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Progressive public policy in the Ontario election
September 29, 2011We will probably be parsing who won Tuesday's leaders' debate until provincial election day. But thank Ford, it looks like progressives have a good shot at winning, one way or...
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Time is on Occupy movement's side
October 20, 2011Au contraire. Please know you are doing just about everything right.Of course it's a big, unwieldy experiment. Of course there's a learning curve. Of course there are blips and...
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Occupy movement mobilizes support for Robin Hood tax
November 3, 2011We should all be giving thanks for the brave souls at Occupy Toronto and all the others around the world. They aren't just freezing their butts off and facing down all the demons of our...
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Social change at the end of an era
December 29, 2011Add Kim Jong-Il to the year's already substantial fallen dictator list. Take your news from Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada, or from Mayan temple walls. Look at the Arab...
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Pipeline politics and Canada's 'national economic interests'
January 12, 2012Has he gone too far this time?Prime Minister Stephen Harper has shown many times over that he has little regard for democracy. I mean, how did we learn to spell the word "prorogue"?The...
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NDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen brings co-operation and charisma
February 9, 2012It isn't all more prisons and less freedoms. Yes, it has been tough watching the sludge come pouring out of Parliament since Harper got his majority last May. But there's an exciting...
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Why Nathan Cullen is my first choice for NDP leader
March 15, 2012This is a power moment in progressive politics. In addition to choosing a new leader for whom the voting is already under way, the March 24 NDP convention will also be a giant...
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Leadership race leaves NDP stronger and wiser
March 29, 2012convention.jpgHarper foes, take heart. The NDP rank-and-file made good on the party's Opposition promise at last weekend's leadership convention. Both the process and the outcome have...
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Federal budget is all about control and resource industry domination
April 5, 2012Finally, it's crystal clear. When it comes to public spending, it's the public, not the spending, the Harper government is really out to control.The budget that came down last week was a...
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Lessons from Quebec for the rest of Canada
June 4, 2012casseroles.jpgIt's membership time. Cultivate Canada's media. Support rabble.ca. Become a member.Dear Quebec re-sisters and brothers: What an awesomely inventive laboratory of political...
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Quebec student protests by the numbers
June 5, 2012protest.jpgIt's membership time. Cultivate Canada's media. Support rabble.ca. Become a member.Unfair CanadaRichest 1 per cent increased their share of total income from 8.1 per cent in 1980...
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Rob Ford's left-wing conspiracy theory
November 29, 2012Photo: Francis Mariani/FlickrCongratulations, fellow left-wingers.Like me, you probably thought that Rob Ford was ousted from his mayor-ship this week by the same "stubborn sense of...
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Chief Theresa Spence's exceptional accomplishments
January 31, 2013Photo: Michael DancingEagle CassidyChange the conversation, support rabble.ca today.In media time, it's been light years since Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence ended her 44-day fast...
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Environmental movements and economies bring hope, inspiration this Earth Week
April 18, 2013Photo: Jyotirmoy Basu/FlickrOkay, it's true -- we are actually living the climate change and radical impoverishment reality that those who invented Earth Day 43 years ago were trying to...
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No time for an Ontario election: NDP and Liberals should work together on...
May 9, 2013Photo: Patrick Imbeau/flickrThis is crunch time for the NDP. Here is the question a lot of progressive people like me are asking: Is Andrea Horwath just another wind-up politician or is she...
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Learning from Thich Nhat Hanh, living legend of non-violence
Thursday, August 22, 2013True love and happiness? Is that a fairy tale? Not according to fearless 86-year-old social activist monk and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh (pronunced "tik nyat hawn"), who's...
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A dark force unleashed: How Rob Ford has demonized Canadian democracy
Thursday, November 14, 2013Folks, I'm warning you, there's a new threat looming at City Hall. Listen up to all the solemn talk about rehab and Rob dealing with his "problem." Is this scandalous...
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Voting pro-social in the Ontario election
Thursday, June 5, 2014I'm talking to you, fellow lovers, sharers and carers: where are we going with this Ontario election?You know who you are, but for accuracy's sake, here's a checklist. Whether...
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Are johns the new 'fags' because of Bill C-36?
Friday, July 4, 2014Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a monthly supporter of rabble.ca.Sexual shaming is on the prowl, not just somewhere far away but, sadly, right here,...
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Voter turnout delivers real people's verdict in Toronto election
Monday, October 27, 2014I support voting for the most politically experienced and best representative of our diverse and aspirationally inclusive city, the daring one who is explicitly caring, the...
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