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The revolution is messy and incomplete. But last weekend, it was born.

Michael Stewart — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 20:14:54 +0000

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The "Anti-Inauguration" protest and Women's March on Washington provide hope that a global, inclusive left can finally fight neoliberalism and oppression together.

"Get a job!" jeered a dude donning a red "Make America Great Again" hat in the passenger's seat of a taxi driving down U Street. We were sitting on the sidewalk queuing for Jacobin Magazine's "Anti-Inauguration" event on the evening of January 20.

Half-focussed on a game we had begun playing to distract us from the brick sidewalk pressing against our thighs, we looked up to briefly lock eyes with the guy in the taxi. None of us could muster a response. We blinked. The taxi disappeared down 13th Street.

New campus sex assault policies show Canadian universities still aren't listening to survivors

Campus Notes — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:20:52 +0000

rabble.ca and the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) are teaming up to find Canada's next progressive student journalists. Generously funded by the CFS, Campus Notes will be running articles on Canada's critical post-secondary education issues. Have an idea? Pitch it here.

Third hunger strike this year highlights despair of Canada's detained migrants

Michael Stewart — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:33:13 +0000

Monday, October 24, 2016

Minister Ralph Goodale has shown no sign of turning his promised reforms into action -- leading detainees to the third hunger strike this year and second in less than four months.

On October 17, 17 immigration detainees at Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ontario began refusing food, just two months after nearly 60 immigration detainees in two Ontario facilities ended a 19-day hunger strike protesting the indefinite detention of migrants.

The hunger strike is the third of its kind this year, and detainees' demands remain unchanged: an end to indefinite detention of migrants with a 90-day limit on detentions as an interim measure.

Canada's media needs to get over objectivity and start practicing solidarity

Media Watch — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:33:54 +0000

Two weeks ago, nearly 100 people gathered outside of the Toronto Stock Exchange and marched through downtown Toronto to protest the North Dakota Access Pipeline and express solidarity with the blockade at the ancestral lands of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

The police were there from the get-go, corralling the group and blocking traffic. Led by a group of five Indigenous women, we waded through the streets, chanting, drumming and singing.

The media, on the other hand, showed up only after we proved newsworthy: when the rally collided with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

It started with a CP24 reporter. She showed up with a cameraperson at King and Duncan, demanding TIFF guards let us continue marching down King Street.

Eva Manly: The people of Palestine are not forgotten

rabble staff — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:10:28 +0000

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

The Women's Boat to Gaza wants to bring a message of solidarity and hope to Gaza. And, most importantly, for the focus to be back on Gaza.

On September 14, the Women's Boat to Gaza set sail from Barcelona on the way to Gaza to draw attention to the Palestinian struggle. Two boats, the Zaytouna and Amal, will carry the all-female crews to Ajaccio, and then to Gaza, drawing international attention to the resistance of the women of Gaza in particular.

Indigenous resistance grows as Standing Rock solidarity actions continue

rabble staff — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 14:24:33 +0000

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Yesterday, the National Day of Action against the North Dakota Access Pipeline saw thousands of people in support, including nearly 100 demonstrators in the Toronto solidarity action.

Yesterday afternoon nearly 100 demonstrators marched through downtown Toronto to protest the North Dakota Access Pipeline marking Toronto's third solidarity demonstration with Standing Rock.

The $3.8 billion pipeline would extend from North Dakota's Bakken oil fields to carry around 500,000 barrels of crude oil a day through South Dakota, Iowa, and into Illinois.

Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and hundreds of other Indigenous communities across North America have since joined the resistance.

Standing up for Standing Rock rally focuses attention on Indigenous resistance

rabble staff — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:20:52 +0000

Friday, September 9, 2016

Indigenous youth and elders protested the Dakota Access Pipeline outside of the U.S. consulate in Toronto yesterday, emphasizing the importance of cross-border solidarity.

Solidarity demonstrators gathered outside of the United States consulate in Toronto yesterday morning to support the Standing Rock Sioux community protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Members of the Dakota and Lakota nations established the Sacred Stone encampment near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers to protest the pipeline, a $3.8 billion project that extends through Indigenous burial grounds.

Not quite back to school for Mexican teachers

rabble staff — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 20:08:23 +0000

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Teachers in four Mexican states refused to head back to school on Monday as the teacher-led movement against the president ramps up.