1. Judy Rebick was born on August 15,1945 and is a Canadian writer, journalist, political activist, and feminist.
16 Facts About Judy Rebick
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Judy Rebick became a socialist activist in the 1970s, joining the Revolutionary Marxist Group.
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Judy Rebick was a member of its successor, the Revolutionary Workers League, and wrote articles for the RWL's newspaper, Socialist Voice, until she left the organization in the early 1980s.
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Judy Rebick first gained prominence in her role as spokesperson for the Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics, a pro-choice group, in the 1980s.
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In 1983, when a man attacked Henry Morgentaler with garden shears outside of his Toronto abortion clinic, Judy Rebick blocked the attack, and Morgentaler escaped unharmed.
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Judy Rebick became active in the mid-1980s with an internal group within the Ontario New Democratic Party called the "Campaign for an Activist Party".
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Judy Rebick lost her bid to become party president, losing to Gillian Sandeman, 818 votes to 361.
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Judy Rebick worked for The Canadian Hearing Society during the 1970s and 1980s as special projects director.
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Judy Rebick became a nationally known figure as president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women from 1990 to 1993.
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Judy Rebick was a regular commentator on CBC TV's Sunday Report and CBC Radio.
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Judy Rebick was during that time a columnist with Elm Street, the London Free Press, and on CBC Online.
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Judy Rebick initiated the wind down of the NPI in 2003, claiming that many of its ideals had been embraced by new party leader Jack Layton.
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Judy Rebick published Transforming Power: From the Personal to the Political.
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Judy Rebick, who is Jewish, took part in protests against the State of Israel's military actions in the 2009 Gaza conflict.
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Judy Rebick began visiting Occupy camps starting with Zuccotti Park in New York on October 16,2011, after the movement had exploded in growth overnight and camps had been established in cities throughout the US and Canada.
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Judy Rebick began promoting the Occupy movement, and in March 2012 her book Occupy This was released by Penguin Canada.