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I was Wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>By Catherine Mckenna<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://archive.ph/2SAuZ">https://archive.ph/2SAuZ</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Survey: Strong Majority of Canadians Want More Environmental Action From the Next Government<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>71% of Canadians say they want their next federal government to do more to address climate change, adapt to its consequences, and protect nature; 77% want the government to prioritize renewable energy; 70% are in favour of creating jobs for a green economic transition; 81% see public transit as the preferred solution to traffic congestion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.equiterre.org/en/articles/cdp-sondage-elections-federales">https://www.equiterre.org/en/articles/cdp-sondage-elections-federales</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Inside the Russian Political Influence Campaign in Canada<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Parliamentary hearings, public documents and experts’ analyses reveal the role of Putin’s government. Pro-Russian, anti-Canadian disinformation campaigns.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/12/Russian-Political-Influence-Campaign-Canada/">https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/12/Russian-Political-Influence-Campaign-Canada/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>The Beaverton - Canadian satire on life, politics and the world around us<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://thebeaverton.com/news/national/">https://thebeaverton.com/news/national/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>INTERNATIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Fukushima: Disaster Response is to Spread Radioactive Waste to the Commons<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/12/fukushima-disaster-response-is-to-spread-radioactive-waste-to-the-commons/">https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/12/fukushima-disaster-response-is-to-spread-radioactive-waste-to-the-commons/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>This Solar Panel Kills Fascists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>New York’s Build Public Renewables Act will reduce carbon in the atmosphere, combat inequality, and help workers. It might also defeat Trumpism.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/build-public-renewable-act-draft-strategic-plan/">https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/build-public-renewable-act-draft-strategic-plan/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Bicycles in Amsterdam are powering neighbourhoods<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBn8WwfIp2H/">https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBn8WwfIp2H/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Paris to Replace Parking Spaces With Trees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The city’s new climate plan promises to drop speed limits, reduce cars, repurpose traffic lanes, remove 60,000 parking spots and create urban “oases” to combat extreme heat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/paris-climate-plan-targets-emissions-by-replacing-parking-with-trees">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/paris-climate-plan-targets-emissions-by-replacing-parking-with-trees</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Stop the Methane Emissions - 5 min. video<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>It warms the atmosphere 80 times more than CO₂<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://app.wedonthavetime.org/frontpage/buymoretime">https://app.wedonthavetime.org/frontpage/buymoretime</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>War, Wind Power, And The Green Way Forward For Ukraine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2024/12/14/war-wind-power-and-the-green-way-forward-for-ukraine/">https://cleantechnica.com/2024/12/14/war-wind-power-and-the-green-way-forward-for-ukraine/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Wind Energy Lifeline Grows In Ukraine With Phase II Of Biggest Wind Farm In Eastern Europe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Like fossil fuels, nuclear energy is a geopolitical weapon and a source of danger. In order to disarm dictators and win a real energy victory, we must direct public and private investments in renewable energy and small distributed generation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2023/12/05/wind-energy-lifeline-ukraine-biggest-energy-investment/">https://cleantechnica.com/2023/12/05/wind-energy-lifeline-ukraine-biggest-energy-investment/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>The Syrian Regime Collapsed Gradually—And Then Suddenly<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Assad’s fall offers the possibility of change. By Anne Applebaum.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/12/sudden-collapse-bashar-assad/680917/?gift=AO0MhSsTDaHgiP_RxFGfB1HJnrp5unAlmDFOrG_5Z9o">https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/12/sudden-collapse-bashar-assad/680917/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Bluesky Basics - with Citizens Climate Lobby<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>1️</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Apple Color Emoji"'> </span><span lang=EN-US>Why should you join BlueSky?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>2️</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Apple Color Emoji"'> </span><span lang=EN-US>How can you grow your following and amplify your voice?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>3️</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Apple Color Emoji"'> </span><span lang=EN-US>What should you do with your other social media feeds?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFdR7rHMJkY&t=732s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFdR7rHMJkY&t=732s</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>ONTARIO<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>The Ford Fraud - Ontarians demand REAL solutions to REAL problems<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.fordfraud.com/">https://www.fordfraud.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Banner Hang over the Gardiner:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://x.com/BikeLaneDiary/status/1867565281226502468"></a><a href="https://x.com/BikeLaneDiary/status/1867565281226502468">https://x.com/BikeLaneDiary/status/1867565281226502468</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>The World's Dumbest Bike Lane Law Just Passed in Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgFCQ7jEZxI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgFCQ7jEZxI</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>Is there a right to bike lanes? Bill 212’s Charter challenge, explained<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Ford government aims to remove bike lanes in Toronto and obstruct or prohibit their installation elsewhere in Ontario. Now advocates are taking it to court<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.tvo.org/article/is-there-a-right-to-bike-lanes-bill-212s-charter-challenge-explained">https://www.tvo.org/article/is-there-a-right-to-bike-lanes-bill-212s-charter-challenge-explained</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cycleto.ca/court_challenge_launched_against_ontario_s_anti_bike_lane_law">https://www.cycleto.ca/court_challenge_launched_against_ontario_s_anti_bike_lane_law</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>Ontario, We Can't Afford Doug Ford<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://ontarioforward.ca/">https://ontarioforward.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>Secret provincial government report recommends Ontario increase wind energy five-fold<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-energy-report-natural-gas/">https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-energy-report-natural-gas/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>Great Lakes Wind Power - Now is the Time</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/offshore-wind/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/offshore-wind/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>TORONTO<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Phase out the Portlands Gas Plant and Power up Renewables!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Order a free lawn or window sign:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://terrecoalition.ca/2024/11/05/show-your-support-with-a-free-lawn-sign/">https://terrecoalition.ca/2024/11/05/show-your-support-with-a-free-lawn-sign/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Send a letter to Energy Minister Lecce here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://terrecoalition.ca/2024/11/13/let-minister-lecce-know-our-demands/">https://terrecoalition.ca/2024/11/13/let-minister-lecce-know-our-demands/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Ask your Toronto Councillor to Vote Yes on a Task Force to Study Charter Cities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.chartercitytoronto.ca/writeyourcouncillor.html">https://www.chartercitytoronto.ca/writeyourcouncillor.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'>EVENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'>Replenishing Trust<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Dec. 17, 2 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>If you want to make meaningful social change, get serious about replenishing trust. Reports show that trust in society, institutions and each other continues to decline. This makes it difficult to dream together and make change. But organizations and leaders have the power to replenish trust. Explore practical and concrete ways nonprofits, academia, government agencies, philanthropies, and other civil society organizations can gain—and maintain—trust.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-Xyo3VP_T-KxEQiQumN62w#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-Xyo3VP_T-KxEQiQumN62w#/registration</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Reimagining Community Safety - A Community Conversation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Dec. 17, 6:30 - 8:30 pm ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Safety can look different for different communities, especially communities who are overpoliced. How can we work together to make our communities safe for everyone? We want to hear from you and special guests to explore what it means for you to feel safe, and be safe in your communities. Join us for a conversation on community safety and promising community-led alternatives. Hosted by Social Planning Toronto with Redesigning Community Safety Coalition and Toronto Police Accountability Coalition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/reimagining_community_safety">https://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/reimagining_community_safety</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'>Together, We Can: How to move climate solutions forward in 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Dec. 18, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Clearly, this is a worrisome time for those working on climate. Federal action on climate is likely to stall. International agreements to reduce greenhouse gases aren't moving at the pace the science tells us we need. And climate misinformation and disinformation continue to be a problem. Despite these challenges, you will walk away from this talk feeling equipped to take on the challenges – and opportunities – that lie ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bsp0Uu5jS0ipT2XYkZ6KeQ#/registration">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bsp0Uu5jS0ipT2XYkZ6KeQ#/registration</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'>Navigating Trump’s Deregulatory Agenda: Lessons From Officials in the Trump 1.0 Administration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Dec. 18, 1:15 ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Trump team has made no secret of its focus on deregulation, particularly in environmental protection, climate change, clean energy, and environmental justice. These priorities were hallmarks of the first Trump administration, and as the new Trump term begins, it is likely to approach these goals with even greater efficiency and focus. However, history shows that it is possible to innovate and adapt even within an environment of sweeping policy shifts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/17031878629439319">https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/17031878629439319</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'>December Town Hall with Councillor Dianne Saxe - Ask Me Anything<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Dec. 19, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>As the year draws to a close, bring your questions to Councillor Saxe for the final Townhall of 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpcOGurTsiG9C69SY78pML1gBDKO5xwu80#/registration">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpcOGurTsiG9C69SY78pML1gBDKO5xwu80#/registration</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Critical Mass T.O.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Dec. 27, gather at 6 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Spadina and Bloor, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Critical Mass is a worldwide bicycling event that takes place monthly or weekly where cyclists gather to ride on streets that are usually congested with cars. The event is designed to be unpermitted and autonomous, and is intended to convey a message that streets belong to everyone and should be safe for all users,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1299529598128536">https://www.facebook.com/events/1299529598128536</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Porcelain War<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Dec. 27, 5:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sun. Dec. 29, 3 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Bloor Hot Docs, Bloor and Bathurst, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Russia’s unconscionable war in Ukraine has forced the country’s artists to become soldiers. Slava and Anya split their time between making ceramic sculptures and training civilian fighters, while cameraman Andrey can no longer bring himself to paint as he shoots the devastation around him. While mired in the horrors of protecting life and land, these artists are compelled to locate beauty in the bloodshed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/porcelain-war">https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/porcelain-war</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#3B7D23;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Fighting to Win: Social Struggles, Containment, and Effective Resistance</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>12-week course starting Jan. 6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mondays 6 - 8 p.m. ET <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Carrot Common (Chester subway station, on the Danforth, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join the 12 week course on Social Struggles, Containment, and Effective resistance with former OCAP organizer John Clarke, with support from the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuDMMUpNAyQ1LDKLT-YY2mVO5grjMiCEKeEZkO9oYW7AAVkw/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuDMMUpNAyQ1LDKLT-YY2mVO5grjMiCEKeEZkO9oYW7AAVkw/viewform</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'>For the best Canadian climate and energy news, visit and subscribe to the Energy Mix newsletter.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://theenergymix.com/">http://theenergymix.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'>Democracy Now Daily Show - global peace, justice and enviro news<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/">https://www.democracynow.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Submissions, subscribes, unsubscribes, and comments: <a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Share this newsletter on social media using this link: <a href="http://greenspiration.org/news-events/">http://greenspiration.org/news-events/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>