Economic Disparity

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A Blue-Collar Legacy - for Better and for Worse

A Blue-Collar Legacy – for Better and for Worse

From: Shift Change

This chapter examines the dual nature of Hamilton, and poses key questions about the city. Can history be the basis for a roadmap forward? Are there unique aspects of Hamilton’s past that … 49 $4.90 Add
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A Brief History of Fair Trade

A Brief History of Fair Trade

From Charity to Autonomy and Justice

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

This chapter examines the complex relationships between small producer organizations and Northern NGOs. It concludes with a brief account of the causes of the mission drift within the certifying … 12 $1.20 Add
A Good War

A Good War

Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency

Canada needs to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to prevent a catastrophic 1.5 degree increase in the earth’s average temperature — assumed by many scientists to be a … 465 View
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A Lively Bean that Brightens Lives

A Lively Bean that Brightens Lives

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

This illustrated chapter tells the story of Ethiopian coffee in comicbook form. 13 $1.30 Add
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Afterword

Afterword

From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

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Andean Intercultural Eco-socialism in Times of Buen-Vivir?

Andean Intercultural Eco-socialism in Times of Buen-Vivir?

A Red-Green Culturalist Approach

From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

A Hobsbawmian Approach to Particularism-Universalism – Universalist and Particularist Perspectives of Buen-Vivir – The Citizens’ Revolution and Neo-extractivism – … ; ; 13 $1.30 Add
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ARTHUR BROOKS IN CONVERSATION WITH RUDYARD GRIFFITHS

ARTHUR BROOKS IN CONVERSATION WITH RUDYARD GRIFFITHS

From: The Future of Capitalism

This reading consists of an interview between journalist Rudyard Griffiths and Harvard professor Arthur Brooks prior to the Munk Debate on the future of capitalism. The topic of the debate is … ; ; ; 10 $1.20 Add
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Augmentation and Organization

Augmentation and Organization

From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

Organizations, Sectarianism, and Leadership – Education – Provocation – Mobilization – Organizing 10 $1.00 Add
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Boom, Bust, and a Double-Sided Bohemian Renaissance

Boom, Bust, and a Double-Sided Bohemian Renaissance

From: Shift Change

This chapter surveys some of the attempts to develop and revitalize Hamilton’s downtown core. Although the initial efforts were unsuccessful, a few optimists valiantly plotted … 48 $4.80 Add
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Building Political Infrastructure for the Present

Building Political Infrastructure for the Present

From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

The Current Context – Toronto: Sites of Mutation – Conclusions 7 $0.70 Add
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Can Studying Workers' Class Consciousness Help to Raise It?

Can Studying Workers’ Class Consciousness Help to Raise It?

From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

My Questions – The Theory that Underlies this Practice – Conclusion 11 $1.10 Add
Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

Recasting the Leftist Imagination

What does the future hold for the left? How does the left adapt to, and prepare for, the crises of our time? In moments of crisis it is always important to rethink longstanding assumptions, … ; ; ; 272 View
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Civil Society Leadership

Civil Society Leadership

From: A Good War

In Chapter 10, Klein shifts his focus from the political sphere to that of role of civil society primarily through social movements to bring change and mobilize the masses. Focusing on issues of … 16 $1.60 Add
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Class-Bassed Organization in an Identity-Based World

Class-Bassed Organization in an Identity-Based World

From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

The Process of Politicization – How Left Organizations Can Recruit Politicized Liberals 9 $0.90 Add
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Class Struggle in the Marketplace of Ideas

Class Struggle in the Marketplace of Ideas

Toward a Leftist Framework of Civil Liberties

From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

What Are Civil Liberties? – Conceptions of Civil Liberties beyond the Marketplace of Ideas – Contemporary Challenges to Civil Liberties – Augmenting the Left 10 $1.00 Add
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Conclusion

Conclusion

Forward to Victory! or Making Peace with our Planet

From: A Good War

In the Conclusion, Klein offers his final call to action, asking his readers to begin to take steps towards a Climate Mobilization Plan for Canada, bringing us all together and for our collective … 14 $1.40 Add