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Nova Scotia NDP to Slash Civil Service

Syndicated from Media Co-op

Promoted by blackandred on Tue, 2010/04/06 - 5:25pm

By Bruce Wark - April 5, 2010

The president of the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU) is expressing chagrin that the NDP plans to cut 10 percent of the civil service over the next four years...“We certainly did not expect to be facing this kind of job loss with an NDP government...Members already know what their workload is like and they’ll be wondering how they’re going to do the same work with a thousand less people.”

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Montreal Anarchist Bookfair: "Building Anarchism, One Page at a Time"

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Tue, 2010-04-06

<p>Anarchism, the belief that formal government is unnecessary and therefore illegitimate, has deep roots in Montreal’s communities, from fac...

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The Link "Building Anarchism, One Page at a Time"

Syndicated from Aaron Lakoff's Reports on Tue, 2010-04-06

http://thelinknewspaper.ca/articles

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San Francisco: Buildings are Sitting Vacant, People are Dying on the Streets

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Tue, 2010-04-06

<p>Those squatters in San Francisco, reported on here yesterday, were removed from the empty building they occupied by police. Four men were cited ...

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Mercury Poisoning in Grassy Narrows worse than ever

Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Tue, 2010-04-06

href="http://intercontinentalcry.org/mercury-poisoning-in-grassy-narrows-worse-than-ever/"> hspace="5" align="left" src="http://intercontinentalcry.org/wp-content/uploads/Banner_03-128x96.jpg" title="" alt="Photo: freegrassy.org" /> The health impacts of mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows people are worse now than in the 1970’s, says a newly translated health study by the world r

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Victim fears neo-Nazi link in suspected bombing of Abbotsford home

Syndicated from No One is Illegal - Vancouver on Tue, 2010-04-06

By Rafe Arnott, Abbotsford Times, April 6, 2010
Abbotsford police are reporting that accelerant used in a fire that damaged a home in the 33900 block of Old Yale Road at 2 a.m. Monday had a fused device connected to it. The presence of the device caused police investigators to request outside assistance, said APD spokesperson [...]

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Israeli Refusenik Speaks in Halifax

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Tue, 2010-04-06

Co-founder of 'Courage to Refuse' engages local Jews, challenges Zionists

Amir Locker-Biletzki is a former soldier in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).

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A teacher openly crusades for better school food—and gets seared

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2010-04-06

Mendy Heaps, a stellar English teacher for years, had never given much thought to the food her seventh-graders were eating.

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Women, Sex Work, and Homelessness

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Tue, 2010-04-06

A panel discussion from CKDU in Halifax

On February 23rd, CKDU’s Jane Kirby and Melissa Albiani hosted Hour 2 of the 8th Annual Homelessness Marathon live from

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‘Pay It Forward’ Pays Off

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2010-04-06

For all those dismayed by scenes of looting in disaster-struck zones, whether Haiti or Chile or elsewhere, take heart: Good acts – acts of kindness, generosity and cooperation – spread just as easily as bad. And it takes only a handful of individuals to really make a difference.

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15,000 Protest in Montreal Against the Budget [Video]

Syndicated from Common Cause

Promoted by blackandred on Tue, 2010/04/06 - 9:57am

A report from Union Communiste Libertaire (UCL)

Against privatization and price increases: ONLY THE STRUGGLE PAYS!

On April 1st 2010, some 15,000 people descended on the business district in Montreal at the call of more than 95 unions, popular, feminist and student groups. Is this the first stage of a response against the Liberal budget? Only time will tell...The rich will fare quite well, as usual. Nothing in this budget calls into question their privilege and their little schemes to stash their money in tax-free havens. Again, we are required to sacrifice for them. Enough!

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Nor'easter #8

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Tue, 2010-04-06

<p>As the Northeast begins to thaw from a cold and snowy winter, Issue 8 of The Nor'easter is hot and fresh off the presses. In 16 pages, you'll re...

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UK: Digital economy bill: One clown giveth and the other clown taketh away

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Tue, 2010-04-06

<p>When I read about Gordon Brown's plan to give the UK more broadband, I couldn't restrain my laughter. Isn't this the same clown now busy circumv...

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Spanish footballers to strike

Syndicated from Libcom on Tue, 2010-04-06

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US Court Rules Against FCC on 'Net Neutrality'

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Tue, 2010-04-06

by Joelle Tessler

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks.

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