rabble news
Feb 28 2013
| by Haseena Manek |
Now almost a decade running, IAW has become more than an annual event. It is a global institution. Last year, events were held in 215 cities worldwide.
politics
Feb 28 2013
| by various |
Lolita Chávez says it is love of life that motivates her to risk her own as an outspoken Maya K'iche' activist against racism, mining, and hydroelectric project developments in Guatemala.
rabble news
Feb 28 2013
| by Paul S. Graham |
Discussions of the abrogation of historic treaty rights or the corporate pillaging Stephen Harper has buried in his omnibus budget bills, do not lend themselves to the tidy sound bites.
rabble news
Feb 28 2013
| by David P. Ball |
Advocates in Vancouver hope a new resource for survival sex workers will help hold police accountable -- the newest development in a simmering controversy over Canada's prostitution laws.
briefly
Feb 27 2013
| by rabble staff |
On Tuesday there were protests in a number of U.S. cities, marking one year since the killing of Trayvon Martin , a 17 year-old African-American in Sanford, Florida.
politics
Feb 27 2013
| by various |
Canada is the only G8 country without a coordinated national strategy for homelessness and housing.
politics
Feb 26 2013
| by Jérôme E. Roos |
a "citizens' wave" of indignation washed over Spain with hundreds of thousands of protesters swarming onto the streets of Madrid and over 80 cities in yet another major popular outcry.
Opinion
Feb 26 2013
| by Leilani Farha |
If Bill C-400 is defeated Wednesday, Canada will maintain its dubious status as one of the only developed countries in the world without a national commitment or strategy to address homelessness.
in his own words
Feb 25 2013
| by Wayde Compton |
A new plaque unveiled Sunday marks the history of Vancouver's black community. At the event, writer and organizer Wayde Compton reviewed a decade of efforts to recognize the city's black history.
Opinion
Feb 25 2013
| by Jonathan Cook |
Israeli and Palestinian officials have been in Washington laying the ground for President Barack Obama's visit to Israel and the West Bank, scheduled for next month
briefly
Feb 25 2013
| by rabble staff |
The World Social Forum Dignity-Karama will take place as foreseen in Tunis, from the 26th to the 30th of March 2013.
rabble news
Feb 25 2013
| by Lori Theresa Waller |
Now well into the second month of their strike, the airplane re-fuelers who work for Porter Airlines at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport have a quickly expanding base of allies.
rabble news
Feb 25 2013
| by Roger Annis |
France perpetrated two large deceptions in conducting its military intervention into Mali six weeks ago. These have been universally accepted in mainstream media reporting.
rabble news
Feb 22 2013
| by Edward C. Corrigan |
Jason Kenney announced last week that the list of Designated Countries of Origin is being expanded to include an additional eight countries.
rabble news
Feb 22 2013
| by Andrea Germanos |
The United Nations has rejected a November 2011 claim for compensation on behalf of victims of the disease, stating, "claims are not receivable."
press release
Feb 22 2013
| by rabble staff |
Thursday, after a marathon debate, Toronto City Hall strengthened its promise to provide services to residents without full immigration status or all their immigration documents.
politics
Feb 21 2013
| by Julien Lalonde |
The day we manage to put control of the two things we absolutely can't live without, food and water, into the hands of communities, we will have become the architects of our own freedom.
politics
Feb 21 2013
| by Brendan Smith |
If labour is going to fight for jobs, let's fight for jobs that build the future we want for ourselves and our children, not ones that will destroy that future.
politics
Feb 20 2013
| by Dave Coles |
Under the current rules working people who've paid into pension plans have little protection when their employer goes under.
in her own words
Feb 20 2013
| by Lynn Gehl Gii-Zhigaate-Mnidoo-Kwe |
Idle No More is a blip in a very long history of Indigenous people struggling to get Canada to respect Indigenous people's rights to land and water, and live up to their treaty responsibilities.
politics
Feb 20 2013
| by Thom Hartmann |
Instead of taking healthcare away from millions of Americans, lawmakers in Washington should kill the zombie of the F-35.
briefly
Feb 20 2013
| by rabble staff |
A First Nations filing for judicial review is the latest manifestation of widespread concern about the Canada-China investment agreement.
politics
Feb 19 2013
| by John W. Warnock |
The Saskatchewan NDP will meet in Saskatoon on March 9 to select a new leader. Here's an overview of the race to lead the party.
rabble news
Feb 19 2013
| by Diana Bronson |
No one in charge of a family budget would neglect to include food -- but that is precisely what the federal government has done for years.
Opinion
Feb 19 2013
| by Medea Benjamin |
In parallel universes, President Obama spent his Sunday playing golf at an exclusive Florida gated community while 50,000 Americans poured into Washington D.C. for a climate rally.
briefly
Feb 19 2013
| by Jef Keighley |
These are the policies that have contributed to and continue to promote increasing inequality within societies around the world with devastating effects for all.
politics
Feb 18 2013
| by Steven Staples |
With Mali, the "pacifist left" is needed more than ever to end wasteful military spending and to keep the defence lobby from luring Canada into another reckless war.
rabble news
Feb 18 2013
| by Andy Rowell |
The organisers had hoped for the largest climate rally in history, but even they were amazed at how many people turned up.
briefly
Feb 18 2013
| by Lauren McCauley |
President Rafael Correa handily won a third term as Ecuador's head of state Sunday in a landslide victory demonstrating a "clear mandate" for the continuation of his progressive economic polities.
politics
Feb 17 2013
| by Yves Engler |
Today, Presidents Day, tens of thousands are set to converge on the White House in what organizers are promoting as "the largest climate rally in U.S. history."
