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Tantoo Cardinal: Why I Joined the Tar Sands Action |
| Uploaded by StopKeystoneXL on 23 Aug 2011 http://www.tarsandsaction.org/ |
| Date: 2011-08-25 01:57:49 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 824 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 |
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Remembering Canadian socialist Jack Layton, Leader of the New Democratic Party |
| Uploaded by 22MinutesSeason19 on 22 Aug 2011 Through the years, 22 Minutes had the privilege to feature Jack Layton many times. Here's a look back at some of our favourite moments with Jack. Open letter from Jack Layton to Canadians: Jack Layton, MP, Député Toronto – Danforth Leader of the Official Opposition/Chef de l'Opposition officielle Leader, New Democratic Party/Chef, Nouveau Parti démocratique August 20, 2011 Toronto, Ontario Dear Friends, Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want to thank each and every one of you for your thoughtful, inspiring and often beautiful notes, cards and gifts. Your spirit and love have lit up my home, my spirit, and my determination. Unfortunately my treatment has not worked out as I hoped. So I am giving this letter to my partner Olivia to share with you in the circumstance in which I cannot continue. I recommend that Hull-Aylmer MP Nycole Turmel continue her work as our interim leader until a permanent successor is elected. I recommend the party hold a leadership vote as early as possible in the New Year, on approximately the same timelines as in 2003, so that our new leader has ample time to reconsolidate our team, renew our party and our program, and move forward towards the next election. A few additional thoughts: To other Canadians who are on journeys to defeat cancer and to live their lives, I say this: please don’t be discouraged that my own journey hasn’t gone as well as I had hoped. You must not lose your own hope. Treatments and therapies have never been better in the face of this disease. You have every reason to be optimistic, determined, and focused on the future. My only other advice is to cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey, as I have done this summer. To the members of my party: we’ve done remarkable things together in the past eight years. It has been a privilege to lead the New Democratic Party and I am most grateful for your confidence, your support, and the endless hours of volunteer commitment you have devoted to our cause. There will be those who will try to persuade you to give up our cause. But that cause is much bigger than any one leader. Answer them by recommitting with energy and determination to our work. Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let’s continue to move forward. Let’s demonstrate in everything we do in the four years before us that we are ready to serve our beloved Canada as its next government. To the members of our parliamentary caucus: I have been privileged to work with each and every one of you. Our caucus meetings were always the highlight of my week. It has been my role to ask a great deal from you. And now I am going to do so again. Canadians will be closely watching you in the months to come. Colleagues, I know you will make the tens of thousands of members of our party proud of you by demonstrating the same seamless teamwork and solidarity that has earned us the confidence of millions of Canadians in the recent election. 2 To my fellow Quebecers: On May 2nd, you made an historic decision. You decided that the way to replace Canada’s Conservative federal government with something better was by working together in partnership with progressive-minded Canadians across the country. You made the right decision then; it is still the right decision today; and it will be the right decision right through to the next election, when we will succeed, together. You have elected a superb team of New Democrats to Parliament. They are going to be doing remarkable things in the years to come to make this country better for us all. To young Canadians: All my life I have worked to make things better. Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me. I have met and talked with so many of you about your dreams, your frustrations, and your ideas for change. More and more, you are engaging in politics because you want to change things for the better. Many of you have placed your trust in our party. As my time in political life draws to a close I want to share with you my belief in your power to change this country and this world. There are great challenges before you, from the overwhelming nature of climate change to the unfairness of an economy that excludes so many from our collective wealth, and the changes necessary to build a more inclusive and generous Canada. I believe in you. Your energy, your vision, your passion for justice are exactly what this country needs today. You need to be at the heart of our economy, our political life, and our plans for the present and the future. And finally, to all Canadians: Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world. We can be a better one – a country of greater equality, justice, and opportunity. We can build a prosperous economy and a society that shares its benefits more fairly. We can look after our seniors. We can offer better futures for our children. We can do our part to save the world’s environment. We can restore our good name in the world. We can do all of these things because we finally have a party system at the national level where there are real choices; where your vote matters; where working for change can actually bring about change. In the months and years to come, New Democrats will put a compelling new alternative to you. My colleagues in our party are an impressive, committed team. Give them a careful hearing; consider the alternatives; and consider that we can be a better, fairer, more equal country by working together. Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done. My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. All my very best, Jack Layton |
| Date: 2011-08-24 10:33:56 - Added by: KMC |
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Countdown with Keith ...: Age of Greed author Jeff Madrick on the GOP's War on the Poor |
| Published on 24 Aug 2011 by Current Keith discusses the sophistry at the heart of the GOP's latest front in their "war on the poor" with economist Jeff Madrick, Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and author of the aptly titled book, "Age of Greed." |
| Date: 2011-08-24 09:36:04 - Added by: KMC |
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Why We're Protesting: Tar Sands Pipeline Opponents In Their Own Words |
| Uploaded by videonation on 23 Aug 2011 On Monday, more protesters gathered outside of the White House as part of a 15-day-long effort to halt the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline, which would cut through the middle of America, from the border with Canada all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico. Protesters spoke out against the pipeline, which has the potential to generate disastrous effects across large regions of the country, pleading with President Obama to not allow the plans for the pipeline to go through. "We're asking President Obama to make the right decision, because he can decide yes or no," said Mike Tidwell, the founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, in this video from The Nation and On The Earth Productions. "He doesn't need Congress's involvement." Watch a video here from Saturday's protests. |
| Date: 2011-08-24 07:32:06 - Added by: KMC |
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Bill McKibben: Why I Spent 2 Days in Jail Protesting the Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline |
| Uploaded by democracynow on 23 Aug 2011 DemocracyNow.org - Fifty-two environmental activists were arrested Monday in front of the White House as part of an ongoing protest calling on the Obama administration to reject a permit for the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline project, which would deliver Canada tar sands oil to refineries in Texas, and rather focus on developing clean energy. An estimated 2,000 people have signed up to hold sit-ins and commit other acts of civil disobedience outside the White House everyday for the next two weeks — 162 have already been arrested since Saturday. Also joining the protest are indigenous First Nations communities in Canada and landowners along the Keystone XL pipeline's planned route. An editorial in Sunday's New York Times joined in calling on the State Department to reject the pipeline, noting that the extraction of petroleum from the tar sands creates far more greenhouse emissions than conventional production. Meanwhile, oil-industry backers of the project emphasize what they say are the economic benefits of the $7 billion proposal. As the Obama administration remains undecided whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, Democracy Now! speaks with Bill McKibben in Washington, D.C., where he was released Monday after spending two nights in jail. He is part of Tar Sands Action, a group of environmentalists, indigenous communities, labor unions and scientific experts, calling for action to stop the project. "This is the first real civil disobedience of this scale for the environmental movement in ages," McKibben says. |
| Date: 2011-08-24 07:28:37 - Added by: KMC |
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Gilbert Achcar Asks: Who Are the Libyan Rebels? This is the $1 Billion Dollar Question |
| Uploaded by democracynow on 24 Aug 2011 DemocracyNow.org - Libyan rebels have consolidated their grip on the capital of Tripoli by capturing Col. Muammar Gaddafi's main compound, but the whereabouts of the Libyan leader remain unknown and he has vowed his forces would resist "the aggression with all strength" until either victory or death. Reporters in Tripoli say heavy gunfire could still be heard nearby the area of the Rixos hotel where dozens of international journalists guarded by heavily armed Gaddafi loyalists are unable to leave. The Arab league said on Tuesday it will meet this week to consider giving Libyan rebels the country's seat at the league, after it was taken away a few months ago from the Gaddafi government. Today Britain's National Security Council is meeting to to discuss unfreezing Libyan assets to financially assist the National Transitional Council. Democracy Now! speaks with Gilbert Achcar, a professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. |
| Date: 2011-08-24 07:23:14 - Added by: KMC |
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When Titans Talk To Dummies: Multi-millionaire Harvey Golub resents Warren Buffet and Obama |
| Uploaded by MockTheDummy1 on 24 Aug 2011 Multi-millionaire Harvey Golub, played by a dummy, resents Warren Buffet and Obama and argues in Rupert Murdock's Wall Street Journal that his tax rates shouldn't be raised. This is part one of an audio program. Link to MY RESPONSE TO BUFFET AND OBAMA by Harvey Golub: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903639404576516724218259688.html Link to full script of this episode: http://mockthedummy.com/2011/08/23/when-titans-talk-to-dummies/ |
| Date: 2011-08-24 06:34:35 - Added by: KMC |
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Search for Gaddafi centres on southern Tripoli |
| Published on 24 Aug 2011 by Euronews There is fighting reported in southern areas of Tripoli where Libyan rebel commanders believe Muammar Gaddafi might be in hiding. The hunt has been on for the embattled Libyan leader ever since the popular uprising flooded into the capital Tripoli. Gaddafi's flamboyant appearances have been reduced to indistinct audio messages sent from undisclosed locations. In the latest broadcast he claimed to have been on the streets of Tripoli incognito. |
| Date: 2011-08-24 06:21:27 - Added by: KMC |
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Plans to unfreeze billions in Libyan assets |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 24 Aug 2011 Countries at the United Nations are drafting a resolution to unfreeze Libyan assets and unlock sanctions now that rebels appear close to ousting Muammar Gaddafi. Al Jazeera's Kamahl Santamaria discusses Libya's financial situation. |
| Date: 2011-08-24 06:11:46 - Added by: KMC |
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Thom Hartmann - Job Creators? Give Me A Break. |
| Uploaded by thomhartmann on 23 Aug 2011 Thom Hartmann talks about so called job creators and the dirty little secrets that they don't want you to know. |
| Date: 2011-08-24 06:06:18 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 821 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 |
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