Kim Elliott http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/taxonomy/term/1741/0 en Your investment in rabble http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2016/07/your-investment-rabble <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>Support rabble after 15 years of free, daily, progressive news coverage. <a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank">Make a donation now</a>.</em></p> <p><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/rabble/files/node-images/donategreen.png" width="120" height="30" /></a></p> <p>This year marks rabble's 15th anniversary and you are a big part of why we are here. We want you to celebrate this special milestone with us.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2016/07/your-investment-rabble" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:44:49 +0000 rabble staff 125367 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Lawrence Hill wants more rabble http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2016/06/lawrence-hill-wants-more-rabble <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>To help celebrate rabble's 15th anniversary we're giving our <em>supporters some great gifts from Michael Moore and author Lawrence Hill. </em><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate?utm_source=rabble&amp;utm_medium=sitedonatetext&amp;utm_campaign=15thanniversary" target="_blank">Find out how you can help build a new era in independent media</a>!</em></p> <p><em><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate?utm_source=rabble&amp;utm_medium=sitedonatebutton&amp;utm_campaign=15thanniversary"><img src="http://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/green-button.jpg" width="160" height="30" /></a></em></p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2016/06/lawrence-hill-wants-more-rabble" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 12:04:00 +0000 rabble staff 124787 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca A new era in independent media http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2016/05/new-era-independent-media <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>We're delighted to offer gifts from Michael Moore and author Lawrence Hill to help celebrate rabble's 15th anniversary. <a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate?utm_source=rabble&amp;utm_medium=sitedonatetext&amp;utm_campaign=15thanniversary" target="_blank">Find out how you can help build a new era in independent media</a><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank"></a>!<br /></em></p> <p><em><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate?utm_source=rabble&amp;utm_medium=sitedonatebutton&amp;utm_campaign=15thanniversary"><img src="http://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/green-button.jpg" width="160" height="30" /></a></em></p> <p>Dear rabble readers,</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2016/05/new-era-independent-media" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 18 May 2016 19:04:56 +0000 rabble staff 124504 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Keep rabble online -- let's talk numbers http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2016/03/keep-rabble-online-lets-talk-numbers <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. <a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank">Chip in</a> to keep stories like these coming.</em></p> <p><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/rabble/files/node-images/donategreen.png" width="120" height="30" /></a></p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2016/03/keep-rabble-online-lets-talk-numbers" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:07:12 +0000 rabble staff 123459 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca The capitalist model for journalism is failing http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2016/01/capitalist-model-journalism-failing <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>Let's put corporate media on ice! Support independent media with a donation today!<br /></em></p> <p><em><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/"><img src="http://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/green-button.jpg" width="160" height="30" /></a></em></p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2016/01/capitalist-model-journalism-failing" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:57:18 +0000 rabble staff 122736 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Ring in the New Year with new media http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/multimedia/2015/12/ring-new-year-new-media <div class="field field-type-image field-field-image-for-node"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><img src="http://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/380x275-front-multimedia/node-images/new-year-new-media-v1.2.jpg"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-summary"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">Thank you for a great year! With your support 2016 can be rabbie&#039;s best ever. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-connected-story"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><a href="/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/12/ring-new-year-new-media">Ring in the New Year with new media</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 30 Dec 2015 20:29:36 +0000 kim elliott 122258 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Ring in the New Year with new media http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/12/ring-new-year-new-media <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>Independent media is on the rise -- support rabble and ring in the New Year with new media! <a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/"><img src="http://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/green-button.jpg" width="160" height="30" /></a><br /></em></p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/12/ring-new-year-new-media" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:50:18 +0000 rabble staff 122232 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca This holiday season there's one tradition you can help Canada do away with. http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/12/this-holiday-season-theres-one-tradition-you-can-help-canada-do- <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>This holiday season there's one tradition you can help Canada do away with: traditional media. Make a <a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/">donation</a> and support media democracy now!&nbsp;<a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/"><img src="//rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/green-button.jpg" width="160" height="30" alt="green button" /></a></em></p> <p>We live in extraordinary times. War, corruption, economic and environmental disaster. Reading and watching the news these days you might think that it's all inevitable, that there are no alternatives, right? Wrong.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/12/this-holiday-season-theres-one-tradition-you-can-help-canada-do-" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:29:35 +0000 rabble staff 122205 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Karl Nerenberg is your watchdog over Trudeau's Liberal promises http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/10/karl-nerenberg-your-watchdog-over-trudeau%E2%80%99s-liberal-government <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>Like Karl Nerenberg's work? Want to expand rabble's Parliamentary Bureau? <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rabble?ty=h" rel="nofollow">Support</a> us on Patreon today!</em>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/rabble?ty=h" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/konp-greenbutton-2.jpg" width="118" height="22" alt="Keep Karl on Parl" /></a>&nbsp;</p> <blockquote> <p>"We need fearless pundits like Karl who don't soft-peddle. In this not-so-brave new corporate media world, we need activist political reporting and alternative voices on the Hill." <br />-- Antonia Zerbisias, journalist and writer</p> </blockquote> <p>Welcome to a Harper-free Canada!</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/10/karl-nerenberg-your-watchdog-over-trudeau%E2%80%99s-liberal-government" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:06:34 +0000 rabble staff 121194 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca We've accomplished a lot in 14 years. And we're not afraid to tell you about it. http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/10/weve-accomplished-lot-13-years-and-were-not-afraid-to-tell-you-a <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>We've got nothing to hide, but rabble is reader-supported journalism. <a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank">Chip in</a> to keep our mission going.</em></p> <p><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/rabble/files/node-images/donategreen.png" width="120" height="30" /></a></p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/10/weve-accomplished-lot-13-years-and-were-not-afraid-to-tell-you-a" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:33:55 +0000 rabble staff 120630 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Big Media has the spin but we've got the facts. http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/09/big-media-has-spin-weve-got-facts <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><img src="http://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/node-images/donategreen.png" /><br /><br />We are at E-minus 45 in the longest election campaign in Canada's history. The conservatives have their war chest full and their friends in corporate media who unabashedly repeat lies about Harper's "positive economic record," or that the economic news is "good."&nbsp;And that is just the tip of the deceptions.<br /> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/09/big-media-has-spin-weve-got-facts" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 03 Sep 2015 19:14:07 +0000 rabble staff 120061 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Remembering Canadian politician and humanitarian Flora MacDonald http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/news/2015/08/remembering-canadian-politician-and-humanitarian-flora-macdonald <div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-publish-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Sunday, August 2, 2015</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-summary"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Canadian politician and humanitarian Flora MacDonald died July 26, 2015 at the age of 89. MacDonald was Canada&#039;s first female foreign minister. </div> </div> </div> <p><em><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank">Chip in</a> to keep stories like these coming.</em></p> <p><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/rabble/files/node-images/donategreen.png" width="120" height="30" /></a></p><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image-for-node"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/120-width-scaled/node-images/screen_shot_2015-08-01_at_9.44.37_am.png" alt="Photo: Peter Raymont / NFB" title="Photo: Peter Raymont / NFB" width="120" height="84" class="imagecache imagecache-120-width-scaled imagecache-default imagecache-120-width-scaled_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/news/2015/08/remembering-canadian-politician-and-humanitarian-flora-macdonald" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 02 Aug 2015 02:32:58 +0000 rabble staff 119470 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca This Canada Day help build a Harper-free Canada http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/06/this-canada-day-help-build-harper-free-canada <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/120-width-scaled/node-images/red-button.png" width="120" height="22" /></a></p> <p>What are you doing on Canada Day? Relaxing? Celebrating? Working? Whether you're at home or elsewhere, July 1 is <em>the day</em> to seriously reflect on the state of democracy across the country. Unlike corporate media when Canada Day rolls around we aren't flashing images of fireworks and flags in front of your eyes. Instead we reflect your values and talk about your issues.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/06/this-canada-day-help-build-harper-free-canada" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:14:54 +0000 rabble staff 118918 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca Corporate media has lost us too many elections. With your help, we can win it all back. http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/06/corporate-media-has-lost-us-too-many-elections-your-help-we-can- <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Like us, you are no doubt excited that change is in the air. With the Alberta NDP ousting a conservative dynasty that lasted nearly a half century, <strong>a federal win for progressives is finally within our reach.</strong></p> <p><strong><strong>CORPORATE MEDIA WANTS YOU TO LOSE THIS ELECTION</strong></strong></p> <p>With the backing of the most powerful and wealthiest in the country the current government will stop at nothing to cling to power.&nbsp;Just look at the recent provincial election in Alberta. <strong>Every corporate-owned major daily newspaper endorsed former premier Jim Prentice. </strong><em>The Globe and Mail</em> and the other corporate media endorsed Harper in the last elections and they'll do it again.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/rabble-staff/2015/06/corporate-media-has-lost-us-too-many-elections-your-help-we-can-" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 20 Jun 2015 17:49:19 +0000 rabble staff 118736 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca A special and urgent appeal to support a unique activist reporter http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/kim-elliott/2013/12/special-and-urgent-appeal-to-support-unique-activist-reporter <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Anyone who reads rabble knows Krystalline Kraus.&nbsp; The intrepid reporter, has been with rabble longer than any of us.&nbsp; Recruited by our founding publisher, Judy Rebick, as rabble's first intern, back in 2001, Krystalline has remained committed to reporting on the stories most acutely ignored or misrepresented in mainstream media.&nbsp; Krystalline writes from the streets of Toronto.&nbsp; For the past few years, with her blog "Activist Communique", Krystalline has been at the forefront of coverage from the G20 to Occupy to Idle No More.&nbsp; You can read Krystalline's work <a href="http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/krystalline-kraus" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/kim-elliott/2013/12/special-and-urgent-appeal-to-support-unique-activist-reporter" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:03:49 +0000 kim elliott 105683 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca