September 20, 2024
All about Off the Hill with Robin Browne and Libby Davies
This week, rabble editor Nick Seebruch sits down with Off the Hill co-hosts to review how rabble’s monthly panel series came to be and where we hope to go in the future.
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September 13, 2024
The crucial role cities play in tackling the climate crisis
Are cities really ready to cope with climate change and the extreme weather events that come with it?
September 6, 2024
How fossil fuel companies are harming health care in Canada
Dr. Melissa Lem, president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment is campaigning to show the cost that the fossil fuel industry is having on BC’s health care system.
August 30, 2024
Fostering confidence and courage through organizing migrant workers
This week on rabble radio, labour reporter Gabriela Calugay-Casuga sits down with Mahendra Pandey. Mahendra shares his experience as a former migrant worker in Saudi Arabia, as well as his work organizing migrant workers today.
August 23, 2024
Abortion access, belief-based denial of care and more with Joyce Arthur
Nick Seebruch sits down with Joyce Arthur to talk about belief-based denial of care and the state of abortion rights in Canada.
August 16, 2024
Re-release: Climate grief — advice for activists for dealing with emotional fallout
Being an activist brings an emotional burden. The issues we deal with are intense, difficult and sometimes without any immediate solution. And often, we try to deal with these issues through logically planning a strategy and communicating issues using words. It’s an intellectual process, but with a lot of underlying emotional baggage. Elisa Lee has…
August 16, 2024
Re-release: Climate grief — advice for activists for dealing with emotional fallout
This week on rabble radio, we’re re-releasing an episode from May 2020, in which Victoria Fenner sat down with Elisa Lee to talk about climate grief and how activists can better take care of themselves.
August 9, 2024
Is proportional representation the way forward in Canadian politics?
Next year is an election year in Canada, so we’re revisiting the debate of proportional representation on rabble radio.
August 2, 2024
'An impossible situation:' Workers at Children's Aid Society of Ottawa need more support
On July 8, workers at the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa (CASO) walked off the job after contract negotiations broke down with their employer over issues of funding and a strained workforce for essential child care services. On Tuesday OPSEU/SEFPO, the union representing CASO, took to X (formally Twitter) to announce a tentative agreement had…
August 2, 2024
'An impossible situation:' Workers at Children's Aid Society of Ottawa need more support
On July 8, workers at the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa (CASO) walked off the job after contract negotiations broke down with their employer over issues of funding and a strained workforce for essential child care services. On Tuesday OPSEU/SEFPO, the union representing CASO, took to X (formally Twitter) to announce a tentative agreement had…
August 2, 2024
‘An impossible situation:’ Workers at Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa need more support
Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa workers feel “punished” in an under-funded, strained workforce. Gabriela Calugay-Casuga sits down with Michele Thorn, president of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 454 and adoption worker at CASO.
July 26, 2024
Desmond Cole on resilience and solidarity with Palestine
Stephen Wentzell and Desmond Cole outline the misconceptions of Pro-Palestinian student encampments and what responsible reporting for Palestine looks like.