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Blog - Nima Maleki's blog March 18
Russia using Iran as a bargaining chip, Iran's fight against Kurdish militants and looming elections
Nima Maleki | Iran's air defence may be boosted by Russia, it's conflict with Kurdish seperatists continue, and the Iranian parliament opposes yet another of president Ahmadinejad's bills.
Blog - Nima Maleki's blog March 17
Iran's coming presidential election may help redefine the country
Nima Maleki | President Ahmadinejad’s last electoral victory clearly delineated a rising conservative group and a political policy that has shaken Iran’s three decades old post-revolution state system.
Blog - Trish Hennessy's Blog March 17
Double standard
Trish Hennessy | CEOs, financial wizards and their ilk apparently need annual million dollar bonuses as their work incentive.
Blog - Andrew Brett March 17
Conservative MP Peter Braid at workshop.
Conservatives trying to take over student unions: audiotapes
Andrew Brett | Leaked audiotapes and documents prove that the Ontario PC Campus Association is training its members to form front groups and take over student unions surreptitiously.
Blog - Word of the Rings March 16
Blogging - keeping politicians on their toes
Pina Belperio | A introduction to blogs and how the independent citizen voice is important for ensuring that elected officials stay on their toes, especially with all the recent media cuts.
Blog - 2010 Homelessness Hunger Strike Relay March 16
2010 Homelessness Hunger Strike Relay - Day 1
Robert O'Dea | Today is day one of my hunger strike. This blog is part of a continuing series of updates to the Prime Minister on my motivation and state of being.
Blog - 2010 Homelessness Hunger Strike Relay March 16
2010 Hunger Strike Relay - What have I done?
Robert O'Dea | A week-long series of entries from a participant in the 2010 Hunger Strike Relay.
Blog - Trish Hennessy's Blog March 12
Modesty
Trish Hennessy | In his first speech on the economy since the January federal budget, Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a request of the Canadian people: Now, he said, is the time to shed our collective modesty.
Blog - Code Pink Canadian Delegations to Gaza March 12
Abdullah meets George Galloway at Rafah border
Leaving Gaza
Kim Elliott | The delegation ended with a last reminder of the reality faced daily by the Palestinians of Gaza.
Blog - James Laxer's Blog March 10
After the crash: A time for new bearings
James Laxer | A world age ended with the Great Crash in the autumn of 2008. Now it's time for us to acquire new bearings.
Blog - Code Pink Canadian Delegations to Gaza March 9
First days in Gaza
Sandra Ruch | It seems we have been in Gaza forever. My hotel overlooks the sea. I hear the sounds of the waves and it is so lovely -- like any resort but Gaza is not a resort -- it is a prison.
Blog - Word of the Rings March 7
Whistler's media democracy compromised for 2010 Games
Pina Belperio | On March 2, Whistler Mayor's mayor Ken Melamed announced that local media would need to go through the Communication Dept. to interview municipal staff and elected officials.
Blog - Code Pink Canadian Delegations to Gaza March 7
From Cairo to Al-Arish
Sandra Ruch | We left Cairo this morning around 9:30a.m. for Al Arish, Egypt. This is no easy task since our numbers now total 59.
Blog - Bound but not gagged March 7
Reading Afghanistan: Books to help you understand the quagmire
Derrick O'Keefe | Here's a short reading list for getting up to speed on the past three decades of the history of war-ravaged Afghanistan.
Blog - Code Pink Canadian Delegations to Gaza March 7
Codepink delegation begins
Kim Elliott | Today we drove six hours from Cairo to Al-Arish in a convoy of two buses, a truck loaded with goods, and an obligatory police escort.
Blog - Nima Maleki's blog March 6
Afghanistan: A profile of local governance and the judiciary - Part 2
Nima Maleki | This article will briefly review the function and foundation of the latest government in Afghanistan, so that the reader can understand the structural form of the new system.
Blog - Nima Maleki's blog March 6
Afghanistan: A profile of the government's executive and legislative branches - Part 1
Nima Maleki | This article will briefly review the function and foundation of the latest government in Afghanistan, so that the reader can understand the structural form of the new system.
Blog - Code Pink Canadian Delegations to Gaza March 6
In solidarity with the Gaza delegation
Monia Mazigh | I was so excited when I received an email from a friend about joining a delegation of women to travel to the Gaza Strip for International Women's Day.
Blog - The Regina Mom March 6
Iggy the Idiot, Part II
Bernadette Wagner | Iggy's Idiocy continued, this time on the issue of Palestine.
Blog - The Regina Mom March 5
Iggy the Idiot, Part I
Bernadette Wagner | Iggy: Iguana vs Liberal Leader?
Blog - Nima Maleki's blog March 5
Tension brewing between Azerbaijan and Armenia
Nima Maleki | An unresolved conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia risks igniting renewed war between these two countries and pulling regional players into the conflict.
Blog - Nima Maleki's blog March 5
Map of Tajikistan
The spread of instability in Central Asia: A look at Tajikistan's fragile government
Nima Maleki | Tajikistan, Afghanistan's neighbour, risks slipping into instability as its people struggle with daily survival. The spread of violence could risk destabalizing Afghanistan and the region.
Blog - Code Pink Canadian Delegations to Gaza March 5
Historic 60-member Gaza aid delegation to host press conference in Cairo
Kim Elliott | Historic 60-member Gaza aid delegation to host press conference in Cairo.
Blog - Code Pink Canadian Delegations to Gaza March 4
rabble.ca's publisher 1 of 5 Canadians to join Code Pink delegation to Gaza for International Women's Day
Kim Elliott | Five Canadians, including rabble.ca's publisher, Kim Elliott, have joined a 54-member International Women's Day solidarity delegation to Gaza.
Blog - Uzma Shakir's blog March 4
Changing world view!
Uzma Shakir | How the world changes when you leave the borders of North America! Watching Obama from Canada and then from Pakistan is quite surreal!
Blog - Nima Maleki's blog March 3
Pakistan: Symptoms of growing instability
Nima Maleki | Pakistan is growing increasingly unstable while the civilian government, rife with corruption, loses the respect of its people and threatens the stability of democratic principles.
Blog - Bound but not gagged March 2
From page to screen
Allendria Brunjes | Literature is becoming more digitized and more accessible than ever before. Libraries will have to change to reach out and bring people back to their books.
Blog - Corvin Russell's Blog March 1
Socialist solutions are the only way out of the economic crisis
Corvin Russell | The auto sector and US banking sector are going down and could take the rest of us with them. Only a bold vision will pull us out of the nosedive.
Blog - Trish Hennessy's Blog February 27
The first casualty of recession
Trish Hennessy | On my planet, the last thing you want during a recession is to create policies that leave more Canadians in personal debt and fewer low-income earners getting educated and retrained.
Blog - Corvin Russell's Blog February 25
Imagine if we had a left-wing party...
Corvin Russell | We are in the midst of the greatest economic crisis since the 1930s. Yet our one supposed left-wing party has not taken the opportunity to raise questions about the nature of our economic system.

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