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In a little French community at the foot of the Cévennes Mountains, the mayor has decided to take a stance by making the school canteen organic. Here as everywhere, people are confronted with the anxiety of the dangers of industrial and agri-chemical pollution. It’s the start of a fight against a process that could become irreversible, a fight to stop our children accusing us in the future.
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The Impossible Hamster
What the impossible hamster has to teach us about economic growth. A new animation from nef (the new economics foundation), scripted by Andrew Simms, numbers crunched by Viki Johnson and pictures realised by Leo Murray.
Martin Luther King, “Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam”
Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. against the Vietnam War. Audio.
This speech was released by Black Forum records, a subsidiary of Motown, and went on to win a Grammy in 1970 for the Best Spoken Word Recording.
Excerpts of a Sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30, 1967.
Challenge #1: Bring at least one pair of gently used sandals, boots, shoes to any Soft Moc store across Canada between January 15-22. They will donate the shoes to help the survivors in Haiti.
Collect from your friends, workplace, school, etc. to reduce travel (CO2).
Challenge #2: Don’t buy anything new. Just give.
Poem by Carvens Lissaint: Carvens is a Haitian-American poet and performer from New York City. He was on the 2009 Urban Word NYC slam team. His poem, "Haiti" was written a year ago and has a startling prophetic tone in the wake of recent tragic events in Haiti. He is a passionate and ruthless force. Under heavenly grace and favor, Carvens’ mother who was in Haiti at the time of the earthquake is safe and back home in the arms of her family. Carvens continues to be a recognizable face of the future and a profound example of noble men. Please share his poem. Please support Haiti in the relief efforts.
The Majority World Blog | Aid or invade? | http://bit.ly/5WYEqE
Frustration mounts over Haiti aid | http://bit.ly/8KJcA9
Disputes over Haitian Aid Control | Video | http://bit.ly/8KJcA9
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How long will Canadians be prepared for the sake of avoiding an election to allow an unethical government which has engaged in fraudulent practices, and evasive techniques, and unscrupulous actions, govern. How much longer will a compliant Governor General support such practices, techniques and action? The Governor General erred twice in dissolving and proroguing Parliament, (under Article VI) of her Letters Patent. Now she must correctly use her residual powers under Article V – to remove Harper from office.
SIGN PETITION:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/invoke-article-v-and-remove-harper-for-negligence
SEND DIRECT MESSAGE (TWEET) to Michaëlle Jean – Governor General of Canada:
Tommy Douglas on Fascism: “Once more let me remind you what fascism is. It need not wear a brown shirt or a green shirt it may even wear a dress shirt. Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege.
Pregnant Anti-Mining Activist Assassinated in El Salvador
Second opponent to Pacific Rim slain this week
by Moira Peters →Free Trade & Gateway Projects
Nearly two years ago, he lost two fingers because he opposed a Canadian-owned gold mine in Cantina Trinidad, El Salvador. Yesterday, Jose Santos Rodriguez lost his wife, some say for the same reason.
Dora Alicia Sorto Recinos, 32, was shot and killed yesterday at 3:30 pm when she was returning home from doing laundry in a nearby river. She was eight months pregnant. Her son, who was accompanying her, was shot in the foot.
Santos Rodriguez is a farmer and active member of the Environmental Committee of Cabanas (CAC), a citizen group in opposition to Pacific Rim’s proposed El Dorado gold mine. In April, 2008, he was attacked by Oscar Menjivar, a neighbour who had relationships with local mayors who supported the mine. In the attack, Menjivar cut off two of Santos Rodriguez’ fingers with a machete.
According to a press release by Movimiento Unificado Francisco Sánchez-1932 (MUFRAS-32), Sorto Recinos had recently informed MUFRAS-32 that men with rifles had come to her house, looking for her husband. He was not home at the time.The assassination of Sorto Recinos is the second murder this week of an opponent to Pacific Rim’s proposed El Dorado mine, and Ramiro Rivera Gomez was shot and killed on December 20, in spite of 24-hour police protection.
MUFRAS-32 says the community is most alarmed by the lack of police investigation into these crimes. There have been no arrests for Rivera Gomez’ assassination, and the community sees only "the most serious lack of will in discovering the causes of these murders," according to the release.
Posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at 3:55 PM 
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2009/12/pregnant-anti-mining-activist.html
The Tar Sands Blow
The Canadian Tar Sands is the world’s largest, and dirtiest, energy project. Dirty oil sands crude generates as much as five times greenhouse gas as conventional oil. Yet, unless steps are taken by the U.S. and Canada, both countries will become irrevocably addicted to the dirtiest oil on earth. Totally lame.
