There’s no way around it – we have a challenging year ahead. As I write to you today, I find myself reflecting on what a year this has been for us all. Together, we’ve confronted an ongoing pandemic, inflation and the rising prices of basic goods and the creeping –or maybe leaping– growth of radical conservatism.
However, it has also been a year of exceptional labour organizing and solidarity for fairness for worker rights, and of activism for Indigenous power, racial, climate and economic justice.
Solidarity is critical to responding to the challenges in the year ahead and this is a crucial time for rabble.ca to amplify the voices and messages that are needed to build a better future.
This winter, help support the rabble community
rabble is an independent, non-profit news site founded in 2001 by a collective of journalists, activists and community-centred organizations. We deliver award-winning progressive journalism to a national audience 365 days a year.
Our small but mighty team of reporters cuts through misinformation to provide sustained coverage of grassroots activism, Indigenous rights, labour news and political analysis. Our diverse columnists ensure all rabble readers feel meaningfully represented on progressive issues. We know that when we all come together, we can create transformative social change!
If you are able to join us with a contribution of $5, $50, $250 or more by December 31st, you will help broaden rabble’s reach in 2023. Donate online now at rabble.ca/donate.
Who we are and what we do …
Over the past year, our parliamentary reporter, Karl Nerenberg, has continued to keep a close eye on both federal government and opposition responses to the pandemic and the looming recession. Nerenberg is joined by our insightful and people-centred Halifax-based national reporter, Stephen Wentzel. Keeping us up-to-date in labour news is razor sharp labour reporter Gabriela Caluguay-Casuga. The newest member of the team is Kiah Lucero, 2023 Jack Layton Journalism for Change fellow.
Our journalism coverage is rounded out by a host of diverse columnists, by our weekly podcast, rabble radio – that can now also be heard on more than a dozen community and campus radio stations – and our monthly live video Off the Hill panel, rabble’s answer to the CBC At-Issue panel. Off the Hill is hosted by Libby Davies and Robin Browne. The panel includes guests like MP Leah Gazan, Chuka Ejeckam, El Jones, Jim Stanford, Senator Kim Pate, Avi Lewis and many other change makers across the country you want to hear from. In 2022, the panel series featured cutting edge conversations that will be all the more necessary in 2023.
Amplifying the work of grassroots activism and social and labour movements is what makes rabble different from other Canadian media. Too often these days, the media becomes the story. Through initiatives like our ‘rabble rousers to watch’ series, the Courage My Friends podcast (produced in partnership with the Tommy Douglas Institute of George Brown College), our activist toolkit and In Cahoots partnerships, we amplify the local wins and struggles of political changemaking to a national audience.
This is the time to keep building solidarity
Telling these stories, amplifying these messages, is why your support is so important to rabble.ca.
rabble.ca exists to share stories and analysis of injustice, solidarity and resistance. Your support is critical to keep momentum going. Consider donating today!
I know you’ve heard it before but it’s worth saying again because it’s true: no amount is too little!
Thank you for your ongoing support and help. We are in this together. Please donate today.
Kim Elliott,
Publisher
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