Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to attend a remarkable gathering of the global peace movement in London. The World Against War conference, held December 1-2 in the British capital, brought together over 1200 delegates from almost 30 countries to discuss Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, the threat of an attack against Iran, and much more.

Tommy Douglas, pioneering advocate of universal health care, vocal opponent of aggressive war, and life-long socialist, has been voted the “Greatest Canadian” of all time.

The voting system, one must note — which allowed multiple votes by phone, email or text message — could be described as making Afghanistan's or Florida's vote-counting look “free and fair.” Nevertheless, Tommy Douglas's supporters proved to be the most numerous and/or the most zealous.

The reign of TINA, There Is No Alternative, is beginning to come to an end.

In Bolivia, Evo Morales has swept into the presidency after years of popular mobilization; the long-suffering indigenous and poor majority is demanding an alternative economic and social order.

In Venezuela, seven years after Hugo Chavez first won power, the Bolivarian Revolution is demonstrating an alternative path, powered by a people awakened to political action and in the process of transforming their society.

Part of the reason for the resurgent radicalism in Latin America is the fact that the United State

Over the past month, there's been a minor flurry of stories in the corporate media about internal disputes in B.C.'s New Democratic Party (NDP) — a sure sign that Liberal fortunes are sagging.

Today is Bastille Day in France, a national holiday that marks a key event of the French Revolution. It's the perfect time, especially in this year marking the 40th anniversary of les événements âe" Franceâe(TM)s most recent near-revolution âe" in the summer of âe(TM)68, to look across the Atlantic for some political inspiration for North Americaâe(TM)s beleaguered political Left.

On one level, France is suffering under a rather familiar conservative regime.

Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist who has reported extensively from occupied Iraq. He is currently on a speaking tour, providing valuable first-hand accounts that penetrate beyond most of the stories from Iraq in the mainstream media. Jamail will be among the featured speakers at the March 19 anti-war rally in Vancouver on the second anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Derrick O'Keefe: You have been described as an unembedded reporter in Iraq.

The World Peace Forum (WPF) began June 23, in Vancouver.

Thousands of delegates converged on the city to discuss war, militarism and potential alternatives. The ambitious project was initiated during the majority rule of COPE at City Hall, and it also aims to bring together progressive civic politicians with anti-war activists from around the world.

The WPF has a wide-ranging agenda, and a sprawling program to match.

Lorne Mayencourt, BC Liberal MLA, recently spent five nights living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES), getting an up close view of the lives of those people his government has helped to keep in, or push into, abject poverty.

Stephen Harper would love it if the war in Afghanistan did not figure prominently in this federal election campaign.

With a May 17 election looming, Premier Gordon Campbell's face is starting to show up around the Lower Mainland of British Columbia on lampposts and bulletin boards. The other day I was in Kitsilano and was buoyed by the simple but effective homemade poster of a headshot of the premier with the caption, “I hate women.”

The anger at Campbell and the Liberals is certainly not limited to their slashing of funding for women's centres across the province.