This week on rabble radio, rabble contributor Doreen Nicoll speaks to Katie Purdy (AKA Capt Danny Bailey), a drag performer in Oakville, Ontario. Purdy is on a mission to host more drag events in the Great Toronto Area.
rabble labour reporter Gabriela Calugay-Casuga sits down with CUPE Ontario secretary-treasurer Yolanda McClean to talk about gender and racial equity inside and outside of Canada’s labour movement.
Education International, which has affiliates in Canada, has started a global campaign to Go Public! Fund Education.
Jeff Monague, manager at Springwater Provincial Park and former Chief of Beausoleil First Nation, talks about Indigenous approaches to conservation and dangers facing Ontario’s Greenbelt.
When Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022, thousands of Ukrainian seafarers were on their vessels away from their families. Transport unions helped by flying families out of the country, purchasing supplies and providing mental health counselling for the children.
In our first Off the Hill panel of 2023, our guests discussed the critical issues related to the economic outlook and the climate emergency. Our January panel featured MP Leah Gazan, Jim Stanford, Clayton Thomas-Müller and Karl Nerenberg.
The British government has adopted legislation demanding minimum work levels during a strike.
rabble parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg and Réal Lavergne, former president of Fair Vote Canada and current president of the NCR chapter, join editor Nick Seebruch to debate the different ways electoral reform might look in Canada.
What led us into this crisis of biodiversity loss and mass extinction? Are we on track to halt and reverse this crisis by 2030? What is the role of Indigenous-led conservation? What of the Greenbelt? Can growing urban centres co-exist with the urgent need to protect and conserve the natural world?
Violence aimed at women journalists is increasing and includes threats of rape, stalking and the killing of their children.
Welcome back to rabble radio! In the first episode of 2023, editor Nick Seebruch sits down with David Macdonald to discuss the huge wage disparity between CEO pay and average workers’ salaries in Canada.
Let’s take a trip down memory lane… We’re reviewing some of our most memorable rabble radio interviews from 2022. Did your favourite episode of this year make our list?
