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6 days ago · Solidarity with Palestine: How all forms of oppression are connected. This week on rabble radio, Louise Smith from Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) sits down with Nick Seebruch to talk about the work IJV does advocating for peace and justice in Israel-Palestine. Something went wrong.
Take Back Alberta completes take over of UCP board - rabble.ca
Nov 6, 2023 · Take Back Alberta completes take over of UCP board. David Parker, TBA’s founder, chief ideologist and chief executive, tweeted “Veni, vedi, vici” last night. Just remember, Caesar said it first, and it sounded like “Weenie, Weedy, Weakie.”. Take Back Alberta founder, chief ideologist and chief executive David Parker.
Defend Fred Hahn - rabble.ca
Aug 22, 2024 · Fred Hahn is under attack. The Canadian Union of Public Employees National Executive has asked him to resign as Vice-President over a video he posted on X. This is an outrageous attack on the most effective and consistent labour leader I have ever known, and I’ve known quite a few. As President of CUPE Ontario, he is present at every picket ...
Only 13 T&R Calls to Action achieved over seven years: report
Jan 26, 2023 · The 49-page report noted that 13 Calls have been completed. At this rate, it will take 42 years, or until 2065, to complete all the Calls to Action. When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released their findings in 2015, they characterized the legacy of the residential school system as “cultural genocide,” a term that became the ...
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Sexual assault law in Canada: What women need to know
Nov 2, 2014 · There is some legal uncertainty as to whether an assault is “sexual” because this was left undefined in the Code. It took the Supreme Court of Canada to tell us that touching a woman’s breasts amounts to a sexual assault. In R v Chase (1987) it ruled that an assault becomes a sexual assault if in “all the circumstances,” “the sexual ...
Federal court to have full hearing on telework issue | rabble.ca
Aug 30, 2024 · The Public Service Alliance of Canada will have a chance to make their full case for telework at the Federal Court. The court announced it would have a full hearing on the remote work issue in the public service despite the government’s attempt to have the case thrown out or delayed. The date of the hearing is not yet confirmed.
Plastic is polluting our brains and bodies! - rabble.ca
Sep 18, 2024 · Plastic is polluting our brains and bodies! by David Suzuki September 18, 2024. Plastic pollution is a growing global problem. It affects our ecosystems and our bodies. A woman collects plastic from a beach with a grabbing arm. Credit: Brian Yurasits / Unsplash Credit: Brian Yurasits / Unsplash. Microplastics, soft plastics, burning plastics ...
11 Indigenous resistance movements you need to know
Nov 13, 2014 · 11 Indigenous resistance movements you need to know. The IPCC report confirms what Indigenous people have been warning for years: if we don’t respect the relationship between humans and the natural world, catastrophic impacts will result. “Time is not on our side…leaders must act,” Fortunately, Indigenous people have been organizing ...
Author Archives: David J. Climenhaga - rabble.ca
Oct 3, 2024 · David J. Climenhaga. David Climenhaga is a journalist and trade union communicator who has worked in senior writing and editing positions with the Globe and Mail and the Calgary Herald. He left journalism after the strike at the Calgary Herald in 1999 and 2000 to work in the trade union movement. David Climenhaga’s Alberta Diary posts are ...