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  •  | Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides at a recent news conference Credit Government of Alberta | MR Online

    Alberta gov’t seeks to ban books to distract from scandals

    Originally published: rabble.ca on May 28, 2025 by David J. Climenhaga (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted May 31, 2025)

    Facing an ongoing corruption scandal and rising measles cases, clearly the Alberta government is desperate for a distraction.

  •  | Plastic waste on a beach Credit Bo Eide  Flickr | MR Online

    Plastics treaty failure shows need to curtail oil industry

    Editor

    Oil companies have long lied about the impacts of burning their fuels. They also lie about the plastic they produce. The treaty talks were no exception.

  •  | Donald Trump an entertainer paid for by the military industrial complex Credit Gage Skidmore  Flickr Credit Gage Skidmore  Flickr | MR Online

    Politics – the entertainment division of the military industrial complex

    Originally published: rabble.ca on November 14, 2024 by Ole Hendrickson (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted Nov 25, 2024)

    If politics is entertainment, we should take notice of who’s paying for the show.

  •  | A photo of CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn Photo CUPE | MR Online

    Defend Fred Hahn

    Originally published: rabble.ca on August 22, 2024 by Judy Rebick (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted Aug 27, 2024)

    Fred Hahn has been a steadfast and effective labour leader. Independent Jewish Voices and others are calling for solidarity and support for Fred.

  •  | A person vaping with an e cigarette | MR Online

    Tobacco companies are at it again

    Originally published: rabble.ca on July 2, 2024 by Ellen Gould (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted Jul 04, 2024)

    Canadian tobacco companies are actively trying to capture a new generation of life-long, nicotine-addicted customers.

  •  | OFL president Laura Walton speaks at a rally in support of UofT students on Monday May 27 Credit OFL  X Credit OFL  X | MR Online

    Ontario Federation of Labour rallies with students at UofT encampment

    Originally published: rabble.ca on May 27., 2024 by Nick Seebruch (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted May 29, 2024)

    As attacks kill yet more civilians in Rafah, students at their allies at UofT say they will not stop pressuring the university to divest from Israel.

  •  | Manitoba premier elect Wab Kinew with his family on election night on Tuesday October 3 2023 Credit Wab Kinew  X | MR Online

    Wab Kinew becomes first First Nations premier in Canadian history

    Originally published: rabble.ca on October 4, 2023 by Nick Seebruch (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted Oct 06, 2023)

    For the first time in Canada’s history, one of its provinces has a First Nations person as its premier.

  •  | Front of Halifax Provincial Court Credit Curtis Cronn  Flickr | MR Online

    Small claims court victory sends clear message: Sex work is real work

    Originally published: rabble.ca on July 24, 2023 by Natasha Darling (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted Jul 26, 2023)

    A court has ruled on the enforceability of contracts between sex workers and their clients in a precedent-setting case.

  •  | A protest for Trans rights Photo Karollyne Hubert  Unsplash  rabbleca | MR Online

    My feminism is Trans inclusive

    Originally published: rabble.ca on March 31, 2023 by Judy Rebick (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted Apr 04, 2023)

    Attacks against Trans women are attacks against the women’s movement and the fight for better equality and justice.

  •  | People at a crowded concert Credit CHUTTERSNAP  Unsplash | MR Online

    Should we be worried about eight billion people?

    Originally published: rabble.ca on November 30, 2022 by David Suzuki (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted Dec 02, 2022)

    Our immediate crisis is caused by a system that encourages endless growth, exploitation, waste and energy use.

  •  | At a press conference on Monday Laura Walton president of OSBCU told her members You showed Ontario that you can stand up to a bully look him in the eye and tell him hell no not today | MR Online

    Ford blinks in face of union solidarity; will repeal Bill 28

    Originally published: rabble.ca on November 7, 2022 by Nick Seebruch (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted Nov 09, 2022)

    Perhaps Ontario Premier Doug Ford wasn’t expecting the backlash he received when he enacted Bill 28 on Thursday last week.

  •  | Natasha Darling is a pseudonym to protect the authors true identity from the stigma and harm associated with her sex work Darling is a stripper and community organiser based in Toronto | MR Online

    Sex work: a contemporary identity rooted in labour

    Originally published: rabble.ca on September 9, 2022 by Natasha Darling (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted Sep 15, 2022)

    Following Labour Day, this column explores the origin of the phrase sex work and how sex workers are an important part of the labour movement.

  •  | Colourful protest sign that says Bans off our bodies Credit SHYCITYNikon  flickr | MR Online

    Connecting the dots between Roe v. Wade, sex workers and bodily autonomy

    Originally published: rabble.ca on June 3, 2022 by Natasha Darling (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted Jun 07, 2022)

    The same people who criminalize sex work, criminalize other “serious offences” against sexual norms such as medical treatment for trans people and access to abortion.

  •  | Dont Say Gay bill | MR Online

    The problem with ‘Don’t Say Gay’: Children aren’t asking about sex. They’re asking about love.

    Originally published: rabble.ca on April 1, 2022 by Stephen Wentzell (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted Apr 06, 2022)

    Queer advocates worry how the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, set to go into effect in Florida, could impact education on gender diversity and sexual orientation of young Canadians.

  •  | Whats needed to manage the pandemic sustainably is clear and doable  N95s and rapid tests for all vaccines for the world ventilation and filtration upgrades in shared indoor air and supports for workers and people isolating | MR Online

    Canada: The Left is nowhere on COVID. And that’s a big problem

    Originally published: rabble.ca on February 4, 2022 by Judy Rebick and Corvin Russell (more by rabble.ca)  | (Posted Feb 08, 2022)

    They have failed to step into the current political climate and counter far-right protests, and get workers the income, housing and other social support they need.

Monthly Review Essays

  • The Migrant Genocide: Toward a Third World Analysis of European Class Struggle
    Iker Suarez  | A banner at a memorial rally for victims of the 2014 massacre of migrants at Tarajal 2021 | MR Online

    Over 10,000 people died in transit to Spain in 2024 alone.[1] On June 2022, the border fence of Melilla, one of two Spanish enclaves in Morocco, was witness to a massacre that killed or disappeared over a hundred African migrants.[2]  A recent BBC investigation revealed that Greek border guards systematically repeal immigrants already on Greek […]

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  • Strike at the Helm: The First Ministerial Meeting of the New Cycle of the Bolivarian Revolution
    Hugo Chávez  | Mural of Chávez in Caracas Univision | MR Online

    On October 7th, 2012, after hearing of his victory as the nation‘s candidate with 56 percent of the vote, President Hugo Chávez Frias announced from a balcony in his hometown that a new cycle was beginning the very next day, October 8th.

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