Alice Klein, Author at NOW Toronto

Klein

Alice is the owner and editor/publisher of NOW, which she co-founded in 1981. In addition to her role as NOW’s media matriarch, she is a writer, social entrepreneur, one-time doc filmmaker, eco-feminist and unapologetic social change advocate.

Revolution rewind

June 9, 2011

BEIRUT- We're talking revolution in Egypt, and pessimism and optimism are duking it out. For these couple of hours, a hotel meeting room in Beirut...

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My Iraq chat in Beirut

June 6, 2011

Okay, I'm shallow. But meeting Bashar Al-Mandalawy, the first thing I notice is how cool he looks. He'd be so at home on Queen West....

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NDP win is no consolation

May 5, 2011

Quebec tried, but the rest of Canada couldn't pull it out of the hat. As delighted as many of us are to be sending a...

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Don’t waste NDP surge opportunity

April 28, 2011

Who's complaining about polling now? The polls have been wild and crazy, but they're revolutionizing this election. So what's the message in the madness? First...

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Shake off cliches

April 21, 2011

It's often said that Stephen Harper is playing with the politics of fear. But even more profoundly, political players on both sides are lulling Canadians...

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ProjectDemocracy: come and play

April 14, 2011

ProjectDemocracy.ca launched yesterday and it is ready to play. Disclosure: It is totally separate from NOW but I am a projectdemocracy.ca co-founder and therefore a...

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Praise cynicism

April 7, 2011

We are a bunch of losers right now, in more ways than one. Our political league doesn't seem to have the bench strength to make...

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Libs, NDP pump it

March 31, 2011

We all know the polling numbers suck. But one week into the campaign, I say hats off to all three federal opposition parties.Instead of the...

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In contempt of Canada

March 24, 2011

The timing drama is over and the spring election is definitely on. Thank goodness. I am one Canadian who couldn't be happier to see an...

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Leadnow.ca or get out of the way

March 4, 2011

Move over moveon.org. Canada is stepping up with leadnow.ca, just in time for what looks like a federal election in mere weeks. The famous Yankee...

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Happy returns

January 20, 2011

What if right around now a solid hunk of global finance grew out of its devilishly anti-social phase and over the next few years got...

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Lilein Schaeffer in memoriam

December 16, 2010

I've been suffering from mother envy all my life. Here's why. All my friends wanted Lilein Schaeffer - NOW's vice-president and founding mentor - to...