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Civil Liberties Watch | Guatemalans win right to sue Tahoe Resources in B.C. | Feb 17 2017 | Redeye Collective | Six farmers and a student from Guatemala shot while protesting a mine won an important victory when the B.C. Court of Appeal said their lawsuit against Tahoe Resources could be heard in B.C.

Economy | Labour | Politics in Canada | Liberals' pension reforms fall woefully short for Canadian workers | Feb 17 2017 | Doug Macpherson, Retiree Matters | While changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) recently adopted by the current federal Liberal government offer some improvement, they do not go far enough.

Politics in Canada | Canada's Conservative Party, a once-great national organization, is being overwhelmed by its own extremists | Feb 17 2017 | David J. Climenhaga | Alberta voters are likely to have an opportunity soon to demonstrate whether or not they’ve been paying attention. After all, anything can happen in a by-election!

Politics in Canada | World | The West has been ripping off Africa for 700 years. Not the other way around | Feb 17 2017 | Gerry Caplan | The Trudeau government is looking for a new Africa strategy. Surely telling the truth about who is ripping off whom would be a very constructive way to begin.

Anti-Racism | Labour | US Politics | Defeats of Andrew Puzder and Michael Flynn reveal power of grassroots movements | Feb 16 2017 | Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The engine driving both the ouster of Andrew Puzder and Michael Flynn are movements of thousands upon thousands of people across the U.S., saying "no" to hate, bigotry and injustice.

Arts & Culture | Occupy Vancouver: The Vets Who Took Hotel Vancouver | Feb 16 2017 | Braden Alexander | The Vancouver housing crisis is not a recent development. Carrie Swiggum's documentary looks into the situation for returning WWII veterans and their occupation of the Hotel Vancouver.

Arts & Culture | US Politics | Faking it: Donald Trump's deep ties with the racist, sexist world of professional wrestling | Feb 16 2017 | Vibhor Garg | U.S. President Donald Trump has a long, complex and mutually profitable relationship with the WWE and its billionaire owners, Linda and Vince McMahon.

Civil Liberties Watch | Political Action | World | Persecuted Falun Gong practitioners given a chance at justice | Feb 16 2017 | Hershy He, Kerry Foster | The practice of Falun Gong includes mass arrests, "re-education" through torture, executions and widespread allegations of organ harvesting for the medical market.

Economy | B.C. only province in Canada without poverty reduction plan | Feb 16 2017 | Redeye Collective | Low welfare rates, minimal childcare support and skyrocketing rents mean B.C. has one of the highest poverty rates in Canada. The B.C. Poverty Reduction Coalition is organizing a week of action.

Gaza | Politics in Canada | World | Trudeau's pro-Israel stance offside with Canadians -- and hampers bid for UN seat | Feb 16 2017 | Linda McQuaig | While Trudeau's persona of a progressive internationalist has won him kudos at home and abroad, his staunch support for Israel at the UN has left Canada significantly offside with public opinion.

Media Matters | US Politics | What you should worry about when you worry about President Trump (Hint: not where Ivanka sits!) | Feb 16 2017 | David J. Climenhaga | If you want to worry about the Trump Family, think about the fact Mr. Donald now has the firing codes to 4,000 nuclear weapons.