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'''rabble.ca''' is an alternative, left-leaning<ref>{{Cite book|last=Taras|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQ7YBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA268|title=Digital Mosaic: Media, Power, and Identity in Canada|date=2015-01-26|publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]]|isbn=978-1-4426-0889-4|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=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]] 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]] 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]]|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=148680081486-8008}}</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>

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[[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=031907810319-0781}}</ref>

Former ''[[Financial Post]]'' columnist Murray Dobbin is the guest senior contributing editor for ''rabble.ca''.<ref>{{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>

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== References ==

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