Concerned citizens gathered at Grace Lutheran Church in Victoria to discuss food security, food distribution, and food banks.
Emeritus Professor Graham Riches gave a historical review of social services in Canada.
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'Decrepit US bridges harm economy’: A newly-released report shows tens of thousands of bridges in the United States are structurally deficient, causing an i... - Protests continue in Brazil for third day: President acknowledges demonstrators' grievances as thousands hold rallies over poor governance, high prices and graft.
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Mass Protests Sweep Brazil in Uproar over Public S...: Brazil is witnessing some of its largest protests in decades, after some 240,000 people protested Monday. Tens of thousa... - Climate emergency needs a people’s power solutio...: Socialist candidate: We cannot solve the global climate emergency as long as mining, energy and banking remain in the ha...
Capitalism: A Structural Genocide: Book Review: Capitalism is responsible for a class-based genocide that targets the poor, particularly in the global sout... - Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Exposes Dangers o...: The explosion that killed 14 at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas in April 2013 raises new concerns over OSHA funding an...
Screen Propaganda, Hollywood and the CIA: Black Hawk Down, Zero Dark Thirty and Argo, those are only a few major recent productions showing how today’s movie in... - Action Alert: Help defeat Bill C-377: Our friends at CUPE inform us that, "Members of Senate are debating Bill C-377 this week." They explain, "Bill C-377 cla...
C-377: A chance for the Senate to prove its worth: June 19, 2013 bill377_1.jpeg Please support o... - Militarism and Sports – Part II (A Response): Militarism and Sports – Part II (A Response) Tyler Shipley A couple of years ago, I wrote a short article expressing m...
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