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Labour | Viva Con! Hasta la Victoria Siempre con Conrad – putting the 'cross' back in Crossharbour! | May 23 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | So irascible has become Lord Black's incessant columnizing that one keeps expecting him to heap vitriol on restaurants too dimly lit to read the menu.

Indigenous Rights | Activist Communique: Power in the name -- the reclaiming of PKOLS (Mount Douglas) | May 22 2013 | Krystalline Kraus | On May 22 at 5 p.m., a powerful renaming ceremony will take place in British Columbia. Name and Blood both hold important power of identity for First Nations communities.

Indigenous Rights | The PKOLS reclamation: Saturating the land with our stories | May 22 2013 | Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | Building a strong, connected Indigenous Nationhood Movement rests on reclaiming the lands and sacred sites we have been removed from.

Labour | Tim Hudak looks to import anti-union politics from south of the border | May 22 2013 | Dave Coles | While Hudak claims to be promoting "worker choice,” attacking unions' financial security is designed to weaken a civil society critic and empower big business.

Politics in Canada | Pack the Senate with cheats, then call for reform, then take off for Peru? Good plan! | May 22 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | Unfortunately for the PM's "reform" talk, the only way to fix the Senate that will actually work is to abolish it.

Politics in Canada | Biased, lapdog investigations mean cover-up of Senate scandal likely, public inquiry needed | May 22 2013 | Democracy Watch | Biased, lapdog investigations mean cover-up of Senate scandal most likely outcome and public inquiry will be needed – Wright, Duffy should be found guilty of violating ethics rules

Politics in Canada | NDP launches new campaign to abolish the Senate | May 22 2013 | rabble staff | NDP leader Tom Mulcair said today that an NDP government would work to abolish the Senate.

Politics in Canada | Addiction, enablers and Rob Ford | May 22 2013 | Heather Morgan | The culture of collusion around addicts who refuse to even admit they have a problem is a serious concern with anyone in a position of power.

Politics in Canada | We already have enough facts to know Harper is the true author of Senate scandal | May 22 2013 | Karl Nerenberg | There is lots of talk about what Prime Minister Harper may or may not have known about the $90,000 his chief of staff gave Mike Duffy.

Technology | Don't let trade shut down the Internet: Weekly news update from OpenMedia.ca | May 22 2013 | Arielle dela Cruz Yip | Here is Arielle with the Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca, introducing Our Fair Deal Coalition.

Anti-Racism | Gaza | Video: Palestine solidarity activists protest Toronto awards gala featuring Morgan Freeman | May 21 2013 | rabble staff | CAIA protested outside the venue where Morgan Freeman accepted an award from Canadian Friends of Hebrew University, ignoring the cultural and academic boycott of Israel.

Anti-Racism | Media Matters | Politics in Canada | How to provoke race hatred: On the Roma, Sun TV and the responsibility of broadcasters | May 21 2013 | Karl Nerenberg | might stand in the way of the network’s getting compulsory carriage on cable systems throughout Canada, it saw the light it, and made a tepid apology.

Arts & Culture | Feminism | Elle Canada makes strides towards diversity: A look at the June issue | May 21 2013 | Emily Yakashiro | Canadian fashion magazine Elle Canada recently caught our eye for publishing not one but TWO articles on fashion and cultural appropriation in their latest issue.

Arts & Culture | New Babble Book Club selection: 'Godless but Loyal to Heaven' by Richard Van Camp | May 21 2013 | Kaitlin McNabb | The Babble Book Club's new selection is 'Godless but Loyal to Heaven' by Richard Van Camp a novel of short stories about the realities of Native life.