Welcome to the Lynn Williams Activist Toolkit, an exciting new project of rabble.ca currently in Beta. The Toolkit is a wiki-style section of the rabble site devoted to content collaboration. It contains a growing number of encyclopedic resources that you can write. The Toolkit is named after activist, organizer, and labour leader, Lynn Williams, whose commitment to social justice has inpired generations of United Steeworker activists. Read more about Lynn Williams here. Participate in the Toolkit! See our User Guide, and please check out the toolkit blog and podcast.
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How to organize and fight back?
Five lessons learned from community organizing.
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Image by John Evans, 2013 Ottawa South candidate signs, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ottawa_South_2013_by-election_signs.jpg
More tools to help get out the vote on June 7th
Now that the election day is near, here are some more targeted tools to help inform people you talk to and bust some of the lies.
3 Minute Action
Image by Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Campaign, posted on Flickr, labelled for reuse https://www.flickr.com/photos/palestinesolidaritycampaign/34352227560
Support detained Palestinian Legislative Council member Khalida Jarrar
Let her know she is not forgotten.
3 Minute Action
Image from Wikimedia commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Destruction_of_Gaza_1.jpg
Demand that Canada do more than equivocate about Gaza
More than 60 protesters and a Canadian medic have been injured. Canada must take stronger action.
Reports
Body Count: How many people die because they cannot afford medicines
A new report by the Canadian Federation of Nurse Unions on shortfalls in prescription drug coverage.
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Wikimedia image, labeled for reuse https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collection-of-bumperstickers.jpg
Experts calling Netanyahu's claims baseless and childish
Tools to help debunk the warmongerers.
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World Water Day, image by Albert Lozada, from Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/19804650@N00/5622349504
Great tools to educate young people about the environment
The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario has developed a set of tools for young students.
3 Minute Action
Image from Palestine Solidarity Campaign, from Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/palestinesolidaritycampaign/34352227560
Over 1,900 Palestinians have been arrested in four months in Israel
Tools to learn more about the unjust judicial system and stand up for justice.
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Image from Flickr. Credit: Living Room Conversations Beyond Denial Photos by : Alex Garland, Damien Conway, Andy Clark, and John Duffy https://www.flickr.com/photos/backbone_campaign/20804975158
A great list of books about race and racism
Tools to deepen our understanding of privilege and race.
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Image by Alisdare Hickson, from Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/alisdare/23167004250
Stand for peace because bombing is not the answer
Tools from Canadian groups fighting for peace.
Workshop
Image from Pixabay labeled for reuse, https://pixabay.com/en/mental-health-brain-thinking-2313430/
Out of the Attic: Dissociation and social justice
A resource that readers can use to learn more about the spectrum of dissociative experiences.
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Candlelight vigil image from Wikimedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Laramie_Project_-_Vigil_-_2008_performance.jpg
Solidarity in times of crisis
Tools to offer support to the Humboldt Broncos community.
Reports
What are Canadians saying about food policy in Canada?
A new report from Food Secure Canada gives a public recipe for a better food system.
3 Minute Action
Image from wikipedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Postal_Bank_-_panoramio.jpg
Support postal banking, support M-166 right now
Postal banking is under debate in Parliament right now. Tools to help you express your support.
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Image by Mark Klotz, from Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/markklotz/15632679648
A First Nations-led initiative to improve the health of the Burrard Inlet ecosystem
In the wake of the recent Kinder Morgan decision, protests are ramping up. Here are some tools you can use to share and support a First Nations-led vision for the future.
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Image from Creative Commons, original image Nick Youngson nyphotographic.com, labelled for reuse http://www.creative-commons-images.com/clipboard/pension.html
Is your pension really secure?
Let's make sure workers are paid first when a company goes bankrupt
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Continue to fight for justice for Colten Boushie
Five tools to keep the discussion going and to demand justice
rabblepedia
Black history month
Read about the controversy and history of Canada's Black History Month.
3 Minute Action
territory acknowledgement for Toronto #Next150
Next 150 project challenges us to become ambassadors for change
Take a minute to learn and build a challenge
3 Minute Action
Image from DawaNet, used with permission
What did January 29th mean for you?
Post your account of how the Quebec Mosque shooting impacted you
3 Minute Action
Image from DawaNet, used with permission
What do we do on January 29?
How to continue to build the fight against Islamophobia.
Reports
Report on the violence nurses face
What is happening and what can be done about it
Reports
Image from Wikimedia commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Keep,_Woollards_Field,_Brighton_(April_2013)_(2).JPG
Carillion failure makes the cost of P3s clear
Here are some great tools from CUPE to challenge infrastructure privatization initiatives
Reports
Canada's corporate tax dodgers
Read the report and find out how to stop tax dodging by Canadian companis
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Teaching our children about the world
Books about Haiti and about the world
3 Minute Action
Stop hating, image from flickr by skylar, labelled for reuse
Are we going to let this become how Chanukah is celebrated?
Come out on December 18th and stand up to the JDL and to Pamela Geller
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Image by Flash Alexander http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=202212&picture=clean-water
How to be an ally in the fight for water for First Nations?
Make sure you are fighting for the right issue
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Image by Fibonnaci Blue, from Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/fibonacciblue/29458878700
Canada must deny Islamaphobe Pamela Geller entry into Canada
We do not need this kind of hate spewed in our communities
3 Minute Action
Image by Marni Gilbert, UN Women https://www.flickr.com/photos/un_women_pacific/14224916935
UN Women's 16 day campaign to protect all women from gender-based violence
Facebook frames, Twitter twibbons and real world actions to stand up for all women
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Image Carol Highsmith via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clayton-Jackson-McGhie-memorial-Duluth-Minnesota.jpg
Building monuments nationwide to commemorate the victims of lynching
The Equal Justice Initiative has launched the most ambitious memorial project to document lynchings in the United States

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