Politics & Power

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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

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 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

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 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

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 This chapter explores gender, feminism, and Marxism. 19 $1.90 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

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 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

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 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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Introduction

Introduction

From: Patriarchy of the Wage

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Introduction

Introduction

From: Law at Work

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 Glasbeek introduces the central ideas explored throughout the book, highlighting how the law is structured to maintain systems of oppression under capitalism. 9 $0.90 Add
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Introduction: Beyond the Silos

Introduction: Beyond the Silos

Toward a Social Justice Social Science

From: Making Sense of Society

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 In the introduction author Alex Khasnabish explains how the primary purpose of this book is to critically explore what social research is, what it does, and what it is and isn’t good for. The … 5 $0.50 Add
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Just-in-Time Workers for Just-in-Time Distribution

Just-in-Time Workers for Just-in-Time Distribution

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

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 This chapter focuses on how the rise of just-in-time distribution, a sector of growing importance to global capitalism, has been fuelled with the rise of just-in-time employment — meaning a … 11 $1.10 Add
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Keeping Global Capitalism Afloat

Keeping Global Capitalism Afloat

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

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 This chapter examines how remittances play a crucial role within global capitalism. Remittances reinforce a pattern of migration from the Global South to the North, increasingly necessary for … 9 $0.90 Add