STOP Israeli/Palestinian Violence. Cease Fire NOW! Interfaith Fast For Peace -Tuesday night to Wed night

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Published on Tuesday, 15 July 2014 09:20

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Published on Tuesday, 15 July 2014 08:40

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CJPME backs ceasefire call, as death toll hits 172, 77% civilians

For Immediate Release

Montreal, July 14, 2014 -- Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) supports the UN call for a ceasefire, and shares its concerns about the high civilian casualties among Palestinians. According to international reports, 172 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military. The UN estimates that 77 percent of the victims were civilians. Meanwhile, no Israelis have been killed.

On July 11, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay commented that attacks on civilian homes violate international law and called for both Hamas and Israel to respect international law. Despite the balanced nature of Pillay’s statement, Canada’s Foreign Minister John Baird attacked Pillay in a July 12 press release, and continued to portray...

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Public Event Notice

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Published on Monday, 14 July 2014 19:20

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FIESTA CUBANACelebrating the 61st anniversary of the Cuban Revolution
4:00pm to 8:00pm Saturday, July 261241 Balmoral (Mitraniketan Housing Co-op
Joins us with your friends and family
Full dinner served at 5:00pmLive music by "The Family Band"Piñata for the kids Lots of fun for everyone
Admission $15 (kids free)
All funds raised from this event will go towards the "Cuba for Haiti Campaign". This campaign helps Cuban doctors working and saving lives in Haiti.
Organized by the Victoria Friends of Cuba https://victoriafriendsofcuba.wordpress.com/

[evoz] Public Event Notice

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FIESTA CUBANACelebrating the 61st anniversary of the Cuban Revolution
4:00pm to 8:00pm Saturday, July 261241 Balmoral (Mitraniketan Housing Co-op
Joins us with your friends and family
Full dinner served at 5:00pmLive music by "The Family Band"Piñata for the kids Lots of fun for everyone
Admission $15 (kids free)
All funds raised from this event will go towards the "Cuba for Haiti Campaign". This campaign helps Cuban doctors working and saving lives in Haiti.
Organized by the Victoria Friends of Cuba https://victoriafriendsofcuba.wordpress.com/

[Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of July 14th

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Published on Wednesday, 13 August 2014 15:40

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The David Suzuki Foundation has recently posted a series of compelling images, research and in-person interviews focused on the evolution in environmental thinking, and the current state of Canadians’ rights to a healthy life and environment. The series, called Broken Ground, represents the launch of a multi-year campaign. See the website for more info.

UVic Anthropology professor Brian Thom is featured in the Globe and Mail for his work with the Stz'uminus First Nation on Vancouver Island’s east coast. The project integrates indigenous oral history within a Google Maps application, helping to connect aboriginal youth to their traditional history and language, and may assist in securing a long-sought land treaty.

In their article about recent findings on the BC Carbon Tax by Stats Canada, this Globe and Mail...

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[evoz] coffee

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Published on Monday, 14 July 2014 16:40

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I have just bagged a fresh roast of Cafe Simpatico coffee – organic & fair traded – helping people on Omotepe Island in Nicaragua while a small mark-up helps fund CASC’s projects. Please call me for pick up or local delivery of 2 or more pounds. Still $13/fro a full pound/ 454 grams. Gerd

Only 2 weeks left! / Il ne nous reste plus que 2 semaines!

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Published on Monday, 14 July 2014 14:00

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WE’VE REACHED 60% OF OUR GOAL! Thank you!

And, we have 2 weeks left. Can you help us reach our goal?

Our Indiegogo campaign ends on July 27th. Help us make Proportional Representation a key issue in the 2015 election!

We want to finish the Riding Map on the website that will provide you with crucial candidate information during the 2015 election

And, create informative videos that will show Canadians what Proportional Representation could look like in Canada.

We know that in addition to making votes count, and delivering fair, representative election results, Proportional Representation outperforms winner-take-all systems on measures of democracy, quality of life, income equality, environmental performance, and economic growth.

Please Help us build the campaign that will allow us to work on the most important issues of our time!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/make-2015-the-last-unfair-election

Thank you from all of us at Fair Vote Canada!

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[GazaArk] Gaza's Ark Deliberately Targeted by Israel

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Published on Monday, 14 July 2014 13:40

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Saturday, July 12 protest

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Published on Friday, 11 July 2014 16:00

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There will be a rally to protest the violence in the Middle East at the BC Legislature in downtown Victoria tomorrow, Saturday July 12 at 12:30 mid-day.

Please come and support the efforts to show our condemnation of the ongoing hostilities in the area and the indiscriminate killing of civilians.

Please pass the word around.
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Paddle (or post) for the Peace!

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Published on Thursday, 10 July 2014 17:20

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Deciding Force Project: Occupy Movements

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Published on Thursday, 10 July 2014 11:20

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Hello Occupy Victoria,

My name is Marybeth Baluyot and I am the Business Manager on the Deciding Force Project. Based on the UC Berkeley campus, we have been dedicated to the construction of a massive, searchable, highly-detailed database of police and protester interactions in over 200 Occupy movements across the nation. We want to use this information to identify sequences of interaction that escalate and de-escalate violence, so we can help make future interactions more peaceful.

I reach out to you for various reasons. We invite you to share news of our project to your members, to other Occupy groups, police departments, or city officials you have been in solidarity with, or to your personal network of friends. The Deciding Force Project has been in solidarity with various groups from Occupy Cal in Berkeley to Occupy Naperville in Illinois. Please join us!

We have also started a small promotional project committed to nonviolent movements and would very much appreciate your participation. Here’s what you can do to help:

1. Send us a video describing your participation in the Occupy movement like &feature=youtu.be" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">this one. OR

2. Send us a picture of yourself holding an 8.5”x11” paper describing your participation in the Occupy movement like this one.

The video/photo submissions will only be used to help promote the Deciding Force Project through social media including FB, Twitter, and Youtube but will NOT be used for research purposes.

Please visit our website for more info: http://www.decidingforce.org

Like us: http://www.facebook.com/decidingforce

Follow us: http://www.twitter.com/decidingforce Watch video submissions of OWS protesters: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG0ZvpUMlTB6l3UzTgTXe6Q/feed

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

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Songs for the teacher picket lines

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Published on Thursday, 10 July 2014 10:40

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New from the Gram Partisans:
BC Teachers' Picket Line Songs - Two songs written by Gram Partisan
member Bill Hood for the 2014 BC teachers' strike. Guest vocals by Diana Wort, recorded by Simon Kendall (Thanks Diana & Simon!)

Pay what you want - all proceeds will be donated to the union strike fund.

http://thegrampartisans.bandcamp.com/album/bc-teachers-picket-line-songs

Turning the Tide: A Peoples' Paddle for the Salish Sea - PARTICIPANT PACKAGE

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Published on Thursday, 10 July 2014 09:20

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Turning the Tide: A Peoples' Paddle for the Salish Sea
July 25-28, 2014
A people-powered flotilla and community gathering
You are invited to join in Turning the Tide, a mass paddle through the Southern Gulf Islands on the weekend of July 25-28, from Swartz Bay to Pender Island (Port Browning Marina) to Saltspring Island (Ruckle Park) and back to Swartz Bay. A highlight will be community gatherings on Pender on Saturday July 26 and Saltspring on Sunday July 27, with music, food and cultural activities.

This event will demonstrate our love of the marine ecosystem and our opposition to new pipelines and increased tanker traffic on the precious coast. We see this campaign as part of a larger movement to protect the coastal environment and resource economy and to build a broad-based mass movement focused on building solutions beyond the petroleum-based economy.

The PARTICIPANT PACKAGE for Turning the Tide is attached. Registration is filling up fast (limited by the number of camping spaces on Pender and Saltspring), so register online at TurningtheTide.ca, complete the consent form in the package, and return it with the $30 fee (which covers camping and and some meals). If you do not have a boat, we can help connect you to people who do.

Together, we will turn the tide and protect the Salish Sea!

TURNING THE TIDE organizing committeeTurningtheTide.ca Find us on Facebook

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GreenJobs BC Newsletter, Summer 2014: town hall results and more

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Published on Wednesday, 09 July 2014 20:20

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Summer 2014 Newsletter: Spring Town Hall Wrap-up, email list confirmation, Green Jobs reports show big steps forward

GreenJobs BC 2014 Town Halls: Spring Wrap-up

This spring, GreenJobs BC visited BC communities to get feedback on local initiatives and priorities for green job creation. Nearly 200 people attended town hall meetings across 5 communities -- Courtenay, Gibsons, Chilliwack, Castlegar, and Kimberley -- including members and staff of local environmental organizations, Labour Council and union members, MLAs and municipal officials, tradespeople, businesspeople, and members of the public. Thank you to those who participated!

We heard that views of the “green economy” use different languages depending on local industries and actions, but community values are similar in prioritizing sensible use of resources and ensuring community benefits. We also found strong foundations of a green economy everywhere we went, from hydro power in the Kootenays, to local agriculture initiatives in the Fraser Valley, to sustainable fisheries on the island.

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