Apple brandy. It will eventually be sweetened with honey from the legendary Doug Elliott. Frank had a tradition of shaving his beard on his birthday and so Marc decided to honor this tradition by shaving himself on that day as well. Nice that Frank can live on in so many forms of practices that people can continue in their own lives. Another example is the posting of a song by Lydiyah Sea on Frank's birthday that was inspired by him and a picture of his partner Alexis shaving him on his birthday many moons ago that you can see to the left. What do you do to honor Frank and his incredible impact in the world. Let us know!

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Holy Smokes, Were winning!

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Yesterday, we received a copy of a press release sent out by the elected Chair of the electoral reform committee, Francis Scarpaleggia. He was singing our song!

He said: “I am honoured to be part of this historic process to examine options available for modifying Canada’s electoral system so that the distribution of seats in the House of Commons better reflects each party’s share of the popular vote,”

You can only do that by introducing proportional representation into our electoral system.

You can find the full press release here.

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[Canadian-BDS-Coalition] Green Party: Our Action has been Requested

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Published on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:30

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IF YOU ARE A GREEN PARTY MEMBER PLEASE READ THE MESSAGE BELOW.

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Good afternoon

As you know, this August, the Green Party is holding its biannual convention in Ottawa. In advance of that convention, party members may submit policy resolutions to be voted upon by party members. Two such motions have been submitted. These include:

• a resolution sponsored by party leader Elizabeth May, to endorse revoking the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) because of its racist practices (see resolution at https://www.greenparty.ca/en/convention-2016/voting/resolutions/g16-p010
• a resolution supporting Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (see resolution https://www.greenparty.ca/en/convention-2016/voting/resolutions/g16-p006).

When these motions were made available to Green Members, an attack was launched by several...

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[Canadian-BDS-Coalition] Action alert & Video of picket to Boycott Israeli Wines in Vancouver, Canada

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Published on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:15

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Actions from other groups also have an impact. See the video. It does not take many of us to make a public statement.

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Here is an update on actions in Vancouver. Anything folks can do in other cities regarding Israeli wines would be great.

All relevant info is on our website (link at the bottom of this email).

Hanna

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Dear Friends:
This is a short video of the successful picket held to Boycott Israeli Wines on June 25th in Vancouver.
The Zionist groups have now responded with a "retroactive buycott", so its very important we keep up the pressure on BC Liquor Stores.
Below is a partial list of stores in Greater Vancouver that carry Israeli wines; please go in and talk with the manager and express your dissatisfaction with these stores being the "distributor" for wines produced...

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All children are miracles

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Published on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:15

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Dear PAOV,

Rock legend Carlos Santana says he believes all children are miracles, but an organization he founded with that very premise literally locked the door, shut the blinds, and turned off the phones on Palestinian children yesterday.

Share this video today to remind Carlos Santana that Palestinian children are miracles too.

On Tuesday, members of the Middle East Children’s Alliance and JVP- Bay Area attempted to deliver our petition signed by 25,000 people urging musician Carlos Santana to respect Palestinian human rights and cancel his upcoming concert in Tel Aviv.

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Churches are not backing down

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Published on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:00

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Dear PAOV,

How’s this for a contrast:

Over the last few months, politicians all over the country have mobilized to attack, slander, misrepresent, undermine, blacklist, and otherwise condemn the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement working to hold Israel to basic standards for international law and human rights.

“The BDS movement is deplorable,” according to a rep for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo - illustrating both how vitriolic and out-of-touch this coordinated attack has been.

But that side is losing. And I know because the evidence of what happens when communities truly examine this issue, with open hearts and minds, was on full display last week in Portland, where the Presbyterian Church (USA) met for their biennial gathering, and in Columbus, where the Unitarian Universalist congregation held their general assembly.

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