Conflict & Peace

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Palestine, 2006

Palestine, 2006

From: Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy

In this chapter, Engler and Schalk examine Canada’s foreign policy response to Hamas’s victory in the 2006 Palestinian elections, in which Canada became the first country to suspend … ; 6 $0.60 Add
Patriots, Traitors and Empires

Patriots, Traitors and Empires

The Story of Korea's Struggle for Freedom

“In the night of our ignorance, North Korea confirms all stereotypes.”—Bruce Cumings Patriots, Traitors and Empires is an account of modern Korean history, written from the … 272 View
Pay No Heed to the Rockets

Pay No Heed to the Rockets

Palestine in the Present Tense

Marcello Di Cintio first visited Palestine in 1999. Like most outsiders, the Palestinian narrative that he knew had been simplified by a seemingly unending struggle, a near-Sisyphean curse of … 264 View
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Peace after the Sun Goes Down

Peace after the Sun Goes Down

From: Disarming Conflict

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Peace Education

Peace Education

From: Are We Done Fighting?

This chapter introduces the role of peace education, the various contexts in which it can occur, the techniques that make it effective, and the challenges that arise. There is a long case study … 12 $1.20 Add
Peacemakers

Peacemakers

How people around the world are building a world free of war

A world without war: this is the vision that Douglas Roche has pursued for decades. A long-time Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament, Canadian ambassador for disarmament, and later a … 224 View
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Colom (2008-2012) and the Failure of the State

Colom (2008-2012) and the Failure of the State

From: A Beauty that Hurts

This chapter discusses the presidency of Álvaro Colom and his ultimate arrest. 3 $0.30 Add
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Perfect Tranquility

Perfect Tranquility

From: Loyalist Rebellion in New Brunswick

1780s. Looks at underlying issues with the loyalists thinking of themselves not as Canadian but as American Colonials, looks at the pathway to thinking of themselves as loyal to England and Canada 29 $2.90 Add
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Petroleum and Geopolitics

Petroleum and Geopolitics

From: Oil and World Politics

Discusses petroleum, the most valuable commodity in world trade, and its ties to politics and power. Introduces the links between governments and oil corporations, the history of petrodollars in … 30 $3.00 Add
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Plutocracy Awaits Us

Plutocracy Awaits Us

From: Canada after Harper

Linda McQuaig tells us how the inequality generated by “free market” policies has widened the gap between Canada’s ultra-rich and most other Canadians. 6 $0.60 Add
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Justice and Representation

Justice and Representation

From: A Beauty that Hurts

This chapter discusses Guatemala’s justice system and the issues within it. 5 $0.50 Add
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Power-over

Power-over

From: Are We Done Fighting?

This chapter starts with a look at the assumed relationship between power and violence, and introduces and dissects a concept called power-over. Power-over is rooted in violence or punishment, … 12 $1.20 Add
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Power-with and Power-from-within

Power-with and Power-from-within

From: Are We Done Fighting?

The author describes characteristics of power-with, and offers tips on how it can be recognized and developed in different contexts. The chapter concludes with the introduction of a third type of … 14 $1.40 Add
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Preface

Preface

From: The Hope that Remains

Regine Uwibereyeho King explains the themes that emerge in the stories of the survivors, as a genocide survivor herself. 2 $0.20 Add
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Preface

Preface

From: A Beauty that Hurts

Introduction written by W. George Lovell 7 $0.70 Add
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Principal Purdie Objects

Principal Purdie Objects

Canadian Pentecostal Students and Conscription during the Second World War

From: Worth Fighting For

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