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The Activist Toolkit Blog

The Activist Toolkit Blog is the place to catch up on what's new with the Toolkit. With weekly roundups of newly added tools, highlights of featured tools and extra multimedia content, you'll get up to date info on grassroots organizing. Check out the full activist toolkit at [url=http://rabble.ca/toolkit]rabble.ca/toolkit[/url].

Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog May 4
Image: Gail Cyr. Used with permission.
After organizing in the Northwest Territories for 47 years, Gail Cyr shares lessons from her work
Maya Bhullar | Gail Cyr has spent her life amplifying the work and voices of local communities. Now, she is officially "retired" but is as busy as ever.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog April 13
Image courtesy of Anjum Sultana
Investing in a feminist economic recovery
Maya Bhullar | Feminist recovery plan author Anjum Sultana discusses what a feminist recovery must look like to help women in Canada.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog March 29
Peace River Valley, 2020. Image credit: Garth Lenz. Used with permission.
First Nations exercising treaty rights to fight tar sands and Site C development
Maya Bhullar | RAVEN is a Canadian NGO whose mission is to raise legal defence funds for Indigenous peoples to defend their treaty rights and the integrity of their traditional lands and cultures.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog March 8
International Women's Day March, 2017, Los Angeles. Image Credit: Molly Adams/Wikimedia Commons
Don't let the Liberals co-opt the need for a feminist recovery
Maya Bhullar | This year, during a pandemic, let's make International Women's Day 2021 really matter.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog March 4
Image courtesy of Sue McKenzie
Why Muskoka declared a climate emergency
Maya Bhullar | A conversation with the organizers behind one of the most impactful climate-change plans in the country.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog February 22
Man beside window. Image credit: Fernando @cferdo/Unsplash
Community organizer takes aim at how Ottawa police address mental-health crises
Maya Bhullar | Community organizer Robin Browne speaks about his work to change how Ottawa police address mental-health crises and reflects on his decades of activism to confront systemic anti-Black racism.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog February 8
Police at a demonstration. Image credit: Pxhere/Creative Commons license
Grappling with police unions in the fight for justice in policing
Maya Bhullar | As we work against police violence and racism, how do we influence the actions of the police unions? How do we stop them from obstructing efforts to change police practice and create oversight?
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog January 11
Line of riot police. Image credit: James Paramecio/Pixabay
Rooting out white supremacy in the police and armed forces
Maya Bhullar | Racism in law enforcement and the armed forces has proven deadly countless times and seems embedded in the very fibre of these institutions.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog November 17
Stephen Harper gives a speech at the IDU forum in 2019. Image: International Democrat Union/Twitter
How the conservative organizing machine works
Maya Bhullar | One way that conservatives share strategies is through the International Democrat Union, whose goal is to strengthen conservative and right-wing politicians around the world.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog November 2
Image: Element5 Digital/Unsplash
What is on the 2020 U.S. election ballot?
Maya Bhullar | A toolkit for understanding the 2020 United States election.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog October 28
Image: pxhere/Creative Commons
Three ways to support the Mi'kmaw fishers in Nova Scotia
Maya Bhullar | Tools to dig into the details behind the conflict and support the enforcement of treaty rights.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog October 16
Image: Kon Karampelas/Unsplash
How to fight back against racists organizing on social media and on the ground
Maya Bhullar | It is important to organize online to undermine the spaces being used to spread hate and disinformation, but to make real change, we must all work on the ground.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog September 8
Image: Joe deSousa/Flickr
This year, labour stood for us all
Maya Bhullar | A reflection on the labour movement's achievements in 2020 so far.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog August 24
Image: Marco Verch/Flickr
A province-by-province look at returning to school during the COVID-19 pandemic
Maya Bhullar | Tools and updates to support teachers, students and administrative workers this September.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog August 10
Image: nrd/Unsplash
An opportunity to change how corporations treat the workers who put food on our table
Maya Bhullar | Activists are working to demand changes to improve the lives of workers in the food production industry across Canada.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog July 8
Image: Colby Rex O'Neill
Cancel Canada Day pushed back against celebrations of land theft. Now it's time to continue pushing for change
Maya Bhullar | On July 1, Idle No More and allies organized #CancelCanadaDay actions and a live broadcast to stop the annual celebration of stolen Indigenous land and stolen Indigenous lives.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog June 30
Police in Toronto in 2009. Image: Wikimedia Commons
The sad state of policing in Canada
Maya Bhullar | A set of tools to move towards real changes in policing.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog June 15
Police officer at a Toronto Black Lives Matter demonstration in June 2020. Image: Mitchel Raphael
A cross-Canada look at defunding the police
Maya Bhullar | Much needed community support services have faced cuts while the total operating expenditures of police forces have generally increased for over two decades.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog June 3
Image: Johnny Silvercloud/Flickr
Supporting Black Lives Matter activists
Maya Bhullar | Tools for allies of the ongoing protests against police brutality.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog May 23
Image: Tim Dennell/Flickr
Support for workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Maya Bhullar | Help for workers to make sense of their benefits and stay safe.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog March 19
Image: Tumisu/Pixabay
How the caremongering movement is winning, and how to help
Maya Bhullar | COVID-19: Five ways to help others from your home.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog March 13
Image: Al Jazeera English/Flickr
Four amazing International Women's Day marches
Maya Bhullar | This year, women around the world demanded change.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog February 29
Image: Green is Not White Workshop, used with permission.
Working together to demand action on environmental racism
Maya Bhullar | The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, with chapters in Canada and the U.S., spearheads research, education and monitoring around environmental racism.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog February 12
Image: Tony Webster/Flickr
Support the Wet'suwet'en Nation and their supporters
Maya Bhullar | Some tools for those who want to help.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog February 3
Image: Mary Crandall/Flickr
Ways to support Ontario's teachers
Maya Bhullar | Here are some facts to share with people repeating the Ford administration's misinformation and things you can do to support the teachers.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog January 14
Image: Alisdare Hickson/Flickr
Iran and U.S. are far from 'done'
Maya Bhullar | Ways to build the peace movement and support real change.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog November 29
Earth peace together symbol. Image: cocoparisienne/Pixabay
Activist Toolkit rebuilding guide for 2020
Maya Bhullar | As you plan your charitable giving for the holiday season, let's stand with the rebuilders. Here are some global social movements that need our support.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog November 27
Jason Schilling. Image: David J. Climenhaga
Public education under attack: Interview with Alberta Teachers' Association president Jason Schilling
Maya Bhullar | Jason Schilling assumed the presidency of the Alberta Teachers' Association on July 1, 2019. Read what he had to tell us about the UCP government's effort to undermine public schools.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog November 6
Protest against Israel attack on Gaza in Berlin. Image: Montecruz Foto/Flickr
The NDP must stand for Palestine now
Maya Bhullar | The political winds for the last few years have been unrelentingly cruel to Palestine, but at this moment, there are some opportunities for progressive Canadians to act and perhaps make a difference.
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog October 24
Rental signs. Image: Ashley Brown/Flickr
Housing is more than a roof over our heads
Ashley Reyns | Tenants in Ottawa are organizing and demanding landlords are held accountable for dilapidated homes.

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