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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
The Big Stall How big oil and think tanks are blocking action on climate change in Canada James Lorimer and Company	This book traces the origins of the Trudeau government’s climate change plan back to the energy sector itself — in particular Big Oil. It shows how, in the last fifteen years, Big Oil …	Donald Gutstein	304	2018	View
NEW! The Canadian Investor Challenges and Change in Canadian Capital Markets Irwin Law Inc.	The Canadian Investor is one of the clearest and most informative accounts of Canada’s financial system and the issues it has been facing since the 2008 financial market crash. This …	Anita Indira Anand	210	2020	View
NEW! The Case for Basic Income Freedom, Security, Justice Between The Lines	Inequality is up. Decent work is down. Free market fundamentalism has been exposed as a tragic failure. In a job market upended by COVID-19—with Canadians caught in the grip of precarious …	Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift	264	2021	View
NEW! The Case for Climate Capitalism Economic Solutions for a Planet in Crisis ECW Press	A warming climate and a general distrust of Wall Street has opened a new cultural divide among those who otherwise agree we must mitigate climate risk: anti-market critics such as Naomi Klein …	Tom Rand	274	2020	View
The Fair Trade Handbook Building a Better World, Together Fernwood Publishing	Framed within the common goal of advancing trade justice and South-North solidarity, The Fair Trade Handbook presents a broad interpretation of fair trade and a wide-ranging dialogue between …	Gavin Fridell; Sean McHugh; Zack Gross	240	2021	View
NEW! The Fire and the Ashes Rekindling Democratic Socialism Between The Lines	In The Fire and the Ashes, long-time union economist and policy analyst Andrew Jackson looks back on a fascinating career in the labour movement, the NDP, and left politics, combining keen …	Andrew Jackson	180	2021	View
The Future of Capitalism Katrina Vanden Heuvel and Yanis Varoufakis vs. Arthur Brooks and David Brooks House of Anansi Press	The twenty-fifth semi-annual Munk Debate, held on December 4, 2019, pits editorial director and publisher of the Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel and former finance minister of Greece Yanis …	Arthur Brooks; David Brooks; Katrina Vanden Heuvel; Yanis Varoufakis	142	2020	View
The Great Class War 1914-1918 James Lorimer and Company	Far from an accident of history, the First World War was a long sought-after event welcomed by European elites as a check against democratization and socialist reforms — but the war had …	Jacques R. Pauwels		2016	View
NEW! The Killer’s Henchman Capitalism and the Covid-19 Disaster bar	Summer 2021, the novel coronavirus is scything through populations worldwide. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announces the Covid-19 pandemic will end “when the world …	Stephen Gowans	280	2022	View
The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster Public Betrayal, Justice Denied James Lorimer and Company	This book explores the circumstances leading up to the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, describes the events themselves, and recounts the aftermath including the outcome of criminal trials …	Bruce Campbell	216	2018	View
The New Carbon Architecture Buiding to Cool the Climate New Society Publishers	"Green buildings" that slash energy use and carbon emissions are all the rage, but they aren’t enough. The hidden culprit is embodied carbon — the carbon emitted when …	Bruce King	186	2017	View
The Point is To Change the World Selected Writings of Andaiye Between The Lines	Radical activist, thinker, and comrade of Walter Rodney, Andaiye was one of the Caribbean’s most important political voices. For the first time, her writings are published in one collection. …	Alissa Trotz; Andaiye	320	2020	View
The Power Manual How to Master Complex Power Dynamics New Society Publishers	Liberate yourself by understanding and mastering power dynamics All social relations are laden with power. Getting out from under dominant power relations and mastering power dynamics is perhaps …	Cyndi Suarez	195	2018	View
The Rise of the New West The History of a Region in Confederation James Lorimer and Company	This one-volume history chronicles a 150-year history of dramatic changes in fortune and attitudes in western Canada. From the Riel Rebellions and the Winnipeg General Strike to the founding of …	John F. Conway	400	2014	View
NEW! The Sea Is Rising and So Are We A Climate Justice Handbook Between The Lines	The Sea is Rising and So Are We: A Climate Justice Handbook is an invitation to get involved in the movement to build a just and sustainable world in the face of the most urgent challenge our …	Bill McKibben; Cynthia Kaufman	193	2021	View
NEW! The Socialist Register 2022 New Polarizations, Old Contradictions: The Crisis of Centrism Fernwood Publishing	The 58th annual volume of the Socialist Register takes up the challenge of exploring how the new polarizations relate to the contradictions that underlie them and how far ‘centrist’ …	Colin Leys; Greg Albo; Leo Panitch	352	2021	View