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Description automatically generated"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Coronavirus, Climate and What Next? </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Brilliant 80 min. video. Chris Hedges speaks to covid, capitalism and the climate crisis, and addresses our responsibility to create a humane outcome rather than the default of fascism which we are heading towards.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FfkKkmCSu4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FfkKkmCSu4</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>The climate and coronavirus stories don’t just intersect—they share deep structural similarities. Both are about injustice...</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The all-consuming coronavirus story is burying all sorts of bad news, and bad news about the climate crisis is no exception. Research published last Monday described a recent heatwave in Antarctica as “unprecedented in the observed record.” Last Tuesday, the Trump administration moved to roll back automobile fuel-efficiency standards—a move that the Times described as “gutting the federal government’s most important climate change policy” and the administration cast as its “single largest deregulatory initiative.” The Environmental Protection Agency is allowing prolific polluters to self-regulate for a to-be-determined period, single-use plastic use is having a moment, and several states have new laws criminalizing protests against fossil-fuel infrastructure, all under the cover of the virus. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/coronavirus_climate_crisis.php">https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/coronavirus_climate_crisis.php</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Coronavirus being used as a way to silent dissent across the globe</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Soldiers patrol the streets with their fingers on machine gun triggers. And Serbia’s president warns residents that Belgrade’s graveyards won’t be big enough to bury the dead if people ignore his government’s lockdown orders. Since the President announced an open-ended state of emergency on March 15, parliament has been sidelined, borders shut, a 12-hour police-enforced curfew imposed and people over 65 banned from leaving their homes. In ex-communist Eastern Europe and elsewhere, populist leaders are introducing harsh measures including uncontrolled cellphone surveillance of their citizens and lengthy jail sentences for those who flout lockdown decrees. In Hungary, parliament passed a law giving government the right to rule by decree for as long as a state of emergency is in effect. The law also sets prison terms of up to five years for those convicted of spreading false information about the pandemic and up to eight years for those interfering with efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, like a curfew or quarantine. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/31/coronavirus-being-used-as-a-way-to-silent-dissent-across-the-globe/">https://nypost.com/2020/03/31/coronavirus-being-used-as-a-way-to-silent-dissent-across-the-globe/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>The Trudeau Government Defers to Experts on COVID-19. Why Not Climate Change?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>How can a government that so quickly defers to scientists on COVID-19 at the same time ignore the clear recommendations of scientists when it comes to the very real threat of climate change?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2020/04/10/The-Trudeau-Government-Defers-To-Experts-on-COVID-19/">https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2020/04/10/The-Trudeau-Government-Defers-To-Experts-on-COVID-19/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>How wildlife trade is linked to coronavirus</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>9 min. video</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPpoJGYlW54">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPpoJGYlW54</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Human Incursion into Wild Spaces Make Pandemics More Likely</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>“Wild animals have always had viruses coursing through their bodies,” the paper explains. What has changed, thanks to “a global wildlife trade worth billions of dollars, agricultural intensification, deforestation, and urbanization,” is our proximity to wild creatures, and, therefore, to the pathogens they may carry. Imperative to reducing the risk of future virus transfers, say many experts, is the immediate and permanent closure of the kind of “wet market” that has been linked to the original COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://theenergymix.com/2020/04/12/human-incursion-into-wild-spaces-make-pandemics-more-likely/">https://theenergymix.com/2020/04/12/human-incursion-into-wild-spaces-make-pandemics-more-likely/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Pope Francis says the pandemic exposes the hypocrisy around environmental concerns</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The climate crisis had been forgotten in the focus on the pandemic, said Pope Francis. “Who now speaks of the fires in Australia, or remembers that 18 months ago a boat could cross the North Pole because the glaciers had all melted? Who speaks now of the floods? I don’t know if these are the revenge of nature, but they are certainly nature’s responses... Today I believe we have to slow down our rate of production and consumption and to learn to understand and contemplate the natural world. We need to reconnect with our real surroundings…"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/pope-salutes-saints-next-door-fight-against-coronavirus-hyprocrisy">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/pope-salutes-saints-next-door-fight-against-coronavirus-hyprocrisy</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Imagine facing this pandemic in the dark. Let’s spare rural Zambia and Malawi that fate.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Most health clinics are operating in the dark and have no access to lighting. SolarAid is providing free solar products for health professionals, and power to charge mobile phones for essential ongoing communication about the spread of the virus. Learn more and contribute here: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://jeremyleggett.net/2020/04/10/imagine-facing-this-pandemic-in-the-dark-thats-what-much-of-rural-zambia-and-malawi-will-have-to-do-and-we-can-do-something-about-it/">https://jeremyleggett.net/2020/04/10/imagine-facing-this-pandemic-in-the-dark-thats-what-much-of-rural-zambia-and-malawi-will-have-to-do-and-we-can-do-something-about-it/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://solar-aid.org/moment-of-sunshine-appeal/">https://solar-aid.org/moment-of-sunshine-appeal/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Cities Close Streets to Cars, Opening Space for Social Distancing</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Boston, Minneapolis, Oakland and other cities have temporarily banned through traffic on streets, giving pedestrians and cyclists extra elbow room during the coronavirus pandemic.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/coronavirus-street-closures.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/coronavirus-street-closures.html</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Ontario suspends Environmental Bill of Rights citing covid-19</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Last week the Ontario government announced a temporary suspension of environmental oversight regulations under the Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR), citing their emergency response and the need to approve related projects quickly. This change allows the government to push forward projects or laws that could significantly damage the environment without consulting or notifying the public.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/take-action/ontario-suspends-environmental-bill-rights-citing-covid-19">https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/take-action/ontario-suspends-environmental-bill-rights-citing-covid-19</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Ontario Exempts Itself from Public Participation Law</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Citing the unprecedented nature of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ontario government recently passed a regulation that temporarily exempts governmental proposals from having to comply with Part II of the Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR). Overview from the Canadian Environmental Law Association.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://cela.ca/ebr-covid-19-update/">https://cela.ca/ebr-covid-19-update/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Covid-19 Community Response Networks</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In response to COVID-19, many grassroots groups have emerged with the shared goal of organizing to ensure vulnerable community members have access to food, housing, healthcare, and other necessities. They’re also redistributing resources in case stockpiling prevents people from accessing basics. Scroll down to the Toronto section:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LsHkTBMS0YX_4F7OSAt55ppV0xICi50AXdF62vRw4W8/edit#heading=h.qidhv8fp91da">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LsHkTBMS0YX_4F7OSAt55ppV0xICi50AXdF62vRw4W8/edit#heading=h.qidhv8fp91da</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Statement from No One is Illegal-Toronto on Covid-19</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Our immediate demands:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>1. End the policing of asylum seekers at the border and ensure status on arrival</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>2. Invest public funds in public health, housing, and jobs for all, regardless of status</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>3. Release all detainees</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>4. Halt deportations and Status for All</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Capitalism is the crisis. Our collective voices must be louder than ever as we emerge from physical isolation and take back the streets. They have always been ours. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/1033">https://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/1033</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Resources during COVID-19 closure</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>- Mental Health Resources</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>- Community Care Resources</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>- Artists & Art Workers Resources</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>- Things to do while you’re Social Distancing or in Self Quarantine</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gl-2HkTyviT14yNU7O06d5sqjmulRov2WSIaaPRFSEk/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gl-2HkTyviT14yNU7O06d5sqjmulRov2WSIaaPRFSEk/edit</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Fantastic links embedded in this newsletter - for your mental health, for kids and parents, financial supports, food, to donate, to volunteer and more</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://mailchi.mp/201c5a0d17bf/clinic-update-resources-for-your-well-being-1245073">https://mailchi.mp/201c5a0d17bf/clinic-update-resources-for-your-well-being-1245073</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Local food production is essential</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sign the open letter on the Sustain Ontario website, calling on the Ford Government to declare Community Gardens Essential Food Services. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://sustainontario.com/2020/03/31/community-gardens-essential-food-service/">https://sustainontario.com/2020/03/31/community-gardens-essential-food-service/</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Also sign the Green Party of ON's petition</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://secure.gpo.ca/content/protect-local-food">https://secure.gpo.ca/content/protect-local-food</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>The time for basic income is now: An overhaul to Canada’s social net is long overdue</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/2020/04/07/the-time-for-basic-income-is-now-an-overhaul-to-canadas-social-net-is-long-overdue.html">https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/2020/04/07/the-time-for-basic-income-is-now-an-overhaul-to-canadas-social-net-is-long-overdue.html</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Stop all Construction on Coastal GasLink, Site C and Trans Mountain: risk of COVID 19</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>While people are warned to remain at home and take precautions due to COVID 19, the oil and gas industry is continuing work along pipeline routes, and industry is pushing forward with mega-projects across Canada. Send your letter here to call on Justin Trudeau, Adrian Dix, and John Horgan to stop this public health crisis from man camps and demand they stop the work putting communities at risk.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-all-construction-on-coastal-gaslink-site-c-and-trans-mountain-risk-of-covid-19">https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-all-construction-on-coastal-gaslink-site-c-and-trans-mountain-risk-of-covid-19</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>#SavePeopleNotPlanes: Red Lines for Aviation Bail-outs</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The aviation industry is demanding huge and unconditional taxpayer-backed bailouts. This must not allow the aviation sector to return to business as usual after Covid-19 has been defeated: any public money has to ensure that workers and the climate are put first. We demand: People First - A Just Transition: Towards Climate-Safe Mobility - No Taxes? No Bailouts!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.change.org/p/open-letter-to-the-respective-national-governments-savepeoplenotplanes-red-lines-for-aviation-bail-outs-0b973f54-199b-4c74-8a7a-785be6234036">https://www.change.org/p/open-letter-to-the-respective-national-governments-savepeoplenotplanes-red-lines-for-aviation-bail-outs-0b973f54-199b-4c74-8a7a-785be6234036</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>The head of the UN just called for an immediate global ceasefire</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>"It is time to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the true fight of our lives." And on Easter Sunday, the Pope called for a global ceasefire. Amen to that! Sign the petition in support.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/global_ceasefire_121/">https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/global_ceasefire_121/</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>On the other hand, Canada calls for global ceasefire, while arming Saudi Arabia in their military campaign against Yemen</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.thecanadafiles.com/the-middle-east/can">https://www.thecanadafiles.com/the-middle-east/can</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>Take a virtual tour through Toronto galleries and museums</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/culture/art-and-design/online-tour-galleries-museums-toronto/">https://nowtoronto.com/culture/art-and-design/online-tour-galleries-museums-toronto/</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#C00000'>The 7 Grandfathers Teachings</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Many Aboriginal organizations and communities have adopted the 7 guiding principles, in one form or another, as a moral steppingstone and cultural foundation. They are: humility, bravery, honesty, wisdom, truth, respect, love.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://unitingthreefiresagainstviolence.org/services/the-seven-grandfather-teachings/">https://unitingthreefiresagainstviolence.org/services/the-seven-grandfather-teachings/#</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>We are Unfrackable</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The narrative peddled by government and industry is that LNG (Liquid natural gas) is “ethical”, “environmental”, and “economic”. This video brings together frontline activists to debunk that myth, while connecting the dots of resistance from coast to coast to coast. With Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Adam Gagnon and Mike Sawyer, COGC</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://vimeo.com/404822096">https://vimeo.com/404822096</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Stop the giant Hamilton fracked gas pipeline - sign the petition</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/stop-gas-pipeline/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/stop-gas-pipeline/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;color:red'>EVENTS</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>War Abolition 201: Building the Alternative Global Security System</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>April 13 to May 24</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Online Course</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>With what do we replace the war system (aka the military-industrial-corporate-governmental complex)? What truly makes us secure? What are the moral, social, political, philosophical and pragmatic foundations of an alternative global security system – a system in which peace is pursued by peaceful means? What actions and strategies might we pursue in building this system? War Abolition 201 explores these questions and more with the goal of engaging students in learning that leads to action.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/war-abolition-201-building-the-alternative-global-security-system">https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/war-abolition-201-building-the-alternative-global-security-system</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Dealing with Digital Burnout </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tuesday April 14, 5:30 - 7:30 pm EST</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>COVID-19 has inevitably introduced new challenges and adjustments to our work, whether we're working remotely, looking for work, or working longer hours. During this workshop, learn and apply practical tools and strategies for managing your energy and time during this time and beyond, including frameworks to recognize high stress and build healthy habits.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/webinar-dealing-with-digital-burnout-tickets-101680653572">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/webinar-dealing-with-digital-burnout-tickets-101680653572</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>Choice Words: Writers on Abortion</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. April 14, 4 - 5:30 p.m. EST</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join us for the launch of Choice Words: Writers on Abortion, a landmark literary collection of essays, poems, and prose that are a testament to the profound political power of defying shame. Haymarket Books convenes a panel of contributors from this powerful volume for a conversation on the personal-political fight for abortion rights.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/choice-words-writers-on-abortion-tickets-102028040616">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/choice-words-writers-on-abortion-tickets-102028040616</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B050'>The People vs. Climate Inaction </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. April 14, 7 p.m. EST</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We are excited to be hosting a conversation about the promise of pursuing climate justice through the courts. Focused on the Wet’suwet’en charter challenge, we’ll hear from lawyer Richard Overstall about what the goals and needs are for Indigenous legal cases aimed at holding Canada accountable to climate commitments. We’ll also meet Kieran Oommen, of Our Children’s Trust, who is part of a group of youth who are suing the US federal government over climate inaction.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://raventrust.com/we-are-unfrackable-webinar-series/">https://raventrust.com/we-are-unfrackable-webinar-series/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Set the Night on Fire</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. April 14, 5 - 6 p.m. EST</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Please join us for the virtual book launch of Mike Davis and Jon Wiener’s new book, Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mike-davis-jon-wiener-and-tom-lutz-on-1960s-la-tickets-102285079426">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mike-davis-jon-wiener-and-tom-lutz-on-1960s-la-tickets-102285079426</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Indigenous Women on Covid-19 & Fossil Fuel Resistance</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. April 14, 4 - 5:30 p.m. EST</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>During the webinar, Indigenous women leaders will discuss how COVID-19 is impacting their communities and how oil and gas pipelines are being fast-tracked in their lands at this time of crisis— violating Indigenous Rights and further putting Indigenous women at risk. In this wide-ranging discussion, presenters will share calls to action, stories and wisdom, immediate needs of their communities, community-care practices, and the latest updates from various campaigns and resistance movements, focusing on Keystone XL, Line 3 and Coastal GasLink pipelines, and tar sands extraction.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Register: <a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wucu-sqj8r7_U3J2jRldrG8RqY2vNmLA">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wucu-sqj8r7_U3J2jRldrG8RqY2vNmLA</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2366416060315756/">https://www.facebook.com/events/2366416060315756/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>rabble.ca takes on Ottawa: what is next in the Covid-19 crisis</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Apr. 15, 7:30 p.m. EST</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The next episode in the "rabble takes on Ottawa" webinar series will look at pressing issues around the COVID-19 pandemic -- for workers, for marginalized communities and consider the question of what the crisis means for addressing inequality and climate justice. Join parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg; former NDP deputy leader and author of Outside In: A Political Memoir, Libby Davies; and special guests Winnipeg Centre MP Leah Gazan, and CCPA senior economist David Macdonald, for this exclusive online discussion.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qqIeM6NyRxGhYA9wAQ1U-g">https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qqIeM6NyRxGhYA9wAQ1U-g</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Corporations: A Nuanced History</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. April 16, 6 - 7 p.m. EST</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Learn about what it means to be a corporation, where corporations came from, and explore where corporations may be going. We will review a legal and social history of corporations from their beginning in ancient Rome up to the modern day, where we're starting to see the development of things like benefit corporations and B Corps. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/corporations-a-nuanced-history-tickets-102213675856">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/corporations-a-nuanced-history-tickets-102213675856</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>Covid-19, Decarceration and Abolition </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thursday, April 16, 5 - 6:30 p.m. EST</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>How should abolitionists respond to the coronavirus pandemic? How can we achieve urgently needed decarceration for the millions of people caged in jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers? Hosted by Haymarket Books, an independent, radical, non-profit publisher.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://bit.ly/2UJ7jzR">https://bit.ly/2UJ7jzR</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Covid-19 and Climate Change with David Suzuki</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. April 16, 10:30 p.m. EST</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join us on Zoom for a lively conversation David Suzuki and Linda Solomon Wood. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>RSVP in subject line to Janel at info@nationalobserver.com. Janel will send you the link to join the Zoom Event. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>For the best Canadian climate and energy news, read and subscribe to the Energy Mix newsletter</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://theenergymix.com/">http://theenergymix.com/</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/">https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>---</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Submissions, subscribes, unsubscribes, and comments: <a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>