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03/09/20
Author: 
BC Acorn
Mainstreet Equity are trying to evict a refugee family with a young disabled daughter who's in need of 24-hour care - WE WILL FIGHT BACK
31/08/20
Author: 
Tom Philpott
California Flag - A growing body of research shows there’s a flip side to the megadroughts California farmers face: megafloods. Photo:Flickr/Martin Jambon

August 31st 2020

This story was originally published by Mother Jones and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration

31/08/20
Author: 
Patrick Brethour

[Very interesting. I'm wondering when the other shoes might start dropping.  Those shoes could include evolving employment insurance into a "benefit" too small to actually live on, thus forcing people to take low-wage jobs. Or, it might transform, slowly or quickly, into what right-wingers want--a catch-all payment that replaces free health care, education, and other social services, which can then be privatised and charge fees. Gene McGuckin - ecosocialistsvancouver.org]

Aug. 30, 2020

29/08/20
Author: 
Jon Milton
'Dollarama is our Amazon': Warehouse workers organize against unsafe conditions, 'misery wages'

Rally aims to force retail giant to back down on plans to cut pandemic pay boost

28/08/20
Author: 
South African Food Sovereignty Campaign, the Cooperative and Policy Alternative Centre & a Climate Justice Assembly

Climate Justice Charter

 
28/08/20
Author: 
Lois Beckett
Teachers hold a ‘#Return2SchoolSafely’ protest in Phoenix, Arizona, on 15 July. Photograph: Ross D Franklin/AP

15 Aug 2020

Arizona public school district forced to abandon plans after more than 100 teachers and staff members called in sick

[Editor: What about in Canada?  The situation isn't so different!!]

An Arizona public school district was forced to cancel its plans to reopen on Monday after more than 100 teachers and other staff members called in sick.

28/08/20
Author: 
Chris Campbell
A banner hung on the Kensington overpass that spans Highway 1 in Burnaby. Submitted photo

Aug. 27, 2020

People opposed to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project blanketed Burnaby overpasses on Wednesday afternoon.

28/08/20
Author: 
Tom Philpott
Selection of packaged meats - Caption: The soil that makes one of the globe’s most important farming regions so productive is vanishing before our eyes.’ Photograph: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler/ Grid Engine/ CC0

August 28th 2020

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears in the National Observer as part of the Climate Desk collaboration

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