Recent Blog Postings

It starts in Quebec: Our revolution of love, hope and community [1]
May 27, 2012
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Ethan Cox
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As this movement goes on, and grows by leaps and bounds, it is increasingly clear that it is not a movement of anger, of rage or of hate. It is a movement of love, of community and of hope.
Activist Communiqué: River Run Rally 2012 [2]
May 26, 2012
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Krystalline Kraus
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Join us from June 5-8 to continue a tradition of community lead action for justice -- for our people, and for the protection of the water, air and forests that give life to us all.
Activist Communiqué: TONIGHT- Pots and Pans Everywhere - Solidarity with striking Quebec students [3]
May 25, 2012
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Krystalline Kraus
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In solidarity with striking Quebec students, activists in Toronto are calling for a Casserole action tonight so bring your pots and pans.
Hill Dispatches: Finley's new EI rules -- 'We want McDonalds to hire Canadians, not foreigners' [4]
May 25, 2012
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Karl Nerenberg
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Even after a press conference yesterday in Ottawa, we still do not know the details as to exactly what EI changes the government will bring about.
A visit to the 'ground zero' of the Great Lakes [5]
May 25, 2012
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Emma Lui
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Yesterday afternoon National Chairperson Maude Barlow, Regional Organizer Mark Calzavara, London Chapter activists Gary Brown and Don McLeod and I visited Sarnia for our fifth stop of the Great Lakes.
Clown Therapy Projects: love at first nose [6]
May 25, 2012
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Holly Adams
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Notes on a Clown Therapy Project in BC.
The 100th Calgary Stampede: Real men don't kill horses for fun [7]
May 25, 2012
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David J. Climenhaga
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The Calgary Stampede Board should man up like the Catalonians and declare its centennial rodeo the venue for the last chuckwagon race in Calgary. It’s time.
About face in Quebec: New poll shows support for Charest's tuition increases has dropped 41 points in six days [8]
May 25, 2012
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Ethan Cox
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A new poll conducted by CROP for Radio-Canada shows support for the proposed increases to tuition in Quebec has gone from 68% to 27%, a drop of 41% in six days
rabble.ca weekly blog round-up! [9]
May 25, 2012
| By
rabble staff
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It's been an important week for Quebec student protesters, and we had lots of coverage in our blogs section!
Eroding tax fairness in B.C. demands tax reform [10]
May 25, 2012
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Seth Klein
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Most British Columbians would agree that everyone should pay their fair share of taxes.
'There's no such thing, in a way, as an Israeli nation:' Interview with Frank Barat [11]
May 25, 2012
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Dax D'Orazio
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Dax D-Orazio conducts an interview with Russell Tribunal member Frank Barat about BDS actions and the consequences of the Israeli Apartheid on Palestinians.
400,000+ in the streets? Quebec's students are winning... [12]
May 24, 2012
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Ethan Cox
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A report back from Tuesday's massive demonstration in Montreal. While mainstream media ignored it, over 400,000 marched against Charest in the biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history.
Zwozdesky's in, Kowalski's out and all’s right with the Tory universe [13]
May 24, 2012
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David J. Climenhaga
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The Alberta Legislature could have done worse than choose someone like Gene Zwozdesky to wear the Speaker’s three-cornered hat.
Council of Canadians support for legal challenges 'stirring up strife' according to Conservatives [14]
May 24, 2012
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Council of Canadians
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The Conservative Party of Canada’s lawyers yesterday filed a second motion to dismiss the legal challenges of individual citizens seeking to overturn federal election results in seven ridings
Activist Communiqué: Ottawa students occupy the offices of the University of Ottawa [15]
May 24, 2012
| By
Krystalline Kraus
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BREAKING: University of Ottawa students occupy their adminstration office over tuition fee increase.
Open Media launches viral video against online surveillance bill [16]
May 24, 2012
| By
Lindsey Pinto
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OpenMedia.ca has launched a citizen-made online video educating Canadians about the true cost of the government's online spying legislation C-30 and the threat it poses to personal privacy.
Escalator to the bottom: Quebec students refuse the ride [17]
May 24, 2012
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Christopher Majka
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Do Quebec student protests stem from an entitlement mentality? Hardly. They represent a refusal to ride the inequality escalator. Faced with maxed out greed, Quebecois students propose an alternative.
I am a feminist and I am also a human being [18]
May 24, 2012
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Meghan Murphy
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Just because we are feminists doesn't mean we must be flawless.
Changes to EI will put downward pressure on already stagnant wages [19]
May 24, 2012
| By
Andrew Jackson
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Changes to the EI rules announced by the federal Conservative government today are not rooted in any lengthy policy rationale.
Big Telecom's Bills | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca [20]
May 24, 2012
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Lindsey Pinto
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Government and Big Telecom have been all too willing to disregard public opinion. But that can only last until our voices get too loud to ignore...
Toronto group demands immediate release of Irish republican political prisoner [21]
May 23, 2012
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John Bonnar
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The 58-year-old has been held in prison for over a year, after the Northern Ireland secretary, Owen Patterson, revoked her release license because he felt the former IRA prisoner posed a threat.
Alberta MLAs get down to work -- sort of -- tomorrow [22]
May 23, 2012
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David J. Climenhaga
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The first session of Alberta's 28th Legislature opens later today with one bill, still a secret, and not much work for the province's 87 MLAs to do.
Why pay for Globe and Mail online? Support free community media instead [23]
May 23, 2012
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rabble staff
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More and more corporate media sites are charging for online content, while rabble is accessible to all thanks to community support. Please join our community of supporters.
The environment is dead: Long live Mother Nature [24]
May 23, 2012
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Raffi Cavoukian
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"Environmentalism has failed" is a statement that deserves attention. It comes from famed environmentalist David Suzuki marking 50 years since Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring.
History lessons: Resource management means reclaiming our environmental and fiscal futures [25]
May 23, 2012
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Brian Topp
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The contrast between how responsible, well-governed countries have managed the fiscal consequences of resource development, and how we have managed this in Canada, does our country little credit.
Great Lakes Need Great Friends tour kicks off its second week! [26]
May 23, 2012
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Emma Lui
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Last night, the Council of Canadians kicked off the second week of its 8-city tour.
Prescription for health and happiness: a daily dose of nature [27]
May 23, 2012
| By
David Suzuki
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Join the 30x30 Challenge beginning June 1 and incorporate small natural diversions into your daily routine for a month.
New poll is bad news for Charest in his battle with students [28]
May 22, 2012
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Ethan Cox
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A new poll shows support for Jean Charest's hard line with student strikers collapsing, as his unconstitutional "special law" raises the ire of Quebeckers.
'Don't frack with our water': Report from 'Our World, Our Responsibility' conference [29]
May 22, 2012
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Emma Lui
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I gave a workshop on the threat fracking posed to our water sources, the lack of compulsory disclosure on the chemicals used, and the links between earthquakes and fracking.
Quebec students are teaching us all an important lesson [30]
May 22, 2012
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Derrick O'Keefe
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All movements for greater social justice sometimes need a spark from the young, from the generations that are not weighed down by past defeats and disappointments.

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[1] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/ethan-cox/2012/05/it-starts-quebec-our-revolution-love-hope-and-community
[2] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/krystalline-kraus/2012/05/activist-communiqu%C3%A9-river-run-rally-2012
[3] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/krystalline-kraus/2012/05/activist-communiqu%C3%A9-tonight-pots-and-pans-everywhere-solida
[4] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/karl-nerenberg/2012/05/hill-dispatches-finley%E2%80%99s-new-ei-rules-%E2%80%93-we-want-mcdonald%E2%80%99s-hir
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