March 17, 2008 Montreal: 47 arrested on Police Brutality Day
Saturday marked the 12th Police Brutality Day. Protesters took to the streets in Montreal, where 47 were arrested and almost a dozen corporate food chains were vandalized. A molotov cocktail left one car firebombed, as protesters raised awareness of 42 left dead by Canadian police in the past two decades.
>by Max Harrold
>The Gazette
March 17, 2008 Tibet: deadline looms for protesters
The governor of Tibet has called on protesters involved in an uprising against Chinese rule to give themselves up by midnight on Monday or face harsh punishment.
>Al Jazeera
March 17, 2008 Winter soldier: an Iraqi perspective
Iraqi journalist Salam Talib describes the divide between the American and Iraqi perspective of the war. An Iraqi citizen, he worked as a translator for US journalists after the war and started reporting from Iraq himself in 2005.
>The Real News
Full Frontal Scrutiny Full Frontal Scrutiny is a joint venture between Consumer Reports WebWatch and the Center for Media and Democracy. The site seeks to shine a light on front groups -- organizations that state a particular agenda, while hiding or obscuring their identity, membership or sponsorship, or all three.
On Saturday, March 15, we launched rabbletv with coverage of the World Against War rallies in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. All this week, you can watch video of these rallies, other programming on the war, documentaries, and news from Amy Goodman's Democracy Now!
Benjamin Powless of the Mohawk Nation is a delegate representing youth at innumerable UN conferences, and a dedicated Native rights advocate. >by Lia Tarachansky >rabble news
As an anti-capitalist feminist, I try to avoid as much as possible participation in the economic system. But, how do you free yourself from the chains of capitalism and globalization in a world that's dictated by economic gain?
>by Ms. Communicate >now what?
On Thursday, March 13, the Commons galleries erupted in anti-war chanting. Soon after the Tories voted, "End it, don't extend it!" was heard throughout the building. >by Joel Harden >rabble news
Through resettlement, women enjoy planning their own lives - accepting the challenges and the risks of farming on their own. Almost 30 per cent of resettled farmers in Namibia are women, and most of them are single. Here are the stories of two of the 1,500 beneficiaries resettled with their families since independence on farms bought by government from white commercial farmers.
>Africa Files
Webcast of the March 12 book launch of Dr. Gabor Maté's new book, "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction," at St. Andrew's Wesley church, Vancouver.
>Working TV
The Nova Scotia government's ill-advised decision to allow private surgery is an indictment of its ability to manage recruitment, retention and wait-time problems, says Joan Jessome, president of the Nova Scotia Government and General Employes Union
>National Union of Public and General Employees
For the past couple of months a team of us at rabble.ca have been working towards the launch of this new type of collaborative video network. We want rabbletv to turn television from a carefully guarded broadcast medium into a collaborative video conversation with a diversity of voices.
>by Wayne MacPhail>full column
It turns out the Clinton-Lewinsky episode wasn't the final chapter in the epic of American puritanism. You don't drop 400 years of public sexual moralizing easily.
>by Rick Salutin>full column
Section 119 of the Criminal Code of Canada could not be more precise. An offer of money to a member of parliament to influence his or her actions in an official capacity constitutes a criminal offence. The section specifies a maximum prison sentence of 14 years.
>by Duncan Cameron>full column
Mariko and Jillian Tamaki's debut graphic novel explores love, sexuality, friendship (or the lack of friendship), and suicide as experienced by 16-year-old Wiccan Goth, Kimberly Keiko Cameron (a.k.a. Skim). What sets Skim apart from other graphic novels on the market is that it is both written and illustrated by women. A far cry from the scantily-clad heroines that often grace the pages of comic books, the Tamakis pay homage to the individuality and intelligence of Skim.
>by Jessica Rose>graphic novel
Much recent writing on feminism and the women's movement focuses on new or divisive trends and labels — third-wave, girl power, pro-Hillary or anti-Hillary. But this coverage misses some of the most promising examples of feminist organizing nowadays: the most promising approaches are happening beyond North America, where local groups are increasingly well-connected with each other and to international structures.
>by Jen Peirce>international women's day
Though few have heard of her, Claudia Jones was a communist, Marxist-Leninist to be precise, a union activist, a feminist and an anti-racist activist. Following imprisonment in the U.S. for her activism, she was exiled to London, England where she was living when she died. Her ashes are buried literally to the left of Karl Marx's tombstone in Highgate Cemetery, London. Carole Boyce Davies' new biography is a comprehensive account of Jones' magnanimous life.
>by bigcitygal>global feminism
