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[[File:Rabble.png|thumb|Rabble logo]]

| name = rabble.ca

'''rabble.ca''' is an alternative, left-leaning<ref>{{Cite book|last=Taras|first=David|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=JQ7YBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA268|title=Digital Mosaic: Media, Power, and Identity in Canada|date=2015-01-26|publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]]|year=|isbn=978-1-4426-0889-4|___location=|pages=268|language=en}}</ref> [[Canada|Canadian]] online magazine founded in 2001.<ref name=torpor>{{cite news|last1=Landsberg|first1=Michele|title=Rabble.ca may rouse us from torpor|work=[[Toronto Star]]|date= April 14, 2001|id={{ProQuest|438275106}}|issn=03190781}}</ref> ''rabble.ca'' works in partnership with the [[Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives]] and the Centre for Social Justice.<ref name=torpor/> It features podcasts, videos and a [[Internet forum|discussion board]] called ''babble''.<ref>"Canadians to clear up health care myths for Americans; rabble.ca posts U.S. health care page debunking myths and posting health care testimonials". ''Fox Creek Times'', September 16, 2009.</ref>

| logo = Rabble.ca logo 2021.png

| type = News and opinion

| language = English

| url = {{URL|https://rabble.ca/}}

| launch_date = April 18, 2001

| headquarters = 192 Spadina Avenue, Suite 300, [[Toronto]], ON, M5T 2C2<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact |url=https://rabble.ca/contact |publisher=Rabble |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>

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'''rabble.ca''' is an alternativeindependent, non profit, left-leaning<ref>{{Cite book|last=Taras|first=David|url=https://books.google.cacom/books?id=JQ7YBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA268|title=Digital Mosaic: Media, Power, and Identity in Canada|date=2015-01-26|publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]]|year=|isbn=978-1-4426-0889-4|___location=|pages=268|language=en}}</ref> English-language [[Canada|Canadian]] online magazine founded in 2001.<ref name=torpor>{{cite news|last1=Landsberg|first1=Michele|title=Rabble.ca may rouse us from torpor|work=[[Toronto Star]]|date= April 14, 2001|id={{ProQuest|438275106}}|issn=031907810319-0781}}</ref> ''rabble.ca'' works in partnership with the [[Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives]] and the Centre for Social Justice.<ref name=torpor/> It features podcasts, videos and a [[Internet forum|discussion board]] called ''babble''.<ref>"{{cite news|title=Canadians to clear up health care myths for Americans; rabble.ca posts U.S. health care page debunking myths and posting health care testimonials". ''|work=Fox Creek Times'', |date=September 16, 2009.|id={{ProQuest|442600650}} }}</ref>

== History ==

[[Judy Rebick]] and [[Mark Surman]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Everything on (the) Line|url=https://btlbooks.com/book/everything-on-the-line|access-date=2021-05-25|website=btlbooks.com|language=en}}</ref> founded rabble.ca on April 18, 2001.<ref name="Rempel2007">{{cite news|last=Rempel|first=Shauna|title=Fostering political activism; The Internet is now the new launchpad for social mobilization|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|date=August 9, 2007|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20070809/282557308811050|id={{ProQuest|439281078}}|issn=031907810319-0781}}</ref> The launch coincided with the [[3rd Summit of the Americas|Summit of the Americas]] in [[Quebec]],<ref name=torpor/> and rabble covered the Summit during its first week of operation.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Reith|first=Bill|date=2001|title=Review of rabble.ca|journal=Education Forum|volume=27|issue=2|page=33|id={{ProQuest|204987830}}}}</ref>

[[Anti-globalization]] activist [[Jaggi Singh (activist)|Jaggi Singh]] becamewas one of the website's mostan activeearly contributorscontributor. Due to his participation in protests at the [[Summit of the Americas]] he was jailed for offences including possession of a weapon. Rabble, along with other left-wing organisations and activists, wrote an [[open letter]] calling for his release.<ref>{{cite news|last=[[Canadian Press]]|author-link=Canadian Press|title=Summit protester Jaggi Singh granted release|work=[[Sault Star]]|date=May 8, 2001|id={{ProQuest|348424159}} }}</ref>

Upon its launch, the website raised $200,000, which included $120,000 from the [[Atkinson Foundation]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kuitenbrouwer|first=Peter|title=Rabble-rouser: Publisher Judy Rebick's new online magazine offers a forum for leftist thinkers and those descending on Quebec this week|newspaper=[[National Post]]|date=April 19, 2001|id={{ProQuest|329820754}}|issn=1486-8008}}</ref>

In 2005 rabble launched a first podcast network, developed by journalist Wayne MacPhail. In the same year, Judy Rebick resigned as publisher and was replaced by past Managing Editor, Kim Elliott.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reuss |first=Sophia |title=Everything on (the) Line: 20 Years of Social Movement Stories from Rabble. ca |date=2021 |publisher=Between the Lines |others=Christina Turner |isbn=978-1-77113-544-3 |___location=Toronto |pages=12}}</ref> On September 7, 2008, rabble.ca launched a multi-author election blog. The blog featuring authors such as [[Maude Barlow]] and the [[Council of Canadians]] and organizations such as the [[Rideau Institute]].<ref>"{{cite news|title=Diverse voices across Canada featured in new federal election blog on rabble.ca". ''|work=[[Canada NewsWire]]'', |date=September 8, 2008.|id={{ProQuest|453112672}}}}</ref>

== Finances ==

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Rabble's content is free and it is funded by [[online advertising|advertising]], donations, subscriptions and partner foundations. In 2002, rabble appealed to its readers for a proposed donation of $20 a month to expand the website. Rabble releases an annual finances report which lists its donors. According to the 2010 report, the website had 900 members and 200 one-time donors.

== Contributors ==

[[Judy Rebick]], [[Naomi Klein]], [[Francine Pelletier (journalist)|Francine Pelletier]], Anna Dashtgard, Patty Barrera, [[Priscilla Settee]], [[Penney Kome]], [[Doris Anderson]], [[Ann Shin]] and Sandra DeLaronde were among the original contributors at the launch of the website.<ref>"{{cite news|title=Ready for the rabble". ''|work=[[Canada NewsWire]]'', |date=April 17, 2001.|id={{ProQuest|454516528}}}}</ref>

Judy Rebick retired in 2006 and was replaced by [[Amnesty International]] member Kim Elliott.<ref>[[{{cite news|last=Zerbisias|first=Antonia|author-link=Antonia Zerbisias]], "|title=Women on top of anti-war wave". ''|work=[[Toronto Star]]'', |date=May 6, 2009.|id={{ProQuest|439565062}}|issn=0319-0781}}</ref>

Former ''[[Financial Post]]'' columnist Murray Dobbin is the guest senior contributing editor for ''rabble.ca''.<ref>Sarah{{cite news|last=Boesveld, "|first=Sarah|title=Blue but not Tory; Left lets loose with vitriolic rants online". ''|work=[[National Post]]'', |date=May 4, 2011.|id={{ProQuest|865220029}}}}</ref>

The advisory committee of ''rabble.ca'' is composed of Dave Mitchell, Fred Wilson, John Urquhart, [[Linda McQuaig]], [[Lynn Coady]], and Sharon Fraser.

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== References ==

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==External links==

*{{Official website|https://rabble.ca}}

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