Human Rights & Dignity

Context: Quebec Student Movement

May 17, 2012
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Share | Bookmark ContentsTen Points Everyone Should Know About the Quebec Student MovementFurther ReadingsTen Points Everyone Should Know About the Quebec Student Movement By: Andrew Gavin Marshall The student strikes in Quebec, which began in February and have lasted for three months, involving roughly 175,000 students in the mostly French-speaking Canadian province, have been subjected to a massive provincial and national media propaganda campaign to demonize and dismiss the students and their struggle. The following is a list of ten points that everyone should know about the student movement in Quebec to help place their struggle in its proper global context. 1.            The issue is debt, not tuition 2.  ...

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Bill C-38 repeals the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act.

May 12, 2012
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Share | Bookmark Originally posted here   Mr. Pat Martin (Winnipeg Centre, NDP) Mr. Speaker, we keep unearthing all these little treasures hidden deep in the bowels of Bill C-38 that we did not even realize were being snuck into this omnibus bill. Now we know why they were put there and their significance.     Bill C-38 repeals the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act. This is the construction fair wages act for the federal jurisdiction. For 100 years, we have been fighting for fair wages and working conditions for the construction industry. It is an industry with a transient workforce. Contractors and the like can exploit desperate working people in the construction industry if we do not...

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#OpProRogue Part XIII

May 3, 2012
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Share | BookmarkContentsBreaking NewsBudget . Austerity . Cuts Censorship & Control of Public InformationThe Case of F-35 JetsOther News & Readings Breaking News Cabinet ministers say no to meeting with UN food envoy  MAY 4 2012 | Ottawa Citizen Several federal ministers have declined requests to meet with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food as part of his first-ever probe of a developed country. Olivier De Schutter’s mission brings him to Ottawa next week as part of an 11-day tour that includes visits to aboriginal communities in Manitoba and Alberta. He had requested meetings with the ministers of health, aboriginal affairs, agriculture, fisheries, foreign affairs or international co-operation, as well as...

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2012 is now 1984

May 2, 2012
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In need for a global structure for change

May 1, 2012
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Share | Bookmark   Neoliberalism ascends above national and regional politics. Some call it global corporatism; a system whereby multinational corporations have unique powers and resources to exert their political and economic control on national governments and international institutions. While countries are now dealing with civil and economic devastations, world citizens are fighting within the ideological boundaries of national sovereignty. But how are we to address such global powers within these limitations? The world is socially organized through politics of division, engineered and enforced by the few.  Yet humanity, despite this repression, always seeks to transcend these obstacles. This shift in perspective has allowed us to empathize with those around the world; victims of disasters,...

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