Dec 26, 2017
Emergency action to defend Al-Quds/Jerusalem
Martha Roth
On December 8th, a rally was held in Vancouver to protest Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
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Dec 25, 2017  Canada's abstention in UN vote marks turning point on Israel-Palestine policyYves Engler Since taking office the Trudeau government has repeatedly isolated Canada with the U.S., Israel, and a few tiny Pacific island states in voting against UN resolutions upholding Palestinian rights. |
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Dec 23, 2017  Plenty to do in a year of challenges: 2017 in rabble newsCathryn Atkinson From Indigenous demands for respect and recognition, to Donald Trump's dog whistles to racists, to the Canadian housing crisis, to changes in the NDP, 2017 was a busy news year for rabble writers. |
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Dec 22, 2017  Trudeau's 2017 ends as it began, cozying up to Trump: The year in Canadian PoliticsKarl Nerenberg The U.S. president has had an impact on Trudeau's policies. For example, Canada shelved plans to reform refugee law and thus roll back some of Harper's draconian measures. |
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Dec 21, 2017  Looking for hope at the end of a troubling yearrabble radio As 2017 draws to a close, some words of wisdom in difficult times from a trio of seasoned activists -- Chris Hedges, Angela Davis and Gerry Caplan. |
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Dec 21, 2017  Mining in Kyrgyzstan: Unearthing solidarityRichard Raber Central Asia remains categorized simultaneously as intransigently stuck between the Soviet experience and the 21st century. |
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Dec 14, 2017  Canada backpedals on nuclear weapons banDennis Gruending The Trudeau government claims to support abolition of nuclear weapons ban but voted against just such a treaty at the UN. |
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Dec 14, 2017  Federal prisoners still wait for meaningful reform after two years of 'sunny ways'Jarrod Shook Bridget McInnis Justin Piché Kevin Walby 'The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons' identifies several areas for changes to the laws, policies, and practices in the Canadian penal system to improve life and work inside federal penitentiaries. |
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Dec 10, 2017  Moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem is Trump's war on the PalestiniansJudy Haiven By recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the U.S. further isolates itself, as it becomes the only country in the world to do so. |
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Dec 8, 2017  Canada should be doing more to help SufisPenney Kome The November attack on a Sufi mosque in Egypt and Erdogan's crackdown in Turkey both signs that Canada should recognize Sufis as an oppressed religious minority and grant them refugee status. |
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Dec 7, 2017  U.S. Senate committee considers limiting presidential authorization of nuclear attacksTrump, who seems to relish saber rattling and antagonizing opponents like the supreme leader of nuclear-armed North Korea, Kim Jong Un, may be pushing us to the brink of nuclear war. |
 UN Women's 16 day campaign to protect all women from gender-based violence3 Minute Action Facebook frames, Twitter twibbons and real world actions to stand up for all women |
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Dec 7, 2017  Canada to worsen climate crisis by expanding energy proportionality in NAFTABrent Patterson To call on the Trudeau government to scrap the energy proportionality provision in NAFTA, please sign our online petition. |
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Dec 7, 2017  NAFTA puts Mexican energy privatization beyond the reach of votersRaul Burbano Gordon Laxer Anna Zalik The proportionality rule was folded into NAFTA. It obliges Canada to make available to the U.S. over half of our natural gas output, 74 per cent of our oil, and 11 per cent of our electricity. |
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Dec 7, 2017  Fighting reproductive health leads to further inequality for womenKarl Nerenburg Every year the UN’s population agency reports on the world’s population. This year’s report focuses on the connection between poverty and lack of access to reproductive services. |
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Dec 7, 2017  New UN report on world's population connects reproductive health to inequalityKarl Nerenberg Every year the UN's population agency reports on the world's population. This year's report focuses on the connection between poverty and lack of access to reproductive services. |
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Dec 5, 2017  An awkward meeting in ParliamentKarl Nerenberg While Parliament honours the anti-nuclear campaign, the Trudeau government refuses to join the effort of more than 120 countries to ban nuclear weapons. Critics wonder why. |
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Dec 5, 2017  Justin Trudeau betrays his father's legacy on nuclear weaponsKarl Nerenberg While Parliament honours the anti-nuclear campaign, the Trudeau government refuses to join the effort of more than 120 countries to ban nuclear weapons. Critics wonder why. |
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Dec 4, 2017  The problem with shiny liberalismJade Saab What three years in the ubiquitous "West" has taught me. |
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Dec 1, 2017  Neoliberalism is a spent force in electoral politicsThe alternative to socialism is no longer neoliberalism; it's Trumpian racist populism, which is probably a nonstarter in Ontario. |
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Dec 1, 2017  The struggle continues between Q'eqchi' communities and Hudbay MineralsRachel Small “In my community we are fighting for our lands and we will protect them until we die.” Margarita Caal Caal explained to the 150+ people who had packed into the Toronto Friends’ House on November 23rd. |
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Dec 1, 2017  Access to HIV testing and treatment key message on World AIDS Day 2017HEU continues to support the work of community organizations like Positive Living Society of British Columbia and the Stephen Lewis Foundation, who advocate for those living with HIV globally. |
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Dec 1, 2017  Global corporations have become the greatest threat to the planetMurray Dobbin The revelations of the Paradise Papers and the earlier Panama Papers demonstrate just one dimension, tax evasion, of an obvious truth: corporations have become the greatest threat to the planet. |
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Dec 1, 2017  Here's how you can help Rohingya refugeesMartha Roth The Burmese state and military are engaging in nothing less than ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people. Here's how you can help. |
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