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Hundreds of academics condemn RCMP, governments over Coastal GasLink crisis in open letter

03/12/21

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John Woodside

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Dec. 2, 2021

Hundreds of academics have signed an open letter calling for government intervention in the wake of RCMP enforcement of an injunction granted to Coastal GasLink to build a pipeline through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.

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The great tree robbery

03/12/21

Author:

Ben Parfitt

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Policy Note - CCPA

Thanks to generous BC government subsidies, wood pellet mill yards are overflowing with logs culled from the interior region’s primary or old-growth forests. Photo: Stand.earth.

Dec. 2, 2021

As more old-growth trees topple and forest industry jobs plummet, an obscure government subsidy scheme fuels the collapse

For more than 15 years, the BC government has rewarded logging companies with millions of additional old-growth trees to chop down thanks to an obscure “credit” program that allows companies to log bonus trees that don’t count toward their licensed logging limits.

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Cuba’s Vaccine Could End up Saving Millions of Lives

30/11/21

Author:

Branko Marcetic

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Jacobin

A medical worker displays a dose of Cuba’s Soberana 2 vaccine against COVID-19 at a school in Havana, Cuba. (Joaquin Hernandez / Xinhua via Getty Images)

Nov. 22, 2021

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Time to fight climate change, not each other

30/11/21

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Yves Engler

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The Straight

Author Yves Engler argues that the federal government's decision to buy F-35 fighter jets will exacerbate the climate crisis. MASTER SGT. DONALD R. ALLEN/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Nov. 29, 2021

The Trudeau government’s plan to buy 88 new fighter jets and 15 combat vessels will do little to protect Canadians from this country’s most serious threats. And some people are angry enough to take the streets to send this message to Ottawa. Two dozen rallies were held across the country last week to oppose a fighter jet purchase that will exacerbate an existential menace.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Deep Adaptation: Could Climate Change Lead To Societal Collapse?

29/11/21

Author:

Marianne Apostolides

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Science The Wire

Tauktae’s cyclonic winds lash Thiruvananthapuram, May 2021. Photo: PTI

Nov. 27, 2021

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WHO Seeks New Global Pandemic Treaty

29/11/21

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Jason Beaubien

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National Public Radio

On November 29, the World Health Organization will convene a virtual summit for its member states to consider the handling of future outbreaks. Pictured above: WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Nov. 28, 2021

The World Health Organization is convening a special session of its governing body, the World Health Assembly, to start talks on a new global treaty covering pandemics. Representatives of WHO's 194 member states will meet virtually for three days starting on Monday to consider new international rules for handling future outbreaks.

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Noam Chomsky: Ending Climate Change “Has to Come From Mass Popular Action,” Not Politicians

29/11/21

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Interview by Poyâ Pâkzâd Benjamin Magnussen

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Jacobin

Noam Chomsky speaking at the International Forum for Emancipation and Equality in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 12, 2015. (Augusto Starita / Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación)

Nov. 19, 2021

AN INTERVIEW WITH NOAM CHOMSKY

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RCMP still clearing Indigenous lands for corporate interests

29/11/21

Author:

Pamela Palmater

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The Breach

An RCMP officer points a gun into the tiny house in Wet'suwet'en territory. Photo: Still from footage by Michael Toledano

Nov. 26, 2021

Instead of criminalizing Indigenous peoples defending the climate and water, Canada should be taking our lead

The RCMP’s most recent actions in Wet’suwet’en territory unfolded more like a horror movie than any semblance of the rule of law in a functioning democracy.

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Thousands of Women March in Chile Against Fascism

29/11/21

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Telesur

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Telesur

Thousands of women participate in a march called by feminist associations in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, today in Santiago (Chile) | Photo: EFE / Alberto Valdés

25 November 2021

Young women, adults and girls gathered at dusk in the central Plaza Italia in Santiago to march - amid chants and music - on Alameda Avenue, the main artery of downtown Santiago, which remained blocked for several hours.