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This week on rabble radio, we're sharing an interview between CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn and rabble editor Nick Seebruch. The two spoke on Nov. 2 to explain what's at stake in the labour dispute in Ontario.  At the time of this episode's posting, CUPE has announced that it will strike on Friday, Nov. 4 and OPSEU – the Ontario Public Services Employees Union – says its 8000 education workers...

Homelessness is a major social and healthcare disaster that has been plaguing Canada for decades, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated this issue.  Are provincial and municipal governments doing enough to combat homelessness in our communities? Or are the solutions that they're coming up with making the problem worse?  In Displacement City: Fighting for Health and Homes in a Pandemic , o...

This week on rabble radio, we feature a segment from our most recent Off the Hill political panel. This month, our theme was 'Off the Hill: Confronting Islamophobia in Canada.' This month is National Islamic History Month. This month's panel dove into what political actions are needed to confront the rise of Islamophobia in Canada. Our panel also explored what role the media has in all of this.  O...

Nick Seebruch speaks to two members of Health Providers Against Poverty (HPAP) to talk about destigmatizing people fighting addiction, homelessness, and poverty.  This week on the show, rabble editor Nick Seebruch sits down with Sara Pishdadian and Adriana Di Stefano, both active members of Health Providers Against Poverty.  Healthcare Providers Against Poverty is a group of healthcare workers who...

Last month, Buckingham Palace broke the news that Queen Elizabeth II had passed away at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The queen was 96, and Canada's longest serving monarch.  Now, Canada has a new head of state: Queen Elizabeth's eldest son, King Charles III.  This week on rabble radio, editor Nick Seebruch interviews royal historian, teacher, and author Carolyn Harris.  While the Pope made a publi...

This week on rabble radio, Stephen Wentzell sits down with Joshua Whitehead, author of ' Making Love with the Land ."  Whitehead is an Oji-Cree/nehiyaw, Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1). He is the author of the novel 'Jonny Appleseed' (Arsenal Pulp Press), which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and shortlisted for a Governor General's Literary Award in...

This week on rabble radio, we feature a segment from our most recent Off the Hill political panel. This month, our theme was Off the Hill: What does reconciliACTION look like? We discussed how Indigenous Peoples are exercising sovereignty every day, the tangible ways settlers can support Indigenous Peoples in their communities, and what action must be taken at the federal and provincial levels for...

In 1959, the then-premier of Saskatchewan, Thomas Douglas envisioned a universal, pre-paid and publicly administered health care system – the first of its kind in North America. This plan for Saskatchewan prompted the federal government to initiate a national strategy to subsidize socialized medicine and support provinces in the shift to a universal system. He's recognized as "the father of Medica...

This week, Jillian Piper speaks to Kimberly Carroll; an animal rights advocate and coach for changemakers.  For 13 years, Carroll has empowered and counseled thousands of activists, social entrepreneurs, and mission-driven leaders who want to make a bigger difference in the world.  By taking clients through a journey of deep inner work, finding empowering habits, and developing a strategy to unloc...

This week on the show, rabble labour reporter Gabriela Calguay-Casuga joins The Coalition For Women In Journalism founder Kiran Nazish to talk about protecting female journalists in Canada. The Coalition For Women in Journalism is a New-York based, international support organization for female and LGBTQIA journalists from around the globe.  Today, Nazish joins Calguay-Casuga to talk about the incr...

This fall, someone will be replacing John Horgan as NDP Leader of British Columbia. Could that person be Anjali Appadurai?  This week on the show rabble's national politics reporter Stephen Wentzell sits down with the Appadurai to talk about what inspired her to run for leadership and how her experience in grassroots organizing is guiding her campaign. "My role as an insurgent candidate is to open...

This week on the show, Breanne Lavallée-Heckert, the research manager at Indigenous Climate Action, talks about the importance of Indigenous stewardship in regard to the climate crisis and how people can support Indigenous Climate Action.  Founded in 2015, Indigenous Climate Action is an Indigenous-led organization guided by a diverse group of Indigenous knowledge keepers, water protectors and lan...

This week on the show, rabble contributor Doreen Nicoll speaks to Leila Sarangi, national director of Campaign 2000.  Campaign 2000 is a network of national, regional and local partner organizations who have come together to increase public awareness of the levels and consequences of child and family poverty in Canada. Each year, the organization releases a national report card, measuring the prog...

This week on the show, rabble labour reporter Gabriela Calugay-Casuga speaks to poet and activist El Jones.  Based on Halifax Nova Scotia, Jones is a powerhouse in social movements focused on anti-racism, human rights, and decarceration.  In September 2020, she was appointed chair of a 15-person subcommittee which was tasked with defining "Defund the Police" in Halifax. Jones and the subcommittee...

This week on the show, we're sharing an interview which is part of rabble's summer Boiling Point series. The Boiling Point examines the ways increasingly high temperatures due to the climate crisis are affecting our summers in Canada on a social, institutional, and ecological level.  Today, national politics reporter Stephen Wentzell speaks to Dr. Melissa Lem to talk about how the recent wildfires...

The concept of a guaranteed basic income has gained a lot of attention over the past few years. And on rabble, the idea has been discussed, debated, and deliberated from a variety of angles.  In May this year, MP Leah Gazan and Senator Kim Pate joined us as part of our Off the Hill political panel series, talking about their proposed bills, Bill S-233 and Bill C-223 which urge the government to im...

This week on rabble radio, we dive into the world of natural - or green, as it's sometimes called - burials.  For many of us, talking about death isn't easy – let alone talking about what happens to your body once you've passed away.  But what if there was a way to think of your burial as a way to help the environment?  Since the 1990's, the natural burial movement has steadily gained interest as...

This week on the show, Doreen Nicoll speaks to author and professor Dennis Raphael about the idea of "social murder" and how it applies to Doug Ford's government.  The expression "social murder" was first introduced by Friedrich Engels, a German political economist in the 1840's. In his book, The Condition of the Working Class in England , Engels describes the misery and class division he witnesse...

It would be an understatement to say that COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed life in Canada. After two years since the pandemic came into our lives, we're still grappling with a "new normal" and grieving the experiences, time, and loved ones we lost during the worst waves of the pandemic.  No one knows this grief better than our healthcare workers.  Nurses and healthcare workers stepped up...

This week on the site, rabble's national politics reporter Stephen Wentzell reviewed Martha Paynter's new book, Abortion to Abolition: Reproductive Health and Justice in Canada. This week, we're sharing an interview between the two where Paynter dives into the misconceptions people have about access to abortion in Canada and the other threats facing reproductive justice in the country.  Paynter ex...

This week on rabble radio, Libby Davies sits down with Liz Marshall, the writer, director, and producer of the recently internationally released documentary, Meat the Future. "Imagine a world where real meat is produced sustainably without the need to breed, raise and slaughter animals. This is no longer science fiction, it's now within reach." - meatthefuture.com Meat the Future tells the story o...

This week on rabble radio, we featured a segment from our most recent Off the Hill political panel. This month, our theme was Off the Hill: Hot summer in the West.  The Alberta political scene is in upheaval with the departure of the current (disgraced) premier and the federal conservative leadership race is becoming increasingly vitriolic. Amid this time of turbulence, what can we expect to see u...

This week on rabble radio, we share a segment of this year's debut episode of the Courage My Friends podcast series, hosted on Needs No Introduction.  In the first episode of this year's Courage My Friends podcast series, we welcome Henry Giroux.  Does education have a moral and political purpose? What do we mean by critical pedagogy - and why is it so vital in these times? Giroux joins host of th...

This week on the show, Libby Davies speaks to Medea Benjamin, co-founder of women-led peace group Code Pink. Code Pink is a grassroots NGO with an anti-war mandate. The goal of Code Pink is to divest from the "war machine" and from companies that derive their profits from U.S. military interventions, the global arms trade, and the militarization in the streets.  Benjamin sits down with Davies to t...

This week on rabble radio, we featured a segment from our most recent Off the Hill political panel. This month, our panel discussed the idea of a guaranteed livable basic income. What is it, how would it work, and how much would it cost us?  Our panel was made up of MP Leah Gazan, who in December of last year introduced Bill C-223 which, if passed, would establish the first national framework for...