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• What's New: The Rationale of Austerity May 17, 2012
  Charlie Post lectures on the reasons why austerity is capitalism's response to the crisis that began in 2008, explaining why it is "logical" from the point of view of the system. Delivered at the Solidarity Midwest Regional School in Madison, Wisconsin, March 31st 2012. […]
• Quebec government lock-out of students will only add 'fuel to the fire' May 17, 2012
  After 14 weeks of student strikes in Quebec, the provincial Liberals announced last night that they will introduce a law that would suspend the semesters at colleges and universities if striking students do not stop holding picket lines or enforcing strike votes. Student representatives were fast to denounce the regulation, calling it a "lock-out" […]
• Hill Dispatches: Lower migrant pay and tougher EI rules - pushing down wages May 17, 2012
  The government's plans for Canadian workers, for Employment Insurance (EI) and for the tens of thousands of migrant workers who come here annually are murky and unclear. Commenting on changes in EI announced, but not specified, in the Budget Omnibus Bill the Minister of Finance says "any job is a good job." The Minister of Human Resources has […]
• What's New: Mexican Unions Enter the National Elections Deeply Divided May 17, 2012
  On the political front, the Mexican working class has never been more divided. Mexico's labor unions are mobilizing for the national presidential, congressional and gubernatorial elections on July 1, but they are doing so in support of a variety of rival parties and candidates left, right, and center. […]
• Gaza's Ark: Building hope in Palestine May 17, 2012
  The Canadian Boat to Gaza, in cooperation with international initiatives in the US, Australia and other countries, is launching a new initiative to challenge the illegal and inhumane Israeli blockade of Gaza, the only Mediterranean port closed to shipping. This new initiative: Gaza's Ark, will build a boat in Gaza, using existing resources. A crew of in […]
• The global fight for an open Internet | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca May 17, 2012
  This week's video update is about the threat of the TPP, and the huge strides forward taken by the global pro-Internet community that give us hope. Fight the Internet lockdown at http://InternetLockdown.ca/ ..And join the international pro-Internet community at http://openmedia.ca/community   […]
• UN report bolsters Canada's right to food movement May 17, 2012
  "Canada has long been seen as a land of plenty. Yet today one in ten families with a child under six is unable to meet their daily food needs. These rates of food insecurity are unacceptable, and it is time for Canada to adopt a national right to food strategy." - Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.  Yesterday Olivier D […]
• Get the Shell out! Indigenous activists expose dirty oil business May 17, 2012
  Representatives of four Indigenous nations will attend Shell Oil's annual meeting to demand an end to its massive human and ecological rights violations in Canada, Alaska, and Nigeria. […]
• Ontario welfare workers strike for their rights May 17, 2012
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• Not Rex: Ontario welfare workers - These boots were made for walking May 17, 2012
  In Ontario's Peel Region and Renfrew County, welfare workers have put on their walking boots! […]
• De-growth or growth? Maybe we don't need to figure that out May 17, 2012
  There has recently been a renewed interest in the question of whether the ecological crisis means we need to see (or plan for) a stabilization or even a decline in economic growth. This week there is a major conference on degrowth in Montreal. York University's Peter Victor has made important contributions to this debate in his book Managing Without Gro […]
• B.C. MLAs’ recommendations disappoint supporters of cosmetic pesticide ban May 17, 2012
  A legislative committee determined there is not enough scientific evidence to justify such a ban in B.C. […]
• Severe funding cuts for Nova Scotia College of Art and Design May 17, 2012
  As students in Quebec continue their 14-week strike, students in Nova Scotia continue to be reminded that post-secondary education is not a priority for the Nova Scotia government. Students and faculty at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) in particular are bracing for severe funding cuts as the provincial government continues to target the sc […]
• U.S. war veterans challenge NATO's occupation of Chicago May 17, 2012
  Veterans of the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are now challenging the occupation of Chicago. This week, NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is holding the largest meeting in its 63-year history there. Protests and rallies will confront the two-day summit, facing off against a massive armed police and military presence. The NATO gathering has […]
• Israeli Police Target Activists as Social Protests Restart May 17, 2012
  Last Summer's J14 movement against the high cost of living in Israel organized first major demo of the year, police targeted leaders […]
• Honduran President Lobo Given Leadership in International Relations Award at CHLI Gala May 17, 2012
  Right wing CHLI started by same Cuban American politicians who backed the 2009 Honduran coup and subsequent fraudulent elections that brought Lobo to power […]