Dear rabblers:
Like many of you, I’ve been an activist all my life. I’ve struggled against so-called “free trade,” against growing inequality, and to defend our water in the face of an extremely serious global crisis.
I’ve also struggled against a media landscape that worships the market, that questions the rights of Indigenous people, and that has been too slow to see the environmental crises we face.
Activists, like the ones I call “water warriors,” can’t win their struggles without a media that brings under-reported facts and critical analysis to the surface. We need a media that doesn’t just assume privatization makes sense for public goods. We need a media that doesn’t turn away from urgent environmental issues. We need a media that doesn’t literally endorse Harper and give Trudeau a pass. Good thing we have rabble.ca, news for the rest of us. Like you I turn to rabble.ca as a key source of crucial news and analysis.
And as our movements need rabble, rabble needs us. You can’t build a strong independent, critical media without support from many people, people like you and me. We have to build it together, like we build any justice movement, a little bit at a time. You can help by giving a monthly donation and encourage others to join you.
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Maude Barlow
Maude Barlow is the Honorary Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and chairs the board of Washington-based Food and Water Watch. She serves on the executive of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and is a Councillor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council.
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