Canada

23/12/23
Author: 
Brishti Basu
A man waves a Palestinian flag during a pro-Palestinian rally in Montreal on Nov. 12. Protests like this have been taking place across Canada for more than two months. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)

Dec. 22, 2023

Employers, institutions alerted to individuals supporting Palestinians in Israel-Hamas war, CBC has learned

Restaurant staff losing their jobs for cheering on a pro-Palestinian protest. A Palestinian Canadian journalist fired for her social media posts calling for a #freepalestine. Medical residents flagged to potential hiring committees for their support of Palestinians.

20/12/23
Author: 
Paul Street
illustration - wave from smoke stack

Dec. 20, 2023

Followers of my writing have I hope noticed me repeatedly arguing that capitalism produces four mutually reinforcing and multiplying apocalyptic horsemen: ecocide, pandemicide, potentially terminal nuclear war, and fascism.

Capitalism at the Dark Taproot

I want to dig into this formulation here, explaining how capitalism generates each of these apocalyptic menaces and how the “four horsemen” reinforce and indeed multiply each other.

15/12/23
Author: 
Steve Genco
The original photo of the famous ‘Blue Marble’ image, depicting Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew on December 7, 1972. Photo via NASA via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_17_Blue_Marble_original_orientation_(AS17-148-22727).jpg

Dec. 5, 2023

America has no idea how to live after the end of fossil fuels. When the country is ready to listen, ecosocialism can provide the answers it needs

15/12/23
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski & John Woodside | News, Politics, Ottawa Insider
NDP MP Laurel Collins is the party's environment and climate change critic. File photo by Natasha Bulowski

Dec. 13, 2023

The federal government faced fierce external pressure to abandon or weaken its plan to cap oil and gas sector emissions from provincial governments and industry lobby groups in the lead-up to its announcement last week.

14/12/23
Author: 
Alex Cosh
Bob Rae - Photo credit: United Nations video screenshot.

Dec. 14, 2023

Good morning Maple readers. On Tuesday, Canada voted for a resolution at the UN General Assembly to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a move that human rights activists said shows the Trudeau government is finally listening to the demands of Palestine solidarity protests.

As we have reported, these protests have frequently been met unkindly by government officials and law enforcement services.

14/12/23
Author: 
Damian Carrington
Cop28 was hosted by a petrostate, the United Arab Emirates, and run by the boss of its state oil company, Adnoc. Photograph: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images

Dec. 14, 2023

The absence of a ‘phase-out’ let petrostates off the hook, but there are other ways to end the era of coal, oil and gas

Petrostates fought fiercely against the call from 130 nations at Cop28 for a fossil fuel phase-out. That is because they are engaged in a colossal fossil fuel phase-up, already working on double the extraction that the planet can cope with.

11/12/23
Author: 
Ruth Milka
Illustration: Curbing corporate control: new bill seeks to restrict hedge funds in housing market

The article below is about the US housing market, but we need similar legislation in Canada--to reduce purchase prices AND rents. Regarding rents, we need to get rid or Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), which mean renters don't even have a landlord/lady to deal with, just a big business.

            -- Gene McGuckin

 

Dec. 11, 2023

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11/12/23
Author: 
Protect the Planet
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For Immediate Release

Dec 11, 2023

Land Defenders chain themselves to Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) boring tunnel to protect sacred Secwépemc territory

11/12/23
Author: 
Brent Patterson
Still from Brandi Morin video

Dec. 10, 2023

 

Open trench construction for the Government of Canada-owned Trans Mountain pipeline near Pipsell (Jacko Lake) is underway despite the opposition of land defenders.

09/12/23
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
We pretend extracting more metals to build bigger vehicles whose electricity is largely powered by fossil fuels is progress. Photo via Shutterstock.

Dec. 8, 2023

Sputtering EV promises, in 13 scenes. And the true road to surviving the climate crisis.

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