Blogging is changing the media world and could… foment a revolution in how journalism functions in our culture.
—Andrew Sullivan, Wired Magazine

Blogs (short for Web-logs) are a form of online insta-publishing that features the ideas, opinions and interests of its author, the blogger. Blogs can offer a rich source of links and work to instigate public engagement. While some blogs are primarily personal, many bloggers have quickly become DIY (do-it-yourself) journalists, researchers and columnists. In doing so, they’re transforming how we get our news.

In recent months, war-blogging has become a focus for many bloggers, who use their space to interpret, decipher and decode the massive amounts of media on the coming war against Iraq. The blog phenomenon has produced many loud and articulate blog communities speaking out against war. If you don’t know them already, now’s a good time for an introduction.

Here, rabble.ca offers a selection of blogs that get down and dirty against the war.

Canadian Content

Resist — This multi-authored Canadian blog focuses on anti-war sentiment or (as the blog declares) “free and critical thought in these sinister times.”

The New Forum — A Montreal-based blogger posts news and views about war on Iraq.

Circulars — Features posts from international “poets, artists and critics responding to U.S. foreign policy.”

Stand Down — With nearly 100 active participants, this is a self-described “Left-Right Blog Opposing an Invasion of Iraq.”

Poems about War — Vancouverite Caterina has dedicated a section of her blog to poems about, you guessed it, war.

Jak’s Views from Vancouver — The title says it all.

International Blogs

Where is Raed? — One of the only Iraq-based blogs in English, this blogger posts commentary on daily life in Baghdad.

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts— Quarsan, a Belgian blogger, discusses his take on Iraq, Britain, and U.S.

National Philistine — Blogger Paul Chan recently returned from Iraq as part of the Iraq Peace Team and heads the Snapshot Baghdad Action.

Mike Plaisted’s Anti-War Blog — This U.S.-based blog is 100 per cent dedicated to anti-war discussion, well-written and heavily opinionated.

MidEastLog— American Ben Granby is a faithful blog-a-day author who writes about his travels in Iraq, Israel, and throughout the Middle East.

Ich Bin Ein Iraqi— Author Camille Roy blogs about her childhood growing up in Iraq, and her thoughts on the current state of world affairs.

Back to Iraq 2.0— Former New York Daily News reporter Christopher Albritton has started a fundraiser on his blog to pay his way to Iraq, where he plans to do independent journalism.

Keiran Healy’s PSA — An archived blog entry parodying the U.S. Homeland Security site.