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- January 14, 2010
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February 5, 2010| byAlex Samur|Radio book lounge goes underground to explore some highly unconventional forms of publishing. We ask Vancouver-based author, artist and publisher Robert Chaplin about his own underground tactics and how to get started with self-publishing.
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January 28, 2010| byJane Williams|Dave Zirin's People's History of Sports explores the politics of sport and tells the stories of activist athletes. He came to Vancouver at the invitation of the Olympic Resistance Network.
January 21, 2010| byFrank Preyde|Theodore Roszak's latest book revisits a generation he defined 40 years ago reminding readers of the strengths of the baby boomer generation and challenges boomers to again take up the good fight.
January 14, 2010| bySamantha Sternberg|Young writers, the urban landscape and subversive art are just a few of the interests that guided Toronto's Steel Bananas art collective in producing GULCH: An Assemblage of Poetry and Prose.
January 7, 2010| byDonald Gutstein|In this excerpt from his latest book, Donald Gutstein exposes the Fraser Institute's school programs that work "toward changing the climate of opinion in Canada."
December 18, 2009| bySamantha Power|We take a look back at the progressive books rabble reviewed this year.
December 17, 2009| byDonna Barker|Weaving concrete advice from her own life with ideas from many of her frugal friends Thrifty offers encouraging, entertaining and eclectic ways to live a frugal life with style.
December 16, 2009| byJune Chua|In her new book Sheema Khan proposes a smarter examination of how to deal with the misunderstandings inherent in the discourse about Muslims in the modern world.
December 11, 2009| bySamantha Power|As the world debates the climate crisis and it's solutions in Copenhagen, Albertans are being asked to take command of their own contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions.
December 3, 2009| bySamantha Power|On the 10th anniversary of the Battle of Seattle rabble.ca spoke with organizer David Solnit about his new book compiling stories and evaluations of the success of the protest in Seattle.
November 27, 2009| byMalalai Joya and Derrick O'Keefe|In this excerpt from her biography, Malalai Joya describes her life in Afghanistan, the origins of her name and the reluctance she first felt about writing a book.
