Rebecca Kemble

Rebecca Kemble is a grandmother and water protector who lives with her extended family on Ho Chunk territory in Madison, WI. As a journalist, she has covered water protection actions against mining and pipelines for over a decade for the Wisconsin Citizens Media Cooperative, Progressive Magazine and Toward Freedom. An elected alderperson on the Madison Common Council from 2015-2021, Rebecca is currently involved with many projects, including the Line 5 Coalition, Madison Mutual Aid Network, Solidarity Economy Principles Project, regional food systems advocacy, worker cooperative development and various media projects.

Lives Yes, Pipelines No!
Against the Current, No. 223, March/April 2023

Blocking an Ecocidal Pipeline
Against the Current, No. 215, November/December 2021

Eyewitness at Standing Rock
Against the Current, No. 186, January/February 2017