Political Activism

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Quiet No More

Quiet No More

New Political Activism in Canada and Around the Globe

Spontaneous and creative protest movements have burst onto the political stage in Canada and around the world. Joel D. Harden, an activist, writer, and educator, offers a ground-level account of … 264 View
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Radicals and Resource Developers

Radicals and Resource Developers

A REGION ON THE BRINK, 1919–1945

From: North of Superior

New Ontario (as the region was called during this period) was treated as a colony by the imperial government seated in Toronto; however, this vast region, nearly three-quarters of the entire … ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Rebel, rebel
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Rebel, rebel

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

After a year of accompanying V330ancouver’s Extinction Rebellion group, the author asks: is civil disobedience not only a moral choice, but also the most powerful way of shaping world … 41 $4.10 Add
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Research Methods and Design

Research Methods and Design

From: Resisting Eviction

In this chapter, Crosby provides a methodological blueprint for doing research with social movements. He describes his work with the Herongate Tenant Coalition as political activist ethnography, … 13 $1.30 Add
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Resistance: Challenging Transnational Professional Service Firms
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Resistance: Challenging Transnational Professional Service Firms

From: The Consulting Trap

In Chapter Five, the authors consider how the power of TPSFS can be contested, discussing some of the strategies that have been taken up to resist the incursion of these firms into public … ; 29 $2.90 Add
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Rio to Kyoto

Rio to Kyoto

The Road Not Taken

From: The Big Stall

Analyzes the tactic of "greenwashing" and the use of terms like "sustainable development" allowing big business to adopt the language of environmentalism but none of the … 16 $1.60 Add
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Rioting

Rioting

From: Languages of the Unheard

This chapter argues that in many cases rioting may serve as a vehicle for fostering social inclusion and civic equality. Rioting has a unique capacity to allow the voiceless to interrupt business … 22 $2.20 Add
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Sabotage

Sabotage

From: Languages of the Unheard

Sabotage has been practised for thousands of years, wherever people have found themselves forced, by the explicit threat of violence or the looming prospect of hunger, to toil on behalf of the … 19 $1.90 Add
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Sanders’ Challenge

Sanders’ Challenge

Economic Democracy beyond “Responsible Capitalism”

From: The Socialist Challenge Today - New Expanded Edition

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