Facebook Disables Hundreds of Accounts Linked to Wet’suwet’en Support Rally | The Tyee: More than 200 Facebook users have been blocked from posting or sending messages through the popular social media platform after what appears to be a targeted attack on those supporting an anti-pipeline protest in northern British Columbia.

The suspensions temporarily disabled the personal accounts of people with posting privileges on 18 different Facebook pages belonging to environmental and Indigenous rights organizations.

The pages had all shared information on an online rally in May in support of Wet’suwet’en Nation members who opposed the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline through their territory. A similar rally was scheduled for today but has been postponed.

Facebook Disables Hundreds of Accounts Linked to Wet’suwet’en Support Rally | The Tyee: More than 200 Facebook users have been blocked from posting or sending messages through the popular social media platform after what appears to be a targeted attack on those supporting an anti-pipeline protest in northern British Columbia.The suspensions temporarily disabled the personal accounts of people with posting privileges on 18 different Facebook pages belonging to environmental and Indigenous rights organizations.The pages had all shared information on an online rally in May in support of Wet’suwet’en Nation members who opposed the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline through their territory. A similar rally was scheduled for today but has been postponed.Read More

101 B.C. First Nations demand removal of open-net salmon farms near Campbell River, B.C. | CBC News: A total of 101 B.C. First Nations, wilderness tourism
operators, and commercial and sport fishing groups have united in a show
of solidarity to demand the federal government take action on the
collapse of Fraser River salmon stocks by ordering the removal of
open-net fish farms near Campbell River.

“If we don’t come
together as a unified group … we’ll be telling our children that there
used to be salmon in the Fraser River,” said Musqueam Indian Band Chief
Wayne Sparrow.

Speaking at a media conference in North
Vancouver, the group says Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan needs to
make good on the 19th recommendation of the 2012 Cohen Commission’s
report on declining Fraser River salmon stocks. The
recommendation calls for the prohibition of 18 fish farms in the
Discovery Islands by Sept. 30, 2020, unless there is proof they pose
only a “minimum risk of serious harm to the heath of migrating Fraser
River salmon.”

101 B.C. First Nations demand removal of open-net salmon farms near Campbell River, B.C. | CBC News: A total of 101 B.C. First Nations, wilderness tourism
operators, and commercial and sport fishing groups have united in a show
of solidarity to demand the federal government take action on the
collapse of Fraser River salmon stocks by ordering the removal of
open-net fish farms near Campbell River.“If we don’t come
together as a unified group … we’ll be telling our children that there
used to be salmon in the Fraser River,” said Musqueam Indian Band Chief
Wayne Sparrow. Speaking at a media conference in North
Vancouver, the group says Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan needs to
make good on the 19th recommendation of the 2012 Cohen Commission’s
report on declining Fraser River salmon stocks. The
recommendation calls for the prohibition of 18 fish farms in the
Discovery Islands by Sept. 30, 2020, unless there is proof they pose
only a “minimum risk of serious harm to the heath of migrating Fraser
River salmon.”Read More

Hundreds of pilot whales die in record mass stranding in Australia | CBC News: The group, which is the biggest beaching
in the country’s modern history, were first spotted on a wide sandbank
during an aerial reconnaissance of rugged Macquarie Harbour in Tasmania
state on Monday.

After two days of a difficult and dangerous
rescue attempt, state marine scientists said at least 380 of the
long-finned pilot whales had died.

Hundreds of pilot whales die in record mass stranding in Australia | CBC News: The group, which is the biggest beaching
in the country’s modern history, were first spotted on a wide sandbank
during an aerial reconnaissance of rugged Macquarie Harbour in Tasmania
state on Monday.After two days of a difficult and dangerous
rescue attempt, state marine scientists said at least 380 of the
long-finned pilot whales had died.Read More

Throne speech recovery plan must be just, green and intersectional:

Let’s make sure we emerge as a better country.

Throne speech recovery plan must be just, green and intersectional: Many are naming this moment as an unprecedented “opportunity.” But opportunity implies a choice; that we can choose to push for structural change – or not. But we don’t have a choice anymore. Change is inevitable. Normal has fallen apart, and one way or another, Canada will come out on the other side of this crisis a different country.Let’s make sure we emerge as a better country.Read More

Should Canada treat climate crisis like a war?: The book thus highlights forgotten knowledge that free market
fundamentalists would prefer we not know. First, adopt an emergency
wartime mindset, and prepare to do whatever it takes to win. Consumer
and volunteer action is laudable, but only the state can act with the
speed and scale necessary. During the war, the federal government
created new economic and governmental institutions, including 28 Crown
corporations. They spent what was necessary and increased overall
taxation to fund it.

An effective response requires more democracy, not less. Strong
wartime political leadership helped mobilize public support. Today,
social movements and tactics ranging from grassroots education to civil
disobedience are also needed to push politicians. Deep social inequality
is toxic to the kind of necessary social solidarity, mass mobilization
and sense of shared sacrifice needed to combat climate change. “Everyone
has to do their bit,” including shifts in consumption, transportation
and home heating. A just transition for resource-sector workers, as well
as Indigenous leadership, culture and respect for aboriginal title and
rights, are all essential – both as matters of justice, and to buy time
as we build transformative coalitions.

Should Canada treat climate crisis like a war?: The book thus highlights forgotten knowledge that free market
fundamentalists would prefer we not know. First, adopt an emergency
wartime mindset, and prepare to do whatever it takes to win. Consumer
and volunteer action is laudable, but only the state can act with the
speed and scale necessary. During the war, the federal government
created new economic and governmental institutions, including 28 Crown
corporations. They spent what was necessary and increased overall
taxation to fund it. An effective response requires more democracy, not less. Strong
wartime political leadership helped mobilize public support. Today,
social movements and tactics ranging from grassroots education to civil
disobedience are also needed to push politicians. Deep social inequality
is toxic to the kind of necessary social solidarity, mass mobilization
and sense of shared sacrifice needed to combat climate change. “Everyone
has to do their bit,” including shifts in consumption, transportation
and home heating. A just transition for resource-sector workers, as well
as Indigenous leadership, culture and respect for aboriginal title and
rights, are all essential – both as matters of justice, and to buy time
as we build transformative coalitions.Read More