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Murray Dobbin was rabble.ca's Senior Contributing Editor. He was a journalist, broadcaster, author and social activist for over 40 years. A board member and researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, he wrote five studies for the centre including examinations of charter schools, and the book, Ten Tax Myths. Murray was a columnist for the Financial Post and Winnipeg Free Press and contributed guest editorials to the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and other Canadian dailies. He wrote a regular State of the Nation column co-published simultaneously on rabble.ca and The Tyee.
Murray published five books, including critical profiles of Preston Manning, Kim Campbell and Paul Martin. His The Myth of the Good Corporate Citizen has been described as a citizens guide to globalization. He also prepared radio documentaries for the CBC Radio's Ideas series on subjects including taxes, human rights and the right-wing regime in New Zealand.

A long time social activist Murray was involved in many movements from the anti-nuclear movement, to the fights against so-called free trade and public private partnerships. He was the founder of Word Warriors, a project which co-ordinates letter-writing to the editorial pages of newspapers across Canada. He was a Senior Advisor to the Rideau Institute on International Affairs.

Murray Dobbin died in September 2021.

The Isle of Shady, a pop-up tax haven set up by the Enough Food For Everyone IF campaign. Photo: Enough Food IF/flickr
Posted inCanadian PoliticsEconomy

We must begin to curb the power of corporations

murray_dobbinBW by Murray Dobbin November 30, 2017
U.S. Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis with Saudi Arabia's leader Mohammad bin Salman in March, 2017. Photo: U.S. Department of Defense/Flickr
Posted inWorld Politics

Is Trudeau ready for a Middle East war?

murray_dobbinBW by Murray Dobbin November 17, 2017
The 2014 Climate Change meeting in Bonn, Germany. Photo: Shubert Ciencia for UNFCCC
Posted inEnvironment

Can you say, ‘conflict of interest’? Not at the UN

murray_dobbinBW by Murray Dobbin November 3, 2017
Finance minister Bill Morneau at an IMF event. If Prime Minister Trudeau is looking for allies in taxing wealth and high income he just got a major boost from a highly unusual source: the International Monetary Fund. Photo by IMF/Flickr
Posted inCanadian PoliticsEconomy

Yes, we need to tax the rich

murray_dobbinBW by Murray Dobbin October 20, 2017
In 2012, hundreds of demonstrators marched from an Ottawa science conference to Parliament Hill under the banner the ‘Death of Evidence’. Photo: Richard Webster/deathofevidence.ca
Posted inHuman Rights
CA

The corporate assault on science

murray_dobbinBW by Murray Dobbin October 6, 2017
In 2012, hundreds of demonstrators marched from an Ottawa science conference to Parliament Hill under the banner the ‘Death of Evidence’. Photo: Richard Webster/deathofevidence.ca
Posted inHealthTechnologyUS PoliticsWorld Politics

The corporate assault on science

murray_dobbinBW by Cathryn Atkinson and Murray Dobbin October 6, 2017October 5, 2021
Wayne Easter. Photo: David Faltenhine/Leadnow Canada/flickr
Posted inCanadian PoliticsEconomy

Finance committee chair Wayne Easter defends the privileged, undermines modest tax reforms

murray_dobbinBW by Murray Dobbin September 22, 2017
Royal Marines of X-Ray Company, 45 Commando during a ground domination patrol in Afghanistan in 2009. Photo: LA(PHOT) NICK TRYON/Defence Images
Posted inCanadian PoliticsUS PoliticsWorld Politics

A new Middle East policy for the West: Get out

murray_dobbinBW by Murray Dobbin September 7, 2017
PM Justin Trudeau participates in the EU-Canada Leaders' Summit and CETA signing ceremony in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: Adam Scotti/PMO
Posted inCanadian PoliticsEconomyWorld Politics

Trudeau’s concessions in Canada-EU deal will hit cities hardest

murray_dobbinBW by Murray Dobbin July 7, 2017
Photo: Adam Scotti/PMO
Posted inCanadian PoliticsUS PoliticsWorld Politics

Liberals’ massive increase in defence spending is a budgetary coup

murray_dobbinBW by Murray Dobbin June 9, 2017
Photos: Matt Jiggins/flickr; BGM Riding Association/Wikimedia Commons
Posted inCanadian Politics

Jagmeet Singh and Niki Ashton: A choice of flash versus vision for the NDP

murray_dobbinBW by Murray Dobbin May 25, 2017
Photos: Alexander Pope/flickr, BC Gov Photos/flickr
Posted inCanadian Politics
BC

As B.C. election approaches, Greens get cozy with Liberals

murray_dobbinBW by Murray Dobbin May 5, 2017

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