Bali, fascism, SPP, tasers, traffic-calming, toxic homes

[angela bischoff]

For background information on the climate talks at Bali:
>From the Sierra Club:
http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/postings/scc-climate-guide-nov-2007.pdf
>From the Climate Action Network:
http://www.climateactionnetwork.ca/e/cop-13/bali-cop-13-backgrounder.pdf

On Sat. December the 8th, the International Day of Climate Action, join 18
communities (and counting!) across Canada and millions of people across
the world as they mobilize to demand real action for the climate.  As
world leaders meet in Bali, Indonesia to negotiate for the Kyoto 2 period,
and Canada continues to block international consensus, join us on the
streets to let our leaders know that we need progress from these
negotiations.

On Sat. December 8, take to the streets to Stop Climate Chaos.

More info on all the rallies across the country are
<http://www.climatechaos.ca/>www.climatechaos.ca

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YOUTH and the Climate

Check out the video Kyoto Now: <http://youtube.com/watch?v=o1ykJKKolx8>
http://youtube.com/watch?v=o1ykJKKolx8

Join the Global Youth Movement and send a message to your leader :
<http://www.avaaz.org/youth_climate_message>
www.avaaz.org/youth_climate_message

Sign the Canadian Youth Delegation's petition:
<http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/canadian_youth/index.html>
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/canadian_youth/index.html

Get real news from the Youth Delegation, and youth activists around the
world: <http://www.itsgettinghotinhere.org> www.itsgettinghotinhere.org,
(and <http://www.cestchaud.org>www.cestchaud.org coming soon!)

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A mind blowing interview with Naomi Wolf, author of "The End of America:
Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot", about the rise of fascism in NA.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW9PulYpjGs&eurl=http://www.911blogger.com/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW9PulYpjGs&eurl=http://www.911blogger.com/

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Wake Up Canada!
Find out why we must stop the SPP!

The Security and Prosperity Partnership is an informal agreement among the
3 countries of North America (US, Canada, Mexico) to work in close
cooperation to:
- create an integrated, secure perimeter around North America
- ensure an uninterrupted flow of goods within North America and guarantee
energy supplies for the US

<http://www.vivelecanada.ca/downloads/Wake_up_Canada(REV).pdf>http://www.vivelecanada.ca/downloads/Wake_up_Canada(REV).pdf

Thanks to: Canadian Labour Congress • www.canadianlabour.ca

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Tasers are under fire after 2 deaths recently in Canada and 4 deaths last
week in the US, totally 270 taser deaths in NA alone in recent years. If
so inclined, please sign the online petition calling for an immediate
cease in use of tasers by all Canadian police forces and a full
independent public inquiry into the Vancouver/Montreal taser deaths.
http://www.petitiononline.com/notasers/

Check out this article in Sat. Dec. 1, Toronto Star:

Tasers: the next generation
http://www.thestar.com/article/281670

The Taser is going wireless.
Until now, the electric-shock gun consisted of two barbed darts attached
to wires that shoot out and strike the victim, immobilizing the person
with 50,000 volts of electricity, causing severe pain and intense muscle
contraction.
But the wires could only extend a few metres. With the new "extended range
electronic projectile," or XREP, the Taser has been turned into a kind of
self-contained shotgun shell and can be fired, wire-free, from a standard
shotgun, which police typically have in their arsenal already.
The first electrode hooks on to the target, the second electrode falls and
makes contact elsewhere on the body, completing the circuit and activating
the shock. It can blast someone as far as 30 metres away, and, unlike the
current stun guns, whose shock lasts five seconds, the XREP lasts 20
seconds, enough time to "take the offender into custody without risking
injury to officers."
<snip>

Tasers are now used by more than 11,000 law enforcement agencies in 44
countries. There are more than 428,000 Tasers in the field, not to mention
the tens of thousands of Tasers that have been sold to civilians.
<snip>

Amnesty says that between 2001 and Sept. 30, 2007, there were more than
290 deaths of individuals struck by police Tasers in North America,
including 16 in Canada. It reports that only 25 of those electroshocked
were armed, and none with firearms. It's calling for a moratorium on their
use by police until a full, independent inquiry is held.

Taser International has taken the classic marketing of fear, wrapped it up
in the joyful colours of Christmas, and made Santa its salesman.
For the latest push of its civilian- and female-aimed Taser product, the
compact C2 – about the size of a TV remote and available in pink – the
catch line is: "What does Santa bring you when you have been good but the
world is getting bad?"
A scornful Santa is apparently reading the world's "naughty" list. For
$300 to $350 (U.S.), you could have a C2 of your own.
Should images of Christmas, traditionally linked with peace and goodwill,
be used to sell something encircled by violence and fear?
<snip>

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See
<http://www.toom-baumarkt.de/wowaktionen.html>http://www.toom-baumarkt.de/wowaktionen.html for a
1-minute video demonstrating a new German traffic calming device.  Also
reduces car dependence. Perhaps these should be placed in bike lanes for
cars that drive in bike lanes.

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Our Toxic Homes series - some excellent stuff here
<http://www.azstarnet.com/special/toxichomes>http://www.azstarnet.com/special/toxichomes

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