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Duncan Cameron
January 8
The Liberals are in a tight race with the Conservatives. For Trudeau to prevail and form a second consecutive majority government, the NDP must lose seats to Liberals. |
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Rick Salutin
January 5
Comedian Louis C.K.'s unsettling comeback prompts reflections on motives for withdrawing from the spotlight -- and the temptation to return. In this regard, could C.K. learn from pianist Glen Gould? |
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Monia Mazigh
January 4
As Canada heads into a federal election year, the Trudeau government has the opportunity to show moral conviction in global politics by supporting peace and democracy abroad. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
January 3
Netflix's decision to censor an episode of comedian Hasan Minhaj's series, blocking access to it within Saudi Arabia, has implications that ripple far beyond the borders of the Saudi dictatorship. |
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Rodrigo Samayoa, Digital Freedom Update
January 2
If Canada is to remain at the forefront of innovation and freedom, we need a robust net neutrality framework that doesn't benefit those with deep pockets and vested interests. |
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Rick Salutin
December 22
I'm not saying China is a mensch and we aren't. Yet it feels like Fu Manchu and the Yellow Peril are back. Where did they go, like Joe DiMaggio, so it seemed they'd vanished forever? |
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rabble staff
December 21
A look back at the year as seen by our columnists, who cast a spotlight on the top issues concerning progressives in 2018. |
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Lois Ross
December 21
In a historic decision this week, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP). |
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Linda McQuaig
December 20
By co-operating with the U.S. request to extradite Chinese executive Meng Wanzhou, Canada is enabling rogue and reckless behaviour by the Trump administration. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
December 20
Immigration policy is a matter of life and death, most tragically impacting the most vulnerable among us. |
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Safia J. Lakhani, Pro Bono
December 20
The Ford government's decision to revert back to the 1998 curriculum has produced considerable backlash from educators, parents, and students -- and has also triggered four separate legal challenges. |
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Duncan Cameron
December 18
Canada's decision to make nice with the U.S. by arresting Huawei's top financial executive -- knowing full well that China would be enraged over the arrest -- has serious political overtones. |
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Matthew Behrens
December 14
While the Trudeau government has long boasted of employing a gendered lens to enact its policies, that analysis has certainly not applied to extradition. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
December 13
Among those gathered at the annual UN climate change summit are two young women, who have decided to devote their lives to reversing humanity's destructive addiction to fossil fuels. |
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Duncan Cameron
December 11
Why are tens of thousands of regular people, citizens of the French Republic, staging a democratic revolt against tax increases? |
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Rick Salutin
December 9
Those of us who mostly observe and comment on the current crisis, or suite of crises, owe a debt to France's gilets jaunes, the yellow vests. They're clarifiers. |
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Monia Mazigh
December 7
Hate crimes in Canada have increased by 47 per cent in 2017, yet both Quebec Premier François Legault and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have remained silent about the disturbing surge in numbers. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
December 6
As this week's national day of mourning concludes in the U.S. with the funeral of George H.W. Bush, the country's 41st president, labour activist Mother Jones' words are worth remembering. |
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Marianela Ramos Capelo, Digital Freedom Update
December 5
There is a gray, Schrödinger's cat kind of area in copyright. Enter: "orphan works" -- works that are neither public nor quite owned by someone. |
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Duncan Cameron
December 4
In a surreal Buenos Aires ceremony, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were photographed on either side of U.S. President Donald Trump. |
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Rick Salutin
November 30
What term could you use to replace, say, socialism? How about -- socialism? |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
November 29
Grassroots organizing gets results but there is a huge amount of work yet to be done to ensure a fair, representative democracy with an engaged and empowered electorate. |
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Shelina Ali, Pro Bono
November 29
The federal government is making a superficial effort to address the role of social media platforms in publishing false statements that undermine the democratic process. |
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Matthew Behrens
November 29
With each new reported Saudi atrocity, Canadian leaders dig in their heels and issue earnest statements about "troubling" revelations, and respect for human rights and the rule of law. |
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June Chua
November 28
"Mr. Flamingo" is a vibrantly illustrated children's book that chronicles the story of a flamingo forced to leave his homeland and trying to find friends after landing in Berlin. |
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Duncan Cameron
November 27
When Finance Minister Bill Morneau stood in place in the House of Commons on Wednesday, November 21, this is the economic update statement he dared not deliver. |
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Wayne MacPhail
November 23
In the past 10 years, about 16,000 Canadian journalists lost their jobs, and over two dozen daily and 220 weekly newspapers have merged or been shuttered. Will $600 million in media funding help? |
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Linda McQuaig
November 22
After Lac-Mégantic, we need proper regulation of railways -- and every other aspect of our economy that requires government oversight to protect us from corporations whose only interest is profit. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
November 22
The murder of Jamal Khashoggi may sway enough Republican senators to join Democrats in voting to block further U.S. support for Saudi Arabia's destruction of Yemen, and to suspend arms sales. |
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Brent Patterson
November 21
Six thousand Extinction Rebellion activists recently occupied five bridges in London and the rebellion is set to go global in March 2019. |
