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Indigenous Rights | Activist Communique: Moccasins ARE on the Ground – Stop the Fat Takers Hurting Mother Earth | Mar 14 2013 | Krystalline Kraus | Respect Existence or Expect Resistance.

Politics in Canada | Alberta still needs a 'city party' -- a role the NDP could fill | Mar 14 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | The NDP can speak for those of us who live in Alberta’s cities, and improve its electoral chances too. Or it can wait for someone else to do it.

Politics in Canada | After close leadership race, which way forward for the Saskatchewan NDP? | Mar 14 2013 | Don Kossick | The snow has still to settle after Ryan Meili's 44 vote loss for the leadership of the Saskatchewan NDP. The win of Cam Broten indicates that the party will likely take a middle of the road course.

Politics in Canada | Federal budget coming next week: What will Flaherty cut? | Mar 14 2013 | Karl Nerenberg | If Flaherty were to decide to give away an additional $2 billion to the oil and gas industry, he would, of course, have to find an additional $2 billion in spending cuts and loophole closings.

Politics in Canada | Majority of NWT residents want plebiscite on devolution agreement, poll | Mar 14 2013 | George Lessard | Alternatives North asked residents across the territory: "In your opinion should the NWT Government ask NWT residents to vote on whether to accept the proposed devolution deal with Ottawa?"

Politics in Canada | Bon Appetit from Stephen Harper! New campaign takes on cuts to public services | Mar 14 2013 | Ethan Cox | A cute, well-produced and scathing video attack on Harper's dangerous cuts to food inspection is the opening shot in an anti-cuts campaign launched today by the Public Service Alliance of Canada.

US Politics | Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike in desperate act of defiance | Mar 14 2013 | Amy Goodman | Reports are emerging from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay that a majority of the prisoners are on a hunger strike.

Arts & Culture | Stompin' Tom Connors: An alternative appreciation | Mar 13 2013 | Sean Carleton | There is a lot more to Stompin' Tom Connors (1936 – 2013) than his brash patriotism, foot stomping stage antics, his famous boycott of the Canadian music industry and his popular tunes.

Economy | Business groups antsy about CETA urge Harper to get on with it | Mar 13 2013 | Stuart Trew | Canada's biggest business lobby groups have sent a joint letter to International Trade Minister Ed Fast supporting the now four-year-old Canada-EU free trade negotiations.

Economy | Politics in Canada | Alternative Federal Budget would take investor rights, patent protection out of CETA and TPP | Mar 13 2013 | Stuart Trew | The 2013 Alternative Federal Budget, released this week by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, argues the Harper government's trade policy is not working for most Canadians.

Elections | Politics in Canada | Targeting change: Retail and Canada's future | Mar 13 2013 | Kendra Coulter | The Canadian retail scene became a little more crowded last week when U.S.-based Target began opening stores. These openings are the latest chapter in a longer, tumultuous story.

Gaza | Excerpts from life in Gaza | Mar 13 2013 | Eva Bartlett | People here act and live the opposite of my own inclinations were I subject to a lifetime of oppression, the killing and imprisonment of my loved ones, and just a generally unfair life...

Labour | Direct action supports Porter Airlines strike | Mar 13 2013 | Humberto DaSilva | Supporters of COPE Local 343, Fuelers of Porter Airlines, blockaded fuel shipments and passenger traffic to the Toronto Island Airport for 90 minutes.

Labour | Politics in Canada | Lobbying: Building the Political Foundation for Tomorrow's Jobs | Mar 13 2013 | Lobbying, or trying to influence those who make policies that affect our lives, is something anyone can do.