Jan 16, 2020
Opting out of 'digital serfdom'
Cristina D'Amico
Platforms like Facebook and Twitter extract their users' labour for profit. The solution, says author Richard Seymour in his new book, is a social industry strike.
books
Jan 9, 2020
Can poetry help us understand climate change?
Robert Hackett
That's the task that Catriona Sandilands and the 45 other contributors to "Rising Tides: Reflections for Climate Changing Times" have set for themselves. And it's no small challenge.
Dec 19, 2019
rabble's favourite reads of 2019
rabble staff
Climate change, the federal election, #MeToo, the rise of the right: our staff's favourite books from 2019 touch on all of these important issues and more.
Dec 12, 2019
The break-in at Praxis Corporation
Paul Weinberg
In December of 1970, the offices of anti-poverty organization Praxis Corporation were broken into and set on fire. Who was responsible?
Dec 6, 2019
The 'Feminist City' should be built for and by women
Allison Smith
Leslie Kern's latest book, "Feminist City: A Field Guide," is an introductory text on the female urban experience.
Dec 5, 2019
'UnCanadian: Islamophobia in the True North'
rabble radio
Graeme Truelove says discrimination against Muslims is typical of how we've treated other non-white immigrant groups. An interview with the author and a reading from his book.
Nov 28, 2019
New memoir traces how trauma lives on in our bodies
Margeaux Feldman
Carmen Maria Machado's new memoir, "In The Dream House," mirrors the way that trauma fragments our existence and depicts its afterlife in our bodies.
Nov 21, 2019
'Poetry from the Future' won't solve Europe's crises
Raluca Bejan
New book promises bold new vision for leftist politics but fails to deliver.
Nov 14, 2019
Zalika Reid-Benta on the diasporic short story
Vincent Ternida
The Toronto-based author speaks about stories of belonging, home, and the in-between in her debut collection.
Nov 7, 2019
In new memoir, Hugh Segal makes a personal case for universal basic income
Bill Blaikie
Segal has woven the history of the Canadian debate about a basic income policy into a book that is part personal memoir, part political memoir, and part political history.
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