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Judy Rebick

@judreb.bsky.social
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I am a feminist writer activist and educator in Toronto working on my next book. Last one was Heroes in My Head.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The elixir to civic cynicism is the Word on the Street festival. 1000s of book people & some celebrities. Runs till 5 or so. Come on down.
Skyline & fest Mayor at book table Panel discussion in tent
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#Trump's gangster imperialism puts no stock on 'soft power' methods of domination and control like humanitarian aid. Without any illusions in the role of #USAID, however, the results of suddenly cutting it have been stark and devastating. insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...
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How the End of USAID Eroded Global Environmental Goals - Inside Climate News
An analysis finds the cancellation of $1 billion in annual funding weakened protections around the world and undermined U.S. interests.
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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Norval Morrisseau masterwork not seen for 40 years unveiled at Thunder Bay Art Gallery www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Norval Morrisseau rare masterwork from Calgary unveiled in Thunder Bay, Ont., after 4 decades in storage | CBC News
After 40 years in storage, a rare masterwork by Ojibway artist Norval Morrisseau has been unveiled at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery in northwestern Ontario. The painting is on loan from EA Studios Calga...
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 15/06/2026
Join The Breach in Toronto for the launch of our new book and to celebrate our 5 year anniversary! Hosted by @desmondcole.bsky.social ft. @judreb.bsky.social, Mathew Green & Martin Lukacs, w/ tunes by DJ Durga (aka @desaima.bsky.social ) & DJ Heebiejabi. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
An orange and white poster announcing the June 25 book launch (7pm) and birthday bash (9pm onwards) for The Breach at 805 Dovercourt Rd, Toronto.
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Source: rabble.ca Excellent critique of Canadian Chamber of Commerce
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Home
Canada's trusted national source of daily news and analysis from the grassroots and social movements.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Yes.
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Looking for an inspiring film to watch this week end. Join us at the Friends House 60 Lowther Ave Toronto
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Great interview with Avi substack.com/profile/1576...
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Avi on Mehdi. Go Avi. Long discussion on Jewish anti-Zionism.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 25/05/2026
Note: "a recent report by @policyalternatives.ca, which says the Ford government has underfunded the education system by $6.3 billion since 2018." #onpoli www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...
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‘Burnout and violence’: Education workers calling for more support in schools
Education workers and labour leaders are begging Ontario’s premier to provide more support in schools.
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Six years ago today, the police murdered #GeorgeFloyd sent shock waves round the world.
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Sorry World, but Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is not the climate guy you thought
A letter to global climate movement friends (along with some other quick updates and actions)
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
NEW: A new book argues the left has failed to confront Canada’s resurgent right. www.readthemaple.com/the-left-has...
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The Left Has Failed To Confront Canada’s Resurgent Right
A new book explores how the radical right has become mainstream, and what can be done to stop it.
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...
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Opinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The Current with Matt Galloway: Ex-Homicide Inspector calls out the Toronto police
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Feminism means learning to listen too rabble.ca/columnists/l...
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Feminism means learning to listen too
Effecting change can require building coalitions, and building coalitions requires listening.
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Terrific webinar on climate actionhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=vWW524jKvC0
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SFC Webinar with Bill McKibben - April 8, 2026
YouTube video by Seniors For Climate
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 20/04/2026
Western countries have condemned Iran’s restrictions on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as a breach of international law, yet have stayed quiet on the United States' actions in the region.
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Who Is Breaking International Law in the Strait of Hormuz? It’s Not Iran, Says Scholar
While many Western countries have condemned Iran’s restrictions on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as a breach of international law, reaction has been relatively muted about the “clearly unlawful” wa...
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
NEW: Members at several post-secondary unions are demanding that their pension fund divest from firms tied to Israel’s illegal occupation. www.readthemaple.com/university-u...
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University Union Members Want To Divest From Israel’s Crimes
Members at several unions are demanding that their pension fund divest from firms tied to Israel’s illegal occupation.
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
It was 25 years ago that we founded rabble.ca. I had some idea from working at the cbc that the Internet would be a good place for a progressive newspaper.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The House with Catherine Cullen: Avi Lewis on selling socialism to Canadians. Don’t miss it
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rabble.ca @rabble.ca · 13/04/2026
🎂 Founder @judreb.bsky.social joins rabble publisher Sarah Sahagian to talk about what it was like to start up rabble.ca in 2001 and what Rebick hopes the future of progressive journalism will look like. #indienews #canadiannews
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
NEW: Avi Lewis’s Victory Is A Chance For Labour To Revitalize www.readthemaple.com/avi-lewis-vi...
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Avi Lewis’s Victory Is A Chance For Labour To Revitalize
Workers supportive of the NDP’s new direction should think seriously about how their unions are orienting themselves politically
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
An intervirw with me about fihbdi f rabbke.ca rabble.ca/podcast/look...
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Looking back at 25 years of rabble.ca
Founder Judy Rebick joins rabble publisher Sarah Sahagian to talk about what it was like to start up rabble.ca in 2001.
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Jane Kilthei @janekilthei.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Join me in asking the Canada Pension Plan to NOT invest in high-risk gas projects that violate Indigenous rights, undercut Canada’s climate obligations and undermine my retirement security. win.newmode.net/shiftaction/... #cdnpoli #pensions #bcpoli #LNG
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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 12/04/2026
The White House is seeking a record-shattering Pentagon budget of $1.5 trillion for the next fiscal year, the largest year-over-year increase in a presidential military spending request since World War II.
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“A Moral Obscenity”: White House Demands $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget, Largest Increase Since WWII
The White House is seeking a record-shattering Pentagon budget of $1.5 trillion for the next fiscal year, the largest year-over-year increase in a presidential military spending request since World War II. The United States already has the world’s large...
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
"Billions of fans will see the city as #Fifa intends to present it...But behind every meal served and every drink served will be workers who [who] deserve safe and fair working conditions and a community they can afford to live in." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Workers at LA stadium threaten World Cup strike amid anger over ICE
Unite Here co-president demands improvement in working conditions and urges Fifa to keep ICE away from matches
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
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The oil industry is making billions from the Iran war—it should be taxed - CCPA
The current windfall could be Canadian oil's final boom—so the proceeds must be reinvested into economic diversification and industrial planning
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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
For my podcast on @ricochetmedia.bsky.social I sat down with @nolore.bsky.social , @judreb.bsky.social and @mattfodor.bsky.social to talk about @avilewis.ca’s historic victory, the @ndp.ca and the future of social democracy in Canada. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
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PANEL: Reaction to Avi Lewis' NDP Victory
Podcast Episode · In Bed with the Elephant · March 31 · 30m
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freegrassy.bsky.social @freegrassy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
#OutLastCarney #FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows #ShutDownDrydenMill
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Fatcat ex-CEO's like Mark Carney think folks should bow and scrape and give them whatever they want. Not in Scarborough Southwest, where voters have a chance to elect working class tenant/community fighter Fatima Shaban of the NDP on April 13th
NDP Scarborough Southwest April 13th by-election candidate Fatima Shaban (left) with Federal NDP Leader Avi Lewis (right).
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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Canadian Writers: the 2026 period for the Public Lending Right program ends on May 1. #PLR payments are for having one’s books in Canadian public libraries. publiclendingright.ca
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The Public Lending Right (PLR) Program
It pays to have your books in Canada’s libraries! Learn more about the Public Lending Right Program
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Jane Kilthei @janekilthei.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Our call stands: Stop the Prisoners’ Execution Law. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/our-...
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Our call stands: Stop the Prisoners’ Execution Law
This law was passed by the Israeli Knesset on March 30, 2026. Its passing marks a dangerous and unprecedented escalation in Israel’s pursuit of Palestinian erasure. This law mandates the death...
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freegrassy.bsky.social @freegrassy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
@mark-carney.bsky.social will you come to #GrassyNarrows and apologize?
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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
If you live in one of the 3 by-election ridings and didn’t get a voter card, you can show up at the polls with ID and cast your ballot. #CDNPoli www.elections.ca/content.aspx...
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ID to Vote
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I had a great conversation with @caradrianh.bsky.social, @judreb.bsky.social and @mattfodor.bsky.social just as the NDP Convention was wrapping ... take a listen! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
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PANEL: Reaction to Avi Lewis' NDP Victory
Podcast Episode · In Bed with the Elephant · March 31 · 30m
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Donate for Cuba open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
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Canada Must Stand With Cuba
Donald Trump made a chilling boast the other day.
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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
On my @ricochet podcast. #AviLewis Wins: A Historic Left Turn for the #NDP” A panel discussion about the significance of Lewis’s victory and next steps for Canada’s social democratic party w/ @nolore.bsky.social , @judreb.bsky.social @mattfodor.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
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PANEL: Reaction to Avi Lewis' NDP Victory
Podcast Episode · In Bed with the Elephant · March 31 · 30m
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 29/03/2026
And we're LIVE! Join @DesmondCole live on the NDP convention floor in Winnipeg as we find out who will be the party's next federal leader. He'll be joined by guests @naomiaklein.bsky.social, El Jones, Martin Lukacs, and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=741B...
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The Breach’s NDP leadership race coverage - LIVE from Winnipeg
YouTube video by The Breach
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I'm up live from the NDP Convention with the results coming very soon ... just after Don Davies' speech. I'm live streaming here: noraloreto.substack.com
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Nora Loreto | Substack
All the news I can't break anywhere else. Click to read Nora Loreto, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
There are a lot of party operatives with their heads hung low and talking #ndp2026
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Congratulations @judreb.bsky.social & @desmondcole.bsky.social 👏🏻
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Ann Douglas @anndouglas.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I listened to this episode yesterday and I’m still thinking about it. It was so fun and so high energy. Thanks for this absolute gift of a conversation, @judreb.bsky.social and Martin Lukas.
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Please join Graasy Narrows in this important struggle
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 29/03/2026
The Palestine Mental Health Network is urging mental health professionals to resign from the International Psychoanalytical Association over the organization's anti-Palestinian bias. mondoweiss.net/2026/03/psyc... #Palestine #Israel
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Psychoanalysts are resigning from the International Psychoanalytical Association over its anti-Palestinian double standard
The Palestine Mental Health Network is urging mental health professionals to resign from the International Psychoanalytical Association over the organization’s anti-Palestinian bias.
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Please join Graasy Narrows in this important struggle
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ctvmarkvillani.bsky.social @ctvmarkvillani.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is calling for a provincewide day of protest on May 29, accusing the Smith government of pursuing what it describes as a radical agenda that lacks public support. More here👇 #yyc #ableg #abpoli @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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‘You don’t get to call it a democracy when you write the questions yourself’: provincewide protest announced by AFL
The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) announced a province-wide day of protest for May 29 to stand up against what they said in a release as “an increasingly radical and undemocratic agenda from the ...
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Lloyd Axworthy: Canada once rejected America’s aggressive, unlawful foreign policy. Today Mark Carney embraced it
By endorsing preventive strikes on Iran during ongoing diplomacy, and after Washington itself shredded the previous agreement, we are embracing the very doctrine we used to reject, writes Lloyd Axwort...
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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
If you don’t already follow @nolore.bsky.social I suggest you do. This is was a gut punch. For many reasons. Not least of which the mirror it threw up in my face. “To say something is complicated is to engage in dishonesty and cowardice.” Give 👇🏼 a read. noraloreto.substack.com/p/an-uncompl...
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An uncomplicated grief
Meditations on the urge to say what isn't being said.
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Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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The numbers don’t lie: The housing crisis is not caused by a supply shortage - CCPA
Financialization, not demographics, caused the cost of housing to explode
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