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    Feed the Sasquatch
    Written by IMC Sask   
    Friday, 24 July 2009
    This is a time of great upheaval in Canadian media. While corporate-owned, ad-heavy, top-down media are stumbling, slashing newsroom staff and local coverage, new and exciting media forms are rushing in, finding cracks in the system and spreading deep roots from which to grow.

    That's where The Sasquatch comes in. And you can play a leading role in helping it thrive!
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    Happy Summer
    Written by IMC Sask   
    Wednesday, 22 July 2009
    Happy Summer from ActUp. Let us know what you're up to.



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    Growing Afghan Opposition to US/NATO Mission
    Contributed by John W. Warnock   
    Saturday, 11 July 2009

    In May of this year the U.S. military bombed villages in Farah province, killing 146 civilians, mostly women and children. There were demonstrations across Afghanistan opposing the U.S. and NATO military presence. There was a major demonstration at Kabul University, where students chanted “Death to Americans.” These demonstrations received no coverage in the North American media. The mass media collectively refuses to print any photos of the death and destruction caused by the NATO military activity. Afghanistan is not Iran.

    Public opinion polls revealed that a large majority of Afghans were opposed to the Obama administration’s decision to escalate the war. In one major poll, 78% of Afghans said aerial bombardment was “unacceptable.

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    German Town goes Car-free
    Contributed by Jim Elliott   
    Sunday, 28 June 2009

    In the German town of Vauban, a suburb of Freiburg, they do not allow anything on four wheels and an engine on the streets.  In the German town of Vauban the cyclist is king.

    In this suburb of Freiburg, you have to either ride your bicycle or take a tram to work.  If you do want to have a car, you have to park it in the outskirts of the district and pay 20,000 Euros for space in one of the garages.  But unlike here, 57 per cent of residents actually sold their car to allow them "to enjoy the privilege of living here", said Andreas Delleske, one of the founders and promoters of the Vauban project.

    In Vauban, a suburb of the university town of Freiburg, luxuriant beds of brilliant flowers replace what would normally be parking outside its neat, middle- class homes. Instead of the roar of traffic, the residents listen to birdsong, children playing and the occasional jingle of a bicycle bell.

    If there is a need for a car for holidays or to move things, there either rent one or they join one of the town's car-sharing cooperatives.

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    New Problems with Weedkiller, Roundup
    Contributed by Jim Elliott   
    Sunday, 28 June 2009

    Many of the users of Roundup know of the active ingredient in it that kills the weeds, that being glyphosate.  But the active ingredient is not the only chemical in the trademarked concoction that is sprayed in your yards and in fields across this province.

    What you generally don't hear about are the other chemicals that are there as well.  Some of these are there to help the active chemical spray stay on the surface of the plant and not be washed away or run off.  The others, so-called inert chemicals, are said to not have any activity or problems attached to them.

    But today, researchers have found that one of Roundup's inert ingredients can kill human cells, particularly embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells.

    The new findings intensify a debate about so-called “inerts” — the solvents, preservatives, surfactants and other substances that manufacturers add to pesticides. Nearly 4,000 inert ingredients are approved for use by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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    Pedal for the Planet action call
    Written by Pedal for the Planet   
    Friday, 26 June 2009
    Pedal for the Planet wil be hosting conference calls over the summer to organize communities across Canada. Click on 'read more' below for phone numbers and the Alberta and Saskatchewan schedule. 

    Pedal for the Planet is our chance for individuals, organizations and communities to join together, to ensure that Canada does its fair share to tackle the climate crisis. Starting on July 1, people across the country will join rides and walks leaving the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific coast regions. Using bikes, trains and other modes of green transport, we will demonstrate our personal commitment to change, and relay our expectations for a Copenhagen climate treaty on to Ottawa.
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    Petition launched for ASSK
    Written by Trish Elliott   
    Friday, 26 June 2009

    Amnesty International Canada has launched a petition calling for an immediate and unconditional release of Burmese democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. If you have not signed the online petition yet, here is the link.

    http://www.amnesty.ca/free_aungsansuukyi/index.php

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    Social Democracy on the Verge of Collapse
    Contributed by John W. Warnock   
    Thursday, 18 June 2009

    The European elections in early June revealed the continued decline of social democracy. Across Europe the total vote for the traditional party of the left declined from 28% in 2004 to only 22%.

    Where there were social democratic governments, the voters spoke loudest. In Great Britain, the vote for Labour fell to a meagre 16%, below that of the UK Independence Party! In Spain, the vote for the Socialist Party fell five percentage points. In Germany the vote for the SPD was down to 21%, an all time low. In Portugal, the vote for the Socialist Party fell to only 27%.

    The turnout was only 43%, exceptionally low for Europe. It was lowest in the Eastern European countries of the former Soviet Union.

    Why is this happening? As the Financial Times rightly pointed out, today's social democrats are on the same page as the traditional conservative parties. There are no significant policy differences. The world is in economic and financial turmoil, the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and the social democratic parties have nothing different to offer.

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    Carbofuran Killing African Wildlife
    Contributed by Jim Elliott   
    Thursday, 11 June 2009

    With the ongoing encroachment of agriculture into the wild lands of Kenya and other parts of Africa, wildlife are being killed by pesticide poisoning.  Carbofuran, a common insect pesticide, is being used on agricultural lands to kill agricultural pests.  It is a neurotoxin and therefore will kill any animal which ingests it.  As it moves up the food chain, it bioaccumulates and begins to hit more non-target species like the lion and other carnivores.

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    Dozens Dead in Peruvian Protests - Another Tiananmen Square?
    Contributed by Jim Elliott   
    Tuesday, 09 June 2009

    The Latin American Herald Tribune reports the oil companies that are working in the Amazon region of Chile are being asked by Survival International to suspend their operations while Peru comes to terms with the worst political violence since the Shining Path insurgency in the 1980s. 

    Energy companies with operations in Peru’s Amazon region include Anglo-French Perenco, Argentina’s PlusPetrol, Canada’s Petrolifera, Repsol YPF of Spain and Brazil’s Petrobras.

    The Indians have been protesting for two months against a series of laws which open up their communal rainforests to oil and gas companies. In the last few years more than 70% of the Amazon has been parcelled out to oil and gas companies for exploration, and a series of large-scale finds threaten to transform much of the Indians’ virgin forests. Similar schemes in neighbouring Ecuador have had a devastating effect on the rainforest, and led to chronic pollution and ill-health amongst the Indians who live there.

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