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Book recommendations? | Kaitlin McNabb said... Also, I thought we could parlay this thread in to just general recommendations. We have the 'what...

Happy Pi Day! | Michelle said... We had a fun Pi Day feast tonight with Maysie and her partner. :) Leftovers galore, of course...

How the Left has won | KenS said... huh, sleep walking to the workers paradise. does the New Jerusalem have therapists for...

Freedom Press, London's anarchist bookstore and publishing house (circa. 1886), firebombed | epaulo13 said... drifting away... catchfire ..your post brought a memory ..in 2008 in the south of france i met a...

History is a Weapon | Caissa said... Almost any hisorian would agree with what is written above. in

The Beginner's guide to cooking Korean Food | Boom Boom said... Is there also a Beginners Guide to cooking Canadian Food? in

Literacy Privilege | Catchfire said... Part 2: But Wait… You’re an English Teacher Part 3: A Few Final Points Before I Let...

Parlour Games | Unionist said... http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/games/sl_dictionary.htm in

Free to be...you and me | Jacob Two-Two said... After all this time, I can still sing nearly the whole album from memory. Definitely a defining...

Thomas Jefferson, Slaveowner | 6079_Smith_W said... He was messed up in a lot of ways other than his slave-owning, though that was bad enough. The fact...

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More on Mumming! | May 20 2013 | Holly Adams | A brief "How-to" for folks wanting to create some delightful, performative havoc in a Mummers style.

Getting private health care wrong | May 19 2013 | Steven Shrybman | Jeffrey Simpson doesn't seem to understand -- or want to understand the pitfalls of private health care delivery. Here's how he gets it wrong, says Steven Shrybman.

Adventures on the eBook Frontier - Dispatch 27 | May 18 2013 | Cathi Bond, Gerald Hannon | Holey Moley - Gay Activist Gerald Hannon Reviewed my Novel Night Town

Cultural exception and state funding for the Quebec film industry | May 17 2013 | Guillaume Hebert | In the past, Québec has developed policy to support the cultural scene in the name of the principle of cultural exception. In the last year, some have put this approach into question entirely.

No laughing matter: On comedians' blackface fetish in Quebec | May 17 2013 | Nydia Dauphin | Quebec comedians have a strange affliction. It sporadically resurfaces time and again and it's proven almost impossible to cure.

Mayworks Festival: Milagros for Migrants installation honours migrant workers | May 16 2013 | Muna Mire | Min Sook Lee describes the multimedia installation she helped to curate, Milagros for Migrants, as "an organic meeting of two artistic practices."

Excerpt: Historical reformers: Why and how democratic institutions change | May 16 2013 | Dennis Pilon | 'Wrestling with Democracy' by Dennis Pilon provides a historical and comparative look at electoral reform (or lack thereof) of western industrialized countries over the past century.

Collateral damage: Spartacus Books fight against Vancouver's incessant gentrification | May 14 2013 | Kaitlin McNabb | Spartacus Books is another casualty of the increased gentrification in Vancouver and talks about what this will mean for them and Vancouver's DTES.

Class Film Projects | May 13 2013 | Holly Adams | Guest blogger Rebekkah Adams helps you do a film project with your group!

No fun? No point: Vancouver's political boredom | May 13 2013 | Michael Stewart | Over the last two weeks, Vancouver's downtown has witnessed an unprecedented rash of closures or evictions. In response, the city has adopted a new defensive pose: embarrassment and boredom.

No Burqas Behind Bars: Documentary looks at women in Afghanistan's prisons | May 10 2013 | Samantha Sarra | With unprecedented access inside Takhar Prison in Afghanistan, filmmaker Nima Sarvestani takes us on a compelling journey in his documentary No Burqas Behind Bars.

Review: From hell and back: Searching for self at the crossroads of social change | May 9 2013 | Kathleen Yamazaki | Night Town by Cathi Bond is a coming-of-age story of a young woman, and a shifting nation, growing up in the rapidly changing social fabric of 1970s Toronto and searching for acceptance and progress.

Indie Inside: The Caravan | May 7 2013 | rabble staff | This month's Indie Inside have a question to ask Harper. Enter eclectic powerhouse, The Caravan.

If poets were premiers | May 6 2013 | Michael Stewart | In which Blind Man with a Pistol muses over whether it's time we let a poet run this province. Luckily for us, there's one not too far away from the reins of power.

Exploring Canadian culture and art form at Hot Docs | May 3 2013 | Rick Salutin | The Hot Docs film festival is a phenomenon. In just 20 years it's become huge. Built around documentaries. How does that happen? And why here?