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Hosted by Breanne Doyle, rabble radio is the flagship podcast of rabble.ca. rabble breaks down the news of the day from a progressive lens.

rabble radio brings you closer to the stories that matter to you. If you’re curious about the latest news in Canadian politics, labour, environment, or social justice, you’ve come to the right place. This is news for the rest of us – free of corporate influence. 

November 15, 2018

Migration out of Venezuela continues but the reasons behind the crisis aren't always what you're being told …

Last week, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported that the number of migrants and refugees from Venezuela has reached 3 million. We’ve seen a lot about this on the news but there are some different interpretations about what is causing this mass migration that you don’t hear. Last May,  rabble.ca was part of a delegation that went…

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November 15, 2018

Migration out of Venezuela continues but the reasons behind the crisis aren't always what you're being told …

Last week, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported that the number of migrants and refugees from Venezuela has reached 3 million. We’ve seen a lot about this on the news but there are some different interpretations about what is causing this mass migration that you don’t hear. Last May,  rabble.ca was part of a delegation that went…

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November 8, 2018

The larger story of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster

The sound of a train in the night… it’s a comforting sound that tells us somebody’s out there in the darkness. But to the people of Lac-Mégantic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, the sound of a train has very different associations. It’s a reminder of that night — July 6, 2013 just after 1 am,…

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September 27, 2018

Support from surprising places – a small town rural community bands together to free Honduran political prisoner

When rabble.ca podcast producer Victoria Fenner was driving out in the farmlands outside Barrie, Ontario where she lives, she noticed a billboard that wasn’t the usual ad to buy real estate, furniture or other consumer commodities. On the side of the road, next to a stand of forest, the billboard said ‘Free Political Prisoners in Honduras. Free…

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