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SOCIALIST VOICE Marxist Perspectives for the 21st Century http://www.socialistvoice.ca July 26, 2010 ‘IF PROTESTING IS A CONSPIRACY, THEN WE ARE ALL PROUD TO CONSPIRE!’ http://www.socialistvoice.ca/?p=1279 On July 17, 200 people marched and rallied in Vancouver, Canada to protest the police repression of protests during the G8/G20 summit meetings in Toronto June 25-27. The following is the speech given by Derrick O’Keefe of the Vancouver Stopwar coalition. +++++++++++ TAX REVOLT DESTABILIZES GOVERNMENT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA by Roger Annis http://www.socialistvoice.ca/?p=1274 What were they thinking? Mere days after its re-election in May 2009, the Liberal Party government of British Columbia announced a new consumption tax that took effect on July 1, 2010 and will fleece an estimated $1.9 billion from taxpayer pockets in the first year. FROM WATER WARS TO THE FIGHT FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE: PABLO SOLÓN ON THE LESSONS OF COCHABAMBA by Pablo Solon http://www.socialistvoice.ca/?p=1267 Bolivia’s UN ambassador gave this talk to the Shout Out for Global Justice, sponsored by the Council of Canadians and attended by nearly 3,000 people on June 25 in Toronto, during the ten days of protests against the G20 meeting. TORONTO APPEAL: NO MORE POLICE STATE TACTICS by Judy Rebick Below is a statement that you are being asked to sign. We believe it is urgent to get as many signatures on a call for a public inquiry. We believe it is possible to shift the terms to debate, and to shine a spotlight on the abusive police practices during the G8/G20. But we need your help to do that. Continued here: http://www.socialistvoice.ca/?p=1262 ++++++++++++ SOCIALIST VOICE Web: http://www.socialistvoice.ca Email: [email protected] Editors: Ian Angus, Roger Annis, John Riddell Readers are encouraged to forward or distribute Socialist Voice as widely as possible. To subscribe, send a blank email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected] FEEDBACK: Socialist Voice welcomes questions, comments and debate on the articles we publish. Please use the `Feedback' box at the bottom of each article on our website. LINK DOESN'T WORK? Some email programs block links to websites. If clicking on a link in Socialist Voice doesn't work, try holding down the CTRL key as you click, or copy the link address into your browser. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
