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Visit www.canadians.org/bluesummit for further details and to register now!
Organized by the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Council of Canadians.
Take Action for Fair Trade! Here are some sample letters and motions that you can use to get better – and fairer – trade policies in your community.
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Say bye to buy local - A primer on trade deals impacting Ontario, CUPE Ontario and the Council of Canadians, October 2009
Today marks the one-month countdown to the tenth anniversary of what many will remember as N30.
To help celebrate this anniversary of the 'Battle in Seattle', please see this special resource section on our website
here.
10 Years Later: The Battle in Seattle and beyond
By Maude Barlow
December 7-18 marks a significant moment in time for global action on the climate crisis. Representatives from 200 countries will be meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark with the aim of getting agreement on common action to address the climate crisis.
The Council of Canadians will be on the ground in Copenhagen, providing updates on negotiations inside the conference and taking part in numerous events and climate justice movement activities happening outside.
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Read about the social, environmental and democratic impacts of the 2010 Olympic Games in our new factsheets
here.
Olympics blog postings by Brent Patterson, Director of Campaigns and Communications at the Council of Canadians.
Why we’re more concerned with Harper’s solution than we are the alleged problem of spending public money locally.
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NEWS: Barlow criticizes proposed procurement deal with the US » MEDIA: Show us the "Buy American" deal before signing it, demands Council of Canadians »
In May 2009, negotiations were launched for a Canada-European Union trade agreement.
Canadian corporations are looking for better access to the European market without having to meet stricter EU rules. European negotiators want Canadian services contracts, with the aim of transferring the $22-billion our local governments spend annually on public priorities into corporate profits.
An agreement with the European Union would put pressure on provincial governments to privatize public services, including in areas such as water, transportation, child care and public health care.
We need to stop this proposed deal before negotiations can conclude in 2011.
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Learn more about how your community can become a
Blue Community by resisting public-private partnerships, promoting water as human right at the local level, and banning bottled water in public spaces.
Council of Canadians asks Saint John to be a ‘blue community’, Brent Patterson, October 21, 2009
Take the Tap Water Pledge »
Meera Karunananthan and Angela Giles of the Council of Canadians drink the water in Sandy Pond, NL
Meera and Mike Manning (CoC St. John's chapter contact) hike back from Sandy Pond, followed closely by a Vale Inco ATV.
Q: When is a lake not a lake?
A: When the Canadian Government says it should be a dump for mine waste.
Lakes that would normally be protected as fish habitat by the
Fisheries Act are now being redefined as “tailing impoundment areas” according to a 2002 “schedule” added to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations of the Act. Once added to Schedule 2, healthy freshwater lakes lose all protection and become dump sites for mining waste. In 2006, two lakes in Newfoundland were added to Schedule 2 and more recently two lakes in Nunavut were approved for destruction.
Take Action! Sandy Pond, near Long Harbour, N.L., is next on the hit list. The mine tailings that Vale Inco plans to dump into the lake will destroy the lake, causing irreversible damage.
Save Newfoundland's Sandy Pond and tell our government that lakes should not be used as dump sites.
Click here for Environment Canada’s list of 11 lakes proposed for destruction.
The Nova Scotia government has just announced its intention to formalize a provincial ban on uranium mining and exploration in law. The decision is welcome news to Council of Canadians' members and activists who, along with other Nova Scotia residents and organizations, have been pushing the government for a legislated ban to replace a cabinet policy statement that has been in place since 1981.
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Photo: Council of Canadians board member and chapter activist Marion Moore points to a “Uranium: Leave it in the ground!” bumper sticker, which were used in the push for a legislated uranium mining ban in Nova Scotia.
On Tuesday, September 22 councillors heard the echoes of opposition and protest that have resonated across the country and voted 93-13 to cease construction and all further development for the controversial landfill known as Dump Site 41, which threatened to pollute the Alliston Aquifer. This is a tremendous win to stop Site 41 and has been acknowledged as a huge victory in our ongoing battle to protect water. Congratulations everyone!
Read updates from the sessions on our
campaign blog.
View photos and read more on Site 41 »
PHOTO: Maude Barlow and and Meera Karunananthan wave goodbye to the equipment leaving Site 41.
SusanThur's Blog : I have my own little world, but it's okay-they know me here
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OCTOBER 22, 2009 3:29PM
THE RELIGION OF FEARPDF file --Essay by Jason C. Bivins
When planes failed to fall from the sky, when global computer networks did not unravel, when hordes did not take to the streets, pitchforksand torches raised, to battle over canned goods, much of the United States breathed sighs of disinterest. With the passing… Read full post »
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OCTOBER 22, 2009 1:46PM
Congresssional Report- America sold to the High Bidderhttp://www.house.gov/hinchey/AmericaForSale.pdf
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OCTOBER 21, 2009 3:00PM
Taylor Branch discusses his book The Clinton Tape/VideoTaylor Branch discusses his book The Clinton Tape/charlierose video
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OCTOBER 22, 2009 3:29PM
THE RELIGION OF FEARPDF file --Essay by Jason C. Bivins
When planes failed to fall from the sky, when global computer networks did not unravel, when hordes did not take to the streets, pitchforksand torches raised, to battle over canned goods, much of the United States breathed sighs of disinterest. With the passing… Read full post »
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Why is New Orleans important to America?The Port of New Orleans is one of the busiest ports in America. The city is the home of major shipbuilding facilities, a naval base, the nation’s Marine reserve headquarters and the world’s first World Trade Center.
More than 6,000 vessels move through New Orleans annually along the Missi… Read full post »
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OCTOBER 1, 2009 11:44AM
Poisonous Politics /Where did'We' Go? by T.FriedmanExcerpts:I hate to write about this, but I have actually been to this play before and it is really disturbing.
The American political system was, as the saying goes, “designed by geniuses so it could be run by idiots.” But a cocktail of political and technological trends have converged i… Read full post »
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Dare I say that, off the top of my head, Freidman is to journalism what Lieberman was to the 'Democratic' party )
Contractors That Could be Defunded in Anti-Acorn Bill1 Oct 2009 // Last week, the House inadvertently took a large step forward in protecting taxpayers from misbehaving contractors. The House passed the "Student Aid" bill (H.R. 3221) that also included a ban on entities receiving any federal contracts or grants if they have "filed a fraudulent form wit… Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 26, 2009 1:55PM
ACORN, Blackwater and the accountability disparityThe U.S. House of Representatives
voted yesterday to cut off federal funds to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or ACORN, a national grassroots group that advocates for poor and modest-income families. The
House vote of 345 to 75 came three days after
the Senate cut off Housin… Read full post »
Am I Not Human: Taser Justice
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The Blogging day on December 4 demanding Taser Justice is timely, and direly needed. The first day of blogging event opened a lot of eyes, but there are more minds that need to be aware of the serious lows taser abuses plummet to on what appears to be a regular basis.
The amounts of murders by taser over the past few years and this year alone is astounding. Calls for congressional hearings have been made in the Afrosphere, and we're still waiting. Can we trust officers to stand for justice or is the overwhelming majority of law enforcement intent on killing with unnecessary deadly force? Aren't officers subjected to Mental Health screenings before they're given positions? And if yes, how is it possible so many have taken blood-thirsty action against innocent citizens?
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Make sure your demands for justice are heard?
There are a few actions we can currently take. Please visit the information beyond the links to see which you're able to lend energy to:
Sign the petition demanding a congressional investigation into Taser Torture
Join the March for Dignity (to protest the non-punishment decision of Police renegade Stephanie Phillips who murdered Michael Jacobs. A march for 10,000 people is being called and organized.
Join the December 4th Day of Blogging for Taser Justice.
On behalf of the victims of taser torture who cannot ask on their own because they have been murdered.
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Thursday, November 05, 2009
New row over Colombia-US accord [Photo]clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
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President Uribe's deal with the US has caused concern in the region
Colombian opposition groups have reacted angrily after details of a controversial military deal with the US were made public.
Under the 10-year deal, the US military will not only have access to military bases, but also be able to use major international civilian airports.
US personnel and defence contractors will also enjoy diplomatic immunity.
President Alvaro Uribe says the agreement will help rid Colombia of drugs gangs and left-wing rebel groups.
But leading opposition senator Gustavo Petro, of the left-wing PDA party, said the deal amounted to a virtual US occupation of Colombia.
They reveal that the US military will have access to seven Colombian army, navy and air force bases and also be able to use civilian airports under conditions that have still not been made clear.
The deal has led to a worsening of already strained ties between Colombia and Venezuela.
Venezuela has broken off diplomatic relations with Bogota and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned that Colombian military bases could be used by the US to attack his country.
Other countries in the region, including Brazil and Chile, have also expressed concern.
The BBC's Jeremy McDermott, in Colombia, says Colombia is increasingly isolated in the region, but does not seem to care, just so long as it has US support.
Saudi Royal Air Force carries strikes against Yemeni rebels clipped from www.huffingtonpost.com
SAN'A, Yemen — Saudi Arabia sent fighter jets and artillery bombardments across the border into northern Yemen on Thursday in a military incursion apparently aimed at helping its troubled southern neighbor control an escalating Shiite rebellion.
The Saudis – owners of a sophisticated air force they rarely use – have been increasingly worried that extremism and instability in Yemen could spill over to their country, the world's largest oil exporter. The offensive came two days after the killing of a Saudi soldier, blamed on the rebels.
The offensive immediately raised concerns of another proxy war in the Middle East between Iran and Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally. Shiite Iran is believed to favor the rebels in Yemen while Saudi Arabia, which is Sunni, is Iran's fiercest regional rival.
The same dynamic has played out in various forms in Lebanon, where Iran supports the Shiite militant Hezbollah and Saudi Arabia favors a U.S.-backed faction, and in Iraq, where Saudi Arabia and Iran have thrown support to conflicting sides in the Sunni-Shiite struggle.
A top Saudi government adviser confirmed "a large scale" military operation underway on the Saudi-Yemeni border with further reinforcements sent to the rugged, mountainous area.
"It is a sustained operation which aims to finish this problem on our border," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. He said Saudi troops were coordinating with Yemen's army, but Yemen's defense ministry denied the Saudis were inside the country.
The northern rebels, known as Hawthis, have been battling Yemeni government forces the past few months in the latest flare-up of a sporadic five-year conflict. They claim their needs are ignored by a Yemeni government that is increasingly allied wit
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Monday, November 02, 2009
Jon Krakauer: McChrystal's Explanation For Pat Tillman Cover-up Is "Preposterous" [Photo]
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Little attention has been paid to Gen. Stanley McChrystal's back-story and his rise to the height of military command of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Before becoming the voice of gravity and a champion of higher troop levels in the eight-year long war, McChrystal's resume was sullied by a controversy in that same theater: the misclassified death of Pat Tillman.
McChrystal was the head of Special Operations command in Afghanistan during Army Ranger (and former football star) Pat Tillman's death. McChrystal was the one who approved paperwork awarding Tillman a Silver Star despite knowing (or at least suspecting) that he had died in fratricide and not, as originally determined, enemy fire.
This was once a big embarrassment for the army and, to a lesser extent, McChrystal himself (though he has copped to making an innocent mistake). But when the general was elevated to top spot in Afghanistan this past spring, relatively few publications revisited the affair.
That may change. On Sunday, journalist Jon Krakauer joined the Meet the Press panel to discuss his new book on Tillman's death called Where Men Win Glory. Krakauer offered a harsh assessment of McChrystal's conduct during that period and even stressed that the General's explanations upon reflection were "preposterous" and "unbelievable."
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India's Mahabharata is 2300 years old and the longest book in the world. If you have never read it this one verse sums it up nicely
"Yudhishthira has a vision of the age to come: “I see the coming of another age, where barbaric kings rule over a vicious, broken world; where puny, fearful, hard men live tiny lives, white hair at sixteen, copulating with animals, their women perfect whores, making love with greedy mouths. The cows dry, trees stunted, no more flowers, no more purity; ambition, corruption, the age of Kali, the black time”
This one by the Dog Poet who may soon overshadow Mark Twain!
I am frightened for you, humanity. I wouldn’t wish on you what you are going to get; in your indolence, as your Kentucky Fried ass melds with the plether of your Lazy-boy recliner.
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The North American leaders summit – where Canada, the United States and Mexico met to discuss progress on the Security and Prosperity Partnership – took place
August 9 and 10 in Guadalajara, Mexico and Canadians knew almost nothing about it.
The SPP is dead, Stuart Trew, Rabble.ca, August 19, 2009
The SPP has been defeated! Campaign blog post by Brent Patterson, August 14, 2009
Watch videos of the protest and updated factsheets at
www.IntegrateThis.ca.
WATCH: The Council of Canadians: 2009 In Review video
WATCH: The re-broadcast of the Council of Canadians AGM
On Oct. 23, rabbletv broadcast live the opening session of the Council of Canadians' Annual General Meeting. Watch speeches from Maude Barlow, John
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