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Homes, Jobs and Friends

Homes, Jobs and Friends

From: Beyond Shelters

Describes what how homeless shelters should be assisting homless people in three areas: finding a home, preparing for work, and developing friendships. Analyzes how the Gateway Shelter (Salvation … 16 $1.60 Add
Honest Politics Now

Honest Politics Now

What ethical conduct means in Canadian Public Life

Using high-profile political scandals as case studies, this book explores the standards of accountability to which Canadian politicians are now being held. This is the definitive up to date book … 392 View
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Hope

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Horizons of Solidarity
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Horizons of Solidarity

The Regina Refinery Pension Lockout

From: Unjust Transition

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. ; ; 24 $2.40 Add
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Hotel and Hospital Cleaning

Hotel and Hospital Cleaning

Occupational Health and Safety Risks in the Neoliberal Era

From: Sick and Tired

Hotel Sector Globalization Neoliberalism Targets Public Health-Care Services Union Responses Conclusion ; 11 $1.10 Add
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How Are P3s?

How Are P3s?

From: About Canada: Public-Private Partnerships

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How Basic Income Affects Different People

How Basic Income Affects Different People

From: Basic Income For Canadians

This chapter explores the impact of basic income on different populations including indigenous people, racialized people, and people with disabilities. 19 $1.90 Add
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How to Think About the Future

How to Think About the Future

From: Escape from Overshoot

In this chapter the author explores ways of thinking about the future, and how they have changed over time. 10 $1.00 Add
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Hub Cities and Transport Costs
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Hub Cities and Transport Costs

Section 1: The Economist’s City

From: Cities Matter

Chapter 2 explores transportation networks and hub cities, discussing topics including networks, ‘Transport Cost’ theory, and more. 6 $0.60 Add
Human Development

Human Development

Lessons from the Cuban Revolution

Capitalism is a system in crisis. In the context of an urgent need for an alternative system, Cuba provides valuable lessons. The Cuban Revolution’s unique features have allowed it to … 135 View
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Human Moles in the "Lovely Land of War"

Human Moles in the "Lovely Land of War"

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

Except in its opening and closing stages, the Great War is a “stationary war,” to be associated forever with concepts such as trenches, no man’s land, and barbed wire — … 33 $3.30 Add
Humanizing the Economy

Humanizing the Economy

Co-operatives in the Age of Capital

At the close of the twentieth century, corporate capitalism extended its reach over the globe. While its defenders argue that globalization is the only way forward for modern, democratic … 305 View
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Humanizing the Economy

Humanizing the Economy

Co-operatives in the Age of Capital

From: Humanizing the Economy

The Future of an Idea Happiness Matters Commons Sense Japan’s Fishing Co-operatives Ozone Globalizing Localism 29 $2.90 Add
Humans
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Humans

The 300,000-Year Struggle for Equality

Historian Alvin Finkel builds on the work of archaeologists, anthropologists and historians to present the very long view of the history of the human species. His focus is not on the leaders … 416 View
I Want a Better Catastrophe
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I Want a Better Catastrophe

Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor

An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers WITH GLOBAL WARMING projected to rocket past the 1.5°C limit, lifelong activist Andrew Boyd is thrown … 422 View
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Identity Crisis
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Identity Crisis

The Politics of False Concreteness

From: The Socialist Register 2022

Samir Gandesha examines what he identifies as ‘a fragmentation of the universalism that had historically underwritten the struggle for socialism’, leading to a what he terms a … 18 $1.80 Add