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"The power of enclosing land and owning property was brought into the creation by your ancestors by the sword; which first did murder their fellow creatures, men, and after plunder or steal away their land, and left this land successively to you, their children. And therefore, though you did not kill or thieve, yet you hold that cursed thing in your hand by the power of the sword; and so you justify the wicked deeds of your fathers, and that sin of your fathers shall be visited upon the head of you and your children to the third and fourth generation, and longer too, till your bloody and thieving power be rooted out of the land." —Gerrard Winstanley

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People for Climate Justice

People for Climate Justice

Posted by Tanuki on Dec 7th, 2009 in Climate Justice | 0 comments
Some exciting things have been happening in Canada lately. A country currently most well known for it’s terrible environmental track record and complete and utter refusal to do something productive about climate change. What has been happening in Canada? DIRECT ACTION for Climate justice! All across Canada people have been coming together to organize peaceful sit-in/occupations at the offices of elected officials, tar sands financers, and the coal and tar sands industries. This is serious stuff for Canada, within the environmental movement we’re pretty low key€¦ Well not... (continue reading)
RAN Toronto Strike Again!

RAN Toronto Strike Again!

Posted by Tanuki on Nov 12th, 2009 in Freedom From Oil, RAN Toronto, Tar Sands | 0 comments
On Tuesday Nov 10th, RAN activists disrupted a speech by Gordon Nixon, president of RBC at Ryerson University. Nixon was speaking as part of a business conference on Canadian Manufacturing. RAN activists interrupted the speech four times with banners and comments, as well as once during the question and answer period. During the event, Nixon admitted that tar sands projects were the largest polluters in Canada, though declined to take responsibility for financing the projects. Instead, Nixon maintained RBC was not an oil company. “Nixon admits that tar sands projects are the largest... (continue reading)

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"The power of enclosing land and owning property was brought into the creation by your ancestors by the sword; which first did murder their fellow creatures, men, and after plunder or steal away their land, and left this land successively to you, their children. And therefore, though you did not kill or thieve, yet you hold that cursed thing in your hand by the power of the sword; and so you justify the wicked deeds of your fathers, and that sin of your fathers shall be visited upon the head of you and your children to the third and fourth generation, and longer too, till your bloody and thieving power be rooted out of the land." —Gerrard Winstanley

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