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'''Derrick O'Keefe''' is a well known [[Canada|Canadian]] writer and social justice activist. He is the editor of [[rabble.ca]], Canada's most widely-read progressive website, and his writings on foreign policy, Canadian politics, ecology and other topics have been published in a number of both alternative and mainstream publications. O'Keefe is the co-writer of the autobiography of Afghan women's rights activist and politician [[Malalai Joya]] -- A Woman Among Warlords (Scribner 2009) -- and is currently writing a book on the politics and ideas of [[Michael Ignatieff]], to be published by [[Verso Books]] in 2010.

O'Keefe was a founding editor and publisher of the on-line zine ''[[Seven Oaks (magazine)|Seven Oaks]]'', 2004-2008, a now discontinued "journal of "politics, culture and resistance" that featured the writing of a group of young, progressive journalists and activists.

O'Keefe is a former co-chair of Stopwar.ca, Vancouver, British Columbia's largest anti-war coalition, and a member of the steering committee of the Canadian Peace Alliance.

==External links==
*http://www.sevenoaksmag.com/
*http://www.stopwar.ca/
*http://www.rabble.ca/

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