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Journalist arrested while covering Edmonton unhoused encampment evictions
Brandi Morin, a Cree/Iroquois/French multimedia journalist was arrested by the Edmonton Police while covering a raid on an outdoor encampment of unhoused people. Morin was on assignment for Ricochet...
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Sexual violence in a time of war
Content warning: The following story contains mentions of sexual violence. Please proceed with caution and care. If you require support, there are resources available. It is well documented that in...
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International Court of Justice deliberates need for provisional measures in Gaza
After more than 100 days of Israel’s brutal campaign in Gaza, global attention has focused on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague where South Africa filed a case against Israel for...
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Israel charged with genocide in Gaza
In 1948, the newly formed United Nations marked the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The...
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The short history of the term ‘genocide’
The Gaza plotline has shifted somewhat, after South Africa’s charge in a UN court that Israel is guilty of genocide. That was incendiary, speaking mildly. Churchill called it, in 1941, the crime...
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The road to death penalty abolition
Countless cases lay bare the raw injustice of the death penalty in the United States. The case of Richard Glossip is certainly one of them. He’s been on Oklahoma’s death row since 1998, facing nine...
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Who are we keeping safe: Policing in Canada
This week on rabble radio, our Jack Layton Journalism for Change fellow, Madison Edward-Wright sits down with Ted Rutland. Rutland is an author and associate professor at Concordia University. His...
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Inequality Inc: Corporate power vs. public action
For our sixth episode, Lauren Ravon, executive director of Oxfam Canada and Michèle Biss, national director of the National Right to Housing Network, discuss Oxfam’s latest report, Inequality, Inc. on...
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There’s no such thing as ‘parents’ rights’
It’s the latest conservative dog whistle. Across Canada, “parents’ rights” has become a rallying cry for anti-queer activists. And it’s garnering the support of mainstream politicians. Saskatchewan...
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Canadian care and compassion
Nearly 500,000 new immigrants are expected to land in Canada in 2024.They come from around the world in search of better career opportunities, health facilities and living conditions. We all know...
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We cannot police our way out of antisemitism
As members of IfNotNow Toronto, a local chapter of a Jewish movement working to end our community’s support for the Israeli occupation, we do not believe that increased police budgets are the solution...
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Why does CRA allow tax deductions for help killing Palestinians?
Israeli universities are assisting a military slaughtering Palestinians and all Canadians are subsidizing them. We must end this huge financial contribution that should run afoul of charity rules. In...
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In Alberta’s new war on trans people, children will suffer
Alberta has declared war on its 2SLGBTQ+ population. And trans children are going to suffer the consequences. Yesterday, Premier Danielle Smith announced dramatic and draconian changes to Alberta’s...
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Danielle Smith unveils grotesquely harsh anti-trans policy
Of all the clownish, bizarre, and cynical policies of the United Conservative Party (UCP), surely the most grotesque we have seen so far was Wednesday’s launch on social media by Premier Danielle...
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Ceasefire needed to avoid a wider war in Gaza
On Tuesday, U.S. President Biden addressed the press while boarding the presidential helicopter, saying, “I don’t think we need a wider war in the Middle East. That’s not what I’m looking for.” But a...
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Supreme Court staff polices Black voices and shows anti-Palestinian bias
The Supreme Court of Canada is being accused of engaging in anti-Black and anti-Palestinian racism. Three Black delegates were invited to the Supreme Court as a part of a delegation presenting to...
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Right-wing extremism is connected to being anti-choice – but we can win on...
Canada has done well without any abortion law or restrictions since 1988, leaving abortion care under the same medical regulations as other healthcare. Indeed, abortion care follows the same pattern...
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Biden’s support for Israel’s war may cost him re-election
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza continues, as Palestinians trapped there share videos of their own annihilation in real time. The estimated death toll in Gaza since Israel’s military assault began on...
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Toronto, you should be ashamed of yourself
How did we sink this low? How did we as a city allow bureaucrats and politicians, even a new, progressive mayor, get away with denying unhoused people proper emergency shelter and instead use city...
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False accusations of antisemitism
On February 13, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denounced as antisemitic a pro-Palestinian protest on Monday that passed by Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto on its way to the US embassy because one or two...
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