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Graphic for review of Checkout a life on the tills“Anna Sam”, as you might guess, is a
pseudonym, the handle of a French blogger who decided to put her years behind the till to
good use on a website describing the day-to-day experience of supermarket workers in all
its tedious glory.
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Hardly a news cycle goes by these days without two seemingly contradictory things
happening: a police officer praises the “less lethal” TASER as his savior in a tight spot;
and, someone gets killed or seriously injured by a TASER.
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Syndicated from The Tyee on Thu, 2010-06-03
Flow of tar sands crude to Burrard Inlet rising, and will more than double: Kinder Morgan.
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In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the On-to-Ottawa-Trek;
The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a conjunctive event that escalated the class conflict of depression-era 30's in Kanada.
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Syndicated from The Tyee on Thu, 2010-06-03
There are three official nights left of the only local music fest that matters.
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Tune into most online discussions of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico or the broader crisis of industrial civilization, and one thing you're sure to hear is a flurry of abstract plans and rhetorical claims. What lies behind these is magical thinking -- and if you're going to practice magic, the Archdruid suggests, take the time to learn how to do it right.
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Syndicated from CCPA on Wed, 2010-06-02 New analysis by CCPA Research Associate Sheila Block shows Ontarians from racialized backgrounds are far more likely to live in poverty, face barriers to finding a job, and receive less pay for work. Sexism and racial discrimination pack a double wallop, hampering racialized women’s earning power.
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<p>On June 1, I was sentenced to a 1 month stay in a Federal Prison, starting June 22nd, after being convicted of a 'violation of the terms of my s...
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<p>RIVERSIDE, California - In the latest anti-fascist action to occur in this conservative inland city , a small group of anti-fascists planned to ...
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Hear from Greg Robinson, participant in May Day 2010 brigade to Venezuela, discuss the radical changes taking place in Venezuela. Greg is a member of the Teachers' Federation and the Australia Venezuela Solidarity Network. Illawarra Activist Centre, 17/157 Crown Street Wollongong (above hideaway cafe).
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Protest Israel's murderous attack on the Freedom Flotilla
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By Tom Sandborn - 1 June 2010
"You're good enough to work here for a while, but now go home"...The latest batch of more than 175,000 foreign temporary workers in Canada can expect to hear that message. It's the deal. We get workers we need to make our economy function better. They get pay and a limited taste of life in a nation regularly voted one of the world's best places to live...The Harper government appears to consider it a problem that too many guest workers wish to stay.
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<p>Saturday, May 29th, there was a demo in Lisbon called by the CGPT (the main confederation of trade unions) against the government and the auster...
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On Tuesday, Minnesotans entered Senator Amy Klobuchar's office to demand a political response to both the killings on the flotilla and the inhumane...
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Protesters filmed at Alberta upgrader hearing
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 |
CBC News
(CBC)Private landowners who protested outside a public hearing into an bitumen upgrader northeast of Edmonton Tuesday were filmed by security guards hired by the project proponent, French energy giant Total S.A., CBC News has learned.
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