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WEB2 days ago — As youth march for a safe climate, politicians pander to polluters. With so many important issues to contend with — housing, health care, affordability and inflation, pollution, overpopulation, crime, violence and war — focusing election campaigns on whether or not to maintain effective climate policies is insane.
Author Archives: Linda McQuaig - rabble.ca
WEBAug 22, 2024 — Linda McQuaig. Journalist and best-selling author Linda McQuaig has developed a reputation for challenging the establishment. As a reporter for The Globe and Mail, she won a National Newspaper Award in 1989 for a series of articles which sparked a public inquiry into the activities of Ontario political lobbyist Patti Starr, and eventually led ...
Guaranteed Livable Basic Income one step closer to reality
WEBDec 17, 2021 — Canada has moved one step closer to becoming a more compassionate country. Yesterday, NDP MP Leah Gazan for Winnipeg Centre presented a private member’s bill, Bill C-223, to develop a national framework for a permanent Guaranteed Livable Basic Income (GLBI) in Canada. In a press release, Gazan stated,
Canadians are using the term ‘racialized’ incorrectly - rabble.ca
WEBOct 20, 2020 — Canadians are using the term ‘racialized’ incorrectly. by Yafet Tewelde October 20, 2020. The normalizing of whiteness through the conflation of all non-white groups under the term “racialized” is endemic to how racism operates in Canada. Justin Trudeau’s blackface scandal was shocking news for …
Idle No More: What do we want and where are we headed?
WEBJan 4, 2013 — Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today. I have been honoured by the request of the Idle No More Founders to be one of their organizers and spokespersons. Working within this movement was a natural extension of the work we already do in First Nations with leaders and citizens. In the last few weeks, many of the media’s […]
Why we march with Grassy Narrows | rabble.ca
WEBJul 19, 2022 — On Thursday, July 21 at noon at Queen’s Park, Grassy Narrows and its supporters are calling on us to join them at the 2022 River Run, a family-friendly march to make some clear demands. The people of Grassy Narrows have three main demands: • Compensate everyone fairly for the mercury crisis.
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Author Archives: Yves Engler - rabble.ca
WEBJul 12, 2024 — Yves Engler. Dubbed “Canada’s version of Noam Chomsky” (Georgia Straight), “one of the most important voices on the Canadian Left” (Briarpatch), “in the mould of I. F. Stone” (Globe and Mail), “part of that rare but growing group of social critics unafraid to confront Canada’s self-satisfied myths” (Quill & Quire), “ever ...
Environment Archives - rabble.ca
WEBCanadians cite affordability crisis as reason not to turn to green energy solutions. by Gabriela Calugay-Casuga August 29, 2024.
Reflections on military propaganda in Canadian media
WEBAug 1, 2024 — The following is an analysis of two examples of propaganda pieces found in Canada’s two most prominent corporate media publications, The Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail. “ This is the ugly truth about global trade: If Canada wants more butter, we need to buy more guns”. Andrew Phillips,The Toronto Star, June 21: “Jens Stoltenberg ...