Political Philosophy
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From  Origins and Development of Sexual Work in the United States and BritainFrom: Patriarchy of the Wage |
This chapter focuses on sexual work; it discusses history, sexuality, class, and gender/labour politics. | Silvia Federici | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Pharmaceutical CompaniesRelationship Between the Canadian Government and Big Pharma — “Clientele Pluralism” From: Corporate Rules |
In this chapter, Joel Lexchin examines the pharmaceutical industry and “clientele pluralism. “ Lexchin argues that the pharmaceutical industry can drive regulation by influencing not … | Joel Lexchin | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Qualifying as Canadian: Economic Diplomacy, Mining, and Racism at the Escobal Mine in GuatemalaPart Two: Dispossession Abroad |
In Chapter 8, authors Caren Weisbart, Jennifer Moore and Charlotte Connolly examines the Canadian mining industry in Guatemala. The chapter explores events surrounding the role of Canadian … | Caren Weisbart; Charlotte Connolly; Jennifer Moore | 30 | 2022 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Sharing the WealthFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Covers RIM and Jim Balsillie’s support of the University of Waterloo and the foundation and growth of Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). | Chuck Howitt | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Socialist Strategy, Yesterday and Today: Notes on Classical Marxism and the Contemporary Radical LeftFrom: 21st Century Socialism |
- | Joshua D. Dumont; Murray E.G. Smith | 20 | 2011 | $2.20 Add |
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From  The Black BlocFrom: Languages of the Unheard |
In order to assess the role of black blocs as languages of the unheard, that is, as vehicles for fostering public autonomy and securing a voice for the silenced or ignored, it may matter … | Stephen D'Arcy | 23 | 2013 | $2.30 Add |
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From  NEW! The Crisis of US Labour, Past and Present |
Samir Sonti explores the long decline of organized labour since its heyday in the mid-twentieth century. Sonti explores the challenge of rebuilding the American union movement in the post-Trump … | Samir Sonti | 24 | 2021 | $2.40 Add |
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From  The Empire of Private PropertyFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
Formal laws may declare what property rights people may have in given circumstances, our social norms are at least as important a force — and those are highly adaptable. How we define … | David Bollier | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The utopia debateFrom: SOS |
Chapter 6 focuses on the idea of ‘utopia’, discussing Plato’s Republic, the anti-utopians, utopianism for the powerful and wealthy, and lived utopias. | Richard Swift | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From  There Are Many AlternativesFrom: Curing Affluenza |
Chapter 7 explores the alternatives to the present culture of affluenza, discussing topics including Iceland’s response to the 2008 final crisis and its banks, challenging cultural … | Richard Denniss | 30 | 2018 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Ukraine and Pipeline Rivalry: Two NarrativesFrom: Oil and World Politics |
Analyzes the two narratives (US/NATO and Russian) relating to the change of government in 2014, the civil war and sanctions. Considers energy security issues: Ukraine’s reliability as the … | John Foster | 40 | 2018 | $4.00 Add |
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From  With Philosophy, Psychology, and Terror: Transforming Bodies into Labor Power |
In this chapter, feminist scholar Silvia Federici discusses the effects of the capitalist system on the conception of the body. She discusses how capitalist systems reduce the body to a base unit … | Silvia Federici | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! “It Has Not Been Like a Dream”: Challenging the Story of Extractivism in IndonesiaPart Two: Dispossession Abroad |
In Chapter 9, author Tracy Glynn examines the experience of the Indigenous Karsonsi’e Dongi and Sorowako Peoples of Indonesia. The chapter explores Glynn’s own work in the region with … | Tracy Glynn | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From  “The West Wants In”From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
Text of 1987 speech by Preston Manning in support of creating a new federal political party with western roots to advance an agenda for constitutional, economic, and social change. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
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From  AfterwordFrom: Uprooting Racism |
I write about neoliberalism, the current stage of global capitalism. This is a system of power, wealth, and control by ruling elites currently centered in the US and Europe; neoliberals use … | Paul Kivel | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! American Workers and the Left after TrumpPolarized Options |
Sam Gindin examines the state of the American Left after the Trump Administration. For Gindin, the US left faces ‘polarized options’; the challenge it faces is ‘to conceive of … | Sam Gindin | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
