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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Towards Financial Sustainability From: In The Business of Change View New Society Publishers	If you took a survey of social entrepreneurs, particularly those in the startup phase, and asked them about their top challenges, you’d no doubt hear one constant refrain: funding. That is …	Elisa Birnbaum	16	2018	$1.60 Add
From Turning on the Tap? Water Exports to the United States From: Living with Uncle View James Lorimer and Company	Examines the idea of exporting water in bulk to the US, describes the US need for water, the Canadian abundance of Water, and opposing views	Tony Clarke	26	2006	$2.60 Add
From Twilight Capitalism or Socialist Revolution From: Twilight Capitalism View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter examines "twenty-first-century socialism," and how young people are generally moving to the left and becoming attracted to socialist ideas.	Jonah Butovsky; Josh J. Watterton; Murray E.G. Smith	32	2021	$3.20 Add
From Ukraine and Pipeline Rivalry: Two Narratives From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes the two narratives (US/NATO and Russian) relating to the change of government in 2014, the civil war and sanctions. Considers energy security issues: Ukraine’s reliability as the …	John Foster	40	2018	$4.00 Add
From Unions Their Role in Democracy and Prosperity From: Canada after Harper View James Lorimer and Company	Lynne Fernandez then recounts how neoliberal government and corporate practices have weakened unions and violated their fundamental rights.	Lynne Fernandez	25	2015	$2.50 Add
From Unleashing Philanthropy From: Clean Money Revolution View New Society Publishers	Giving away money is an under-realized subset of clean money. The world needs to unleash the charitable sector in solving big problems. Foundations are monumentally important in this. They hold …	Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge	18	2017	$1.80 Add
From Which Side Are You On? Indigenous Peoples and Canada's Labour Movement From: Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada View Fernwood Publishing	Unions will need to extend their activities beyond the traditional concerns of organized labour to substantively engage with Indigenous struggles. This requires a multipronged approach, …	Suzanne E. Mills; Tyler McCreary	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From With Philosophy, Psychology, and Terror: Transforming Bodies into Labor Power From: Beyond the Periphery of the Skin View Between The Lines	In this chapter, feminist scholar Silvia Federici discusses the effects of the capitalist system on the conception of the body. She discusses how capitalist systems reduce the body to a base unit …	Silvia Federici	14	2020	$1.40 Add
From NEW! “It Has Not Been Like a Dream”: Challenging the Story of Extractivism in Indonesia Part Two: Dispossession Abroad From: Capitalism and Dispossession View Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter 9, author Tracy Glynn examines the experience of the Indigenous Karsonsi’e Dongi and Sorowako Peoples of Indonesia. The chapter explores Glynn’s own work in the region with …	Tracy Glynn	25	2022	$2.50 Add
From Possible conflicts over Canadian jobs, health, and the environment From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	not all Chinese investment in Canada is objectionable. Yet, for many Canadians, it seems possible that Chinese investment will undermine their priorities when it comes to jobs, health, or the …	Gus Van Harten	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From 1939–1945 Hitler’s War? From: Big Business and Hitler View James Lorimer and Company	Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines World War II (1939-1945) focussing on how it furthered the interests of big business in Germany and Germany’s elite	Jacques R. Pauwels	15	2017	$1.50 Add
From NEW! 7. The Energy Turnaround “Electrifying Everything” From: Earth for All View New Society Publishers	Chapter 7 focuses on energy consumption and a clean energy future, discussing clean power technologies, fairness of pushing expensive clean energy, fossil fuel industry’s power, the …	Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From Accountable Leadership From: Take Back the Fight View Fernwood Publishing	In chapter eight, Accountable Leadership, the importance of leaders in the feminist movement and the importance of accountability in leadership is considered. The author emphasizes the …	Nora Loreto	16	2020	$1.60 Add
From Accounting and Law From: Understanding Financial Statements View Irwin Law Inc.	Discusses accounting and the law, considering general principles such as the privity of relationships, foreseeability and duty of care.	Vern Krishna	11	2013	$1.10 Add
From Afterword Looking Back on A Moment of Truth: An International Perspective From: A New Kind of Union View James Lorimer and Company	Economist and union activist Jim Stanford looks back on Canada’s union movement since 2011 and how Canadian labour fares compared to other countries with the use of key graphs and statistics.	Jim Stanford	22	2019	$2.20 Add
From NEW! American Workers and the Left after Trump Polarized Options From: The Socialist Register 2022 View Fernwood Publishing	Sam Gindin examines the state of the American Left after the Trump Administration. For Gindin, the US left faces ‘polarized options’; the challenge it faces is ‘to conceive of …	Sam Gindin	19	2021	$1.90 Add