November 11, 2022
Is the Canadian government failing its veterans?
Virginia Vaillancourt, the national president of the UVAE, argues Veterans Affairs must stop using private sector companies to do public sector work.
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November 3, 2022
Has the Ford government declared a class war? Why Ontario education workers are taking to the streets
CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn spoke to rabble editor Nick Seebruch to explain what’s at stake in the labour dispute in Ontario, where Premier Doug Ford has implemented legislation that makes strike action by education workers illegal.
October 28, 2022
Fighting for health and housing in a pandemic
National politics reporter Stephen Wentzell speaks to Cathy Crowe and Greg Cook about their book: Displacement City: Fighting for Health and Homes in a Pandemic.
October 20, 2022
Confronting Islamophobia in Canada
This month’s panel dove into what political actions are needed to confront the rise of Islamophobia in Canada. Our panel also explored what role the media has in all of this.
October 14, 2022
Destigmatizing poverty and addiction to reduce health inequity
Poverty can create barriers to health care and drug addiction treatment. Health Providers Against Poverty works to raise awareness of these issues to help to bring down these barriers.
October 7, 2022
Keep calm and carry on: Reviewing the Royals in Canada
Indigenous peoples of Canada never got an apology with regard to residential schools from Queen Elizabeth II before her passing. Might the new King Charles III make that apology? And how might a new sovereign leader might affect public opinion of the monarchy in Canada?
September 30, 2022
Joshua Whitehead's genre-bending memoir is a 'radical act of freedom'
This week on rabble radio, Stephen Wentzell sits down with Joshua Whitehead, author of ‘Making Love with the Land.” Whitehead is an Oji-Cree/nehiyaw, Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1). He is the author of the novel ‘Jonny Appleseed’ (Arsenal Pulp Press), which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and shortlisted for a…
September 30, 2022
Joshua Whitehead's genre-bending memoir is a 'radical act of freedom'
This week on rabble radio, Stephen Wentzell sits down with Joshua Whitehead, author of ‘Making Love with the Land.” Whitehead is an Oji-Cree/nehiyaw, Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1). He is the author of the novel ‘Jonny Appleseed’ (Arsenal Pulp Press), which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and shortlisted for a…
September 30, 2022
Joshua Whitehead’s genre-bending memoir is a ‘radical act of freedom’
This week on rabble radio, Stephen Wentzell sits down with Joshua Whitehead, First Nations two-spirit author of ‘Making Love with the Land.”
September 23, 2022
Let's talk about reconciliACTION
This week on rabble radio, we feature a segment from our most recent Off the Hill political panel. This month, our theme was Off the Hill: What does reconciliACTION look like? We discussed how Indigenous Peoples are exercising sovereignty every day, the tangible ways settlers can support Indigenous Peoples in their communities, and what action…
September 23, 2022
Let’s talk about reconciliACTION
Off the Hill: What does reconciliACTION look like? Our included MP Leah Gazan, Georgina Lazore, and Breanne Lavallée-Heckert.
September 16, 2022
The ongoing fight against privatized healthcare
This week, JP Hornick, president of OPSEU, and Dr. Naheed Dosani, health justice activist, discuss the crisis facing public healthcare.