Resistance

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Canada’s Eastward Pipelines: A Corporate Export Swindle, Confronted by Cross-Country Resistance

Canada’s Eastward Pipelines: A Corporate Export Swindle, Confronted by Cross-Country Resistance

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 6 Martin Lukacs examines the anti–tar sands movement in Quebec, focusing on topics such as the Moratoire d’une génération (One-Generation Moratorium), civil … 8 $0.80 Add
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Constitutional Deadlock and the International Option

Constitutional Deadlock and the International Option

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel explores section 35 of the constitution of Canada and the negotiations and political struggle that took place from 1983 to 1987 to ensure it was included. 3 $0.30 Add
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Canadian Diplomatic Efforts to Sell the Tar Sands

Canadian Diplomatic Efforts to Sell the Tar Sands

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 4 Yves Engler discusses Canadian diplomacy in the decades of its rapidly growing tar sands and its push for carbon-heavy oil globally. It discusses topics including international … 9 $0.90 Add
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Capitalist Economic Development and Popular Responses Before the First World War Outside Europe
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Capitalist Economic Development and Popular Responses Before the First World War Outside Europe

From: Humans

This chapter explores ways in which Indigenous peoples, black people and immigrant populations resisted enslavement, forced labour and the wage in North and South America and Australia, as well … 31 $3.10 Add
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Casual Labour and the History of Women's Work

Casual Labour and the History of Women’s Work

From: Hollow Work, Hollow Society?

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Centring the Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

Centring the Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

In the introductory chapter, the editor of the collection describes this book as a collaboration between herself and racialized students. The editor also discusses some of the experiences these … 30 $3.00 Add
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Challenging Hate and Discrimination with Awareness and Dialogue

Challenging Hate and Discrimination with Awareness and Dialogue

From: Divided

This essay examines the increase in anti-multicultural statements and hate crimes in Canada in general, and Islamophobia in particular. 8 $0.80 Add
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Climate Change, Pandemics, Warfare, and the Search for a Better World
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Climate Change, Pandemics, Warfare, and the Search for a Better World

The 2020s Viewed in the Context of Global Human History

From: Humans

This chapter examines the growth of the environmental movement in response to the mounting climate crisis perpetuated by capitalist priorities. It explores the response to pandemics in the late … 11 $1.10 Add
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Closing the Circle

Closing the Circle

The Possibilities for Transformational Pedagogy

From: Colonized Classrooms

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Colonized Classrooms

Colonized Classrooms

Racism, Trauma and Resistance in Post-Secondary Education

In Colonized Classrooms, Sheila Cote-Meek discusses how Aboriginal students confront narratives of colonial violence in the postsecondary classroom, while they are, at the same time, living and … 175 View
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Community Development and the Arthur Laing Gang

Community Development and the Arthur Laing Gang

1965-1967

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

In the sixth chapter of his biography, George Manuel begins his community development job for the Department of Indian Affairs, starting with training in Quebec City, before being placed in … ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Conceptualizing the Impact of the Colonial Encounter

Conceptualizing the Impact of the Colonial Encounter

From: Colonized Classrooms

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Conclusion
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Conclusion

What Are the Prospects for Humanity?

From: Humans

This chapter looks at the legacy of popular resistance movements in our history and asks how a species that for most of its existence was largely cooperative, egalitarian and peaceful could have … 6 $0.60 Add
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Conclusion

Conclusion

Power of the People

From: Warrior Life

In the Conclusion, Power of the People, Palmater reinforces her message of the importance of collective Indigenous resistance to resolve oppression, social injustice and genocide against … 7 $0.70 Add