Apr 18, 2019
Eighteen years old already? Happy birthday, rabble!
If rabble was a person, she could vote! rabble staffers share thoughts about what we should be thinking about now that we're all grown up.
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rabble radio is the flagship show of the rpn. It's a mix of political commentary, soundseeing tours, movie reviews, and the latest in Canadian music. It's all produced by a country-wide cadre of volunteers.
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Apr 12, 2019  'A New Kind of Union': New book explores the first five years in the history of UniforFred Wilson played a major role in the creation of Unifor. In his new book, he reflects on the first five years of one of Canada's newest unions' often turbulent history. |
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Mar 21, 2019  The parents of the late Rob Stewart reflect on his legacy to help us understand sharks and stop shark finningBill S-238 is before Parliament to end shark finning. An interview with Brian Stewart and Sandra Campbell about their late son's films and his commitment to end the exploitation of sharks. |
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Mar 8, 2019  What's true and what's not in Venezuela: A recent report from on the ground in CaracasCanadian activist, journalist and lawyer Dimitri Lascaris was in Venezuela in February, talking to people with varying opinions about the causes of the current crisis. He talks about what he heard. |
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Feb 28, 2019  Petition campaign calls on the federal government to revoke the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund CanadaDavid Mivasair, a rabbi living in Hamilton, talks about why he believes the Jewish National Fund Canada should not have charitable tax status. |
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Feb 21, 2019  Ontario's Student Choice Initiative threatens funding at campus community radio stations A conversation with NCRA executive director Barry Rooke about the potential impact of a new funding formula in Ontario being proposed by the Ford government. |
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Feb 8, 2019  Niki Ashton on the Canadian imperative for progressive internationalismNDP MP Niki Ashton speaks about the importance of linking local Canadian social movements to a bold international vision of solidarity through the budding Progressive International movement. |
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Feb 1, 2019  Canadian activists talk about coup in Venezuela and reasons Ottawa declaring it a righteous actWith Radhika Desai - Winnipeg-Venezuela Peace Committee, Nino Pagliccia - Vancouver based Venezuelan Canada and Humberto da Silva, member of the delegation which monitored May 2018's election. |
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Jan 24, 2019  Canadian Federation of Students tells Doug Ford that post-secondary education isn't just about what goes on in the classroomHildah Otiena of the Ontario CFS talks about the Ontario government plans to let students opt out of fees for student activities, health plans and bus passes. |
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Jan 17, 2019  New directions for rabble.ca -- an interview with rabble editor-in-chief Brenda O'FarrellBrenda O'Farrell has been rabble's new editor-in-chief for a few months. Now that's she's all settled in, she shares some thoughts about the media ecosystem in Canada and rabble's place in it. |
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Jan 10, 2019  Community radio in the age of the internetFind out why more small towns are starting their own community radio stations in this conversation with Barry Rooke of the National Campus Community Radio Association |
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Jan 3, 2019  The Dry Corridor: Links between climate change and migration from Central American countriesThe migration from Central America to the U.S. isn’t about people seeking the American dream. Robert Albro, cultural anthropologist, talks about an often overlooked factor -- climate change. |
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Dec 20, 2018  What was accomplished at COP 24? A civil society perspectiveCOP 24, the Annual UN Climate Change conference ended this weekend. Simon Chambers of the ACT Alliance shares his first hand experience as a civil society representative. |
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Dec 13, 2018  'Oil and Politics' - an economist specializing in oil takes a look at the bigger pictureAuthor and economist John Foster takes a broader look beyond the economics of oil and explores the petroleum-related reasons for government actions in Canada and the rest of the world. |
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Nov 22, 2018  Indigenous workers in the B.C. labour movementRod Mickleburgh, author of "On the Line - A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement," speaks to the Hospital Employees Union at their annual convention. |
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Nov 15, 2018  Migration out of Venezuela continues but the reasons behind the crisis aren't always what you're being told ...Steve Ellner, professor of economic history and political science in Venezuela talks to Michael Welch about the factors behind the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela that we’re not hearing. |
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Nov 8, 2018  The larger story of the Lac-Mégantic rail disasterAuthor Bruce Campbell weaves a skillful narrative about how policy failure devastated lives in a tragic story of big oil, deregulation and free market ideology. |
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Nov 1, 2018  'Why are the guns still firing?' Two Americans talk about taking their country backDavid Mivasair is a dual citizen campaigning in the U.S. ahead of Tuesday's midterms. Joe Jencks is a singer-songwriter from the Chicago area. They talk and sing about taking their country back. |
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Oct 25, 2018  The Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua: rabble columnist draws parallels between the 1980s and nowLois Ross was one of many young Canadians who went down to Nicaragua after the election of the Sandinistas in the '80s. Thirty years later, she says there are some similarities to those times. |
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Oct 18, 2018  The Other Toronto: Phillip Dwight Morgan shares thoughts on the Toronto municipal electionA campaign like no other -- Phillip Dwight Morgan talks about the surprises, successes and disappointments in the weeks leading up to the Toronto municipal election. |
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Oct 11, 2018  Making the link between militarism and the global refugee crisisCesar Jaramillo, executive director of Project Ploughshares talks to David Kattenburg of the Green Planet Monitor about a harsh truth the warrior nations don't ever address. |
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Sep 27, 2018  Support from surprising places – a small town rural community bands together to free Honduran political prisonerJanet Spring lives the small rural community of Elmvale, Ontario. When her son-in-law was imprisoned in Honduras for political activism, her community rallied to help. |
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Sep 20, 2018  The domino effect and climate changeCatastrophic climate change is a domino effect, according to scientist Will Steffen. Good news .. the dominoes haven’t started falling yet. But they will if we stay on the current path. |
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Sep 6, 2018  Changing the place where you live -- some ideas for smaller citiesIt's hard to be a progressive activist in small communities which have a history of electing conservatives. Keenan Aylwin and Victoria Fenner talk about social change in their home of Barrie, Ontario. |