Due to his participation in protests at the Summit of the Americas he was jailed for offences including possession of a weapon.

In the same year, Judy Rebick resigned as publisher and was replaced by past Managing Editor, Kim Elliott.

[11] Judy Rebick, Naomi Klein, 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.

[14] The advisory committee of rabble.ca is composed of Dave Mitchell, Fred Wilson, John Urquhart, Linda McQuaig, Lynn Coady, and Sharon Fraser.

Shauna Rempel of the Toronto Star praised Rabble for its use of the Internet to propel activism,[6] while journalist Colby Cosh dismissed it as "a hobby for Judy Rebick [...] on the Canadian left" and a "vanity web project".