Politics & Power

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Economic and Political Crisis

Economic and Political Crisis

From: Big Business and Hitler

Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines the period of 1929-1932 and the economic and political crises that led more and more of Germany’s elite to support Hitler. 11 $1.10 Add
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Effective Interactions

Effective Interactions

Supremacist Power and Liberatory Power

From: The Power Manual

There are three core propositions in chapter 1, Effective Interactions, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault and bell hooks: (1) that there are both supremacist and liberatory ways to act out … 4 $0.40 Add
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Empire, War and Revolution

Empire, War and Revolution

From: Big Business and Hitler

Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines the situation in Germany from 1900-1919 that led to Hitler’s rise to power paying particular focus on the German elite of aristocrats and … 12 $1.20 Add
Essential Work Disposable Workers

Essential Work Disposable Workers

Migration, Capitalism, and Class

Across the world we are witnessing daily the lethal effects of a rapid and scary hardening of borders, ignited and justified by manufactured fear and scarcity. In such conditions, highly … 230 View
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Foreword / Introduction: Essential Yet Disposable

Foreword / Introduction: Essential Yet Disposable

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

This section includes the foreword and introduction of this book. In the introduction, Mostafa Heneway describes the political landscape that facilitates the exploitation of migrant workers and … 14 $1.40 Add
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From Farm to Table

From Farm to Table

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

This chapter demonstrates the growing size and power of the food industry in the global economy across its supply chains. Capital-intensive farming, food-processing and major food retailers and … 17 $1.70 Add
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Gender and Reproduction in Marx's Capital

Gender and Reproduction in Marx’s Capital

From: Patriarchy of the Wage

This chapter explores gender, feminism, and Marxism. 19 $1.90 Add
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“Go Canadian, Boys!”
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“Go Canadian, Boys!”

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

This chapter recounts the 1969 jurisdictional battle in Toronto between Local 183 carpenters and Local 562 lathers over nearly 2,500 formworkers in the residential concrete sector. 12 $1.20 Add
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“I Built an Empire”
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“I Built an Empire”

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

This chapter examines how John Stefanini reshaped Local 183, a construction labourers’ union, during the mid-1970s. 14 $1.40 Add
If You're In My Way, I'm Walking

If You’re In My Way, I’m Walking

The Assault on Working People Since 1970

“If you’re in my way I’m walking.” This arrogant statement by former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on the occasion of his physical altercation with a protester in … 160 View
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Indigenous Workers, Casino Development and Union Organizing

Indigenous Workers, Casino Development and Union Organizing

From: Boom, Bust and Crisis

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Into a New Century, 2000-09
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Into a New Century, 2000-09

From: Leading Progess

This chapter describes how the PIPSC dealt with issues in the first decade of the 2000s, including Y2K and the globalization of computer systems, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Canadian war … 29 $2.90 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: The Power Manual

Why do power relations matter in social change, or for any of us who care about living the best life we can live? Because we have to be clear about the type of power we seek. We need power to … 4 $0.40 Add
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Introduction
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Introduction

From: Leading Progess

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