Judy Rebick in 2005.

Judy Rebick (born 1945 in Reno, Nevada) is a Canadian journalist and political activist. Although sometimes controversial, she is one of Canada's most prominent and respected left wing media figures. Image File history File links Judy_Rebick. ... Image File history File links Judy_Rebick. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... City nickname: The Biggest Little City in the World Founded May 13, 1868 County Washoe County Mayor Bob Cashell Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 179. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms that refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially but not exclusively in the American sense of the word...

Rebick was a Trotskyist activist in the 1970s, active with the Revolutionary Marxist Group and its successor the Revolutionary Workers League. She was editor of the RWL's newspaper, Socialist Voice for several years. Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The Revolutionary Marxist Group was a Trotskyist political organization in Canada in the 1970s. ... The Revolutionary Workers League/Ligue Ouvrière Révolutionnaire was a Canadian Trostkyist party formed on August 8, 1977 by the fusion of the Revolutionary Marxist Group and its Quebec counterpart, the Groupe Marxiste Revolutionnarie with the League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvrière. ...

She quit the RWL and the Trotsyist movement in the early 1980s and refocused her efforts on the broader feminist movement. She was particularly active in the abortion rights issue, as a leader in the Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics and a supporter of Dr. Henry Morgentaler. The morality and legality of abortion are controversial topics. ... Henry Morgentaler, M.D., LL.D. honourary (born March 19, 1923, in Lodz, Poland) is a Canadian medical doctor and long time abortion activist from Montreal. ...

She also became more active with the Ontario New Democratic Party in the mid-1980s, leading an internal group called the "Campaign for an Activist Party". She headed the CAP's slate for the party executive in 1986, on a platform of making the NDP more "movement-oriented" and involved in extra-parliamentary politics. The CAP also opposed the concessions which the NDP had made the previous year, in providing support for the Ontario's Liberal minority government. Though the CAP generated a significant degree of grassroots support, it was opposed by the party establishment (including party leader Bob Rae) and failed. Rebick lost her bid to become party president, losing to Gillian Sanderman by a margin of 818 votes to 361. The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Ontario Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ontario Liberal Party is a center-right provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. ... A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed by the leading political party when it has won a plurality but not a majority of seats in the parliament. ... Robert Keith (Bob) Rae, PC , OC, O.Ont , QC , LL.B , LL.D (born August 2, 1948, in Ottawa, Ontario) was the 21st premier of Ontario, and the first leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) to serve in that capacity. ...

She ran as the NDP candidate in the suburban Toronto riding of Oriole in the 1987 provincial election, finishing third, well behind Liberal Elinor Caplan. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Established: March 6, 1834 Area: East to West: 43 km North to South: 21 km629. ... In the British Isles since Anglo-Saxon times, a riding is traditionally a sub-division (especially in three) of a county, in Australia analogous. ... David Petersons Liberals were returned to power with a large majority. ... Hon. ...

Rebick first gained national prominence as president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women from 1990 to 1993. She subsequently appeared on CBC Newsworld as cohost with Claire Hoy of the political debate series Face Off. When that show ended to make way for counterSpin in 1998, Rebick continued as a freelance journalist for a variety of media outlets, and launched rabble.ca, a web magazine and discussion forum. This article is about the year. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... CBC Newsworld is a Canadian 24-hour cable news television channel operated by the CBC. It broadcasts into over 10 million homes nation-wide, as well as into some northern states in the U.S. It is the worlds third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... rabble is a Canadian website which among other services publishes journalism on a daily basis primarily relating to social justice and progressive politics. ... This NeXTcube used by Berners-Lee at CERN became the first Web server. ...

With Svend Robinson and Libby Davies, she helped lead the New Politics Initiative, a movement within the New Democratic Party to refocus it as an activist left-wing party. The NPI's platform was rejected at the 2001 NDP convention in Winnipeg, but it captured the imagination of some New Democrats and suggested a way to return to its left-wing roots, away from a perceived movement towards third way centrism. She helped to wind down the NPI in 2003, claiming that many of its ideals had been embraced by new party leader Jack Layton (whom Rebick had voted for in the 2003 NDP leadership contest.) Svend Robinson Svend Johannes Robinson (born March 4, 1952) is a Canadian politician and prominent activist for gay rights. ... Libby Davies (born February 27, 1953) is a Canadian Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party, representing the riding of Vancouver East in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... The New Politics Initiative (or NPI) was a faction of Canadas New Democratic Party. ... The New Democratic Party (NDP) is a political party in Canada with a social democratic philosophy and moderate democratic socialist tendencies. ... Third way can refer to: The Third Way, an economic and political idea that positions itself between democratic socialism and laissez-faire capitalism, combining the ordoliberal social market with neo-liberalism. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Hon. ...

Rebick is currently the Canadian Auto Workers Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy at Ryerson University in Toronto. She is the volunteer publisher of rabble.ca, and she continues to write for and collaborate with that publication's editorial board and writes the auntie.com advice column on the website. Canadian Auto Workers Logo The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) (properly the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada) is one of Canadas largest and highest profile trade unions. ... Photo of Ryersons Quad and Kerr Hall in downtown Toronto Ryerson University is a publicly funded post-secondary education institution located in the heart of downtown Toronto, Ontario, which is Canadas largest city. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ...

Her latest book is Ten Thousand Roses: The Making of a Feminist Revolution (2005} ISBN 0143015443 published by Penguin.

External links

• auntie.com
• Judy Rebick's columns on the CBC Newsworld website
• Ten Thousand Roses Penguin Canada page featuring Rebick's latest book.