Organizers with Environmental Justice Toronto unfurled a banner yesterday at Enbridge Day – a forum for investors – stating “Enbridge Invests in Oil Addiction: Community Resistance is the Cure.” Enbridge is asking investors to support the expansion of tar sands oil pipelines across North America despite a record of spills, accidents and breaks, including one of the largest spills in US history earlier this summer in Michigan.
Approximately 8,000 people gathered outside the Icelandic parliament Monday night to disrupt a keynote speech from Icelandic PM Johanna Sigurdardottir marking the start of parliament. Political tension has risen since people affected by the country’s 2008 financial crisis have been forced to sell their homes.
The Union of Local Authorities in Israel organized demonstrations in intersections throughout the country on Tuesday, in conjunction with strikes to protest government budget cuts.
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