Politics & Power
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From  Revolution Begins at Home: Rethinking Marx, Reproduction, and the Class StruggleFrom: Patriarchy of the Wage |
This essay’s argument is divided in four parts. Part 1 examines the evidence and reasons for Marx’s undertheorization of “reproduction,” focusing on his reductive concept … | Silvia Federici | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Chapter 7The Quest for Dignity From: Somebodies and Nobodies |
Indignity signals an abuse of power—or put the other way round, the abuse of power is incompatible with the principle of inviolate human dignity. Rooting out rankism therefore represents an … | Robert W. Fuller | 12 | 2004 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Decision and ChoiceThe Efficient Unconscious and the Effort of Intention From: The Power Manual |
Decision and Choice, introduces the idea that the key lever in interactions is choice, the power to choose for oneself and, very carefully, others — more broadly, the ability to make … | Cyndi Suarez | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
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From  From Farm to Table |
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 … | Mostafa Henaway | 17 | 2012 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Interrogating the Union Politics of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity |
The floodgates have been opened and systemic racism is now at the centre of national attention. If we do not seize this opportunity to rebuild labour unions as a transformative vehicle for a … | Carol Wall; Winnie Ng | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Making Meaning, Making SenseCommunication and Belief From: Making Sense of Society |
In Chapter 6, Khasnabish explores some of the critical elements in our collective capacity to make sense out of the world. The chapter focuses on the use of language, and discusses topics … | Alex Khasnabish | 27 | 2022 | $2.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Stepping Up to a Larger Union Stage, 2010-19From: Leading Progess |
In this chapter, Russell explores how PIPSC dealt with issues and opportunities as it approached its hundred-year aniversary. PIPSC members confronted the Harper government’s muzzling of … | Jason Russell | 34 | 2020 | $3.40 Add |
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From The Construction of Domestic Work in Nineteenth-Century England and the Patriarchy of the WageFrom: Patriarchy of the Wage |
This chapter examines the history of our current understanding of "domestic work/women’s labour" and the effects of this relatively recent construction on women. | Silvia Federici | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  The Transportation Equipment IndustryFrom: Climate@Work |
- | Austin Hracs; John Holmes | 19 | 2013 | $1.90 Add |
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From Chapter 8The Anatomy of Disrespect From: Somebodies and Nobodies |
Dissects rank relationships, the power, and respect imbalance between individuals in various settings. Extols the importance of naming, identifying, and understanding rankism as it exists in … | Robert W. Fuller | 34 | 2004 | $3.40 Add |
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From NEW! ConclusionFrom: Leading Progess |
In the concluding chapter, Russell suggests that the key moment in PIPSC’s history occurred in 1967, when the Public Service Staff Relations Act allowed federal public servants to unionize. | Jason Russell | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Indigenous Workers, Casino Development and Union OrganizingFrom: Boom, Bust and Crisis |
- | John Peters | 19 | 2012 | $2.85 Add |
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From Just-in-Time Workers for Just-in-Time Distribution |
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 … | Mostafa Henaway | 11 | 2012 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Making a LivingEconomies and Ecologies From: Making Sense of Society |
In Chapter 7, Khasnabish explores the diverse bundle of human activity that we often refer to as “economic activity,” which he refers to as “making a living.” The chapter … | Alex Khasnabish | 34 | 2022 | $3.40 Add |
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From  On Nature’s Limits and the Human ConditionParrots and Peoples From: Peak Everything |
People who live a civilized life are like birds in a cage. As long as we stay within well-defined social bounds (and assuming we are lucky enough to have been born in a wealthy parasitic society, … | Richard Heinberg | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
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From Origins and Development of Sexual Work in the United States and BritainFrom: Patriarchy of the Wage |
This chapter focuses on sexual work; it discusses history, sexuality, class, and gender/labour politics. | Silvia Federici | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
