Derrick O'Keefe
Derrick O'Keefe is a Canadian Vancouver-based writer, editor and social justice activist. He was the editor of rabble.ca until he was fired in 2013.[1] His writings on foreign policy, Canadian politics, ecology and other topics have been published in a number of both alternative and mainstream publications.
He is the author of the book Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil?[2] [3][4] and the co-writer of Afghan MP Malalai Joya’s memoir A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice.[5]
O'Keefe is a former co-chair of Stopwar.ca in Vancouver, and of the Canadian Peace Alliance, the largest network of anti-war groups in Canada. He was a founding editor and publisher of the on-line zine 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.
He is one of the producers of Democracy North.[6]
References
- ^ "Rabble fires editor Derrick O'Keefe amidst controversy - J-Source".
- ^ O'Keefe, Derrick (2011). Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil?. Verso Books. ISBN 9781844676156.
- ^ "Michael Ignatieff and the War on Terror". rabble.ca. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ [1] The Lesser Evil? by Derrick O'Keefe
- ^ Joya, Malalai (2009-10-22). "A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice (Hardcover)". Amazon. ISBN 143910946X.
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External links
- [3] Stop War Canada
- [4] rabble.ca
- http://www.sevenoaksmag.com/
- [5] Democracy North
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