opinion August 13
Michael Lynk, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967. Image: UN Geneva/Flickr
Stefan Christoff | The reality of the colonialist orientation of the governments in both Israel and Canada underwrites many of the reasons why a trade agreement with the Israeli state was prioritized by Canada.
analysis August 12
A photo of Soleiman Faqiri at a vigil in Toronto in 2017. Image: Justice for Soli/Facebook
Jozef Konyari | On Tuesday, Ontario's chief forensic pathologist determined the causes of Faqiri's death after five years of pressure; the injuries he sustained while he was restrained and beaten by guards.
politics August 11
Liberal Premier of Nova Scotia Iain Rankin. Image: Iain Rankin/Facebook
Scott Costen | All things considered, it would not be unfair to suggest Iain Rankin and his party are gaslighting Nova Scotians with their election platform.
rabble news August 11
Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Kincardine, Ontario. Image: Chuck Szmurlo/Wikimedia Commons
Joyce Nelson | It is somewhat disconcerting that, while discussing the state of Canada's nuclear plants, three nuclear experts have made reference to the ongoing, 2011 nuclear disaster at Fukushima in Japan.
opinion August 10
A lone firefighter faces a wall of forest fire. Image: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Flickr
Nick Fillmore | Mainstream media reports on climate change like it is just another story, failing to acknowledge the urgency and danger of the moment we are in.
rabble news August 9
Canadian Ambassador to Haiti Stuart Savage speaks to Haitian residents. Image: Canada in Haiti/Twitter
Yves Engler | A key characteristic of imperial control is making clear who is running the show.
analysis August 9
A doctor's office with an exam bed, a stool, and a counter with medical supplies. Image: TheKarenD/Flickr
Kelsey Davis | Studies have shown that doctors routinely opt to give female patients sedatives as opposed to painkillers, suggesting that their perception of their own pain is presumed to be clouded by anxiety.
in their own words August 6
Jack Layton and Libby Davies Image credit: rabble staff
Libby Davies | The Layton Legacy project is offering a unique opportunity to highlight and support grassroots activism with an Activism Award. Find out how to apply.
analysis August 3
Some anti-Site C signage on the Boon family's farm. Image: Ken Boon/Used with permission
Rita Wong | The West Moberly First Nations has launched an epic court case seeking to halt the dam which will be heard in 2022. A recent B.C. Supreme Court win by Blueberry River First Nations bodes well.
opinion July 30
Climate activist Greta Thunberg at the European Parliament in March 2020. Image: European Parliament/Flickr
Lynn Oliphant | "Sustainable growth" is the ultimate oxymoron of our times.
opinion July 30
IDF soldiers operating in Gaza. Image: Israel Defense Forces/Flickr
Yves Engler | Today Palestinian-Canadian refugee Khaled Mouammar and Rabbi David Mivasair submitted a formal legal complaint to the CRA concerning the charitable status of the Canadian Zionist Cultural Association.
opinion July 29
December 2020: The first delivery of approximately 4,000 doses of the first approved COVID-19 vaccine arrived in British Columbia. Image: Province of British Columbia/Flickr
Ken Theobald | International co-operation led to the creation of vaccines. A capitalist, neoliberal global order has led to extreme vaccine disparity.
rabble news July 22
Elder Bill Jones called a community meeting to address increasing violence at the Fairy Creek blockade. Image: Fairy Creek Blockade/Rainforest Flying Squad/Used with permission
Rita Wong | The value in the forests does not lie only in how much profit the lumber itself turns, but primarily in the everlasting ecological value the old forests provide by nature.
opinion July 22
Study time at a Roman Catholic Indian Residential School, Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories. Image: Library Archives Canada/Flickr
Summer Mahmud, Rahul Varma | If schoolchildren were taught Canada's hidden history, they would have learned that the actions of the Canadian government constituted genocide.
opinion July 19
A colourful street in Cuba. Image: Doug88888/Flickr
Ish Theilheimer | As he continues to use Trump's tactics to push Cuba toward asphyxiation, what is Biden's endgame?
opinion July 16
RCAF jet at the Gatineau airshow, 2012. Image: zJMac/Flickr
Yves Engler | While a vitally important campaign, stopping the fighter jet procurement is a rearguard action. We need to defund the military, which sucks up $30 billion a year.
rabble news July 14
Single-use plastic straws, which could be banned by the end of 2021. Image: Chemist 4 U/Flickr
Joyce Nelson | In May, Canada added plastic items to the list of toxic substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Within days, the plastics industry filed an application for a lawsuit.
profile July 13
Christine Brouzes with a copy of Driven: The Secret Life of Taxi Drivers/Used with permission
Marcello Di Cintio | Many of Winnipeg's Indigenous women have a story about harassment at the hands of drivers, most commonly about cabbies proposing "another way to pay." Ikwe set out to change that.
rabble news July 9
Assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Image: Karla Sepúlveda/ Presidencia República Dominicana​/Flickr
Yves Engler | Jovenel Moïse was a violent and corrupt tyrant. While his passing may not elicit much sympathy, the Haitian president's assassination should not be celebrated.
rabble news July 7
An old-growth forest in Oregon. Image: David Patte/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Joyce Nelson | More than 352 forest defenders have now been arrested at the Fairy Creek blockades in B.C. since mid-May.
opinion July 6
The Lac-Mégantic rail disaster in 2013. Image: Transportation Safety Board of Canada/Flickr
Bruce Campbell | The tragic deaths of 47 people eight years ago in southeast Quebec were collateral damage from the culmination of decisions stretching back almost four decades. Still, justice is denied.
opinion July 6
A distance to the Canadian border sign in Minnesota. Image: Tony Webster/Flickr
Neela Hassan | While Canada has been long praised for its asylum generosity towards refugees, the federal government's approach towards seekers during the pandemic has violated human rights.
opinion June 30
A sign that reads: "decolonize this place." Image: Billie Grace Ward/Flickr
Javney Mohr | An open letter to fellow non-Indigenous people: decolonization is not a metaphor.
opinion June 30
Image: Rachel Snow/Used with permission.
Rachel Snow | Hasn’t the cancelling of First Nations gone on for long enough?
rabble news June 30
A Canada Day protest in 2010. Image: David Allan Barker/Flickr.
Krystalline Kraus | How do we turn upset into action?
opinion June 29
A long line-up at an election polling station. Image: Can Pac Swire/Flickr.
Hawa Y. Mire | Canada has a hard long road to recovery -- and an election right now just isn't part of it.
rabble news June 28
Entering the Greenbelt Ontario sign. Image: Jimmy Emmerson/Flickr
Joyce Nelson | AECOM's preliminary design environmental assessment -- as commissioned by the Ontario government -- will play a significant role in the project's future.
politics June 25
Justin Trudeau and Carolyn Bennett. Image: Justin Trudeau/Flickr
Karl Nerenberg | When you are a minister and the people whom you are supposed to look out for utterly lose confidence in you, it is hard to see how you can carry on.
opinion June 22
Cuban flag. Image credit: Paul Brennan/Public Domain
Stephen Kimber, John Kirk | The world has condemned the U.S. embargo of Cuba since 1992. When will it finally lift it?
politics June 22
Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland after introducing Budget 2021. Image credit: The Office of the Prime Minister
Karl Nerenberg | Why bother having a fixed-date election law if no one will heed it?

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