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Developing Justice: Natural resources and fair economies
April 3, 2013 |
In this year's speakers series Ahnan and Jennifer Moore discuss how they are advocating for just and sustainable development in their communities.
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Understanding the roots of the current conflict in Mali

February 17, 2013
| The French military intervention should be seen in the context of a decades-long effort to re-colonize Africa. Roger Annis says this goes hand in hand with a militarization of the continent.
Length: 18:17 minutes (16.75 MB)
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The new war for Afghanistan's oil

February 12, 2013
| The Pentagon recently admitted that Taliban attacks are on the increase in some regions. One of the factors that may be driving this trend is the fight for control of Afghanistan’s oil reserves.
Length: 19:12 minutes (17.58 MB)
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Trade agreement between Canada and China a corporate rights pact

November 22, 2012
| The free trade agreement with China suffers from many of the same faults as NAFTA. Chinese companies will be able to sue Canada for millions if their business is affected by environmental laws.
Length: 15:57 minutes (14.61 MB)
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Canada's lakes and rivers under threat

October 30, 2012
| Finance Minister Jim Flaherty released a new omnibus bill last week. He said it would have no surprises. But it turns out that important safeguards for Canada’s waterways have been removed.
Length: 16:54 minutes (15.48 MB)
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Tanzanian villagers pay for biofuel investment disaster

October 16, 2012
| The financial collapse of a project by UK-based Sun Biofuels shows how the development dream can quickly turn into a nightmare for local people.
Length: 15:29 minutes (14.18 MB)

Activism (course e-book/booklet)

Learning to do 'activism' well can take a while. And 'well' can mean many things. The journey can be both discouraging and inspiring at times.

There are many aspects to consider in efforts towards 'building a better world'. This e-book / booklet is based from a course on activism held in Ottawa in the fall of 2011, containing notes from discussions, different activities used in the course, and appendixes including ideas on creating positive and effective learning processes/environments.

There are four main sections to this guide:

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Occupying small towns

rural communities can sustain an occupation

Occupying small towns isn't easy. The scale of the occupation and the issues activists want to highlight are often different from camps in larger cities. A successful occupation in rural Canada requires a few tweaks to standard organizing. Getting the message out might be the easy part - maintaining commitment and momentum with community support can be harder. But with the right approach, small towns can support all kinds of radical movements. This guide details how to

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Darkwoods, the murky world of carbon credits and a 'carbon neutral' B.C. government

By
Ben Parfitt
| July 18, 2011

It is spun in government press releases as a "first" for any jurisdiction in North America, an achievement that places British Columbia "on the leading edge" of efforts to combat climate change.

But scratch the surface just a little and questions arise about the legitimacy of Environment Minister Terry Lake's recent claim that "from this point forward, every government building in our province will be carbon neutral."

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The Wild West and dysfunctional B.C. politics

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Ben Parfitt
| June 15, 2011

Anyone wanting to see just how dysfunctional politics in B.C. has become should check out Bob Simpson's recent Private Members' statement in the provincial legislature.

For seven minutes Simpson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Cariboo North and one of two Independent MLAs, spoke about why he and fellow Independent Vicki Huntington (Delta South), had called on Premier Christy Clark to appoint a special committee of the legislature to investigate B.C.'s ballooning unconventional gas production and its public policy implications.

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