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Five ways to build on the labour movement’s momentum in 2023

Inclusive Equitable Communities Gabriela “Gabby” Calugay-Casuga -
Click here to view original web page at rabble.ca As the new year gets into full swing, there is an opportunity to build on the...

We Don’t Want a Post-Pandemic “Return to Normal,” We Want a World Beyond the Limits of Capitalism

Human Needs Economy Mack Penner -
Click here to view original web page at jacobin.com In 2022, we limped out of the pandemic frying pan into the fire of resumed capitalist...

To attain global climate and biodiversity goals, we must reclaim nature in our cities

Sustainable Ecosystems Emma Despland -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com The climate and biodiversity crises we have been experiencing for the past few decades are inseparable....

Urgent EI reform needed to weather economic storms

Inclusive Equitable Communities Gabriela “Gabby” Calugay-Casuga -
Click here to view original web page at rabble.ca As the Bank of Canada seeks to raise the unemployment rate, Employment Insurance is often not...

Indigenous peoples and communities drive climate finance reform

Sustainable Ecosystems John C. Cannon -
Click here to view original web page at news.mongabay.com At COP26, the United Nations climate conference in 2021, 22 philanthropies and governments pledged $1.7 billion...

Indigenous spiritual teaching in schools can foster reconciliation and inclusion

Inclusive Equitable Communities Frank Deer -
Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com Frank Deer does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company...

Europe Needs to Radicalize Its Climate Policies in Response to the Energy Crisis

Sustainable Ecosystems Claudia Horn -
Click here to view original web page at jacobin.com This year, Europe experienced one of the hottest summers in its history. There were approximately 250...

Bill 124 decision a victory in fighting Ford’s “manufactured crises”

Social Rights and Protection Gabriela “Gabby” Calugay-Casuga -
Click here to view original web page at rabble.c The defeat of Bill 124 is a victory for unions in their fight for fair wages. Celebrations...

A grand notion

Core Pillars Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) and Andrew Stobo Sniderman -
Click here to view original web page at policyoptions.irpp.org ...

How Obsolete Economic Thinking is Strangling Economic Recovery: Part 2

Human Needs Economy Brigitte Kitchen and David Thornley -
This post is the second of a two part analysis documenting the failings of current economic thinking as evidenced by the policies of central...

How Obsolete Economic Thinking is Strangling Economic Recovery: Part 1

Human Needs Economy Brigitte Kitchen and David Thornley -
This post is the first of a two part analysis documenting the failings of current economic thinking as evidenced by the policies of central...

COP27 supporters say climate solutions are only possible with human rights

Inclusive Equitable Communities John Woodside -
Click here to view original web page at www.nationalobserver.com As COP27 draws to its end in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the link between climate action and...

Biodiversity summit offers Canada a chance to step up

Sustainable Ecosystems David Suzuki and Ian Hanington -
Click here to view original web page at rabble.ca B.C. and Canada don’t appear remotely ready to realize the convention’s vision of “living in harmony...

How co-ops are transforming Quebec’s food deserts

Human Needs Economy Ruby Irene Pratka -
Click here to view original web page at www.shareable.net In French, the word for food processing is the same as the word for sweeping social...

‘A quiet revolution is underway’: We can revitalize our democracy by funding citizen engagement in policy reform

Deepening Democracy Peter MacLeod and Marjan Ehsassi -
Click here to view original web page at www.thestar.com A Democratic...

Proposal to grant the ocean rights calls for a sea change in legal framework

Sustainable Ecosystems Elizabeth Claire Alberts -
Click here to view original web page at news.mongabay.com In 2022, the professional sporting group the Ocean Race launched a bid to establish the Universal...
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