Political Activism
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Disruptive Direct ActionFrom: Languages of the Unheard |
The militant intends to gain a hearing for the silenced or ignored, giving voice to the voiceless and defending public autonomy against the antidemocratic influence of intransigent elites and … | Stephen D'Arcy | 16 | 2013 | $1.60 Add |
From Excellence?From: In Defiance |
When neoliberals and orthodox conservatives talk about the need for excellence in universities, what kind of elitism are they thinking about? Their vision for universities, being similar to their … | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 14 | 2015 | $1.40 Add |
From Goodbye Local Garbageman, Hello Mega-dumpFrom: Fighting Dirty |
This chapter looks at the messy aftermath of Fred Sutcliffe’s decision to submit an application to the provincial Ministry of the Envrionment to expand his dumpsite. | Poh-Gek Forkert | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
From Labour’s Role in Opposing the G20Building Resistance to Austerity From: Whose Streets? |
- | Archana Rampure | 12 | 2011 | $1.20 Add |
From Mirrors or MiragePolitical Parties and Grassroots Movements From: Quiet No More |
Chapter four surveys the relationship between progressive political parties and grassroots activism; a case is made that a grassroots influence in electoral politics is emerging, but one … | Joel D. Harden | 46 | 2013 | $4.60 Add |
From Radicals and Resource DevelopersA 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 … | Chris Southcott; Michel S. Beaulieu | 18 | 2010 | $1.80 Add |
From Sanders’ ChallengeEconomic Democracy beyond “Responsible Capitalism” |
- | Leo Panitch; Sam Gindin | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
From NEW! Social Democracy in a Neo-Liberal EraFrom: Class Action |
In Social Democracy in a Neo-liberal Era Hanson explores how conditions changed, or failed to change, after the election of Ontario’s first NDP premier. The chapter discusses topics such … | Andy Hanson | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
From Working With OthersParticipation and Democracy From: Educating for Action |
In the following pages I will examine how democracy works, breaking down the process from voting to lobbying. I will explore the role that social movements and demonstrations play in creating … | Joshua Ryan Holst | 28 | 2014 | $2.80 Add |
From A Kiss for the Riot CopFrom: Resist! |
- | Sandra Alland | 1 | 2001 | $0.10 Add |
From First Stirrings of AngerFrom: Fighting Dirty |
This chapter highlights the community’s suffering following the transformation of the newly renamed Richmond Landfill post-1988. | Poh-Gek Forkert | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
From Planning For Democratic Socialism |
- | Leo Panitch; Sam Gindin | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
From NEW! Rebel, rebel |
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 … | Arno Kopecky | 41 | 2021 | $4.10 Add |
From SabotageFrom: 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 … | Stephen D'Arcy | 19 | 2013 | $1.90 Add |
From Soldiers without a Commander?From: In Defiance |
Social networks, the media, and their effects on the spontaneous actions of the strikers. | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 13 | 2015 | $1.30 Add |
From NEW! The Social ContractFrom: Class Action |
In The Social Contract Hanson focuses on the impact of Premier Bob Rae’s idea of the “social contract” and its aftermath. The chapter discusses the Social Contract demanded $2 … | Andy Hanson | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |