Blog August 23
Removing monuments to Canadians who helped conquer Africa
Yves Engler | Stairs and Keating are two of many Canadians who helped colonize the continent and continue to be commemorated.
Blog August 23
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When times get dark, we must shine brighter
David Suzuki | Rather than learning from Sun News's failure that racism and extremism are unpopular and anti-Canadian, Rebel founder Ezra Levant ramped up the bigoted and anti-environmental messaging.
Blog August 22
Announcing the Jack Layton Journalism for Change Fellowship
rabble staff | rabble.ca and Olivia Chow of the Institute for Change Leaders are delighted to announce the inaugural launch of the Jack Layton Journalism for Change Fellowship.
Podcast August 21
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Death squads terrorizing working-class communities in the Philippines
Jiselle Hanna | The death toll of President Duterte's "War on Drugs" is now reaching 10,000 people. Paramilitary death squads are now a feature of life in the Philippines bringing terror to millions of people.
Blog August 21
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Police and journalists hand victory to far-right, racist activists in Quebec City
Nora Loreto | Today, the mainstream media consensus is that anti-immigrant, white supremacist group La Meute was the true winner in Quebec City yesterday because a handful of people smashed glass and threw chairs.
Blog August 20
Relationships in a climate change age: It starts with communication
Lizanne Foster | Students should learn how to process that anger so that their relationships can withstand the challenges that dealing with climate change is going to include.
Columnists August 18
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Minister Freeland propagates a neoliberal myth on free trade's benefits
Rick Salutin | But no matter how many numbers Freeland plucks to show the economy's mighty growth in the free trade years, in those same years, most people's lives have hardened.
Blog August 18
Elementary school students. Photo: Government of Prince Edward Island/flickr
Statistics and the damage done: On equity in education
Benjamin Doxtdator | Tom Bennett, who is the keynote at this week's Leadership Conference for educators, has connections to very troubling claims about links between student performance, race, and the heritability of IQ.
News August 18
Inside an ambulance. Photo: Zhu/flickr
Paramedics on Ontario First Nations reserve unanimously agree to unionize
Meagan Gillmore | Paramedics on Beausoleil First Nation's reserve on Christian Island in Ontario have joined the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU).
Blog August 18
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Jagmeet Singh's trip to Israel and breaking the NDP silence on Palestine
Yves Engler | Singh wants NDP members to think he's opposed to Israeli violence and supportive of Palestinian solidarity activism. Simultaneously he wants to signal to CIJA and Israeli officials he'll play ball
Blog August 17
Independent media needs your help to fight for justice
Bilan Arte | We need a media that seeks out the stories of equity seeking groups, and we need a media that is not dependent on corporate advertising.
Blog August 18
A group of Métis women and children in Alberta circa 1931
Why I decided to reject a settler colonial view of the Métis Nation
Debra Huron | Neither I nor Joseph Boyden can squirm our way into being Métis by means of a DNA test or a laminated card in our wallets.