Dec 1, 2017
Neoliberalism is a spent force in electoral politics
The alternative to socialism is no longer neoliberalism; it's Trumpian racist populism, which is probably a nonstarter in Ontario.
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Nov 30, 2017  Concerns about election tampering during Honduran Presidential electionRaul Burbano On Sunday November 26, 2017, Honduras held elections for president, the National Assembly, and mayors. Leading up to the elections, Honduras experienced escalating militarization and intimidation. |
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Nov 30, 2017  Hashtag activism promotes inclusion and helps build solidarityKrystalline Kraus Leveraging the power of social media has been a key way smaller social justice campaigns have successful amplified their voice, and larger campaigns have unified the personal experience of struggle. |
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Nov 24, 2017  Celebrating the end of Mugabe, not the end of darknessSophistication lies in giving yourself fully to the present while knowing it's transient, yet keeping in view, somewhere on the horizon, your larger goals. |
 Fairbnb.ca: Making sure Airbnb doesn't destroy your communityrabblepedia A Canadian movement to hold homesharing accountable |
 Scientists help make conservatives think more liberallyReports A useful tool for messaging and for understanding in partisan politics |
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Nov 23, 2017  Keystone pipeline leak a reminder to 'respect existence or expect resistance'Just one year ago the Indigenous-led resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline on Standing Rock Sioux tribal territory in North Dakota was being subjected to increasingly intense state violence. |
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Nov 17, 2017  Peacekeeping is no job for ordinary soldiersConventional soldiers "keeping the peace" could be as fatuous as the obscene "war to end all wars" was. But apparently most Canadians like the idea of peacekeeping -- who wouldn't? |
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Nov 17, 2017  Innovation or inertia? Unpacking the federal government’s shortlist for the innovation superclustersThe Liberal government continues to use a technocratic definition of innovation. Real change demands a deeper understanding of innovation and real investment in food policy. |
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Nov 15, 2017  Who benefits more from the PC takeover of the Alberta Party -- the NDP or UCP?David J. Climenhaga The big question now has to be whether, come the next Alberta general election, the reconstituted PC-dominated Alberta Party is likely to take more votes from the NDP or the UCP? |
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Nov 15, 2017  Tzeporah Berman pulls no punches saying what she thinks about tar sands developmentDavid J. Climenhaga "If they are not dealt with now, tar sands tailings could become a permanent toxic legacy of the most reckless forms of 20th century fossil fuel extraction," writes environmentalist Tzeporah Berman. |
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Nov 14, 2017  Site C exposes economic folly of flooding farmlandDavid Suzuki A long-held belief that big hydro projects are the most economically sustainable energy options is fast losing support as renewable energy costs plummet and projects multiply worldwide. |
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Nov 13, 2017  Canada must implement UN declaration on Indigenous rightsDennis Gruending The Canadian government promised it would implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. MP Romeo Saganash says do it now. |
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Nov 10, 2017  Roger Waters talks about Palestine, peace, and joyMartha Roth Report on October 26 public meeting in Vancouver with singer/songwriter Roger Waters, organized by Independent Jewish Voices-Vancouver and local Palestine solidarity groups |
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Nov 9, 2017  Majority of mass shootings connected to domestic violenceThe mass murder in Sutherland Springs, Texas, was a horrific crime. It was also horrifically predictable, and emblematic of the systemic problem we have with guns and violence in the United States. |
 Who is using tax havens and who is working to close the loopholes?3 Minute Action Take action to bring the money back to Canada |
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Nov 7, 2017  I Am Affected campaign strives for 'reconciliAction'Doreen Nicoll The process of healing settler and Indigenous relationships requires reconciliation and action, or 'reconciliAction.' |
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Nov 7, 2017  What Ontario's Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act means for labour organizingIn early in 2018, Bill 148 will become law. When it does, unions and workers will suddenly have a new set of tools to use for organizing. Here is more about what it means. |
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Nov 3, 2017  When free speech is no longer free for allIf free speech gets shut down it will always be the privileged who benefit because they have the power, the guns, the legal institutions, the money, to bend the final decisions to their ends. |
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Nov 2, 2017  Wynne Government’s Hospital Bed Announcement a Temporary Band-Aid But Health Coalition Slams Expanding Health Care PrivatizationOne-fourth of the hospital money announced today was already announced and the announced beds are temporary and few. Meanwhile government continues to move capacity to private for-profit facilities. |
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Oct 31, 2017  Nova Scotia government legislates workers compensation benefits for nurses with PTSDThe CNFU applauds the passage of an amendment to Nova Scotia’s Workers’ Compensation Act to include presumptive coverage for nurses and other emergency response workers who are diagnosed with PTSD. |
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Oct 30, 2017  Bandaids don't fix a sub-standard shelter systemCathy Crowe Toronto's recent announcement of winter only respite centres for people chronically homeless neglects the humanitarian disaster. |
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Oct 28, 2017  Entering the era of 'big government' means more taxesTaking care of big public programs, like health care and better CPP, means you need more revenues to fund them -- and that means more taxes. |
 Workers deserve their pensions3 Minute Action Sears Canada and others cannot continue to pay workers last. Take action. |
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