Political Philosophy

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Assorted Information (and Idiocies)

Assorted Information (and Idiocies)

Everything you always wanted to know about the Duce…that actually turns out to be false

From: Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good

The author refutes various stories that have been invented around the figure of Mussolini and been spread around Italy over the years. 8 $0.80 Add
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At the Summit of Global Capitalism
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At the Summit of Global Capitalism

Accommodation, Rivalry, or Confrontation between the US and China

From: The Socialist Register 2022

Walden Bello examines the growing rivalry between the US and China from the perspective of Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Bello provides a judicious assessment of the growing polarizations … 32 $3.20 Add
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Augmentation and Organization

Augmentation and Organization

From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

Organizations, Sectarianism, and Leadership – Education – Provocation – Mobilization – Organizing 10 $1.00 Add
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Aviation and Rail
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Aviation and Rail

Regulatory Capture in the Aviation and Rail Sector

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, Bruce Campbell examines the risks in the regulatory capture of the rail and aviation sectors in Canada and the dangers with the increase deregulation of transport. Campbell … 18 $1.80 Add
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Balance of Power: the NDP in Minority Parliament 2019–2021
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Balance of Power: the NDP in Minority Parliament 2019–2021

From: From Layton to Singh

Chapter 8 examines the NDP’s role during Trudeau’s minority government between 2019 and 2021. The chapter covers topics including the Wet’suwet’en resistance to the … 19 $1.90 Add
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Banks and Financial Institutions
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Banks and Financial Institutions

Canadian Bank Regulation — A Case of Efficient Capture

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, Marc- André Pigeon and David Pringle examine how the defining features of Canada’s banking sector are its enduring stability and profitability, as well as examine the … ; 21 $2.10 Add
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Barrick Gold, the University of Toronto, and the Corporate Capture of the Canadian Government
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Barrick Gold, the University of Toronto, and the Corporate Capture of the Canadian Government

Part Two: Dispossession Abroad

From: Capitalism and Dispossession

In Chapter 7, author Sakura Saunders presents a historical account of how Canadian civil actors have attempted to compel the Canadian government to hold Canadian mining companies to account for … 28 $2.80 Add
Beyond Contempt
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Beyond Contempt

How Liberals can Communicate Across the Great Divide

Liberal and progressive frustration, grief, and alarm over Trump’s destructive political agenda and behavior have prompted mounting disdain for Trump supporters and other conservatives. … 242 View
Beyond the Fragments

Beyond the Fragments

Feminism and the Making of Socialism

Inspired by the activism of the 1970s that surrounded the triumph of the right under Margaret Thatcher in U.K., Beyond the Fragments was written to create stronger bonds of solidarity in a new … ; ; 324 View
Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism

More than ever, “the body” is today at the center of radical and institutional politics. Feminist, antiracist, trans, ecological movements–all look at the body in its manifold … 161 View
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Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege Kyoto

Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege Kyoto

From: The Big Stall

Examines the business led campaign to discredit the Kyoto Accord in the 1990s and 2000s. Big business lobbied for a "made in Canada" solution while funding a massive anti-Kyoto … 20 $2.00 Add
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Big Oil Takes Control

Big Oil Takes Control

From: The Big Stall

Analyzes the rise of neo-liberalism think tanks in Canada and their impact on energy policy through the 1970s and 1980s. Trudeau’s Keynesian interventions such as the NEP and Petro Canada … 18 $1.80 Add
Billion Dollar Start-Up

Billion Dollar Start-Up

The True Story of how a Couple of 29-Year-Olds Turned $35,000 into a $1,000,000,000 Cannabis Company

From early roadblocks and devastating personal and financial setbacks to explosive growth and some of the biggest cannabis deals in global history, Billion Dollar Start-Up not only recounts the … ; ; 306 View
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Black and British
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Black and British

A Lived Contradiction

From: Thinking While Black

This chapter detailed Paul Gilroy’s life after 1968 and his interest in the rebel spirit of black American and Caribbean musicians. Topics include British immigration policy, political … 32 $3.20 Add
BlackBerry Town

BlackBerry Town

How high tech success has played out for Canada's Kitchener-Waterloo

The smartphone was an incredibly successful Canadian invention created by a team of engineers and marketers led by Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. But there was a third key player involved — … 264 View
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Boomtown

Boomtown

From: BlackBerry Town

Howitt describes Research in Motion’s continued success, specifically from the point of view of several of the company’s key employees. 17 $1.70 Add