Tim Hudak looks to import anti-union politics from south of the border | May 22 2013 | Dave Coles | While Hudak claims to be promoting "worker choice,” attacking unions' financial security is designed to weaken a civil society critic and empower big business.

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Pack the Senate with cheats, then call for reform, then take off for Peru? Good plan! | May 22 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | Unfortunately for the PM's "reform" talk, the only way to fix the Senate that will actually work is to abolish it.
The PKOLS reclamation: Saturating the land with our stories | May 22 2013 | Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | Building a strong, connected Indigenous Nationhood Movement rests on reclaiming the lands and sacred sites we have been removed from.
The resilience of the West? | May 22 2013 | Thomas Ponniah | We have perpetually heard various proclamations about the inevitable collapse of Western domination since the end of World War I. Will they continue to be disproven? If so, why?
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Local, what's in a word?
May 22 2013 | The recent media and political focus on the definition of local have helped to launch an important dialogue.
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Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees!
May 20 2013 | The European Union banned three pesticides (Imidacloprid, Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam) to protect rapidly declining bee populations.
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May 16 2013 | Take action and show solidarity with these workers by sending a message to Bangladesh's Prime Minister and the Minister for Labour and Employment.
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The resilience of the West? | May 22 2013 | Thomas Ponniah | We have perpetually heard various proclamations about the inevitable collapse of Western domination since the end of World War I. Will they continue to be disproven? If so, why?
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Capitalists win, all others lose in B.C. election | May 21 2013 | Duncan Cameron | The capitalists won the B.C. election. Extractive industries make big profits in the province, and have bigger plans for its future.
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Canada's culture of mean: Beating up on refugees | May 21 2013 | Matthew Behrens | Testifying before a Senate committee on a repressive piece of deportation legislation, refugee rights lawyer Barb Jackman aptly summed up the mean political culture that increasingly grips the land.
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Pack the Senate with cheats, then call for reform, then take off for Peru? Good plan! | May 22 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | Unfortunately for the PM's "reform" talk, the only way to fix the Senate that will actually work is to abolish it.
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Biased, lapdog investigations mean cover-up of Senate scandal most likely outcome and public inquiry will be needed | May 22 2013 | Democracy Watch | Biased, lapdog investigations mean cover-up of Senate scandal most likely outcome and public inquiry will be needed – Wright, Duffy should be found guilty of violating ethics rules
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Activist Communique: Power in the name -- the reclaiming of PKOLS (Mount Douglas) | May 22 2013 | Krystalline Kraus | On May 22 at 5 p.m., a powerful renaming ceremony will take place in British Columbia. Name and Blood both hold important power of identity for First Nations communities.
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Peruvian campaign against TPP: 'Our Rights are Not Negotiable' | May 22 2013 | Stuart Trew | A broad-based coalition of Peruvian civil society launched a campaign and petition against the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a 17th round of TPP negotiations began in the capital city of Lima.
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May 16 2013
Excerpt: Historical reformers: Why and how democratic institutions change
'Wrestling with Democracy' by Dennis Pilon provides a historical and comparative look at electoral reform (or lack thereof) of western industrialized countries over the past century.
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Review: From hell and back: Searching for self at the crossroads of social change
Night Town by Cathi Bond is a coming-of-age story of a young woman, and a shifting nation, growing up in the rapidly changing social fabric of 1970s Toronto and searching for acceptance and progress.
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Arguing for Our Lives: A User's Guide to Constructive Dialogue
The following is adapted from the new book Arguing for Our Lives: A User's Guide to Constructive Dialogue from City Lights Books.

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Victoria
May 22 2013 - 3:00pm
Crtitical Mass bike ride to PKOLS
Victoria
May 22 2013 - 5:00pm
Reclaim PKOLS (formerly Mt. Douglas): DAY OF ACTION
Ottawa
May 22 2013 - 7:00pm
Hungry for Change: A conversation on Food Justice with Haroon Akram-Lodhi and Paul Slomp
Toronto
May 22 2013 - 7:00am
Connect Beauty
Vancouver
May 23 2013 - 7:00pm
Energy Revolution

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What's the worst part of the Mike Duffy - Nigel Wright scandal?

Yesterday, Mike Duffy stepped down from the Conservative caucus, but remains a sitting independent Senator. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister's Office has stated that Stephen Harper has "full confidence" in Chief-of-Staff Nigel Wright, who apparently secretly wrote a personal cheque to help Duffy pay back his debts. Clearly, there are still many questions that need to be answered. 

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