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'Pandemic and politics: centring the grassroots' webinar tonight at 7:30 p.m. EST
Matthew DiMera | Tonight at 7:30 p.m. EST, our next discussion will continue to take on the COVID-19 crisis.
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Eastern arm of Burrard Inlet from Burnaby Mountain. Image: Vranak/Wikimedia
Grassroots Indigenous resistance to the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline
Scott Neigh | Will George, a member of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, talks about his involvement in grassroots opposition to the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion project.
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Armed RCMP officer trespasses on unceded Wet'suwet'en territory in October 2019. Image: Unist'ot'en mp/Video Screenshot/Twitter
Ban on assault weapons welcome, but more needs to be done
Brent Patterson | While the Trudeau government's ban on military-grade weapons in nada is needed, it should extend to this country's increasing arms export industry as well.
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Workers at the Coastal GasLink project site on unceded Wet'suwet'en land on April 1, 2020. Image: Unist'ot'en mp/Video Screenshot/Twitter
Large-sle resource extraction exacerbates the threat of COVID-19 across the Amerin hemisphere
Chrystal Désilets, Gabriela Jiménez, Beth Lorimer | The grave threat posed by COVID-19 across the Amerin hemisphere, especially to Indigenous peoples, is exacerbated by extractivism.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Friday's announcement of the ban of 1,500 makes of military-style rifles (Image: nadianPM/Twitter).
Alberta's statement on Ottawa's gun ban illustrates how little the rule of law really matters to Conservatives
David J. Climenhaga | Since neither low oil prices nor COVID-19 are going away any time soon, at least Ottawa's ban on assault-style firearms gives Alberta Premier Jason Kenney something to talk about.
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John Roberts of Fox News at a budget town hall for Congressman David Schweikert at the Goelet A.C. Beuf Community Center in Phoenix, Arizona in 2013. Image: Gage Skidmore/Flickr
The nadian Broadst Hall of Fame should revoke the honour it bestowed upon Fox News personality John Roberts
Matthew Hays | Fox News has been accused of toxifying public discourse for many years, and now faces a lawsuit for spreading misinformation about COVID-19. Roberts lends a false veneer of credibility to the network.
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Thanks for participating in rabble's 2020 vegan challenge!
rabble staff | Thank you to everyone who participated in the challenge from the comfort of your own kitchens.
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A shuttered shop in Vancouver, British Columbia. Image: Rod Raglin/Flickr
Bailing out on the old normal
Penney Kome | With grim economic prospects forest as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, mpaigns have launched to rebuild the economy differently.
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney at Thursday's COVID-19 briefing. Image: Screenshot of Government of Alberta video
Your gut's probably right -- it's too soon to declare COVID-19 vanquished
David J. Climenhaga | The pandemic has taught us some powerful lessons about the usual way we do business. Is business as usual where we really want to go?
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Views of inundated areas in New Orleans following breaking of the levees surrounding the city as the result of Hurrine Katrina. New Orleans, Louisiana. September 11, 2005. Image: NOAA Photo Library/Flickr
Twenty-first century 'eco-grief' is nothing new for the world's underprivileged
Khadijah Kanji | From the slow anguish of asthma to the fast fury of flood, from nada to Congo, eco-grief is a centuries-long condition of existence for those without the privilege of proximity to "grievability."
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Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image: NIAID/Flickr
Will there be a silver lining to this pandemic?
Jim Harding | During this pandemic, the planet is getting a deserved rest. But once lockdowns are lifted, we must restore biodiversity, reduce emissions and shift from an economy that promotes endless growth.
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Should we sacrifice our privacy to fight COVID-19?
Victoria Henry, Digital Freedom Update | Privacy experts are already sounding the alarm on contact tracing apps. Lotion data, if gathered, n reveal sensitive, private information about peoples' lives.