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Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter
November 27, 2014
Climate, Governments and Corporations
This week in Other Voices, ahead of the COP 20 summit, we
present articles and resources relating to climate change and the
environment. We examine how governments and corporations often times
work together to push environmentally damaging oil and gas projects to
ensure continued profits and we also highlight various movements and
organizations working to challenge their power and their priorities, and
prevent and reverse the global damage they cause.
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Climate Crisis, the Deindustrialization Imperative and the Jobs vs. Environment Dilemma
Rick Smith
says that "So long as we live under capitalism, today, tomorrow, next
year and every year thereafter, economic growth will always be the
overriding priority till we barrel right off the cliff to collapse." Read More
Keywords: Climate & Carbon Dioxide - Capitalism
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Edelman's TransCanada Astroturf Documents Expose Oil Industry's Broad Attack on Public Interest
Leaked
corporate PR firm's strategy documents outline a "grassroots advocacy"
campaign plan to build the appearance of support for TransCanada's
Energy East pipeline as well as to undermine public opposition to oil
and pipelines generally. Documents obtained by Greenpeace detail a
desperate astroturf PR strategy designed by Edelman for TransCanada to
win public support for its Energy East tar sands export pipeline. Read More
Keywords: Propaganda - Alberta Oil & Tar Sands
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Drawing a line in the tar sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice
The fight over the tar sands is among the epic environmental and
social justice battles of our time, a life-and-death battle for the
future of the planet. It is a battle that pits these peoples' movement
against the largest and most destructive industrial project -- a project
driven by the big the most profitable and powerful transnational energy
corporations. Read More
Keywords: Environmental Justice - Climate Justice
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Tricks of the Trade
They are everyday brand names, products and services we all
know and use -- but where does all the money go and how much tax do
these companies pay? Find out some of the strategies many corporations
use to drastically cut their tax bills. Read More
Keywords: Corporate Tax Avoidance - Corporate Agenda
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The naked class politics of Ebola
Just as a glass prism differentiates sunlight into
its component colours, corresponding to the different wavelengths, the
Ebola crisis ravaging three West African countries has produced three
distinct responses, corresponding to the three principal classes of
capitalist society.Read More
Keywords: Ebola - Class
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The Leading Terrorist State
It's official: "The U.S. is the world's
leading terrorist state, and proud of it." That, according to Noam
Chomsky, should have been the headline for the lead story in The New
York Times on Oct. 15, which was more politely titled "CIA Study of
Covert Aid Fueled Skepticism About Helping Syrian Rebels.Read More
Keywords: State Terrorism - U.S. Foreign Policy
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Treasures From the Archives
Power to the people: 1971 interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
John Lennon: “I’ve always been
politically minded, you know, and against the status quo, but in the
hurricane Beatle world it got left out. It’s pretty basic when you’re
brought up, like I was, to hate and fear the police as a natural enemy
and to despise the army as something that takes everybody away and
leaves them dead somewhere. I mean, it’s just a basic working-class
thing.” Read more
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December 1 is the start of the
global climate conference COP 20 in Lima, Peru. Global warming is a
deepening crisis that threatens the planet we live on. Action on the
causes of climate change -- and specifically the capitalist drive for
accumulation – is an urgent and vital priority for us all. Connexions
features a wide range of resources and organizations concerned with
climate change, its causes, and possible solutions. See the Climate Change topic page as well as related topic pages such as:
Global Warming
Tar Sands
Ecosocialism
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Instead of a single organization,
this week we feature a selection of groups and websites engaged in the
fight for action on global warming and climate change. They’re listed in
the Connexion Directory here.
Keywords: Climate Change - Climate Change Policy
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A clearly written manifesto for
that calls on environmentalists to go beyond schemes for “green
capitalism” or piecemeal reform. Magdoff and Foster argue that efforts
to reform capitalism along environmental lines or rely solely on new
technology to avert catastrophe miss the point. The main cause of the
looming environmental disaster is the driving logic of the system
itself, and those in power — no matter how “green” — are incapable of
making the changes that are necessary. Read More
Keywords: Ecosocialism - Environmental crisis
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2008. Directed by Irena Salina.
A critical expose of the
privatization of water infrastructure. Irena Salinas documents the
global crisis we face as Earth's fresh water supply constantly
diminishes. The film presents top experts and advocates to show us that
every aspect of human life is effected by pollution, wastefulness,
privatization and corporate greed.
Official Website
Keywords:Privatization - Water - Water Rights
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November 27, 2014
Book Launch: Threatening Democracy
Toronto, ON
November 29, 2014
Book Launch: A line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice
Toronto, ON
November 29, 2014
VIDEA Trade Fair
Victoria, BC
November 30, 2014................................. The Impact of Pesticides on Health - Ours and the Planet's ...................................... Ottawa, ON
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November 27, 1965
A major demonstration against the Vietnam War takes place in
Washington, D.C. A memorable speech by Carl Oglesby of the SDS
(Students for a Democratic Society) becomes one of the most widely
distributed texts of the anti-war movement.
November 27, 1978
Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in the United States, and San Francisco mayor George Moscone, are assassinated.
November 28,1820
Birth of Friedrich Engels
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Thanks to Tahmid Khan and Ulli Diemer for their work on this newsletter.
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