Recent Blog Postings

What's up with Calgary West PC nomination? Rematch, appointment or what? [1]
February 12, 2012
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David J. Climenhaga
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Will "disallowed" Calgary West Conservative candidate Shiraz Shariff and defeated candidate Ken Hughes get their wish for a nomination re-match?
Activist Communiqué: Toronto’s 7th Annual march for murdered and missing Indigenous women – February 14th [2]
February 12, 2012
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Krystalline Kraus
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Raising our Voices to Demand the United Nations Investigate Missing & Murdered Indigenous women in Canada.
How can we Stop Harper's Foreign Policy? Debating 'Canada on the World Stage' [3]
February 12, 2012
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Derrick O'Keefe
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The Harper government's foreign policy has made us the Ugly Canadian on the world stage. Stopping and reversing this foreign policy will require, for starters, a vigorous and sustained public debate.
Forum poll revealed: How to predict Alberta poll results before they're published! [4]
February 11, 2012
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David J. Climenhaga
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At last, a possible explanation of why Forum's polls have consistently produced better results for the Wildrose Party than other public opinion surveys by other pollsters.
Nathan Cullen to answer your questions on February 16 [5]
February 11, 2012
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rabble staff
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rabble.ca is excited to announce that Nathan Cullen will be the first NDP leadership candidate to take babblers' questions this Thursday, February 16, at 5:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. PST.
Saganash's campaign inspired a generation of young Indigenous people [6]
February 11, 2012
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Tria Donaldson | Max FineDay
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Romeo Saganash’s historic bid for leader of the New Democratic Party was a milestone, and touched the lives of many Indigenous people, especially our youth.
Activist Communique: The winter and spring of Occupy [7]
February 11, 2012
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Krystalline Kraus
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I would like to point out that there is nothing naturally wrong with hibernating for the winter. Literally, that is what nature does. A bear goes into its cave to rest, review and dream of spring.
Babble Book Club discussion of The Antagonist with author Lynn Coady [8]
February 11, 2012
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Kaitlin McNabb
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Babble Book Club presents a special conversation with Lynn Coady, author of The Antagonist, on March 4, 12:00 p.m. PST/3:00 p.m. EST.
Another update on the Northern Gateway pipeline [9]
February 11, 2012
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Bernadette Wagner
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Sometimes, The Regina Mom wonders why she bothers to write her long blog posts, when others do it excellently with a short quote and video or are capable of piecing together a few headlines.
Activist Communique: Decolonizing Our Minds 2012 conference [10]
February 11, 2012
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Krystalline Kraus
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Art is a healing practice, a practice of renewal, exploration and of storytelling. Art is a space of self-definition and self-understanding of anti-colonial struggles.
Romeo Saganash: Thoughts on Canadian leadership [11]
February 10, 2012
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Romeo Saganash
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Romeo Saganash outlines his ideas on leadership, the NDP and the future of Canada.
Movement elder Marshall Ganz shares his organizing wisdom [12]
February 10, 2012
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Jessica Bell
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Movement elder Marshall Ganz has collated his 50-plus years of writing, researching and organizing experience and posted it on two websites.
'Constructing Change' podcast from rabble.ca features online resources from its Activist Toolkit [13]
February 10, 2012
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rabble staff
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rabble has launched a new podcast for people who want to engage in their communities. It features tools from rabble's Activist Toolkit wiki, interviews with local activists, mini-docs and more.
Few oxen gored in Alberta Tories' exquisitely political budget [14]
February 10, 2012
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David J. Climenhaga
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Any observer of the hardball game of politics has to give Alberta's budget an A+ for pre-election optics, even if it only gets a C- for prognostication.
rabble.ca weekly blog roundup! [15]
February 10, 2012
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rabble staff
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rabble.ca weekly roundup dives into everything from Valentine's Day to Attawapiskat to CBC Reads and the Enbridge pipeline, with a list of fantastic posts by fantastic bloggers.
Activist Communique: Dear rich people -- we're coming for you! [16]
February 10, 2012
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Krystalline Kraus
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Under Pressure's statement on yesterday's disruption of McGuinty's speech in Ottawa at the Canadian Club.
David Suzuki: Canada must do more for its oceans [17]
February 9, 2012
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David Suzuki
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Successive federal governments have failed to recognize our oceans as much more than reservoirs of resources to exploit for short-term gain.
Rolling over speed bumps: Weekly news update from OpenMedia.ca [18]
February 9, 2012
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Lindsey Pinto
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It's the beginning of the end for Internet throttling, and Openmedia.ca's newest campaign is coming into play as the hotly contested Bill C-11 moves through the House of Commons.
Hill Dispatches: Non-partisan report contradicts Harper on pensions [19]
February 9, 2012
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Karl Nerenberg
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The Parliamentary Budget Office just issued a report saying that, contrary to Conservative claims, the OAS and other elderly benefits are sustainable, long-term.
Harper deals threaten human rights and the environment in Canada and China [20]
February 9, 2012
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Maude Barlow
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is basking in the uncritical media reporting of his state visit to China. His "open for business" message has been very well received in Beijing.
Day 5: A successful tow, and on to Attawapiskat! [21]
February 9, 2012
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Laurie Miller
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With some slight delays, we make our way across the ice road, and to the community of Attawapiskat.
Action Alert: Help save the Wakefield Spring and 300-year-old white pine trees! [22]
February 9, 2012
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Emma Lui
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A5X, a growing group of citizens, are urging people to contact Jean Charest and other politicians to save the Wakefield Spring and old-growth trees in Gatineau Park.
Canadians abducted by Israel begin cross-Canada speaking tour next week [23]
February 9, 2012
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Canadian Boat to Gaza
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Three Canadians who were forcibly abducted from the Canadian ship Tahrir by Israel and detained without charge this past fall, are demanding the government press Israel to return the boat.
Showing some love to rabble.ca [24]
February 9, 2012
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rabble staff
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Ahhh, love letters. We admit, we like a compliment or two, and last year when we did our visitor's survey we got some nice notes. Know what else warms our hearts? Pledges of support!
Who shot Shariff? More lessons in democracy, Alberta-style [25]
February 9, 2012
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David J. Climenhaga
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No one's being held responsible, but the successful upstart candidate in a Calgary Conservative riding nomination has been dumped because of unspecified voting irregularities.
Activist Communique: The precious South March Highlands [26]
February 9, 2012
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Krystalline Kraus
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The South March Highlands is one of the most bio-diverse areas remaining in urban Canada.
Pipelines: Which side are you on? [27]
February 9, 2012
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Bernadette Wagner
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Did the HarperCons have poor science education? Because it's clear they're not responding to the science on the Enbridge project. What interest does it serve the government in ignoring science?
Activist Toolkit weekly roundup: HIV workshops, fat activism, the Canadian fruit machine, composting, supporting prisoners [28]
February 9, 2012
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Steffanie Pinch
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Ending gender violence, remembering missing and murdered aboriginal women, banning bottled water, using tumblr for activists and more!
Comparing two carbon bombs: Liquid Natural Gas plants vs. Enbridge pipeline [29]
February 9, 2012
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Marc Lee
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Between LNG and Enbridge, Kitimat is poised to become an export platform for the two most environmentally controversial practices of the oil and gas industry: shale gas and tar sands extraction.
Is organized labour doomed? [30]
February 8, 2012
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Bruce Livesey
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Caterpillar's approach to labour relations is just one example of the growing evidence that capital and its right-wing political minions are determined to eradicate what's left of organized labour.

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[2] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/krystalline-kraus/2012/02/activist-communiqu%C3%A9-toronto%E2%80%99s-7th-annual-march-murdered-and
[3] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/derrick/2012/02/how-can-we-stop-harpers-foreign-policy-debating-canada-world-stage
[4] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/djclimenhaga/2012/02/forum-poll-revealed-how-predict-alberta-poll-results-theyre-publ
[5] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2012/02/nathan-cullen-answer-your-questions-february-16
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[7] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/krystalline-kraus/2012/02/activist-communiqu%C3%A9-winter-and-spring-occupy
[8] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/bound-not-gagged/2012/02/babble-book-club-discussion-antagonist-author-lynn-coady
[9] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/regina-mom/2012/02/another-update-northern-gateway-pipeline
[10] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/krystalline-kraus/2012/02/activist-communiqu%C3%A9-decolonizing-our-minds-conference-2012
[11] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/romeo-saganash/2012/02/romeo-saganash-thoughts-canadian-leadership
[12] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/jessicabell/2012/02/movement-elder-marshall-ganz-shares-his-organizing-wisdom
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[17] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2012/02/david-suzuki-canada-must-do-more-its-oceans
[18] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2012/02/rolling-over-speed-bumps-weekly-news-update-openmediaca
[19] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/karl-nerenberg/2012/02/hill-dispatches-non-partisan-budget-office-says-there-no-need-
[20] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/maude-barlow/2012/02/harper-deals-threaten-human-rights-and-environment-canada-and-ch
[21] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/laurie-miller/2012/02/day-5-successful-tow-and-attawapiskat
[22] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/making-waves/2012/02/action-alert-help-save-wakefield-spring-and-300-year-old-white-p
[23] http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/canadianboattogaza/2012/02/canadians-abducted-israel-begin-cross-canada-speaking-tour
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