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Oil's deep state at work

Oil’s deep state at work

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft analyzes the oil industry’s hold beyond the political parties and politicians with a focus on unelected officials who operate the institutions of … 9 $0.90 Add
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On Affective Labour

On Affective Labour

2011

From: Revolution at Point Zero

The essays in part 1 of the book explore the theoretical foundations of the politicization of housework. These essays explore the wages against housework movement, the transactional nature of … 14 $1.40 Add
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On Being Overinvested in Law as a Weapon Against Terrorism

On Being Overinvested in Law as a Weapon Against Terrorism

From: In The Balance

Considers the role of law as a weapon against terror in the United States, arguing that it is overinvested. The role of domestic intelligence and the overuse of judicial warrants are discussed. 26 $2.60 Add
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On Elder Care Work and the Limits of Marxism

On Elder Care Work and the Limits of Marxism

2009

From: Revolution at Point Zero

The essays in part 3 of the book explore the modern female experience from a variety of perspectives. These include individuals involved in elder care, migrant domestic workers and subsistence farmers. 11 $1.10 Add
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On Fumes
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On Fumes

From: Seven Days in Halifax

In this chapter, Ashe describes events of Day Six of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on public transit. The debate centred around affordability, … 7 $0.70 Add
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On Hemispheric Governance

On Hemispheric Governance

From: The New Geo-Governance

Over the past 40 years, the relative importance both of Canada’s government and of its banks has declined considerably on the world scene. Canada has had to make a number of adjustments to … 27 $2.43 Add
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On Love and Fidelity

On Love and Fidelity

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter examines Arendt’s The Human Condition and various philosophical ideas on the nature of love. 11 $1.10 Add
On Love and Tyranny

On Love and Tyranny

The Life and Politics of Hannah Arendt

In an utterly unique approach to biography, On Love and Tyranny traces the life and work of the iconic German Jewish intellectual Hannah Arendt, whose political philosophy and understandings of … 272 View
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On the Body, Gender, and Performance

On the Body, Gender, and Performance

From: Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

In this chapter, feminist scholar Silvia Federici discusses the concept of gender as performace. She discusses the ways in which gender is an expression of internal and external forces. 7 $0.70 Add
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On the Campaign Trail

On the Campaign Trail

From: Gay Marriage

examines the debates about same-sex marriage as they were tied to the 2004 election campaign of Paul Martin and Stephen Harper ; ; ; 21 $2.10 Add
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On the Frontiers of Capital

On the Frontiers of Capital

Nuclear Plants and Other Environmental Architectures

From: The Culture of Nature

The author explores the impact of the atomic age on the environment and landscape. The chapter includes 17 photos and images. 39 $3.90 Add
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On the Shubenacadie River: The Grassroots Grandmothers and the Fight against Alton Gas
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On the Shubenacadie River: The Grassroots Grandmothers and the Fight against Alton Gas

Part One: Dispossession at Home

From: Capitalism and Dispossession

In Chapter 5, author Ingrid Waldron examines the success of the grassroots activism of the Mi’kmaq grandmothers of the Sipekne’katik First Nation near Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia who … 19 $1.90 Add
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Once upon a time in deutschland
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Once upon a time in deutschland

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

This chapter details the author’s German heritage and Germany’s postwar journey of coming to terms with its sins; the point is to see what other nations might learn about dealing with … 25 $2.50 Add
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One- And Two- State Models

One- And Two- State Models

From: No Debate

In this chapter, Thompson traces the intellectual and historical roots of the one-state and two-state models proposed for resolving the Israel/Palestine question. 19 $1.90 Add
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One Country—Two States

One Country—Two States

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

The introduction, One Country-Two States explains how as a nation, Korea has existed for over a thousand years within clearly delineated and recognized borders; however, Korean have had the great … 9 $0.90 Add