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Jan 4, 2018  Remembering activist Erica Garner, who worked tirelessly against police brutalityErica Garner has died at the age of 27. The loss of this remarkable young African-American woman is incalculable. She was a tireless activist and a mother of two. |
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Dec 30, 2017  In 2017, journalism was still an unacceptably dangerous professionThe case of Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, who fled Mexico at the risk of assassination, highlights the dangers that journalists still face in speaking out and exposing corruption. |
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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  Study on NAFTA supports balance in copyright and protecting data privacyMarie Aspiazu The Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT) recently published a report on a study on how NAFTA affects Canadians, bearing encouraging news for Internet advocates. |
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Dec 22, 2017  This holiday season, border agents have your privacy on their wish listVictoria Henry A concerning rise in phone searches this year shows that Canadian and U.S. law see no difference between searching your suitcase and searching your cell phone or laptop. |
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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 22, 2017  Trump's new tax bill marks the darkest day of the yearDonald Trump describes his new tax bill as "an incredible Christmas gift for hardworking Americans," but in reality it's the largest wealth transfer from the bottom to the top in American history. |
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Dec 22, 2017  Pushing back against injustice: The year in rabble columnsThrough their reflections, analysis and critiques, rabble columnists brought fresh perspective -- and yes, hope -- to the challenges of a painful year. Read highlights from rabble columns in 2017. |
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Dec 22, 2017  Sounds of hope from rabble podcasts in 2017Victoria Fenner For your holiday listening, some wise words from people who believe that all is not lost. The struggle continues, and is far from over. |
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Dec 16, 2017  Alabama was a good reminder of what democratic politics looks likeIn the U.S., almost everything ends up in litigation because too many Americans lack faith in social or political forces, such as elections, government, unions, parties, social movements. |
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Dec 14, 2017  Election of Doug Jones in Alabama 'a political earthquake'Social movements build power and make change. The Democrats would be wise to heed the lessons of Alabama, from resistance to slavery, to the civil-rights era, to the unexpected victory of Doug Jones. |
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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. |
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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. |
 Building monuments nationwide to commemorate the victims of lynching3 Minute Action The Equal Justice Initiative has launched the most ambitious memorial project to document lynchings in the United States |
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Nov 30, 2017  Calling someone 'Pocahontas' is actually a compliment, not an insultLet's remember her name, not because it is invoked by a powerful man who preys on the vulnerable, but to inspire action, advancing Indigenous rights and women's rights. |
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Nov 28, 2017 Interview: Canadian lawyer Joshua Blum on Chelsea ManningBlum discusses the case behind U.S. Wikileaks whistleblower being refused entry into the country in September 2017. |
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Nov 23, 2017  Keystone pipeline leak a reminder to 'respect existence or expect resistance'Just one year ago the Indigenous-led resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline on Standing Rock Sioux tribal territory in North Dakota was being subjected to increasingly intense state violence. |
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Nov 16, 2017  United States is alone in the world in its refusal to act on climate changeBut when it comes to setting policy on climate change, as with healthcare, taxes, and, hopefully, even war, Trump doesn't hold the same dictatorial powers as authoritarian world leaders he admires. |
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Nov 16, 2017  Darkness comes to San JoseA visit to Silicon Valley conjures up images of Dickensian-level poverty. |
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Nov 14, 2017  Do newspaper endorsements matter in elections anymore?Scott Stager Piatkowski In an era in which circulation figures for most newspapers are falling faster than water over Niagara Falls, the answer isn't simple |
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Nov 9, 2017  Majority of mass shootings connected to domestic violenceThe mass murder in Sutherland Springs, Texas, was a horrific crime. It was also horrifically predictable, and emblematic of the systemic problem we have with guns and violence in the United States. |
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Nov 7, 2017  U.S. climate report leaves little room for doubtDavid Suzuki It's hard to imagine anyone could read this report, or read about it, and not be convinced we have an urgent problem and failing to put everything we can into resolving it puts our survival at risk! |
