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Interview with author, farmer and activist Michael Abelman
The City of Vancouver, B.C. is having a food revolution.For the past three years urban farms and gardens have expanded across the city to strengthen local food production....
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Dr. Hani Faris: Historical Context of the Palestinian Maps: Fact and Fiction
The year 2014 has been proclaimed the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People by the United Nations.In fall 2013, the Palestine Awareness Coalition posted four maps on Vancouver`s...
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100th Monthly Protest to Free the 5 Cuban Heroes!
Wed, Mar 5, 2014 Join the March 5 Day of Action to mark Vancouver's milestone 100th monthly picket action to free the Cuban 5. *la versión en español sigue la versión en inglés*INTERNATIONAL DAY of...
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Black Strathcona: One Community, Six Decades, Ten Stories
A new project in east Vancouver aims to collect and remember one neighbourhood's black history. The project starts with an online map and leads to videos that detail the black history of a number of...
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The Sharing Project
Following on the success of the Vancouver Tool Library, co-founder Chris Diplock decided to find out what resources people share, who they share with and what motivates them to do it. The result of his...
View ArticleNew El Salvadoran government inherits lawsuit for refusing Canadian-owned...
Even before former guerrilla commander Salvador Sánchez Cerén is inaugurated as President of El Salvador, his administration is saddled with an unnecessary $301-million liability -- a lawsuit over El...
View ArticleVancouver City Hall approves 'dispersal' plan for Downtown Eastside's most...
After three days of public hearings, Vancouver city council has approved the Downtown Eastside local area plan. The LAP is a 30-year plan for real estate development in the Downtown Eastside, with the...
View ArticleThe Portland Hotel Society should be defended
Mark Townsend and Liz Evans, founders of the Portland Hotel Society (PHS) have resigned following two audits from Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and B.C. Housing that raise questions over the...
View ArticleNew leftist collective aims to make a splash in Vancouver municipal elections
A new collective comprised of a broad group of activists from diverse organizations in Vancouver, B.C. has been meeting over the past few months to bring radical politics back to the municipal arena....
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Rewilding Vancouver
A new exhibit at the Museum of Vancouver aims to spark a public conversation about what kind of natural world people want to have around them in Vancouver. Guest curator J.B. MacKinnon has come up with...
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Beat The Pipelines May 1st
Thu, May 1, 2014 Join us this May Day for the first in a series of demonstrations that celebrate the example of the Unist'ot'en and the resistance that pipelines have met so far. We Can Beat the...
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Counter Culture Speaker Series -- David Barsamian: Media, capitalism and...
Alternative Radio host David Barsamian has been a voice of dissent heard across the airwaves around the world for over 28 years. Barsamian injects humour, poetry and outrage while addressing bleak...
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The benefits of Portland Hotel Society's programs at risk
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 Rich Coleman has once again sent gossip of possibilities rippling through the community about the PHS. The question now circulating is whether certain programs will continue...
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Liberation movements then and now: Interview with author and activist Roxanne...
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is a prolific author who connects the personal with the political. Her work has taken her around the world. One of her best known works recounts her experiences in Nicaragua...
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Downtown Eastside activist and poet Bud Osborn has died
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 rabble.ca is saddened to learn of the death of Bud Osborn. Osborn was a founding member of VANDU and memorialized Vancouver's Downtown Eastside in his poetry. rabble.ca is...
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Libby Davies remembers activist and poet Bud Osborn
rabble.ca is saddened to learn of the death of Bud Osborn. Osborn was a founding member of VANDU and memorialized Vancouver's Downtown Eastside in his poetry.Libby Davies remembers poet and activist...
View ArticleNew left-wing party in Vancouver joins growing chorus of criticisms against...
The civic left in Vancouver is getting comfy.The November municipal elections are months away, but the jockeying has already begun. An upstart political party fresh on the scene wants to mend...
View ArticleCommemorating 100 years of the Komagata Maru
One hundred years ago the 376 passengers of Komagata Maru were refused entry into British Columbia by Canadian immigration officers. They experienced racism and hostility. Their inability to land...
View ArticleCOPE vows to take on Vision Vancouver with majority-women slates
Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a monthly supporter of rabble.ca.The Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) detailed what it hopes will be an "open, fair and...
View Article'Your history is standing straight up': Survivors' Totem Pole to be raised in...
The story of colonialism in Canada and around the world has two strands: on one, the narrative of exploitation, dispossession, genocide, appropriation and erasure; on the other, the temerity and...
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