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[[Judy Rebick]] 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=03190781}}</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]] became one of the website's most active contributors. 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]]|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}}</ref>
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