Beyond Resistance: Making better world in the here and now
The essay below is both parts of the essay that was published in two parts in rabble.ca“Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a...
View ArticleWriting an e book
After I visited Occupy Wall Street in mid-October, I wrote my publisher Penguin and suggested that they re-issue Transforming Power as an e book since it covers a lot of elements that helped to build...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Victory of Thomas Mulcair
Most of the mainstream media, with the help of the Mulcair and Topp campaigns, constructed the leadership battle at the NDP convention as a battle between those who wanted to move to the centre to win...
View ArticleThe common language of pots and pans
I am sitting in a cafe in Calgary crying while I watch another joyous and beautiful video of the pots and pans marches in Quebec - "The Sound Your Life Makes." I don't know if it is the inspiring music...
View ArticleThe common language of pots and pans
I am sitting in a cafe in Calgary crying while I watch another joyous and beautiful video of the pots and pans marches in Quebec - "The Sound Your Life Makes." I don't know if it is the inspiring music...
View ArticleThe common language of pots and pans
I am sitting in a cafe in Calgary crying while I watch another joyous and beautiful video of the pots and pans marches in Quebec - "The Sound Your Life Makes." I don't know if it is the inspiring music...
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2012: A Year of Activism from Maple Spring to Idle No More
I think we will look back at 2012 as the year that everything changed. The year began with what became a powerful strike of Quebec students against an intransigent government and ended with an historic...
View ArticleIdle No More: A profound social movement that is already succeeding
I haven’t written about Idle No More yet because I am inspired by the plethora of Indigenous voices that we are finally hearing across the country, including of late in the mainstream media. If I...
View ArticleWelcome to transforming power
Welcome to the transforming power web site. Below is Judy Rebick's blog, which also appears on rabble.ca. I write mostly about social movements which today means a focus on Occupy. My newest book is...
View ArticleWhat is compassionate activism and how can we practice it?
by Judy Rebick and Velcrow RipperWe have been great friends for the last ten years. Judy comes from a history of left and feminist activism, Velcrow is an activist film maker who has focused on...
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