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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.
Blog - rabble.ca's staff blog February 25
Their Spirit Lives Within Us: 18th memorial march for the missing women of the Downtown Eastside
Kim Elliott | On Valentine's day this year I attended the 18th annual memorial march for the missing women of the Downtown Eastside.
Blog - Corvin Russell's Blog February 24
Leaked memo: Harper government plans backdoor restructuring of First Nations governance
Corvin Russell | It's the White Paper and FNGA all over again, as Stephen Harper continues the quest to abolish Aboriginal rights.
Blog - Trish Hennessy's Blog February 24
No Mardi Gras
Trish Hennessy | As signs of recession seep into Canada, I cannot help but think of New Orleans. Not the colourful images of Mardi Gras, the party to end all parties, but rather those CNN visuals of Katrina.
Blog - A Blog for Media Justice February 24
Sign the Quality News Manifesto
Paul D. Boin | The Campaign for Democratic media has launched a quality news and information manifesto for Canada. Sign it!
Blog - Mai Nguyen February 24
University presidents keep mum on Israel's attacks
Mai Nguyen | When Israel began its bombing attacks on the Gaza Strip, university presidents in Canada started to show a dark side.
Blog - A Blog for Media Justice February 23
Finally some sensible media coverage on Iran
Paul Boin | Mainstream journalist, Doug Saunders, offers inconvenient facts and hope for his profession and our peaceful future.
Blog - Andrew Brett February 23
Protestor with sign: "Defeat Islamo-Fascism"
Extremist hate group JDL given platform by media
Andrew Brett | The mainstream media seem to be unaware that the Jewish Defence League is an extremist hate group.
Blog - A Blog for Media Justice February 20
Last chance to speak on new media
Paul Boin | You have until February 23 to state your opinion, or perhaps lose it.
Blog - I Read the News Today, Oh Boy! February 19
Leaked NATO report shows significant increase in civilian deaths in Afghanistan
Matthew Adams | Wikileaks has released a confidential NATO document that civilian deaths from the war in Afghanistan have increased by 46 per cent over the past year. And that's not all.
Blog - 2010 Homelessness Hunger Strike Relay February 19
2010 Olympic tenancy protections don't exist
Am Johal | With over 250,000 people expected to attend the 2010 Olympics, tenancy protections aren't even on the radar in British Columbia.
Blog - Nima Maleki's blog February 19
The Taliban’s sanctuary in Pakistan: the FATA
Nima Maleki | Afghanistan has grown increasingly unstable since the US invasion of that country. The Taliban had time and space from which to regroup and reorganize: in Pakistan.
Blog - 2010 Homelessness Hunger Strike Relay February 19
Federal and provincial governments failing on housing policy
Am Johal | As housing activists and experts gather in Calgary to discuss Canada's abysmal record on housing policy, change can't come quickly enough.
Blog - Blair Redlin February 18
Obama - disappointing, but not surprising
Blair Redlin | Obama's interview with CBC's Peter Mansbridge last night was disappointing, but not surprising. It shows how North American social movements have their work cut out for them.
Blog - Graeme Stewart's Blog February 18
Much ado about nothing at the CRTC
Graeme Stewart | People are going crazy over the CRTC's hearings on the Internet and Canadian Content. But it's all a little past the point.
Blog - Nima Maleki's blog February 18
Fatal incoherence in Afghanistan
Nima Maleki | "Strategic chaos" threatens to deepen insecurity in Afghanistan. The symptoms of collapse are heavily reported but the plan remains more of the same.
Blog - rabble.ca's staff blog February 17
Windermere student journalists contribute to rabble
rabble staff | Recently, four Windermere secondary school students in Vancouver -- Chitha Manoranjan, Rachelle Wong, Neelam Khare and Peggy Lam -- participated in a 'job shadow' program with rabble.ca.
Blog - Trish Hennessy's Blog February 17
Who pays the bill?
Trish Hennessy | Somehow, we came to believe that Canada could enjoy the same high standard of living –- with public services the envy of many nations –- without having to pay full price for them.
Blog - Blair Redlin February 15
Yes we can hope for change... to NAFTA
Blair Redlin | Free trade, like deregulation and privatisation, is part of the right wing package that got us into this economic mess. Can we hope for change of NAFTA?
Blog - Word of the Rings February 14
Where's the 2010 Olympics Green Legacy?
Pina | A letter to the editor that was published in Whistler's two local papers detailing the lack of environmental legacies left behind in Whistler post-2010 Games.
Blog - Trish Hennessy's Blog February 13
Denial
Trish Hennessy | Canadians, I said, are in denial. We think -- hopefully, miraculously -- that the global recession is going to happen everywhere but here.
Blog - February 13
Show us some love. Still time to donate and win!
rabble staff | Do you heart rabble? Please help us reach our winter fundraising goal: we are just $3,000 shy of reaching $25,000!
Blog - Word of the Rings February 12
Caleb Taylor, a volunteer hockey coach from Regina chosen as the first torchbearer for the 2010 Olympic torch relay
VANOC unveils the 2010 Torch (a.k.a B.C.’s giant joint)
Pina Belperio | On Feb. 12, the 2010 torch and torchbearer uniforms were unveiled in Whistler, B.C.
Blog - Corvin Russell's Blog February 12
How much should bank executives be paid?
Corvin Russell | Obama's cap on pay for bankers receiving government aid is hotly debated in the Financial Times.

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