Protest - Revolt

Alberta Amazon Warehouse Could Be First To Unionize In North America

21/09/21

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Candice Bernd

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Members of Teamsters Locals 987 and 362 protest outside an Amazon fulfillment center in Alberta, Canada, on July 14, 2021, after meeting with Amazon workers across the country to discuss working conditions and union organizing. COURTESY: TEAMSTERS CANADA

September 19, 2021

The struggle to unionize Amazon is shifting to Canada, where workers in Alberta could soon be the first to unionize an Amazon warehouse in North America. Workers at the “YEG1” facility in Nisku, Alberta, just outside Edmonton, filed for a union election on Monday, September 13. The election could be held in mere weeks, once the Alberta Labour Relations Board approves the application.

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The new warrant: how US police mine Google for your location and search history

20/09/21

Author:

Johana Bhuiyan

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The Guardian

Zachary McCoy was considered a suspect in a house burglary because his Google location data showed police he had been near the home. Photograph: Samuel Jones/AP

[Editor: And in Canada?]

Sept. 16, 2021

Geofence location and keyword warrants are new law enforcement tools that have privacy experts concerned

It was a routine bike ride around the neighborhood that landed Zachary McCoy in the crosshairs of the Gainesville, Florida, police department.

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Attention, Jagmeet Singh — young voters want a leader who will stand up to Big Oil

19/09/21

Author:

Vijay Tupper

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National Observer

On the campaign trail, Jagmeet Singh has promised to end fossil fuel subsidies and has said he opposes Trans Mountain — but has refused to commit to cancelling it if he is elected. File photo by Alex Tétreault

Sept. 19, 2021

I’m a 16-year-old high school student in Burnaby, B.C. In 2019, I joined the youth climate strikes that brought a million Canadians out into the streets shortly before the last federal election.

Now, voters are headed to the polls again as many parts of the country are still reeling from a summer filled with wildfires, droughts, and deadly heat waves. Disasters like these are going to shape my future — so my generation and I are looking for leaders who have the courage to do what it takes to face the climate emergency.

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75 Percent of Young People Are Frightened by the Future. That’s the Only Sane Reaction to Climate Change.

19/09/21

Author:

Liza Featherstone

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New Republic

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg with fellow protesters outside the Swedish Parliament during a Fridays for Future demonstration, on August 20, 2021

The climate crisis is also a mental health crisis. Psychologists have known this for some time. But this week, preliminary findings from a massive new study have revealed that global warming’s impact on young people’s well-being is far more intense than anyone predicted. The worst part is that the kids’ distress isn’t irrational: The problem lies with their governments.

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Climate Change

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Respect my right to not vote

18/09/21

Author:

Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel

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Ricochet Media

Photo: A stop sign in Mohawk and English in Kanehsatà:ke. Photo by Maxim Off

Sept.14, 2021

In 1990, Kanehsatà:ke land defenders barricaded a secondary dirt road to stop the expansion of Oka’s nine-hole golf course on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka homeland. It began the “78-day siege” of Kanehsatà:ke, including Kahnawake.

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Why tackling inequality and the climate crisis must go hand-in-hand

17/09/21

Author:

Seth Klein

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National Observer

A parade of protesters makes its way down Broadway to New York City's Zuccotti Park in September 2012 to mark the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. Photo by Paul Stein / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Sept. 17, 2021

Today, Sept. 17, marks the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street (I know, I was surprised, too). On this day in 2011, a mass protest began in New York City’s Zuccotti Park, located in the heart of the financial district. It lasted weeks and spread to cities around the world, including many in Canada.

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Protect the Planet Stop TMX - Treesit at Still Creek

16/09/21

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Protect the Planet Stop TMX

Dear friends,

We need YOUR help with direct support of the treesits that are blocking TMX. Non-Arrestable OR Arrestable - you decide. Both are crucial.

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None of the major parties will cancel TMX, despite heated opposition in B.C.

14/09/21

Author:

Chen Zhou

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Ricochet Media

Sept. 10, 2021

Even the NDP refuses to commit to killing the $16-billion, publicly funded pipeline expansion

The overpass trembled as cars sped past, and the noise of the traffic roared as several protestors stood on the sidewalk with “STOP TMX” banners. They waved them at passing vehicles, and those on the Trans-Canada Highway beneath them.

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Double standard: B.C. requires Indigenous consent for forest conservation but not logging

14/09/21

Author:

Torrance Coste

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Ricochet Media

Sept. 9, 2021

A year after groundbreaking old-growth report, government inaction still drives conflict in B.C.

Every day in B.C., irreplaceable groves filled with the oldest trees in the country are cut down and lost forever. In the year since the province’s strategic review of old-growth management, we’ve seen many promises but very little change in the forest.

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A power struggle at Fairy Creek: Old-growth activists want fewer police powers at Fairy Creek. The RCMP is asking for more

14/09/21

Author:

Rochelle Baker

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National Observer

Close to 1,000 old-growth activists at the Fairy Creek blockades have been arrested, making it the largest civil disobedience movement in Canada. Photo courtesy of Rainforest Flying Squad / Facebook

September 14th 2021

A slew of legal applications involving the contentious Fairy Creek old-growth blockades are moving forward in B.C. Supreme Court this week as the protest becomes one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in Canada.

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Protest - Revolt

Geofence location and keyword warrants are new law enforcement tools that have privacy experts concerned

Even the NDP refuses to commit to killing the $16-billion, publicly funded pipeline expansion

A year after groundbreaking old-growth report, government inaction still drives conflict in B.C.

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