Agreed, the level of concentration in grocery distribution is worse than the telecoms. At this point they need to be broken up and run as non-profits!
Sure, but do all Corporate sectors get dozens of billions in direct and indirect subsidies year after year?
Sure, there should be more unity.
When Unifor left the Canadian Labour Caucus (CLC) in January 2018 an institutional barrier to building effective working class solidarity was created.
But these are major unions whose members aren’t necessarily representing the working class…
The federal and provincial governments have largely been the ones stealing the land, with anglo and Franco settlers aiding in certain instances.
Absolutely nothing to do with Immigration!
Of course, we need government action! But do you know the micro plastic content coming from tap water? Do you have much of a choice as to what you are consuming? Wouldn’t you want to filter it out?
As far as technology, this isn’t pie in the sky, it seems fairly simple and I wouldn’t be surprised if home-made solar punk versions start appearing in zines and online forums.
Of course we need stop producing plastics, or at least the types that break down so easily.
But even then, the micro plastics will likely remain in the environment for some time, so efforts to filter them from water are important. Especially considering as some of the health effects are only starting to become apparent. See https://www.uri.edu/news/2023/08/microplastics-infiltrate-all-systems-of-body-cause-behavioral-changes/
Lol, the way Harper ran things, you just knew this International Democratic Union organization was fakeAF
I couldn’t activate pro in the beta
I tried to signup for Freedom but I could not retain my existing phone number since they didn’t offer services in my former area code. Hopefully this changes that, but yeah not holding my breath!
Truly the stupidest most self-centred bunch in government.
They did the original reporting AFAICT, I seem to recall the whole article being free, but I understand they’re now paywalling :-(
Nothing inherently good about this, the Fediverse has only a handful of full time developers, so the network is very vulnerable to Embrace.Extend.Extinguish
Bracing myself for disappointment with fall elections in Qc, Ab
Define successful.
I bet Namibians would prefer to keep their communal Land tenure system.
This type of position paper promising to unlock economic potential is as old as capitalism.
Haven’t heard of other cities doing this, seems like a useful way to target non-white youth demographic
Years of popular mobilization, have made this the next logical move. I keep thinking that the wrong political party in power could reverse this or work around this with another Energy East type pipeline project
Where is the neo-con content?