press release
May 21 2013
| by rabble staff |
The Indigenous Nationhood Movement "aims to begin the process of decolonization through reoccupying, renaming and reclaiming traditional indigenous territories."
Opinion
May 21 2013
| by Clay Nikiforuk |
It seems we self-medicate with alcohol to dull the shame, confusion and gender-norms surrounding sex, desires, and sexuality that are so present in ourselves and our culture.
rabble news
May 21 2013
| by Erin Seatter |
Ottawa is one of the leading cities in Canada when it comes to HIV and hepatitis C infections among drug users, and last year there were at least 36 overdose deaths.
briefly
May 21 2013
| by rabble staff |
Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath held a press conference Tuesday to announce her support for the budget put forward by Ontario's Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne.
press release
May 21 2013
| by Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid |
The Toronto gala celebration has become the subject of powerful international criticism, with Desmond Tutu and anti-apartheid icon Ahmed 'Kathy' Kathrada adding their voices to those opposed.
briefly
May 20 2013
| by rabble staff |
Charlie Angus told a press conference Monday afternoon in Ottawa that Nigel Wright has "yet to come clean on the details of what was negotiated to cover up for Senator Duffy's expense claims."
press release
May 17 2013
| by rabble staff |
The Big Apple proved to be an unfriendly landing spot today for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, whose sales job for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline was interrupted climate activists.
briefly
May 17 2013
| by rabble staff |
Elijah Harper has died at the age of 64. Elijah Harper served as both an MP and MLA for Manitoba, and was an honorary chief for life of the Red Sucker Lake First Nation.
Opinion
May 17 2013
| by Nydia Dauphin |
Quebec comedians have a strange affliction. It sporadically resurfaces time and again and it's proven almost impossible to cure.
Opinion
May 17 2013
| by Ben West |
I think both the NDP and the Greens owe it to the public to make a peace treaty and find a way to show everyone that we can work together for solutions that are good for people and the planet.
Opinion
May 16 2013
| by Cameron Fenton |
Remember that there is no silver bullet solution, the NDP weren't one before this election and there certainly isn't one afterwards.
arts/media
May 16 2013
| by Muna Mire |
Min Sook Lee describes the multimedia installation she helped to curate, Milagros for Migrants, as "an organic meeting of two artistic practices."
briefly
May 15 2013
| by rabble staff |
The BC Liberals pulled off a stunning upset Tuesday, defeating the BC NDP to win a majority in the provincial election.
politics
May 15 2013
| by Melanie Fitzpatrick |
Reaching 400 parts per million for the first time in human history is a wake up call for all of us. The science is clear.
rabble interview
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip: 'Gold rush mentality' trumps human rights and social needs in B.C. vote
May 15 2013
| by Jane Bouey |
Today, many people in British Columbia -- and indeed across Canada -- are trying to determine just how the BC Liberals won the provincial election and what implications this surprise result will have.
rabble interview
May 15 2013
| by Jane Bouey |
Describing much of the Left as 'speechless' after a stunning election defeat, the Vancouver & District Labour Council president reflects on what went wrong -- and what's next.
Opinion
May 14 2013
| by RJ Aquino |
It's been exasperating to see the BC Liberals try to court the Filipino vote through superficial events designed to be nothing but photo-ops.
Opinion
May 14 2013
| by Ben West |
We need people like George Heyman, the former Executive Director of the Sierra Club of BC, to get elected.
Opinion
May 14 2013
| by Brent Hawkes |, | by Buzz Hargrove |
We are asking the NDP and the Liberals to co-operate and pass the budget (possibility with some tweaking). However we are frankly asking for much more.
rabble news
May 13 2013
| by Roger Annis |
"Given the current level of extraction of shale gas and the required power to export these fossil fuels, we're looking at carbon pollution levels that exceed Alberta's tar sands."
rabble news
May 13 2013
| by Andrea Germanos |
Bill McKibben: "The only question now is whether the relentless rise in carbon can be matched by a relentless rise in the activism necessary to stop it."
press release
May 13 2013
| by rabble staff |
Veteran filmmaker and Occupy activist Velcrow Ripper has launched a new app designed to inspire a new breed of Occupy protests.
politics
May 13 2013
| by Andrew MacLeod |
While the BC Liberals have stepped away from envisioning a greener economy, the NDP is saying little to fill the void, according to observers.
Opinion
May 13 2013
| by Helesia Luke |
Christy Clark displays a betrays a narrow, middle-class, perspective that imagines child labour is about 'pocket money' and 'learning responsibility.'
rabble news
May 12 2013
| by Charles Davis |, | by Jodie Evans |
Join us in calling on Michelle Obama to open her heart to the cries of Abdurahman's mother and ask Barack to send those cleared home and to expedite the closing of Guantanamo.
profile
May 11 2013
| by Harrison Samphir |
On May 2, 2011, the day of Canada's last federal election, close to 2 million young people avoided the polls. Remarkably, this number accounted for a meagre 37.4 per cent of Canadians aged 18-24.
Opinion
May 10 2013
| by Eric Doherty |
Framing things as a "jobs versus environment" issue does not hold much water anymore; the biggest threat to livelihoods in B.C. now is the carbon pollution from burning fossil fuels.
arts/media
May 10 2013
| by Samantha Sarra |
With unprecedented access inside Takhar Prison in Afghanistan, filmmaker Nima Sarvestani takes us on a compelling journey in his documentary No Burqas Behind Bars.
in his own words
May 10 2013
| by James Hansen |
The common presumption that President Obama is going to approve the Keystone XL pipeline is wrong, in my opinion.
politics
May 9 2013
| by Dave Coles |
In the latest example of their 'whatever business wants' attitude, the Conservatives are unwilling to lift a finger in support of 1000 workers recently locked out by U.S. Steel in Nanticoke.
