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rabble news
May 16
Meagan Gillmore
| Indigenous child advocate Cindy Blackstock was awarded the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) award for Outstanding Service to Humanity at the congress's 2017 national convention in Toronto last week. |
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rabble news
May 10
Meagan Gillmore
| Anti-poverty activists are calling Ontario's announcement of a basic income pilot project for low-income adults a positive first step, but say more must be done to help people living in poverty. |
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rabble news
May 9
Meagan Gillmore
| Labour leaders in Ontario are criticizing the provincial government's plans to pilot a guaranteed basic income, saying it doesn't address a broken social assistance system and precarious job market. |
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rabble news
May 8
Meagan Gillmore
| Despite work towards gender equality, women still struggle for recognition in the workforce, and the labour movement. Two women labour leaders weigh in. |
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rabble news
May 5
Ryan C. Kerr, Elizabeth Littlejohn
| With increasing reports of atrocities being committed against suspected LGBTQ people in Chechnya, human-rights organization Rainbow Railroad is mobilizing emergency efforts to help those at risk. |
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arts/media
May 4
Tania Ehret
| A standout in this year's Mayworks Festival is the workshop Writing while Black which focuses on zine-making as a social justice and political tool used by folks of colour. |
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politics
May 2
June Chua
| Tom Pitfield, a childhood friend of Trudeau's and a former IBM innovation expert, went through a top 10 Buzzfeed-like list of What He Learned from the Election Campaign. |
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rabble interview
May 1
Meagan Gillmore
| To celebrate May Day, rabble is focusing on the accomplishments of women in the workplace. We spoke with outgoing CLC secretary-treasurer Barbara Byers about her work as a labour activist. |
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briefly
April 28
Meagan Gillmore
| A series of focus groups organized to determine barriers people who are blind or visually impaired face finding employment conclude this week in Toronto. |
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rabble news
April 19
Tessa Vikander
| Housing advocates say the redevelopment process for B.C.'s oldest social housing site has failed the residents because it broke up a vibrant community. |
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analysis
April 1
Meagan Gillmore
| Saskatchewan has become the latest province to guarantee leave to employees suffering domestic violence. Organized labour has been leading the battle. |
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rabble series
March 29
Alyse Kotyk
| University carbon divestment movements in B.C. are encouraging fellow students to remember recently approved massive fossil fuel projects like the Kinder Morgan pipeline during May's election. |
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rabble news
March 25
Meagan Gillmore
| PSAC's "conference of conferences" puts human rights are front and centre." Union president Robyn Benson told delegates: “you own the floor and you own the stage.” |
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politics
March 23
Miriam Katawazi
| The federal government, says David Macdonald, "took the 2016 budget out and put a new cover on it... Now you have the 2017 budget. They’ve gift wrapped last year’s budget." |
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politics
March 20
Dennis Howlett
| If Finance Minister Morneau is serious about tax fairness, Canadians for Tax Fairness say here are three changes he could include in the 2017-18 Budget. |
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opinion
March 18
Stephen Kimber
| What if our finance minister chose Canadian values over the interests of a privileged minority? |
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in their own words
March 16
various
| "We, the undersigned professors, call on the Canadian government to enact legislation to establish a credible and effective independent ombudsperson to investigate and hear complaints..." |
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rabble series
March 15
Alyse Kotyk
| The B.C. Liberals are under scrutiny for accepting significant donations from lobbyists, including those connected to the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline project, sparking an RCMP investigation. |
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arts/media
March 13
Tania Ehret
| "Beyond 150 Years" film festivals asks: what exactly is Canada 150 celebrating and who is invited to the party? |
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rabble news
March 7
Lenée Son
| In an area where over 13,000 people live in poverty having to survive on social assistance, gentrifying businesses are selling $138 mink eyelashes and $11 bottles of juice. |
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rabble news
March 1
Matthew Brett
| Though a number of cities across Canada are adopting "Sanctuary City" declarations, deportations persist and basic public services are still not being provided. |
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rabble news
March 1
Megan Devlin
| Tomorrow’s doctors want comprehensive pain management, supervised injectable heroin and continuity of care for their patients. |
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rabble series
February 28
Alyse Kotyk
| Across B.C.'s interior, First Nations communities are deciding whether or not they will support Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline project through mutual benefits agreements. |
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rabble series
February 20
Phillip Dwight Morgan
| Indigenous writer and activist Nickita Longman offers candid reflections on Canada's hopes for reconciliation, the colonial governments of Brad Wall and Justin Trudeau, and more uncomfortable truths. |
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rabble news
February 14
Alyse Kotyk
| Whales, corruption and contempt for Indigenous rights are just some of the court cases that activists hope will halt the controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion project. |
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in their own words
January 27
Sofia Ali-Khan
| Here are some uncomfortable truths, and some thoughts on what we need to do about them to succeed in the fight against Trump. |
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in their own words
January 24
Sophia Reuss
| The "Anti-Inauguration" protest and Women's March on Washington provide hope that a global, inclusive left can finally fight neoliberalism and oppression together. |
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rabble news
January 24
Tessa Vikander
| Organizers of Vancouver's Women's March on Washington express remorse at lack of communication, while omission sparks wider conversation of inclusive organizing. |
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rabble series
January 16
Phillip Dwight Morgan
| Black Lives Matter TO plans to target illegal carding and Toronto's Special Investigations Unit as it looks ahead to 2017. |
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year in review
December 24
rabble staff
| Here's the best of our coverage from 2016, to get inspiration for fighting back in 2017. |
