Over the holidays we will continue to have new videos, podcasts, blogs and discussions on babble but our feature stories and book reviews will return in the New Year.

We’d like to hear from you over the break — what were your favourite stories, videos, podcasts or babble thread on rabble.ca in 2009? Fill out this survey to share your favorites. We plan to feature a round up of 2009 Reader’s Choice picks when we’re back.

Here are 12 months of 2009’s most read stories on rabble.ca:

January: Dismissing critical pedagogy: Denis Rancourt vs. University of Ottawa

By Jesse Freeston

An interview with a well known dissident academic and advocate of democratizing post-secondary education.

February: Exposed: University of Toronto suppresses pro-Palestinian activism

By Liisa Schofield

What follows is the documentation of a deliberate attempt by the UofT administration to prevent a Palestine solidarity conference from being held.

March: Protests and missed opportunities: The Sri Lankan-Tamil diaspora

By Meena Naillathan

Recently, the Tamil-Canadian community mounted one of the biggest protests the country has seen in some time.

April: The Declaration of Cumaná: Capitalism ‘threatens life on the planet’

At the Summit of the Americas, the Heads of State and Government of Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela, member countries of ALBA, issued a remarkable declaration.

May: BC-STV vote will have impact across Canada

By Judy Rebick

On May 12, British Columbians will vote in a referendum on electoral reform that will have an enormous impact across Canada.

June: Imagine: Prosperity without growth

By Murray Dobbin

The current situation is not a normal crisis — it is a world-changing shift that could go in any of several directions. Without progressive leadership it is certain to go badly.

July: What’s at stake in the U.S. health care debate?

By Colleen Fuller

The struggle over the future of health care in the United States also has implications in Canada, where the privatization “train” is still going full steam ahead.

August: Noam Chomsky in Venezuela: ‘A better world is being created’

By James Suggett

Noam Chomsky meets with Hugo Chavez in Caracas: “What’s so exciting about at last visiting Venezuela is that I can see how a better world is being created.”

September: Stephen Harper: Unfit to govern

By Murray Dobbin

Harper has demonstrated a disregard for the rule of law that should, in a rational world, disqualify him from leading any government.

October: Quitting the Conservatives: A personal and political journey

By Eric Mang

I saw the Harper Conservatives, who mirror so much of what we Canadians loathed about George W. Bush, wrapping it all in the Canadian flag and cynical cup of Tim Horton’s coffee.

November: Rage against the vaccine

By Ron Verzuh

Why are some Canadians refusing to take the flu shot? It seems there is a palpable and angry segment of the population that is refusing to comply with the recommendations of any and all authorities.

December: Canwest latest ‘media giant’ to exploit news operations

By Nick Fillmore

Canwest and other media corporations claim to care about quality journalism, but they’ve deceived Canadians for decades. Part one of a five-part series on Canada’s media crisis.

Alex Samur

Alex Samur

Alexandra Samur was rabble.ca’s managing editor from 2010 to 2012, books and blogs editor from 2007 to 2012. Alex’s career in independent media spans more than a decade and includes stints...