Progressive Politics
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From ![]() The Futures of Grassroots ActivismKey Themes to Keep in Mind From: Quiet No More |
Chapter six provides this book with the conclusion that brings together the insights of previous chapters. Above all, I argue that activists are faced with two important tasks: first, to embrace … | Joel D. Harden | 25 | 2013 | $2.50 Add |
![]() The Happiness Policy HandbookHow to Make Happiness and Well-Being the Purpose of Your Government |
Thomas Jefferson said that “the purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness.” Yet only now, 270 years later, is the happiness of citizens … | 226 | View | ||
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From ![]() The Happiness-Sustainability Connection |
Climate Change – The Local-Global Connection: Community Solutions to Sustainable Development – Connecting Sustainable Development to Happiness Through Indicators | Jean Crowder; Laura Musikanski; Rhonda Phillips | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Happy Family Game |
In “The Happy Family Game” the author reflects on their relationship with their family. Discussing the idea of a ‘happy family’, the nuclear family, family under … | Lori Fox | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Hour You Are Most Alone |
In “The Hour You Are Most Alone” the author explores the darkest point in their life. Discussing their mental health, depression, abuse, cyclical poverty, suicidal ideation, recovery, … | Lori Fox | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Lame One |
In “The Lame One” the author reflects on their life back in the Yukon at the age of 35. Discussing their recovery from severe poverty, alcohol abuse, mental health episodes, … | Lori Fox | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The moving picture of incomes |
In this chapter, the author analyzes the meaning of statistics about disparities in income and what they actually say about economic inequality and well-being in Canada. He points out that the … | Lars Osberg | 22 | 2024 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() The National StageFrom: Alexa! |
Switching her focus to the federal stage, Alexa takes on the challenge of federal leadership. Chronicles her leadership and electoral campaigns, and the personal connections made along the way. | Stephen Kimber | 61 | 2021 | $6.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Next Steps to TakeFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Five Barlow examines alternative approaches to the current framing of global commerce and business, which is dominated by the narratives of neoliberalism and corporate interests. She … | Maude Barlow | 54 | 2022 | $5.40 Add |
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From ![]() The Rise of Digital CommonsFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
The World Wide Web has been an exciting arena for innovators, idealists and iconoclasts precisely because there are no legacy institutions to displace. Anyone is free to start something new. No … | David Bollier | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Rise of Jagmeet Singh: 2017From: From Layton to Singh |
Chapter 6 focuses on the rise of Jagmeet Singh and his victory in the NDP leadership race in 2017. The chapter covers topics including a brief history of Singh’s early life and political … | Matt Fodor | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Rising of the WomenFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Two Barlow reflects on the three interrelated but distinct stages of her own social justice journey from first working within the women’s movement with Canada, the international … | Maude Barlow | 33 | 2022 | $3.30 Add |
![]() NEW! The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada |
There are more billionaires than ever in Canada – and they are capturing an ever-growing share of the country’s wealth. Meanwhile 90% of Canadians are steadily losing ground. … | 288 | View | ||
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From ![]() The Social Aspects of ChoiceParticipation in Decision Making From: The Power Manual |
The Social Aspects of Choice, focuses on how choice is informed by one’s environment and how one participates in collective choice. I highlight what I found most important about Carole … | Cyndi Suarez | 10 | 2018 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() In But Not OfAboriginal People in an Inner-City Neighbourhood From: In Their Own Voices |
Jim Silver; Joan Hay; Peter Gorzen | 30 | 2006 | $3.90 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! The Third Way |
In this chapter, Himelfarb traces how the Third Way, championed by Tony Blair and Bill Clinton in the 1990s and 2000s, transformed the political Left. | Alex Himelfarb | 27 | 2026 | $2.70 Add |














