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Civil Liberties Watch | Police violence on the rise in Montreal | Mar 23 2012 | Stefan Christoff | From riot police violence against the growing Québec-wide student strike, to continued police killings in the city, Montreal police are facing a growing crisis in public confidence.

Economy | Enduring austerity to ensure prosperity: The Saskatchewan Advantage! | Mar 23 2012 | Simon Enoch | One might reasonably ask what the purpose of all this prosperity is, when we cannot seem to make basic investments in one area without commensurate cuts in others.

Environment | Government and industry tar sands spin clean-up happening in Europe | Mar 23 2012 | Andrea Harden-Donahue | This past week, Trade Campaigner Stuart Trew participated in a European Lobby Busting Tour exposing Canada's confuse-and-bully campaign against a European climate policy.

Media Matters | Public broadcasting, public media and the CBC | Mar 23 2012 | Rick Salutin | What is more public: the CBC or the Internet? Maybe what we need is a distinction between public broadcasting, which is a mere matter of who formally owns a network, and public media.

NDP | Politics in Canada | Why the NDP leadership race matters | Mar 23 2012 | Jesse Zimmerman | This Saturday, NDP members will make a decision with historic implications. In this age of austerity, the last thing the party needs is a leader backed by Canada's 1 per cent.

NDP | Why I'm supporting Peggy Nash and Nathan Cullen | Mar 23 2012 | Gary Shaul | Nash is the best candidate to move the NDP forward in these challenging times. Cullen remains my second choice.

Occupy | US Politics | A visit to Occupy Wall Street: This movement is too important to fail | Mar 23 2012 | Derrick O'Keefe | Last weekend I was in New York City attending Left Forum, conveniently located at PACE University in Lower Manhattan, just a short walk from Zuccotti Park.

Politics in Canada | Ethics Commissioner finally rules properly in Paradis case, but what about others involved? | Mar 23 2012 | Democracy Watch | Federal Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson has finally issued a ruling that complies with the Conflict of Interest Act when she concluded that Christian Paradis' actions were unethical.

microaggressions are non-physical, often non-verbal forms of violence

Anti-Racism | Outrage over the killing of Trayvon Martin | Mar 22 2012 | Amy Goodman | On Sunday, Feb. 26, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin walked to a convenience store in Sanford, Fla. On his way home, with his Skittles and iced tea, the African-American teenager was shot and killed.

Anti-Racism | Activist Communiqué: No One Is Illegal - Toronto blitzes MP offices demanding that the Refugee Exclusion Act be axed | Mar 22 2012 | Krystalline Kraus | Members of No One Is Illegal Toronto and allies in St. Catherines hand delivered letters to seven of the twelve members of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM) today.

Civil Liberties Watch | Refugee policies should be evidence-based | Mar 22 2012 | Susan McGrath | Empirical research that would improve refugee legislation and the practices of our refugee determination system is being overlooked to the detriment of refugees and the Canadian public.