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From ![]() NEW! A Democratic Socialist FutureFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In his concluding chapter, the author surveys the political present, and notes that narratives about elections being won by appealing to the "mushy centre" are disproven by the success … | Andrew Jackson | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() A feminist intervention that hurt womenFrom: Bent out of Shape |
Karen Messing | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! A Life on the LeftFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In the opening chapter, Jackson describes his book as "part personal memoir, part historical analysis, and part political manifesto." He also discusses how the labour movement has been … | Andrew Jackson | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! A World to WinFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter examines the activities of the Canadian Labour Congress in a global context, where it worked with organizations from other countries to codify basic labour rights. | Andrew Jackson | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! An Uneasy MarriageFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter examines the marriage of labour and social democracy in Canada, which dates to the founding of the New Democratic Party in 1961. He suggests that the NDP has moderated its … | Andrew Jackson | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
![]() Bankrupticies & Bailouts |
Recession? Depression? Market adjustment? Billion-dollar bailouts? Just what is happening to the economy? Like the rest of the industrialized world, Canada is in the midst of an economic crisis … | Julie Guard; Wayne Antony | 168 | 2009 | View |
![]() Bent out of ShapeShame, Solidarity, and Women's Bodies at Work |
Award-winning ergonomist Karen Messing is talking with women—women who wire circuit boards, sew clothes, clean toilets, drive forklifts, care for children, serve food, run labs. What she … | Karen Messing | 276 | 2021 | View |
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From ![]() Building Relationships: Indigenous-Settler Solidarity and the NFUFrom: Frontline Farmers |
The last chapter considers the National Farmers Union’s work in building relationships of solidarity with Indigenous peoples of Canada. Interviews are with Maureen Bostock, Julie Enman, … | Lauren Kepkiewicz | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Canada and the CrisisFrom: Bankrupticies & Bailouts |
Fletcher Baragar | 30 | 2009 | $3.00 Add | |
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From ![]() A Union for EveryoneFrom: A New Kind of Union |
Describes the continued efforts of the CEP and the CAW to negotiate the New Union Project from 2012-2013. Analyzes debates over how the new union can represent Canadians from a wide variety of … | Fred Wilson | 38 | 2019 | $3.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Class Power and Legal CoercionRefinery Workers Confront the Limits of the “Right to Strike” From: Unjust Transition |
Chapter Four describes how the 2019-2020 lockout was marked by the employer’s use of scab labor and court injunctions to restrict workers’ ability to picket, as well as the impact on … | Andrew Steven; Emily Eaton; Sean Tucker | 20 | 2024 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Compound Vulnerabilities and Creative StrategiesOccupational Health of Temporary Foreign Agricultural Workers From: Sick and Tired |
Last Resort or Permanently Temporary Solution? Health Risks and Consequences Challenges in Accessing Rights and Protections Barriers to Prevention and Protection Attempts to Address Challenges … | Janet McLaughlin | 14 | 2018 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Conceptions of Working Lilfe and Labour Law |
Thom Workman | 24 | 2005 | $3.84 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Corporatism in CanadaFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In this chapter, the author compares the corporatist labour policies of Europe to the situation in Canada. He suggests that the European model was driven by the strength of the labour movement … | Andrew Jackson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Discovering Left PoliticsFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter details Jackson’s political awakening, the radicalism of the NDP in the 1960s, and his time at the LSE, where he studied with the Marxist theorist Ralph Miliband. | Andrew Jackson | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() Embracing Agrarian Feminism: “The Farm Is Mary’s and Mine”From: Frontline Farmers |
The ninth chapter considers the experiences of women in the National Farmers Union and as farmers. Interviews are with Joan Brady, Marie Burge, Shannon Jones, Jean Leahy, Coral Sproule and Nettie … | Carla Roppel | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |











