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Will Trudeau government's decision to phase out coal bring job losses and more nuclear? | Nov 22 2016 | Karl Nerenberg | The Trudeau government wants to move away from coal. Will that mean increased reliance on nuclear? And what about mitigation strategies for displaced workers?

Student activists aren't just fighting climate change. They're fighting corporate university bureaucracy. | Nov 22 2016 | Emma Jackson | A generation of climate change student activists find they must navigate an increasingly corporate governance structure that relies on managerial buzzwords, stonewalling and secrecy.

UNiTE to end violence against women | Nov 22 2016 | Doreen Nicoll | Sustainable financing is imperative to effectively prevent and end violence against women and girls here at home and around the world.

'Canada is back' to isolating itself from world opinion on Palestinian rights | Nov 22 2016 | Yves Engler | It's hard to tell Canada's political parties apart when it comes to enabling Israeli oppression of Palestinians.

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Poverty

Oct 27 2016

'Evicted' probes the multiple dimensions of the housing crisis

In "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" sociologist Matthew Desmond offers a critical examination of urban poverty and homelessness told through the stories of eight families.

Indigenous

Sep 15 2016

The words of truth and reconciliation need to be put into action

New collection "In This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation" describes what reconciliation can mean to the individual. But are words enough? Our reviewer says it's time for action.

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Sep 8 2016

'Forbidden Fruit' chronicles memories of a traumatic 1980s Beijing

'Forbidden Fruit' is Gail Pellett's raw and highly personal memoir of the year, mid-1980 to mid-1981, when she lived in Beijing as China was just emerging from its decade-long Cultural Revolution.

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Ottawa

Nov 22 2016 - 7:00pm

'A Propaganda System' book launch with Yves Engler

Toronto

Nov 25 2016 - 9:00pm

Solidarity - Party - Fundrasier

Vancouver

Nov 26 2016 - 10:00am

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Toronto

Nov 26 2016 - 11:45am

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Which failed pipeline project is about to get a major facelift?

Is a week enough to mourn yet? No, of course not. But there's work to be done. Namely, Canada is about to undergo a pipeline renaissance. Justin Trudeau's Liberals are definitely toying with the idea of reviving at least two, if not all three major bitumen pipeline projects that had been all but crushed by the First Nations, advocacy groups and millions of Canadians who opposed them. There have been occupations, court challenges, petitions and marches. But now, pipelines are back in a big way -- and about to get bigger.

This Saturday, rabble.ca will be marching with the thousands of British Columbians and Indigenous people who oppose Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline. And TransCanada has already issued a statement indicating its intent to re-open the defeated Keystone XL pipeline now that Donald Trump is in the White House. And let's not forget Northern Gateway or even Energy East, as Trudeau and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna have repeatedly said that pipelines form a key plank of their climate change agenda.

Don't let those eyes roll out of your head: which pipeline should we roll up our sleeves for first?

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