Happy New Year’s! The rabble.ca roundup is back from vacation and with that has a lot of catching up to do! We present you with a two-for-one special addition of this week’s roundup with lists, comments and critiques on the events of 2011, Haiti’s economic future, First Nations ‘threats’, youth unemployment, the abortion debate and Conservatives’ use of social media among many, many more. So pour an extra large cup of coffee and enjoy!
Jesse McLaren breaks down the Egyptian revolutions and Egyptian women’s continued role at the centre of these protests in Women and the Egyptian revolution.
Notes of hope, rage, cartography and love echo through From New York to Baghdad: A tale of two cities, Hadani Ditmars’ examination of cultural and political relationships between the U.S. and Iraq.
The Conservatives have distracted progressive Canadians with their phony war and shouts about Kyoto, immigration and crime to make way for their deafening storm on health-care funding in Karl Nerenberg’s report from the hill, Hill Dispatches: Year’s end brings with it the beginning of a new battle for health care.
The Activist Toolkit has taken some big steps to help outline some great tips for burgeoning activists in the new year in Top 10 tools for Canadian activists by Steffanie Pinch.
As student and youth unemployment rates continues to rise, students feel that the best way to address high unemployments rates is to address, to the government’s shock, unemployment, in Government intervention needed to address youth unemployment by Graham Cox.
Tragic deaths of Haitian migrants as country’s government treads a worn development path by Roger Annis questions President Michel Martelly’s motives and actions for Haiti and how they are not so different from the same old, same old for Haiti.
David P. Ball recounts his concepts of ‘love and courage’ that surfaced in 2011 and what impact they will have in 2012 in A year that set hearts on fire: From #ArabSpring to #Occupy and beyond and Velcrow Ripper issues his wake-up call for 2012 for all to be present in their hearts and minds in Love’s evolution is my resolution.
Mercedes Allen continues her extensive research and conversation in Canada’s abortion debate with part two of her report Abortion: The debate in 2011.
David J. Climenhaga celebrates the Conservatives’ dipping of toes into the social media pool with their wooing of Canadians with Twitter in Harper Conservatives to use social media to woo Canadians: uh .. really! — 2012 will be the year of sarcasm.
Keystone pipeline, Alberta’s bitumen, Kyoto Accord, oh my! Maude Barlow laments her frustrations with Canada’s environmental downfalls in The biggest story of 2011 for me? Canada’s failure on climate change.
Canadian government spies target First Nations children advocate Cindy Blackstock as an enemy of the state as broad ‘national security’ laws allow, sending Pamela Palmater’s head shaking and mind wondering what the Conservatives define as ‘subversive’ and ‘hostile’ in CSIS and me: What First Nation activities are NOT considered a potential threat to Canada?
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