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3 days ago | rabble.ca | Tom Sandborn

As autocrats near and far wage war on independent judiciaries, a study of courts and judges under the Third Reich provides us with some important learnings for our current world crisis. Hitler’s Justice: The Courts of the Third Reich, by German legal scholar Ingo Müller, was originally published in Germany in 1987, and an English version appeared in 1991. Despite the time that has elapsed since Müller’s book first appeared, it is as timely today as it was then.

3 days ago | rabble.ca | Tom Sandborn

Dear rabble readers, For as long as there have been humans, there has been labour. As the world marched forward—particularly with the onset of the Industrial Revolution and the rise of capitalism—the nature of labour and the challenges it posed changed dramatically.

1 week ago | rabble.ca | Breanne Doyle

This month on Off the Hill, our guests examined the tension between the federal government’s push for pipeline development and its commitments to Indigenous Peoples. While the Throne Speech pledged to advance reconciliation, and respect free, prior and informed consent, the push for more pipelines seems to contradict those promises. Can Canada expand pipelines while honouring Indigenous rights? And how do these plans interfere with Canada’s climate commitments?

1 week ago | rabble.ca | David Suzuki

It’s never been more important for people in Canada to focus on protecting and restoring life-sustaining nature and advancing social justice. But our governments are instead fuelling accelerated industrial expansion and trampling Indigenous rights. It’s dismaying. Governments throughout Canada are showing a renewed zeal for extraction, often accompanied by a failure to uphold Indigenous rights.

1 week ago | rabble.ca | David J. Climenhaga

With recent polling results giving many MLAs in the Alberta NDP’s substantial Opposition caucus the jitters, the by-election next Monday in Edmonton-Ellerslie is shaping up to be a significant test for party Leader Naheed Nenshi. There will be two other by-elections on June 23. One is in Edmonton-Strathcona where Nenshi is expected finally to be elected with relative ease and gain a seat in the Legislature.