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If Indigenous lives really mattered to the Trudeau Liberals, the Canadian government would not treat the most Indigenous country in the Americas the way it has.

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Indigenous Peoples

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How Not To Lose The Lockdown generation

08/08/20

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Naomi Klein

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The Intercept

Civilian Conservation Corps recruits arrive to set up their first reforestation work camp at Powell's Fort, Va., on April 18, 1933. Photo: New York Times Co./Getty Images

August 6 2020

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Irreconcilable? Trans Mountain pipeline, racial divides and looming conflict

07/08/20

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Brandi Morin

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National Observer

Photo of Kanahus Manuel of the Secwépemc Nation at the Tiny House Warriors demonstration near Blue River, B.C. by Brandi Morin

August 7th 2020

A minefield of racial divides, violence and human rights violations is about to explode in Blue River, B.C., over the expansion of Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline (TMX).

On Saturday, July 25, tensions mounted in Blue River, B.C., a tiny community of just 260 people encircled by a backdrop of a stunning mountainous landscape along Highway 5.

It’s situated at the confluence of the Blue and North Thompson Rivers, where part of the TMX expansion is underway.

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New Westminster-Burnaby MP submits motion for ‘wealth tax’

07/08/20

Author:

Chris Campbell

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New West Record

Peter Julian speaks to supporters at the NDP celebration at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown. Photograph By LISA KING

AUGUST 7, 2020

New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian is pushing forward with his motion that Canada institute a wealth tax.

Julian has submitted M-43, a private member’s bill that the federal government “should immediately implement a 1% wealth tax on fortunes over $20 million.”

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British Columbia

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Land defenders respond to violent police raid with blockades

07/08/20

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First Nations Leaders

Stand with Six Nations!

For just under three weeks Haudenosaunee Land Defenders, on their traditional territories, have been occupying a site slated for illegal development.

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Thousands of tenants at risk as court rejects interim stay on Ontario evictions

05/08/20

Author:

Alastair Sharp

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National Observer

Hisham Alasbachi in his apartment, from which he fears he could be evicted. Photo supplied

August 5th 2020

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Canada

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Migrant worker says he was fired from Ontario farm, faced deportation after voicing COVID-19 fears

05/08/20

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CBC Radio The Current

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CBC Radio The Current

Jul 31, 2020

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Down Goes Clay: Cori Bush Knocks Off Half-Century Dynasty

05/08/20

Author:

Ryan Grim

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The Intercept

Cori Bush. Photo: Courtesy of Cori Bush for Congress

August 4 2020

Cori Bush’s triumph over 19-year incumbent Rep. Lacy Clay in St. Louis, Missouri, is Justice Democrats’ latest upset.

IN AN UPSET that will rock the House Democratic Caucus, Ferguson activist Cori Bush on Tuesday unseated Rep. Lacy Clay, whose family has represented the St. Louis-area congressional district for more than 50 years.

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Rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all infectious diseases – study

05/08/20

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Oliver Milman

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The Guardian

A woman drinks as children cool off in a public fountain in Milan, Italy, on 31 July. 2020 is set to be hottest or second hottest on record, in line with the longer-term trend of rising temperatures. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

4 Aug 2020

The growing but largely unrecognized death toll from rising global temperatures will come close to eclipsing the current number of deaths from all the infectious diseases combined if planet-heating emissions are not constrained, a major new study has found.

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Company did not reply to emails about work near the boundary between Burnaby-New Westminster

Strike actions underway demanding elections take place as planned in September

Cori Bush’s triumph over 19-year incumbent Rep. Lacy Clay in St. Louis, Missouri, is Justice Democrats’ latest upset.

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