Needs No Introduction

This month is rabble.ca's eighth birthday, and to celebrate we convened a panel to talk about the media. It was called What's Wrong With Canada's Newspapers, and featured Linda McQuaig, Peter C. Neuman, and Wayne MacPhail.

This is Linda McQuaig's address.

On March 9, 2009, John Ging, UN Director of Operations in Gaza, addressed a Code Pink delegation in Gaza City. Code Pink visited Gaza at the invitation of UNRWA - the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, UNRWA,was established by United Nations General Assembly by a resolution made in December 1949 to carry out direct relief and works programmes for Palestine refugees. In the absence of a solution to the Palestine refugee problem, the General Assembly has repeatedly renewed UNRWA's mandate, most recently extending it until 30 June 2011.

On March 9, 2009,John Ging, UN Director of Operations in Gaza, addressed a Code Pink delegation in Gaza City. Code Pink visited Gaza at the invitation of UNRWA - the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.

Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, UNRWA,was established by United Nations General Assembly by a resolution made in December 1949 to carry out direct relief and works programmes for Palestine refugees. In the absence of a solution to the Palestine refugee problem, the General Assembly has repeatedly renewed UNRWA's mandate, most recently extending it until 30 June 2011.

On March 9, 2009, Mr. Husam El-Nounou and Mr. Hassan Ziada, of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme addressed members of Code Pink in Gaza City. They discussed the psychological effects of the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza, both on the general population, and on youth in particular. They also spoke to the need for Israelis to address their own psychological wounds as part of the path to peace. http://www.gcmhp.net/ The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP) is a Palestinian non-governmental, non-profit organization established in 1990 to provide comprehensive community mental health services - therapy, training and research - to the population of the Gaza Strip.

Since that time, the Gaza Strip - one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with two thirds of the population being refugees and 50% being younger than 16 years - has witnessed extreme forms of violence and suffering, due to Israeli occupation and military operations. This made the extent of mental health problems in the Gaza reach unprecedented levels. To find further information, please link: http://www.gcmhp.net/File_files/Crisis Intervention Today, after 15 years, GCMHP remains the leading organization in Palestine in providing psycho-social programs, adopting a comprehensive, community based approach for working with children, women, and victims of human rights violations.

http://www.gcmhp.net/

Jeff Halper is an Israeli human rights activist, anthropology professor, coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Halper toured Canada this winter, talking about how Canadians can participate in peaceful resistance against the Israeli siege of Gaza and the occupation in the West Bank. Jeff Halper spoke January 19th in Ottawa to the Middle East Discussion Group on Parliament Hill.

This is part two of a two part podcast, including audience discussion and questions & answers.

Jeff Halper is an Israeli human rights activist, anthropology professor, coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Halper toured Canada this winter, talking about how Canadians can participate in peaceful resistance against the Israeli siege of Gaza and the occupation in the West Bank. Jeff Halper spoke January 19th in Ottawa to the Middle East Discussion Group on Parliament Hill.

This is part one of a two part podcast, including audience discussion and questions & answers.

On March 9, 2009,John Ging, UN Director of Operations in Gaza, addressed a Code Pink delegation in Gaza City.

Members of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme discuss the psychological effects of the attacks on Gaza, and the ongoing siege.

You're listening to a special edition of Needs No Introduction, Fresh ideas from speakers of note.

British MP George Galloway was refused entry into Canada this week, Conservative Minister of Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney learned he had taken aid that included food, money, and basic toiletries to the people of Gaza. Galloway was coming to Canada to speak about that trip following Israel's bombardment of Gaza earlier this year.

Canada Border Services Agency barred his entry into the country, so Galloway could not be here in person. Instead the MP spoke via internet to packed houses across Canada. And at rabble.ca alone 36 000 viewers tuned in to hear his speech live. At the end of his address, he took questions by phone. Here now is the address by George Galloway.

Don Tapscott is the author of Wikinomics, a book on the way online collaboration is shaping the economy and society. He is one of the leading authorities on business strategy with an emphasis on business technology and how it changes government, society, and organizations.

At the end of February, he spoke after the presentation of Us Now, a UK film about how the internet inspires community participation and collaboration. Here is his address as recorded by Volunteer Toronto and Taking it Global.