Elizabeth Littlejohn

From Toronto to Standing Rock: #NoDAPL

rabble staff — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 13:49:55 +0000

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December 6, 2016

Carrie Lester, Mohawk Land Defender and Water Protector, expresses solidarity from Toronto to Standing Rock/Tkarónto to Oceti Sakowin.

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Carrie Lester, Mohawk Land Defender and Water Protector, expresses solidarity from Toronto to Standing Rock/Tkarónto to Oceti Sakowin: #NoDAPL, and sings a Water Song in their honour, at the Standing With Standing Rock, #NoDAPL Solidarity March on November 5, 2016.

Photos: Candlelight vigil in Toronto for victims of Orlando nightclub massacre

rabble staff — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:58:28 +0000

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Hundreds of members of Toronto's LGBTQ community and their supporters gathered at a vigil in Barbara Hall Park for the victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre.

On Sunday June 12, hundreds of members from Toronto's LGBTQ community and their supporters gathered in Barbara Hall Park in a candlelight vigil for the victims and survivors of the Orlando night massacre.

Early Sunday morning 49 people were killed and 53 people were injured in what is being called the worst mass shooting in U.S. history when a shooter opened fire in Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

Rise up! International Women's Day Toronto march

rabble staff — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 21:07:09 +0000

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

On Saturday March 5, people in Toronto took to the streets for the International Women's Day 2016 Rally, Fair and March.

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On Saturday March 5, thousands of people took to the streets of Toronto for the International Women's Day 2016 Rally, Fair and March.

The march was part of a global day on March 8 celebrating the achievements of women and this year's Toronto event named "All Women Rise Up" focused on three principles: No to violence and hate: Rise to reconciliation now; No to racism and Islamophobia: Black Lives Matter; and no to poverty: Justice on the job.

Chris Hedges speaking to HG Watson

meagan perry — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:40:05 +0000

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March 17, 2015

rabble.ca reporter H. G. Watson interviews Chris Hedges on the protests against Bill C-51 taking place in 50 cities across Canada.

Photo: Elizabeth Littlejohn

rabble.ca reporter H. G. Watson interviews Chris Hedges on the protests against Bill C-51 taking place in 50 cities across Canada. Hedges was on his way to the Toronto protest, but his flight was diverted to Windsor.

Save Our Waterfront 2: Boater's Protest

meagan perry — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:29:41 +0000

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October 20, 2014

Recreational paddlers, sailors, and power boaters protest against the proposed introduction of jets and expansion of Toronto Island Airport.

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Recreational paddlers, sailors, and power boaters invite mayoral candidate Olivia Chow and Ward 20 City Council candidates, Anshul Kapoor, founder of NOJets TO, and Joe Cressy, to speak at their boater's protest against the proposed introduction of jets and expansion of Toronto Island Airport.

Save Our Waterfront: Part 1

meagan perry — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:33:49 +0000

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October 19, 2014

An architect, a doctor, a teacher & mother and a sailor tour Toronto Harbour and discuss the negative impacts the expansion of BIlly Bishop airport would have on the environment.

'To Change Everything, We Need Everyone': A Canadian goes to the People's Climate March

rabble staff — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:04:19 +0000

Friday, September 26, 2014

As a child, I listened to the great songs of the civil rights movement -- "We shall Overcome" and "Sinnerman" -- and as I grew older, and studied Martin Luther King's speech, "I had a Dream," and rallies against the Vietnam War, I had no idea that my principles would be put to the same test of integrity in my lifetime. On September 12, I was reeling from the news that Prime Minister Harper had ratified FIPA, and that we were on the verge of losing legal recourse to protect our own environment, trumped by China's right to invoke secretive tribunals to determine investor-state relations above our own Constitution.

Our current government is so far behind the collective outpouring of our political will for greenhouse gas reduction that we are doing it ourselves, just as we marched as one on September 21.

Design for Democracy: Hope begins at the ballot box

rabble staff — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:04:25 +0000

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

"Hope is coming."

- Tim Hudak, televised leaders' debate on June 3

Hope is resilient; power gained by disinformation is brittle and punitive. What Tim Hudak offers is not hope for a healthier democracy or more jobs. We can do better.

Save our waterfront: Stop the expansion of Toronto Island Airport

rabble staff — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:06:36 +0000

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March 20, 2014

An architect, a doctor, a teacher and mother, and a sailor tour Toronto Harbour and discuss the negative impacts the expansion of Billy Bishop airport would have on the environment.

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As they tour Lake Ontario's inner harbour, an urban planner, a doctor, a sailor and a mother and her daughter talk about how jet expansion would negatively impact Toronto's island park system, harbour and waterfront.

6:06 minutes

Directed by Teresa Ascencao and Elizabeth Littlejohn
Edited by Cathy Gulkin

To save Toronto's waterfront, please sign the NOJets TO petition at http://www.nojetsto.ca/take-action/

Video: Return to sender: Save door-to-door mail delivery

rabble staff — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:29:44 +0000

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February 20, 2014

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers talk about why door-to-door delivery is an essential service, the future loss of 8,000 jobs, and the fight for pensions.

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The Canadian Union of Postal Workers talk about why door-to-door delivery is an essential service, the future loss of 8,000 jobs, and the fight for pensions.

A short doc by Elizabeth Littlejohn.

Design for Democracy: Mayor Ford, the media and democracy

rabble staff — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:03:21 +0000

Monday, November 18, 2013

"He's going to be the greatest mayor this city has ever, ever seen as far I'm concerned. Put that in your pipes you left-wing kooks."

- Don Cherry, Mayor Ford's inauguration, December 7, 2010

For Mayor Ford, and Ford Nation, if there is no such thing as good governance, then the desire to remain in power is enough if you are 'sincerely, sincerely, sincerely sorry' that you smoked crack.

Design for Democracy: A different path for Toronto

rabble staff — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 21:56:06 +0000

Friday, June 28, 2013

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"A city is like our family portrait. We don't rip our family portrait, even if we don't like the nose of our uncle, because this portrait is you." - Jaime Lerner, Mayor of Curitiba

Golden opportunities to build a future for a greener Toronto could be lost in times of budget austerity.

Design for Democracy: Parks over planes, planes over people

rabble staff — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:45:00 +0000

Thursday, May 16, 2013

"The island and our waterfront are public assets, and we must not turn over these public assets to narrow private interests -- not to a casino, not to a mega-mall operator, and not to an expanded industrial-scale airport."

- Trinity-Spadina MPP Rosario Marchese

One of my great theatrical delights is to watch the cast of councillors hash out the most pressing issues of our time in Toronto's City Hall.

Why is Porter, or any airline, allowed to expand its operations over treasured public assets -- our parks and lakes -- when it is duplicating international flights already provided by Pearson Airport?

Photos from Idle No More rally in Toronto

rabble staff — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:08:50 +0000

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

A selection of images from an Idle No More rally in Toronto, taken by Elizabeth Littlejohn.

Cancelling the Ontario Northlander: Transit derailed and denied

rabble staff — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:00:41 +0000

Friday, September 28, 2012

"It is not a subsidy, it's an investment. Public transportation should not be seen as a subsidy but an investment for the betterment of society."

- Linda Savory Gordon, a member of the Coalition for Algoma Passenger Trains

Today, Friday, September 28, the whistle on the Ontario Northlander train will no longer sound as it travels a thousand kilometres through northeastern Ontario.