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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From From the Tar Sands to “Green Jobs”? Work and Ecological Justice Part III: Future Prospects From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 27, Greg Albo and Lilian Yap discuss the ecological and social implications climate change has—or should have— in becoming a central parameter for all discussions of work …	Greg Albo; Lilian Yap	13	2014	$1.30 Add
From Getting Europe Out of the Tar Sands: The Rise of the UK Tar Sands Network Part II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 19 Jess Worth explores The UK Tar Sands Network (UKTSN), discussing solidarity with First Nations in Canada, exposing Canadian lobbying of the British and European Union (EU) …	Jess Worth	10	2014	$1.00 Add
Getting to Zero Canada Confronts Global Warming	In this book, long-time social and environmental activist Tony Clarke provides hard-to-find information and analysis about what Canada is and is not doing as of 2018 to get to zero emissions. He …		248		View
From Gulf Coast Resistance and the Southern Leg of the Keystone XL Pipeline Part II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 17 the authors examine the scope and breadth of resistance across the Gulf Region of the United States, including the Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, Tar Sands Blockade, …	Cherri Foytlin; Yudith Nieto	14	2014	$1.40 Add
From NEW! Horizons of Solidarity The Regina Refinery Pension Lockout From: Unjust Transition View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter Two describes the fallout of the 2019-2020 lockout of Unifor Local 594 members at the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina, Canada, which the authors argue resulted in a major defeat for the union.	Andrew Steven; Emily Eaton; Sean Tucker	24	2024	$2.40 Add
From Introduction From: Getting to Zero View James Lorimer and Company	Identifies how the 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray should cause Canada to confront climate change. Discusses how oil sand production has increased and why this needs to change for Canada to …	Tony Clarke	7	2018	$0.70 Add
From Introduction Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In the Introduction the editors explain the premise of the book, which serves as a tool for use in classrooms, a guide for activist strategy, and a way to share the historic and present struggle …	Joshua Kahn Russell; Stephen D'Arcy; Toban Black; Tony Weis	20	2014	$2.00 Add
From Iran: Out of the Cold? From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes Iran as an independent regional power with immense oil and gas resources and a century-long history of Western interference. Recent disputes centred on the Western assumption that Iran …	John Foster	23	2018	$2.30 Add
From Iraq: A Quest for Control From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Documents the official reasons for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the quest for control of Iraq’s oil wealth. The post-2003 Iraqi government resisted opening oil to foreign ownership, …	John Foster	19	2018	$1.90 Add
From ᑭᐦᒋ ᐱᑭᐢᑫᐧᐃᐧᐣ: Kihci Pikiskwewin—Speaking the Truth Part II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 11 Crystal Lameman focuses on the fight for the rights of Mother Earth and the rights of nature.	Crysta Lameman	9	2014	$0.90 Add
From Labour Faces Keystone XL and Climate Change Part II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	Chapter 20 focuses on the underlying structural problems in organized labour that make it difficult to confront broad social issues like global warming.	Jeremy Brecher	9	2014	$0.90 Add
From Lessons from Direct Action at the White House to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline Part II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 16, the authors examine Keystone XL (or KXL) and the Tar Sands Action.	Joshua Kahn Russell; Linda Capato; Matt Leonard	15	2014	$1.50 Add
From Libya: NATO Creates a Failed State From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes how NATO countries, including Canada, interpreted a UN resolution as justifying an aerial war against Libya in 2011, claimed humanitarian motives (Responsibility to Protect), and …	John Foster	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From Maritime Trade Routes and Conflict From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses five strategic waterways (Strait of Hormuz, Mandab Strait, Suez Canal, Strait of Malacca, South China Sea) which are geopolitically vital as petroleum trade routes from the Middle East. …	John Foster	24	2018	$2.40 Add
From Migrant Justice and the Tar Sands Industry Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	Chapter 7 is an interview with Harsha Walia by John Kahn Russell.	Harsha Walia; Joshua Kahn Russell	7	2014	$0.70 Add
From New Beginnings: Tar Sands Prospecting Abroad Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 9 MacDonald Stainsby explores the rise of “extreme” fossil energy extraction such as for oil shale and fracking for “tight” oil and natural gas. The chapter …	MacDonald Stainsby	11	2014	$1.10 Add