[Wamvan] Fwd: Striking in the East! Confronting racism in the West! Canadians take to the streets to defend their rights

[Tami Starlight]

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From: Media Co-op <info at mediacoop.ca>
Date: Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:12 PM
Subject: Striking in the East! Confronting racism in the West! Canadians
take to the streets to defend their rights
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Wally Fowler (left) suffered racial
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a member of the Canadian Forces in the early 2000s. Now, armed with
evidence of his complaints, Fowler, and Rubin Coward, another member of the
Canadian Forces with his own history of fighting racial discrimination,
want a new Ministerial Inquiry into the case.

*As March brings warmer weather *across the country and Canadians are
intensifying their efforts to combat racism and protect our right to a
living wage and accessible education! Your Media Co-op brings you the news
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Miles Howe, our Halifax editor, provides a rare and exclusive glimpse into
Canadian military culture as he recounts the travails of former Private
Wally Fowler<http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/4385?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=160312>'s
decade-long battle against racism and cover-up. We look at Fowler's demand
for a Ministerial Inquiry to combat "racism that is both systemic and
institutional".

In Vancouver, anti-racist organizers send a message to white supremacist
organizations that "they cannot get away with it." To learn more,
click here<http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/video/community-action-against-racism/10214?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=160312>to
watch a video report from the Vancouver Media Co-op. Meanwhile, the
hometown Canucks come under criticism as concession workers are fighting
the food services giant Aramark for better
<http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/photo/canucks-arena-workers-fight-concessions/10143?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=160312>working
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  Quebec students, in the face of brutal police
repression<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H75-2OEA_ck&feature=player_embedded>(please
note some of the images in this video are quite graphic), continue
to hold daily demonstrations<http://www.mediacoop.ca/audio/ckut-hour-foirst-editon-red-sqare-report/10224?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=160312>in
an effort to force the Charest provincial government to cancel planned
tuition hikes. Over 140,000 students are now on strike and are receiving
support from colleagues across
Canada<http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/quebec-students-strike-back/10219?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=160312>and
from Quebec's
labor unions. <http://gsaconcordia.ca/the-unions-are-behind-us/>

In Halifax, commissionaires employed at the Halifax International Airport
are poised to hit the picket
lines<http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/photo/airport-commissionaires-hope-avoid-are-ready-strike/10216>as
their employer, Commissionaires Nova Scotia, files an appeal to the
Supreme Court. The company is seeking to overturn a recent Federal Court
decision recognizing them as being covered by federal statutes and entitled
to over $1 million in back pay for overtime and statutory holidays.

In Toronto, a "torture
tour<http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/touring-canadas-complicity-torture/10186?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=160312>"
brought a caravan of over 50 people to weapons and intelligence sites
across the city. The tour was dedicated to raising awareness about Public
Security Minister Vic Toews' (also in the news for other reasons
recently<http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/blog/tim-mcsorley/9998?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=160312>)
decision to give the Canadian Security Intelligence Services (CSIS)
permission to use information gained through torture.

 As always, your comments <info at mediacoop.ca> are welcome and we all look
forward to seeing you in the streets!
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