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."
Opinion
Feb 16 2013
| by Faisal Kutty |
Until the contributions of minorities are recognized, the need for Black History Month and similar remembrances will remain necessary.
rabble news
Feb 16 2013
| by Krystalline Kraus |
Indigenous communities, together with their mainstream Canadian allies, march every Valentine's Day in support of their disappeared women.
Opinion
Feb 15 2013
| by rabble.ca |
The Métis revolutionary is honoured and commemorated for his role in founding a province "that embraces all cultures." We at rabble.ca believe it is time to make Louis Riel Day a national holiday.
in his own words
Feb 15 2013
| by James Clark |
Ten years ago today, millions of people around the world were part of an unprecedented mobilization against war. On February 15, 2003, record numbers protested U.S. plans to attack Iraq.
Opinion
Feb 15 2013
| by June Scudeler |
While it may resonate in some provinces, I'm not sure Louis Riel would resonate here in B.C. or other parts of Canada. Perhaps an Indigenous Unity Day is more suitable.
in his own words
Feb 15 2013
| by Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois |
the Parti québécois is again closing the window opened by the student movement, locking the debate behind some sterile technocratic issues.
in his own words
Feb 15 2013
| by Garth Mullins |
Before ever meeting a person with albinism, most people have experienced hundreds of negative references to albinism in popular culture.
rabble news
Feb 14 2013
| by rabble staff |
The 89-page report by Human Rights Watch "described abusive treatment by police officers, including excessive use of force, and physical and sexual assault."
rabble news
Feb 14 2013
| by Jon Queally |
Across the globe today women are dancing, striking, and in other ways "rising" to call attention to the plight of violence against women and girls across the many cultures of the planet.
Opinion
Feb 14 2013
| by Nick Fillmore |
If you want to see the Harper Conservatives defeated in 2015 – or at least reduced to a minority government -- it's time you started paying attention to what Joyce Murray is saying.
politics
Feb 14 2013
| by John Calvert |
This agreement is primarily about limiting the public policy options of government. It is not fundamentally about lowering tariff barriers as these are already quite low.
politics
Feb 13 2013
| by Ben West |
Barack Obama holds the ultimate authority in the U.S. to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. His signature is required -- it's just that simple.
politics
Feb 13 2013
| by Yassir Karooka |
The Canadian mission comprising 40 Canadian Forces personnel and a C-17 Globmaster transport plane was originally scheduled for one week and is now due to continue until February 15.
briefly
Feb 12 2013
| by rabble staff |
After a massive public outcry, the Conservatives have ditched their online surveillance bill once and for all.
Opinion
Feb 12 2013
| by Jim Davis |, | by John Lewis |
In all the hype there is one important question that has not been asked: can RIM assure customers that its products are free of conflict minerals?
politics
Feb 11 2013
| by Michael T. Klare |
Obama's decision on the Keystone XL pipeline could determine the fate of the Canadian tar sands industry and, with it, the future well-being of the planet.
profile
Feb 8 2013
| by Harsha Walia |
Harsha Walia talks with land defenders Sam McKay, Freda Huson and Toghestiy about Indigenous sovereignty, exercising inherent rights and responsibilities, and protection of lands and waters.
rabble news
Feb 7 2013
| by Greg Taylor |
Finding ways CUPE can open up the public debate on our economy was the topic at a plenary session at CUPE's first ever National Bargaining Conference, now underway in Ottawa.
rabble news
Feb 7 2013
| by Lauren McCauley |
After a day of massive protests in Tunisia, ruling Islamist party Ennahda dissolved its coalition government on Wednesday, promising rapid new elections.
briefly
Feb 7 2013
| by rabble staff |
After weeks of being one of the most high profile Conservative Party critics of the Idle No More movement, Senator Patrick Brazeau has been kicked out of the party's caucus.
rabble news
Feb 6 2013
| by rabble staff |
As recently as last Friday, the Conservatives had denied they were behind the Saskatchewan robocalls.
in her own words
Feb 6 2013
| by Suzanne Weiss |
Fifty years ago, on February 13, 1963, the publication of Betty Friedan's book The Feminine Mystique sparked a new awakening in the thinking of women across North America.
rabble news
Feb 6 2013
| by Andrea Germanos |
A "profoundly disturbing" Justice Department document -- with "chilling" parallels to the Bush torture memos -- obtained by NBC News outlines when the U.S. can put its own citizens on a "kill list."
arts/media
Feb 5 2013
| by Heather Menzies |
Instead of considering the long-term life-development goals of a community, the focus is on jobs in industries like mining.
