Protest - Revolt

07/12/18
Author: 
Karin Larsen

Local students join those in eight other Canadian cities in staging school strike and rally at city hall

05/12/18
Author: 
Emilee Gilpin
Visitors to Unist'ot'en territory are greeted with a sign ensuring there's no confusion around their recognized governance. Photo by Jeffrey Nicholls

December 5th 2018

A subsidiary of Calgary-based energy company TransCanada has taken leaders of the Unist'ot'en community to court, accusing the members of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation of blocking access to the area around the Morice River Bridge.

04/12/18
Author: 
Maxime Combes
Demonstration of the yellow jackets at Andelnans, in France, 18 November 2018. Photo: Thomas Bresson (via flickr)

4 December 2018

The French government has now decided to suspend a planned eco-tax on fuel in response to mass protests. While the movement of the ‘yellow vests’ (gilets jaunes) has turned into a broader revolt against inequality and Macron’s neoliberal reforms, economist and climate activist Maxime Combes (Attac France) argues that as a way to tackle climate change, the tax is neither fair nor effective.

Analysis originally published on the daily internet journal of ideas AOC and translated by Taisie Tsikas.

04/12/18
Author: 
Richard Greeman  
yellow vest riot Paris
December 3, 2018
 
Ignored by Emmanuel Macron, distorted by the media, courted by the Right, snubbed by the Left, the self-organized mass movement known as the Yellow Vests is seriously challenging the political and economic order in France.
02/12/18
Author: 
First Nations Leaders

Press Release: TransCanada Litigation Threatens Unist’ot’en Territory

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – NOVEMBER 30 2018

 

An injunction application and civil litigation filed by TransCanada Coastal GasLink aims to criminalize Unist’ot’en Camp and forcibly facilitate pipeline construction across unceded Unist’ot’en territory.

30/11/18
Author: 
Extinction Rebellion

Watch this video from Extintion Rebellion Scotland: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/336959893164229/permalink/960834600776752/

26/11/18
Author: 
ENvironnement JEUnesse
Quebec’s youth sue the Government of Canada for its inaction on climate change!
[Note: In ENvironnement JEUnesse, the name of the group taking this action, the upper case letters spell ENJEU, which translates as "stake" (as in what is risked) or "challenge" (as in a problem that confronts you).]
25/11/18
Author: 
Tenants Union

We had such a packed and exciting General Meeting last night. With Tenant Power we can to end renovictions this week!

Vancouver Councillor Jean Swanson has put a motion forward to Protect Tenants from Renovictions and Aggressive Buy-Outs.

Speakers on this motion will be heard at 6PM on Tuesday November 27th at City Hall. Read the rest of this email to find out what you need to know to support the motion to ban renovictions.

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