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opinion
February 22
Sharmarke Dubow
| Every February, people across the country celebrate the contributions of Black Canadians, both past and present. Black Canada is diverse and we all have a tale to tell. |
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rabble news
February 18
Chelsea Nash
| The sex worker rights organization Work Safe Twerk Safe says the Ontario government's order to close strip clubs while bars remained open was discriminatory. |
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opinion
February 18
Karl Nerenberg
| Our class at Outremont High came of age in the turbulent '60s. For the most part, however, the political and cultural upheaval we associate with that decade had not yet happened. |
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opinion
February 17
Frances Deverell
| For Canadian professor Hassan Diab and his family, the case against him has been a battle against injustice that has gone on since 2008, almost 13 years. |
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opinion
February 17
Karl Nerenberg
| We were the Outremont High School class of 1964. A Zoom reunion of the graduating class became, in a way, our own Truth and Reconciliation Commission. |
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opinion
February 15
Bruce Campbell
| Both Canada and Norway face epic challenges in weaning themselves from petroleum dependence. But Canada is a long way from winding down the oil and gas industry while Norway is a climate leader. |
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rabble news
February 15
Chelsea Nash
| A coalition of Ontario unions have filed evidence in their legal challenge against Bill 124. |
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opinion
February 12
Yves Engler
| The Canadian government is a big supporter of corporate power and imperialism in global affairs. The good news is that the pushers of an unjust world order do not always get their way. |
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opinion
February 11
Karen Rodman
| Over 50 organizations in Canada and around the world have joined the call to stop illegal Israeli military recruitment in Canada. |
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analysis
February 10
Karl Nerenberg
| Canada has no governor general, for the time being at least. Does anyone care? Should anyone care? |
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rabble news
February 2
Karl Nerenberg
| NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to take steps to eventually abolish for-profit long-term care -- and while they're at it, rebuild domestic vaccine production capacity. |
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opinion
February 1
Yves Engler
| There is a broad and deeply entrenched anti-Haitian discourse running through media reports about public health concerns linking COVID-19 and Haiti. |
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opinion
February 1
Ehab Lotayef
| As well as remembering the Quebec City mosque attack on January 29, 2017, we have to work to eliminate the root causes of what happened on that dark night, four years ago. |
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opinion
January 29
Jacob Scheier
| Government expansion of power is the wrong way to go about protecting democracy from those on the far right who threaten it. |
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rabble news
January 27
Karl Nerenberg
| The Public Health Agency of Canada has been struggling to fulfill its role since the onset of the pandemic. That's the shocking conclusion of an internal federal government review. |
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opinion
January 26
Andrew McEwan
| It's revealing to question the Bell Let's Talk campaign's framing of mental illness, as well as its ties to a capitalist understanding of health. |
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opinion
January 22
Karen Rodman
| Apartheid in Palestine was named 50 years ago by Reverend A. C. Forrest and brought up repeatedly since then. It's not a new message, but one that keeps getting shut down over and over again. |
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politics
January 21
Karl Nerenberg
| There is now a chance -- if, perhaps, only a slim one -- the new U.S. government will reform anti-democratic practices that plague the U.S. election process. |
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analysis
January 21
Chelsea Nash
| Front-line workers have been hailed as heroes over the course of this pandemic, but who gets to decide who is and isn't a front-line worker? |
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opinion
January 20
Yves Engler
| Activists will mark a high this week when the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons enters into force. Why has the Trudeau government not signed the treaty? |
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analysis
January 14
Karl Nerenberg
| In a time of pandemic, unpaid leave provisions for workers seem woefully inadequate -- not only for the well-being of workers, but for the safety of the rest of us. |
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politics
January 13
Karl Nerenberg
| NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has suggested the government list the far-right group Proud Boys as a terrorist entity. Both the Liberal and Conservative leaders agree that it's a good idea. But is it? |
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rabble news
January 12
Chelsea Nash
| All travellers coming to Canada must obtain a negative COVID-19 test prior to departure, but the requirement means migrant workers must pay hundreds for the test out of pocket. |
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analysis
January 8
Karl Nerenberg
| On the very day violent extremists seized the U.S. Capitol Building, our federal government warned us about the rise of far-right extremism here in Canada. |
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politics
January 5
Karl Nerenberg
| Here we are, a mere year and a quarter from the last federal election -- and in the midst of a frightful and deadly pandemic -- yet, believe it or not, Ottawa is full of election talk. |
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opinion
December 18
Karen Rodman
| Perhaps the Canadian government needs to be reminded that Canadians and the world are watching, and sees Canada's complicity in crossing "the red line" in blatant disregard for international law. |
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analysis
December 18
Karl Nerenberg
| "The Crown" never mentions Canada, but in real life, Canada and its prime minister played a crucial role at the 1985 Commonwealth meeting dramatized in an episode. |
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opinion
December 17
Reem Bahdi
| The rule of law and justice, as minister Chrystia Freeland has stated on many occasions, is not a "smorgasbord" from which one can pick and choose. The same applies to Palestinian human rights. |
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analysis
December 17
Karl Nerenberg
| A new and well-documented report from Oxfam details the highly unequal distribution around the globe of COVID-19-related social protection. |
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rabble news
December 15
Karl Nerenberg
| Politicians should not forget their pledge to enact and make real both of these long-promised measures. |
