Social Movements
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From ![]() Foreword & PrologueFrom: Beryl |
Dustin Galer | 6 | 2023 | $0.60 Add | |
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From ![]() Former Enemies Forced to Live Together |
This chapter looks at the aftermath of the English conquest: French-English tensions in Quebec, policies and assimilation attempts, the Quebec Act, and various military and legal battles. | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 14 | 2002 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() From One Showdown to Another |
This chapter looks at the election of the Parti Quebecois in 1976 and the aftermath of this historic election. It covers language laws introduced, tensions between English and French Canada, the … | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 13 | 2002 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() Hard Slow Beginnings |
This chapter explores Quebec’s early history, starting in 1534. It touches on key figures, tensions, and events in this early period. | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 11 | 2002 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Heading for Confrontation |
This chapter explores escalating French-English tensions after 1793 in Canada. It touches on controversies over uniting Upper and Lower Canada, the Parti Patriote led by Louis-Joseph … | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 20 | 2002 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() IntroductionIf Mainstream Feminism Says Everything Can Be Feminist, Is Everything Feminist? From: Take Back the Fight |
In the Introduction, the author first discusses abortion, both its personal and political aspects. The limitations of feminism to make lives better for racialized, Indigenous, disabled and queer … | Nora Loreto | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() IntroductionFrom: Roles of Resistance |
Harter and Leier present this book as a tool for teaching students to critically examine capitalism, how it functions, its impacts, and how the current economic system might be challenged to … | John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier | 3 | 2024 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() Mainstreaming Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Racist FeminismFrom: Take Back the Fight |
Chapter ten, Mainstreaming Anti-capitalist, Anti-racist Feminism, argues that modern, mainstream feminism needs to be anti-racist, anti-capitalist and anti- colonial in order to be relevant, … | Nora Loreto | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() Neoliberalism and Decentralized ActivismFrom: Take Back the Fight |
The second chapter, Neoliberalism and Decentralized Activism, provides background on neoliberal economic policy and considers the role of it in the destruction of social movements via the ways it … | Nora Loreto | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() On All Fronts |
This chapter explores Quebec and World War One, the great Depression, early discussions of Quebec Independence, and World War Two. | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 16 | 2002 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Optimism of the WillThere Is an Alternative |
This chapter considers what is needed to counter neoliberalism and comments on the positive signs of the rise in union activity and the common cause of diverse grassroots movements in advocating … | Alex Himelfarb | 22 | 2024 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() Part 2: OrganizingThinking through History: Our Roles in the Labour Movement— Free Speech Fights From: Roles of Resistance |
This section presents a lesson plan centered on the Vancouver Free Speech Fight of 1912, designed to help students analyze strategies for building more effective social movements. It includes … | John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier | 10 | 2024 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Part 2: OrganizingOn the Line: Pickets and Protests at Gainers From: Roles of Resistance |
This section presents a lesson plan using the historic context of the Gainers Strike in Alberta. Participants learn about organizing, strikes, picket lines, and the power of solidarity. It … | John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier | 15 | 2024 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() Part 2: OrganizingGreenpeace, Class, and Sealing From: Roles of Resistance |
This section presents a lesson plan using Greanpeace Canada’s anti-stealing campaign to explore the historic divide between the labour and environmental movements. It includes required … | John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier | 11 | 2024 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Part ThreeFrom: The Mantle of Struggle |
Part three describes Douglas’ life after his return to Dominica in 1976 and leading up to the general election in 2000. It explores his contributions to Domica’s political … | Irving Andre | 76 | 2023 | $7.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Part TwoFrom: The Mantle of Struggle |
Part two explores Douglas’ move to Canada to attend Sir George Williams University in Montreal during the 1960s. These chapters detail his life during this time; his civil rights activism … | Irving Andre | 102 | 2023 | $10.20 Add |









