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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From 1928-1936: Communists Build a Foundation From: The Truth About the '37 Oshawa GM Strike View bar	In this chapter, Leah traces Communist efforts to organize auto workers across Canada from 1928 to 1936, building toward the landmark 1937 Oshawa strike at General Motors.	Tony Leah	21	2024	$2.10 Add
From NEW! A Brief Introduction to Anti-colonial Abolition From: Disarm, Defund, Dismantle View Between The Lines	In A Brief Introduction to Anti-colonial Abolition the Free Lands Free People group discusses how two facets of the Canadian penal system– policing and prisons– function to maintain …	Free Lands Free Peoples	11	2022	$1.10 Add
From A Drug Dealer Finds Activism From: Fighting For Space View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter throws light on the life of Dean Wilson who was dubbed “Canada’s most famous junkie”. Wilson joined the burgeoning team at PHS and worked alongside Livingston and …	Travis Lupick	22	2017	$0.44 Add
From NEW! A History of Toronto Activism against Anti-Blackness From: Disarm, Defund, Dismantle View Between The Lines	In A History of Toronto Activism against Anti-Blackness author Ruth Nortey examines the history of anti-black racism in Toronto policing over the past 40 years. The chapter discusses topics …	Ruth Nortey	12	2022	$1.20 Add
From NEW! A Just Fossil Fuel Phase-Out From: The End of This World View Between The Lines	Chapter 3 focuses on the oil and gas industry, as it represents a much larger share of fossil fuel production by emissions than coal and has a stronger political influence, and because the …	Angele Alook; Bronwen Tucker; Crystal Lameman; David Gray-Donald; Emily Eaton; Joël Laforest	21	2023	$2.10 Add
From A Mountain of Garbage From: Fighting Dirty View Between The Lines	This chapter traces developments in this case, and the work of citizens to fight against the landfill expansion.	Poh-Gek Forkert	7	2017	$0.70 Add
From NEW! A Sudan and Palestine: Resisting Erasure in the Attention Economy From: Razing Palestine View bar	In this chapter, Elmardi examines violence in Sudan and Palestine, tracing how colonial legacies, capital interests, and the global attention economy conspire to render both crises invisible.		8	2025	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Abolishing Carceral Social Work From: Disarm, Defund, Dismantle View Between The Lines	In Abolishing Carceral Social Work the authors argue against the idea of professional social work as a desirable alternative to policing and instead use ideas from radical social workers, mental …	Craig Fortier; Edward Hon-Sing Wong; MJ Rwigema; Nicole Penak	11	2022	$1.10 Add
NEW! About Canada: Disability Rights 2nd Edition	Including people with disabilities fully into Canadian society, with the rights enjoyed by non-disabled people, requires a fundamental social transformation, not simply “fixing” some …		168		View
Activism That Works	Activism That Works shares the stories of eight diverse social justice movements, from Oxfam Canada, to the Calgary Raging Grannies, to the Youth Project of Halifax, as they contemplate their own …		192		View
From Activism That Works Emergent Themes From: Activism That Works View Fernwood Publishing		Avery Calhoun; Elizabeth Whitmore; Maureen G. Wilson	20	2011	$2.00 Add
NEW! Advocating for Palestine in Canada Histories, Movements, Action	Why is it so difficult to advocate for Palestine in Canada and what can we learn from the movement’s successes? This account of Palestine solidarity activism in Canada grapples with these …		241		View
From NEW! Against the Social Harms of Policing From: Disarm, Defund, Dismantle View Between The Lines	In Against the Social Harms of Policing author Kevin Walby examines how police abolition is an ethic for diminishing reliance on police by using community development to reduce the conflicts and …	Kevin Walby	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From Alberta College of Social Workers Doing the Right Thing From: Activism That Works View Fernwood Publishing		Rod Adachi	9	2011	$0.90 Add
From Alternative Knowledge Projects and Cognitive Praxis From: Expose, Oppose, Propose Fernwood Publishing		Elaine Coburn; William K. Carroll	25	2016	$2.50 Add
From Amending and Enforcing the Law From: "At the Barricades" View Irwin Law Inc.	Campaign to enact legislation against housing discrimination, and the early years of the Ontario Human Rights Commission.	Alan Borovoy	21	2014	$2.10 Add