Jan 31, 2025 · Canada's trusted national source of daily news and analysis from the grassroots and social movements.

Dec 27, 2024 · rabble editor Nick Seebruch reviews the biggest news stories of the year – in Canadian politics, environment, labour and more.

Jan 15, 2025 · Experts say the decision is less controversial than Steven Harper’s prorogation in 2008. Justin Trudeau announcing his resignation and the prorogation of Parliament earlier this month in front of Rideau Hall. Credit: Justin Trudeau / X Credit: Justin Trudeau / X On December 30, Prime Minister ...

Nov 25, 2024 · An ancient Indian bedtime story is my reminder that the world I want to see starts with me.

Nov 22, 2024 · This week on rabble radio, we feature a segment from our most recent Off the Hill political panel. This month, our theme was ‘Off the Hill: How just is Canada’s justice system?’ Our panel featured poet and activist El Jones; and rabble’s own parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg. About our guests El Jones is a poet, author, journalist, professor and activist living in Halifax. She is ...

Nov 29, 2024 · With women’s shelters overcapacity and forced to turn away women fleeing violence, organisations say more transitional housing is needed.

May 5, 2023 · Charles Pascal was an amazing person. Over my 50 years of activism, I’ve seen many people who started out as grounded activists get captured by the system, either the power, the money or the limitations of politics but not Charles. As long as I knew him, he was in a position of power, first as Deputy Minister of Education in Ontario and next as Executive Director of the Atkinson Foundation ...

Dec 10, 2024 · The way workplaces handle of anti-Palestinian racism indicates a grim future for equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), said Amy Blanding, the Northern Health Authority’s former equity director. In October, Blanding filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against her former employer. During a dress rehearsal for a community concert, Blanding played her song “Sun Birds” about the ongoing ...

Mar 5, 2024 · Canada’s national nuclear power corporation – Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) – has no functioning nuclear reactors, unlike similar state-owned bodies in China, Russia, France, Korea, and the United Arab Emirates, and despite a $1.54 billion annual budget. AECL’s three “prototype” CANDU reactors haven’t produced electricity for 37 years. Its three main research reactors ...

Oct 8, 2024 · Shelter must be declared to be a human right, and not just shelter, but adequate shelter. Transit buses cannot meet the definition of adequate shelter.