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From  Concrete: The Reinvention of Artificial Rock |
In this chapter, the authors turn to concrete, and suggest that the natural resources used to make it – lime, sand, and gravel – are in short supply. Moreover, the production of … | Fernando Martirena; Paul Jaquin | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Confronting Goldcorp at Every Step of the Destruction and RepressionFrom: Testimonio |
Essays in this section: Is Canada to Blame for Human Rights Abuses in Guatemala? – Diodora Hernandez and Goldcorp Inc.: A Stark Contrast – Goldcorp Inc.’s Marlin Mine—A … | Annie Hylton; James Rodriguez | 33 | 2021 | $3.30 Add |
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From  Counter the Environmental Threat to the MarketFrom: Harperism |
Looks at the Harper Government’s environmental policy with particular focus paid to the idea of ethical oil | Donald Gutstein | 34 | 2014 | $3.40 Add |
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From  Counterattack |
Traces the vigorous counterattack from the state and capital to weaken Canadian unions permanently | Craig Heron | 26 | 2012 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Criminalization, Race and Neoliberal OrderPolicing Immigrant Communities |
- | Todd Gordon | 40 | 2006 | $5.20 Add |
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From  Debating and Re-Debating What Is FeminismFrom: Take Back the Fight |
Debating and Re-Debating What is Feminism, chapter five, articulates the importance of holding debates, and the need for a location for hosting debates. She asserts that debate skills are … | Nora Loreto | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Duthchas and the Ethos of the Commons |
Explaining the ancient property laws of Scottish clans as they exised until the encroachment of kings. | Heather Menzies | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Economic InterestsFrom: Thirty Years of Failure |
- | Robert MacNeil | 56 | 2019 | $5.60 Add |
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From  NEW! EcosocialismFrom: Future on Fire |
Chapter 5 examines a future guided by ecosocialism. Topics discussed include the transition away from corporate, consumer, and crony capitalism, what makes ecosocialism a good alternative to … | David Camfield | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Enclosures of Knowledge and CultureFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
Copyright and trademark law — with help from new types of “technological locks” that encrypt DVDs and ebooks — are privatizing more and more of our shared culture so that … | David Bollier | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From  English-Canadian Nationalism |
1963-1980. Looks at Canada’s national identity and the quest to keep it separate from America. Specifically looks at economic policy, continental integration of industry and foreign policy | 21 | 2012 | $2.10 Add | |
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From  Enter the Co-opFrom: Grocery Story |
In this chapter the author describes the history of co-ops from 1761 in Scotland to the revival of community-owned grocery stores in the 1980s. The structure and types of co-ops, their … | John Steinman | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Envisioning the Future of Agroecological Food Systems |
In this chapter the authors summarize that agroecological agriculture must also be based on equity, participation, democracy, and justice, that is not only sustainable but helps restore and … | Dana James | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Equality, Equity, and the Royal Commission on the Status of WomenFrom: 1968 in Canada |
In 1968, Canadian women addressed women’s equality in the spotlight of a royal commission’s public hearing process. Predominantly white, married women spoke truth to power in … | Jane Arscott | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Expressing GratitudeFrom: Intrinsic Hope |
When we are grateful, we naturally become more hopeful. By recognizing and appreciating the gifts we have been given, gratitude breeds hope. Gratitude doesn’t deny the mess we are in, but … | Kate Davies | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From  From (Invisible) Coffee Farmer to Undocumented Construction WorkerThe Life and Death of Álvaro Vargas Fonseca From: The Fair Trade Handbook |
In this chapter, the author outlines the chain of events that led to the death of a Costa Rican coffee farmer in a Toronto construction site. | Roxana Olivera | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
