issues

You think you've got issues? Well, check out ours. Issues at rabble.ca highlights the hot topics you want more of and brings together some of the best content and resources on the issues that matter most. Issue pages are more than "browse by topic" navigation. They draw together all rabble content on a particular topic, as well as curated content from other sources. They are your one stop shop for a source of for news, analysis and resources on the issues that you want to be on top of.

RSS Feeds

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Main feed:

Draws in content from across the rabble website: from features, columns, books, blogs, podcasts and rabbletv.

babble feed:

A feed of content highlighting the latest on the discussion boards.

blog feeds:

Click on the RSS button to subscribe to our bloggers on a particular issue

Flickr feeds:

A feed of images related to the issue at hand

Twitter feeds:

Introducing some of the best in the twitterverse. These pages also include links:

In Cahoots:

A direct link to our In Cahoots partners who work on specific issue.

News from Elsewhere & Sites we like:

Keep current with links and news feeds from sites we think have the best content on a topic Something missing? Let us know.

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on rabble.ca

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Arts & Culture | Environment | Indigenous Rights | Jackson Browne, Indigo Girls among musicians banding together against Dakota Access Pipeline | Nov 3 2016 | Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Musicians are rallying with the land and water protectors at Standing Rock to pressure oil billionaire Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, which owns the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Civil Liberties Watch | Elections | Politics in Canada | Fight for Fair Vote | Nov 3 2016 | Don't let proportional representation die on the vine
Civil Liberties Watch | Elections | Politics in Canada | Is proportional representation important to you | Nov 3 2016 | If it is, don't let the Liberals step away from their commitment to it.
Civil Liberties Watch | The tactics police use to spy on journalists were practiced on activists first | Nov 3 2016 | Nora Loreto | Police should not spy on journalists. But they should not spy on anyone, either.
Photo: Reg Natarajan/flickr
Economy | Politics in Canada | Whither the Crown corporation? The semantics of privatization | Nov 3 2016 | Simon Enoch | The Saskatchewan government's recent legislative efforts to define what is -- and what is not -- "privatization," has left us all floundering in a game of useless semantics.
Image: Flickr/dvs
Education | Food & Health | Canadian post-secondary students literally going hungry for an education | Nov 3 2016 | Adam van der Zwan | A new report reveals that out of over 4,000 students surveyed from five universities across Canada, a surprising 39 per cent are food insecure.
Environment | World | Monitor what is happening in Marrakech | Nov 3 2016 | Marrakech is where the rubber starts to hit the road
Image: PMO/Adam ScottiImage: PMO/Adam Scotti
Labour | Politics in Canada | Labour, human rights groups want Trudeau to respect promise of a mining ombudsperson | Nov 3 2016 | Karl Nerenberg | In 2013 when the Corporate Accountability Network proposed creation of a mining ombudsperson the Liberals were in favour. In power, they have yet to do anything about that promise.
Flickr/Kat Northern Lights Man
Media Matters | Politics in Canada | World | Coalition urges Trudeau to support UN 'journalists' protector' | Nov 3 2016 | Canadian Journalists for Free Expression | A coalition of media organization and press freedom groups have joined forces to call on the Canadian government to help protect journalists.
Canadian Premiers
Politics in Canada | The question must be asked: Was Brad Wall's party being paid to undermine Alberta's NDP? | Nov 3 2016 | David J. Climenhaga | Were the many Alberta companies that gave money to the Saskatchewan Party intentionally circumventing Alberta's tough election financing laws?
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Afghanistan | Politics in Canada | World | 'This is really community building': What sponsoring a Syrian refugee family means to one Toronto parent | Nov 2 2016 | Maya Bhullar | Stephanie Rickard-Chadda talks of her community's experience with privately sponsoring a Syrian refugee family and supporting another government-sponsored family.
Image: Flickr/Kat Northern Lights Man
Anti-Racism | Politics in Canada | In case you missed it, Canada passed an anti-Islamophobia motion last week | Nov 2 2016 | Thomas Woodley | This may be a case of "anti-Islamophobia motion meets Islamophobic media."
Anti-Racism | LGBTIQ | LGBTQ+ organizing against racism and pinkwashing in Nova Scotia | Nov 2 2016 | Scott Neigh | Ardath Whynacht and Dee Morse talk about the work of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project.
Photo: Christina Rogers/flickr
Arts & Culture | Technology | Tortoise meets hare in new product releases from Microsoft and Apple | Nov 2 2016 | Wayne MacPhail | Last week both Microsoft and Apple released new input devices: a puck and a bar. We'll see if the tortoise beats the hare or the puck trumps the bar in the years ahead.
The Head-Hunters Calling, Pure Ego, Being Present and Addictions.
Arts & Culture | 'The Headhunter's Calling,' pure ego, being present and why we're all addicts of one kind or another | Nov 2 2016 | Face2Face | Bill, Mark and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film "The Headhunter's Calling," pure ego, being present and why we're all addicts of one kind or another.