Welcome back to the rabble.ca weekly blog roundup, where each week we take a look at what is on our bloggers’ minds or what has sparked interest in the world!
This week we look at Stephen Harper’s latest attack on civil will and democratic sovereignty: robocalls! The blog dash was burning up with posts about the Conservative election fraud and how this not only affected the election, but continues to contort our views of the person leading our country. Also on the radar this week were calls for student activism in the form of a proactive reproductive justice stance and the protesting of inaccessible education.
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With news of the Conservative election fraud and the now infamous robocall, David P. Ball questions what can now be done about the Conservatives’ dangerous words and actions in Conservatives suppress democracy: RoboGate, dangerous words and a scarier worldview, Steven Shrybman cites the Elections Canada Act for those who want to take action in If you didn’t like that #robocall, here’s something you might do about it, Karl Nerenberg claims that this is the first Canadian political scandal to truly attack democratic freedom in Hill Dispatches: The #robocalls scandal is about sabotaging democracy and John Bennet believes that Lindsey Lohan is running the country in Canada is stuck in a ‘Mean Girls’ high-school movie plot.
Tara Paterson’s passionate appeal to pro-choicers advocates action in Pro-choice thinkers unite!: A call-out for pro-active reproductive justice.
Québec students continue to protest over increasing tuition fees and access to education in Québec students strike over tuition hikes by Eric Martin.
Image courtesy of John Bennet.
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