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Meagan Perry is the rabble podcast network executive producer. She got into the media game by broadcasting over her school intercom from a cubbyhole under the stairs at Bonnyville Centralized High. More glamourous digs followed: a decade in campus/community radio offices in Edmonton and Guelph. Meagan eventually headed for CBC Radio, where she split a six-year stint between As It Happens and Definitely Not The Opera. Nowadays, Meagan is a freelance writer, broadcaster, and communications shark living in the Yukon Territory. She continues to freelance for CBC radio and her writing has been featured in The New Zealand Herald, This Magazine, Herizons, Yukon News and National Post. You can find her on the web and on the air at rabble.ca/rpn as the senior producer of the rabble podcast network and the host of rabble radio. Meagan has served on the board of the Yukon Status of Women Council, and sometimes appears as a guest performer for the Riverdale Brownie Troupe in Whitehorse. They call her Music Owl.
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In mourning, a call to action

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As funeral guests gathered at the door of the Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto to mourn Jack Layton's passing and celebrate his life on Saturday, activists, First Nations leaders, campaigners, diplomats and politicians of all stripes and areas of Canada were counted among them.

From the moment the ceremony began there was no doubt that this was to be a very political event, not just because of its guest list, but because this ceremony, planned by Layton and his family as his illness progressed, a clear message was being sent to Canada: social justice is important, Canadians want it, and Canada is capable of achieving that goal.

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Jack Layton's state funeral: complete podcast

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The complete audio from Jack Layton's state funeral. Eulogies by Mike and Sarah Layton, Stephen Lewis and Karl Belanger.

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What to do with your time after the 2011 election

Protesting the Conservative Party Convention in Ottawa last weekend. Photo: Marco Vigliotti
From the rabble radio podcast network...

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Canadian activists caught up in Egypt demonstrations

Canadian Code Pink activists, unable to reach their peace work in Gaza, are now observing the events in Egypt. Photo: codepinkhq/Flickr
Two Code Pink activists speak Wednesday from Cairo.

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Cairo after Mubarak's address

Spent American-made tear gas cannisters after they were fired at democracy protesters in Cairo, Jan 29. 2011.
American activist Tighe Barry an eyewitness in Egypt.

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Billy Diamond tells his own story

Chief Dr. Billy Diamond. Photo: Ian Diamond/www.rezmutt.ca
The former grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees, a passionate defender of his people, died on September 30. This is a speech from earlier this year.

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Kevin Neish's photos of Mavi Maramara attack published, plus full interview

On board the Mavi Marmara as it was under attack: An Israeli commando soldier is panicked, but being treated for injuries after being captured by peace activists. Photo: Kevin Neish.
On board the Mavi Marmara as it was under attack.

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Kevin Neish's photos of Mavi Maramara attack published, plus full interview

On board the Mavi Marmara as it was under attack: An Israeli commando soldier is panicked, but being treated for injuries after being captured by peace activists. Photo: Kevin Neish.

Canadian activist Kevin Neish smuggled photos off the Mavi Marmara, the lead ship in the Free Gaza flotilla that was raided violently by Israeli troops last week, killing nine peace activists.

Neish's photos were published Monday in the Middle East, in the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet and in this blog along with images taken by others, to name but two. Two are reproduced here for rabble, and he is awaiting the return of the remainder.

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