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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:
Send us a video describing your participation in the Occupy movement like &feature=youtu.be" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">this one. OR
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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!
Songs for the teacher picket lines
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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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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.
Read more: GreenJobs BC Newsletter, Summer 2014: town hall results and more
A Tribe Called Red Newsletter: New shirt and more summer tour dates announced
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- Published on Wednesday, 09 July 2014 20:00
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It’s been a while since our last newsletter. After a few shows in Canada, we’re about to embark on a European tour as well as more dates in Canada and the US. Check out the full schedule below.
Connect: www.atribecalledred.com - Facebook - Twitter - Soundcloud
In addition to the new Nation II Nation hoodies, we just added our latest shirt: The Guide To Making Indigenous Music. Ryan Redcorn of the hilarious 1491s designed it and you can order directly from us here: http://atribecalledred.spinshop.com/
Finally, Canada's anti-spam legislation takes effect tomorrow, so we have to let you know that if you want to keep up to date on the latest concert announcements, news and contests please DO NOTHING. If you don't want to hear from us anymore, please click 'unsubscribe' at the bottom of this email. We would be sad to see you go!
A Tribe Called Red On Tour:
07/01 Banff Center Canada Day – Banff, AB
07/06 Les Eurockéenes – Belfort, France
07/11 Riddu Riddu Festival – Riddu, Norway
07/12 Pohoda Festival – Trecin, Slovaquia
07/19 Colors of Ostrava – Ostrava, Czech Republic
07/20 Cross Club – Praha, Czech Republic
07/22 Paléo Festival – Nyon, Switzerland
07/25 Calgary Folk Fest – Calgary, AB
07/26 Pan Indigenous Games – Regina, SK
07/27 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB
07/31 Barboza – Seattle, WA
08/01 Wild Buffalo House of Music - Bellingham, WA
08/02 Bass Coast – Merritt, BC
08/04 BC Day - Smithers, BC
08/07 Squamish Valley Music Festival – Squamish, BC
08/09 Shambala Festival – Salmo, BC
08/10 Shambala Festival – Salmo, BC
08/12 Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre – Whitehorse, YT
08/13 KIAC Ballroom – Dawson City, YT
08/16 Big Time Out – Comox, BC
08/21 Museum of Indian Arts and Culture – Santa Fe, NM
08/22 Shadeh Nightclub – Santa Fe, NM
08/23 Afropunk Festival – Brooklyn, NY
08/24 Prismatic Festival – Dartmouth, NS
08/27 Pop MTL launch @ Place Emilie Gamelin – Montreal, QC
08/28 The New Parish – Oakland, CA
08/29 McClatchy Park – Sacramento, CA
08/31 Made In America Festival – Los Angeles, CA
11/07 Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON (tickets)
Read more: A Tribe Called Red Newsletter: New shirt and more summer tour dates announced
[evoz] A Great Victory at US/CANADA Border! Caravan to Cuba successfully crosses from BC, Canada into Washington, US
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- Published on Tuesday, 08 July 2014 20:40
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BORDER UPDATE – July 6, 2014 8:00pm ** Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba Successfully Crosses from BC, Canada into Washington, US **
Over 90 supporters gathered at Peace Arch Park today, Sunday July 6, to send off the 25th Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba. Supporters came from across British Columbia and Washington State to make sure all of the humanitarian aid collected in British Columbia would make it across the border and on its way to Cuba.
After a picnic and cultural/political program that we will report more about soon, the truck and car full of about $10,000 worth of humanitarian aid, including walkers, wheelchairs, medical supplies, sports equipment, school supplies and tools made their first attempt to cross over the border in the afternoon. With all of the caravan supporters chanting against the blockade of Cuba, holding signs, waving flags and handing out leaflets to those waiting in traffic, the US border crossing was alive with the dynamic campaign demanding an end...
[Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of July 8th
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Robert Gifford from UVIC Environmental Studies and Psychology was one of four experts to weigh in on a recent Globe and Mail article talking about the power of ‘cool’ in environmental action. Has the concept of sustainability suffered in its style factor?
CBC Radio featured Richard Hebda, faculty in the UVic Department of Biology and author of the book “A Field Guide to Edible Fruits and Berries of the Pacific Northwest”, talking about edible treats that can be found in BC. Listen to the interview online and take part in the phenomenon of foraging!
A recent report written by law student Sam Harrison from the UVic Environmental Law Centre on behalf of the Wuikinuxv Nation found that the federal government is putting the health of...
Read more: [Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of July 8th
Ghost Rider Roads: Inside the American Indian Movement 1971-2012
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Camas Books & Infoshop https://www.facebook.com/events/542746432503793/
Antoinette Nora Claypoole will be talking about her years in and around the American Indian Movement (AIM), reading from her recent books (2013) about AIM, "Ghost Rider Roads, 2nd Edition" and "blue, like Night Sky". She'll also be speaking in support of John Graham, S. Tuchone, (from the Yukon) who is serving a life sentence in the U.S., wrongfully accused of a 1976 murder within AIM.
Partial proceeds of the book sales will go to Graham's family. More info visit www.wildembers.com or contact Camas Bookstore.
"Ghost Rider Roads" is antoinette nora's opus. Immensely interesting... Congrats on an amazing book."
~~ Harvey Arden, editor of My Life is my Sundance by Leonard Peltier
Authors BIO:
Born in Rochester, N.Y. travelling the world as an “army brat” antoinette nora claypoole moved from PIttsburgh, Pa to Southern Oregon where she met members of the American Indian Movement. The work within this movement informed a. nora’s writing life. Published in various renegade anthologies in the North and South west of the U.S.A. she believes that if you love mosquitoes they won’t bite. currently completing a book of the lost works of Louise Bryant (1885-1936), for which she received an Oregon Literary Arts Award, a. nora’s first book (Who would Unbraid her Hair, 1999)--about Anna Mae Aquash, member of the American Indian Movement found murdered in 1976—recently became part of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., permanent library collection.
More bio info: www.antoinettewritings.blogspot.com
Peoples Social Forum
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- Published on Monday, 07 July 2014 16:00
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Ottawa -- 23 June 2014
Peoples Social Forum: Ottawa, August 21-24
Presentations by Roger Rashi, Coordinator of the PSF and Dylan Penner who discuss the plans for the forum including plans for marches, opportunities for groups to propose workshops, and plans for convergence assemblies to address common goals and strategies.
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upcoming events
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- Published on Monday, 07 July 2014 09:40
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Dear Friends of SJS,
Below are some great upcoming events that may be of interest to you:
FUNDRAISING DINNER AND DANCE TO SUPPORT TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS
Saturday July 12 2014
Cedar Hill Recreation Centre
Doors open at 5.30pm, Dinner starts at 7pm
Ticket price: $22/person (no children)
Lots of door prizes and games
Please call Annette at 250 382 3701 for tickets!
SCNCC Monthly North American call
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- Published on Monday, 07 July 2014 08:20
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Can't keep track of all the pipelines
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- Published on Thursday, 03 July 2014 13:40
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[coalalert] CV Record: " CVRD must prepare for more mining reviews"
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- Published on Thursday, 03 July 2014 11:00
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[Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of July 1st
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Lots of local food and food security related events happening this week in the city. From cob oven-making to film screenings and community markets, don’t miss these opportunities to gain knowledge about sustainable food systems and enjoy some of the season’s bounty.
Voting in the next municipal election just got a bit easier for those who live in the City of Victoria or Saanich but work or study at the UVic Campus. Both the City and the District of Saanich have announced that they will be setting up advance polls on the UVic Campus, marking the first time that the City has established advance polls outside a municipal boundary. Read the story in the Times Colonist
Last week’s unanimous ruling by the
Supreme Court of Canada to support the Tsilhqot’in First Nation to...
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[evoz] JULY 6: P4P Caravan to Cuba 2014 Border Crossing! Let's break the U.S. Blockade on Cuba!
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The Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba is heading on the road again this year and I would like to invite you all to come and support the border crossing event that will be happening this Sunday July 6th. As you know, 2 years ago we were stopped at the border and told our humanitarian aid would not be allowed cross. It was only after over 24 hours of protest that the aid was allowed through. The more supporters of Cuba and the Caravan there are at the border the stronger our voice will be to make sure that all the aid gets across the border this year and on its way to Cuba. I will be organizing a car pool to and from the border for people who would like to come and participate. If you are interested, please call me at
It's your last chance! Help us stay in touch
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[GazaArk] Sweden to investigate Israel's attacks on Gaza-bound ships
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- Published on Sunday, 29 June 2014 16:00
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Israel has attacked several Gaza-bound ships over the last few years. Swedish prosecutor Henrik Attorps has launched an investigation into suspected criminal offenses ranging from aggravated assault, aggravated unlawful threats, theft, and other...
Read more: [GazaArk] Sweden to investigate Israel's attacks on Gaza-bound ships
G4S forced to announce pull-out from Israel's prison system - EU bans some exports from illegal Israeli settlements
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- Published on Sunday, 29 June 2014 16:00
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BDS News
JUNE 2014 NEWSLETTER
Welcome to BDS News, the BDSmovement.net newsletter published by the Palestinian BDS National Committee, a broad coalition of Palestinian organisations that leads and supports the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
TAKE ACTION: Join the Month Against the Apartheid Wall #StopImpunity
At a month from the the 10th anniversary of the decision of the International Court of Justice, solidarity campaign, social movements and civil society organizations from all over the world are preparing actions and initiatives.
Groups from over 20 countries from all five continents are mobilizing for media initiatives, street action, conferences and other forms of protests and awareness raising activities. Be part of the momentum and contact...
[coalalert] Letter to the editor Oyster River coal exploration work
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- Published on Saturday, 28 June 2014 07:40
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More Articles...
- Friday! Deadline for VIPIRG research coordinator position
- The time has come to ban bee-killing pesticides
- Social Justice Film Night
- [evoz] Social Justice Film Night
- [Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of June 23
- News from the Ecosocialist Coalition
- What will stop Enbridge?
- Action Alert! Help protect Sasquatch Provincial Park
- SEA Event: DOOMED SYSTEMS AND BROKEN POLITICS: How do we fix them?
- Connecting kids to nature with Sierra Club BC nature camps
