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The upcoming protest is August 9

Sorry about the typos in our rush announcement. One should not hurry!

We do hope you can attend this coming Saturday August 9 and support the BDS Campaign! And thank you if you came to the August 2 Protest!

FOR GAZA PROTEST

B.C. Legislature

Saturday, August 9

Noon

The struggle is not over until the Gaza blockade is lifted and Israeli Apartheid ends!

Bring your posters, flags, and voices. We will be holding banners, speaking out against the murder of Gaza civilians trapped in the blockaded Gaza Prison, and listening to speakers telling of the latest developments in Gaza.

Support the Boycott, Divestment

and Sanctions campaign!

http://www.bdsmovement.net/



Read more: The upcoming protest is August 9

An important web site and organization to visit

Not In My Name

Not In My Name: Tell your elected officials

notinmyname.ca/
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[coalalert] THE TYEE: " Who pays for Catastrophes? Mining firms enjoying double standards."

NOTE: THE QUESTIONS RAISED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE RELEVANT TO THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RAVEN COAL MINE PROJECT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/08/08/Who-Pays-for-Catastrophes/

Saturday protest

FOR GAZA PROTEST

B.C. Legislature

Saturday, August 2

Noon

The struggle is not over until the Gaza blockade is lifted and Israeli Apartheid ends!

Bring your posters, flags, and voices. We will be holding banners, speaking out against the murder of Gaza civilians trapped in the blockaded Gaza Prison, and listening to speakers telling of the latest developments in Gaza.

Support the Boycott, Divestment

and Sanctions campaign!

http://www.bdsmovement.net/

Sponsored by CAIA Victoria www.caiavictoria.ca


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[evoz] SATURDAY NOON FOR GAZA PROTEST

Gaza conflict: 360-degree panorama of flattened town of Khuza'a, Gaza

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/gaza/11012640/Gaza-conflict-360-degree-panorama-of-flattened-town-of-Khuzaa-Gaza.html


AND DO NOT FORGET THE SATURDAY NOON FOR GAZA PROTEST AT THE BC LEGISLATURE.

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Survival reveals 'five faces of genocide' for UN Indigenous Day - News from Survival


Survival for tribal peoples

Survival reveals 'five faces of genocide' for UN Indigenous Day

Aché woman shortly after she was captured and brought out of the forest in 1972, Paraguay. Aché woman shortly after she was captured and brought out of the forest in 1972, Paraguay.© A. Kohmann/Survival

To mark UN Indigenous Day on August 9, Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, reveals five tribal peoples who have been victims of genocide during the 20th century – and warns of a potential genocide in the 21st.

Tribal peoples subjected to genocidal violence include*:

- The Aché, Paraguay: in a landmark case launched in April 2014, the Aché tribe took Paraguay’s government to court over the genocide they suffered. The Aché were decimated after colonists launched killing raids, captured tribespeople and sold them as slaves during the 1950s and 60s.

- The Akuntsu, Brazil: in 1985, government investigators uncovered an entire communal house which had been bulldozed – evidence of a brutal massacre by gunmen that killed most of the Akuntsu tribe. The five survivors are the last witnesses of this silent genocide.

Five Akuntsu are the last survivors of a silent genocide in Brazil. Five Akuntsu are the last survivors of a silent genocide in Brazil.© Fiona Watson/Survival

- The Jummas, Bangladesh: the Bangladesh military and a wave of settlers carried out a genocidal campaign of murder, rape, torture and the torching of Jumma villages. A peace deal in 1997 put an end to the worst atrocities, but killings, the burning of Jumma villages, the theft of their land and arrests remain rampant.

The Jummas have suffered a genocidal campaign at the hands of settlers and the military, Bangladesh. The Jummas have suffered a genocidal campaign at the hands of settlers and the military, Bangladesh.© Mark McEvoy/Survival

- The Yanomami, on the border of Brazil and Venezuela: in 1993, goldminers launched a brutal attack on the Yanomami village of Haximú, killing 16 Yanomami, including the elderly, women and children. In an unprecendented ruling, four of the culprits were subsequently convicted of genocide.

Survivors of the Haximu massacre, in which goldminers killed 16 Yanomami Indians, hold urns containing the ashes of their relatives. Survivors of the Haximu massacre, in which goldminers killed 16 Yanomami Indians, hold urns containing the ashes of their relatives. © C Zacquini/Survival

Read more: Survival reveals 'five faces of genocide' for UN Indigenous Day - News from Survival

A depressing panorama

THIS MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED.

Gaza conflict: 360-degree panorama of flattened town of Khuza'a, Gaza

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/gaza/11012640/Gaza-conflict-360-degree-panorama-of-flattened-town-of-Khuzaa-Gaza.html


AND DO NOT FORGET THE SATURDAY NOON FOR GAZA PROTEST AT THE BC LEGISLATURE.

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CAIA Active Members Committee

Wildfire Bakery Quadra between Pandora and Cormorant

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The wall by the Wildfire Bakery is impressive and up on the web.
However the Bakery says they are not responsible for it.
Congratulations to the artists though!

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CAIA Active Members Committee

What you've done = amazing

We need your brains--but not in a zombie way. To continue to succeed we need you to help guide our strategic priorities going forward. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us about how we’re doing and where we’re going together. Take part in our supporter input tool today!

Take action!

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[coalalert] Stephen Hume: "Blame the provincial government for toxic mine spill"



NOTE: Excellent article by Stephen Hume on the Polly Mine spill. The connections to the proposed Raven Coal Mine are obvious. If the Raven Mine Project was approved, what guarantees would be in place to ensure the sediment/tailings ponds would be adequately monitored to prevent a spill into the Cowie Creek watershed and Baynes Sound?
http://www.vancouversun.com/Stephen+Hume+Blame+provincial+government+toxic+mine+spill/10092385/story.html

[Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of Aug 5th

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NEWS

UVic’s AVP of Finance Kristi Simpson was interviewed regarding the recent grant UVic received from the province for a geothermal heating and cooling system for the new CARSA building. The funding is part of a new program where post-secondary institutions can apply to receive some money back from carbon offset payments made as part of the government’s Carbon Neutral Government program. See The Tyee.

A tailings pond located near Mount Polley in Central BC ruptured on Monday, spilling five million cubic metres of tailing pond wastewater which includes arsenic, mercury and sulphur, from the gold and copper mine located nearby. The spill directly affects local waterways, and residents have been...

Read more: [Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of Aug 5th

Saturday Aug. 9 - For Gaza Protest

Download File
see the caiavictoria.ca web page or the attached.

August 9 at the BC Legislature at noon

SPREAD THE WORD

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CAIA Active Members Committee

[coalalert] ANOTHER MINE CONTAINMENT POND BREACH

NOTE: I'ts estimated 5 million cubic metres of contaminated water in this spill. That's 1.32 Billion US Gallons. This is just the latest in containment pond breaches in BC and Alberta in the past several months ( Coalmont Coal Mine and Obid Mountain Coal Mine). This a another cautionary tale for us and the proposed Raven Coal Mine Project. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Water+effect+southeast+Quesnel+after+tailings+pond+breached/10088871/story.html

Reporter removed from Gaza for truth


The Active Committee of CAIA Victoria has a meeting tonight - Monday. We will post on our web site activities planned in the near future. www.caiavictoria.ca

We thank all those who have supported us in the recent protests and hope you will join us in our future endeavors to obtain Justice and Peace for all in the region.

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Reminder SCNCC Monthly Call

Reminder SCNCC Monthly Call r1 ...

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[evoz] August 7

Dear friends of peace in Victoria,

You are invited to Victoria Women in Black silent vigil on Thursday, August 7, noon- 1pm; in remembrance of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki we call for nuclear disarmament.

PLEASE JOIN OUR VIGIL FOR AL OR PART OF THE ONE HOUR – we are seen by hundreds of locals and tourists and we pass out our information leaflet. FOR THIS VIGIL WE GATHER BELOW THE TOURIST OFFICE ON GOVERNMENT –across from the Empress Hotel. Supportive men are welcome. Lots of benches to rest on.

Nine nations today have 19,000 nuclear weapons. Three of these nations are involved in conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine.

Some of the weapons contain uranium mined and exported...

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Tell @WhiteHouse & @JohnKerry: End Gaza War and Lift Blockade

Hi dear friends,

I signed a petition to The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Barack Obama which says:

"The Obama Administration and Congress should use all means at their disposal to end the war and lift the economic blockade in Gaza. The U.S., Israel, and Egypt should trade a permanent end to rockets and other attacks from Gaza for a permanent end to Israeli and Egyptian restrictions on Gaza’s economy and on the movement of Palestinians into and out of Gaza. "

Will you sign this petition? Click here:

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell-whitehouse-johnkerry?source=s.icn.em.mt&r_by=8843222

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“War is the greatest destroyer of human life, the greatest polluter, the greatest creator of refugees, the greatest cause of starvation and illness. We all have to
care – not just for our own little circle, but for the universe.” Muriel Duckworth(1908-2009)





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CAIA Active Members Committee

IOF to bomb Shifa hospital Gaza

See below messge but do not forget the protest today, Saturday, Aug 2, at the BC Legislature at noon.

Subject: [longtermers] ISM volunteers in Gaza need your help now Hi everyone, Four volunteers, need your help (we've contacted their embassies). Here's the press release we just sent out: For immediate release: Israeli military announce they will bomb al-Shifa hospital in Gaza

Al-Shifa hospital has received a phone call telling them a building of the hospital will be bombed.

At 16:30, the hospital received a call from an unlisted number, stating a building needed to be evacuated immediately.

The building is being used for overflow patients, and is directly across the road from the main hospital building. It is part of the hospital site, but building work has yet to be completed.

The hospital is now in the process of evacuating all staff and patients inside.

"I'd like to...

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request for volunteers

Dear Friends of SJS,

Inside Out Project (Victoria) is looking for volunteers to help paste some posters on Saturday, August 16th starting at 10am on the ground of the breakwater at Ogden Point.

There will be a water ritual performed by Rose Henry at noon, a paddle out into the water and beer and bbq to follow after pasting 225 posters. The posters will remain on the breakwater until Oct. 1st.

This is part of a global people's art project, Inside Out Project. For a local group action living in Vancouver Island, we decided to call ours: Community for a Clean Coast http://www.communityforacleancoast.org/.

You can find our program for the day and more updates at https://www.facebook.com/insideoutprojectvictoria?fref=ts.

Please share this call out to anyone you think who may be interested and care about the health of our coastal waters. This is a good opportunity to become actively involved in solidarity to protect the...

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