Political Activism

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! A Band of Brothers and Sisters: Circle of Trust From: Eyes Have Seen View bar	In this chapter, Anderson recounts his experiences living in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and how he became deeply embedded in the 1963 and 1964 Civil Rights voter registration efforts.	Fred Anderson	16	2025	$1.60 Add
From A Generation No One Was Counting On From: In Defiance View Between The Lines	The meetings at some schools attract thousands of students, and the debates about the strike heat up. This chapter asks why this particular generation of students became vocal and active so quickly.	Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From A Generation That Knows the Taste of Tear Gas From: Resist! View Fernwood Publishing		Darren Stewart	4	2001	$0.40 Add
From A Kiss for the Riot Cop From: Resist! View Fernwood Publishing		Sandra Alland	1	2001	$0.10 Add
From A Mountain of Garbage From: Fighting Dirty View Between The Lines	This chapter traces developments in this case, and the work of citizens to fight against the landfill expansion.	Poh-Gek Forkert	7	2017	$0.70 Add
From A Quebec City Diary From: Resist! View Fernwood Publishing		Philippe de Grosbois	7	2001	$0.70 Add
From A Twelve-Vote Margin From: In Defiance View Between The Lines	How student organizations engaged students on various campuses and fostered mass meetings and voting on the strike.	Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler	12	2015	$1.20 Add
From A Wall of Brick and Rage From: Whose Streets? View Between The Lines	From Whose Streets?: The Toronto G20 and the Challenges of Summit Protest	Nicole Tanguay	2	2011	$0.20 Add
From NEW! Accessible Housing Is a Human Right From: Living Disability View Coach House Books	David Meyers writes about accessible housing as a human right. He explains that governments across Canada do not meet the needs of disabled people for accessible housing, and that disability-led …	David Meyers	12	2024	$1.20 Add
Activism That Works	Activism That Works shares the stories of eight diverse social justice movements, from Oxfam Canada, to the Calgary Raging Grannies, to the Youth Project of Halifax, as they contemplate their own …		192		View
From NEW! Against Landlord Technology in San Francisco From: Dispatches from the Threshold View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, the authors examine how landlord technology in San Francisco, from the 1970s through the 2020s, accelerates gentrification and surveillance.	Erin McElroy; Matthew Martignoni	13	2025	$1.30 Add
From Akwesasnae Cross-Border Action, April 19,2001: A Mohawk Community and OCAP Confront State Repression From: Resist! View Fernwood Publishing		Jeff Shantz	5	2001	$0.50 Add
From All for What? From: In Defiance View Between The Lines		Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler	7	2015	$0.70 Add
From NEW! All-Pervading Maleness From: Seven Days in Halifax View Formac Publishing	In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on claims that the event excluded women’s perspectives. …	Robert Ashe	13	2025	$1.30 Add
From An Unwavering Activist From: Fighting Dirty View Between The Lines	This chapter focuses on Mary Lynne Sammon, a key activist in this struggle.	Poh-Gek Forkert	9	2017	$0.90 Add
From Analyzing Quebec’s Intifada From: Resist! View Fernwood Publishing		Scott Weinstein	4	2001	$0.40 Add