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From ![]() Prescription HeroinFrom: Fighting For Space |
The Downtown Eastside had accomplished a lot as a community. In 2004, Dr. Martin Schechter had secured funding to launch a heroin-maintenance program out of a small clinic in the Downtown … | Travis Lupick | 29 | 2017 | $0.58 Add |
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From ![]() Protests across CanadaFrom: Fighting For Space |
Even though Insite became operational, the activists knew they were on borrowed time as the continuity of this project was in the tenuous hands of the changing government. Keeping this in mind, … | Travis Lupick | 32 | 2017 | $0.96 Add |
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From ![]() Recounting the Past, Counting on the Future: Stories of the NFUFrom: Frontline Farmers |
This chapter sets the stage, explaining the history and role of the National Farmers Union in Canada, as well as how the book is structured. | Nettie Wiebe | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() Rewiring the Brain for AddictionFrom: Fighting For Space |
Marc Lewis, the author of The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease, visits Downtown Eastside and lays out an argument for addiction as a learned habit. Lewis argues that the choice … | Travis Lupick | 19 | 2017 | $0.19 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Rights Not RescueDefending Migrant Sex Workers from Policing |
In Rights Not Rescue authors Elene Lam and Chanelle Gallant explore how the criminalization sex work effects migrant sex workers. The chapter explores topics including criminalization of sex … | Chanelle Gallant; Elene Lam | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Saving the Prison Farms: Cows, Community and Civil DisobedienceFrom: Frontline Farmers |
The seventh chapter looks at the formation of the coalition Save Our Prison Farms in Ontario to prevent closure of prison farms, with interviews with Dianne Dowling, Aric McBray, Andrew McCann, … | Asha Nelson | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() Section 1 Theoretical and Structural Perspectives World Politics, The Alter-Globalization Movement and The Question of Democracy |
Marc G. Doucet | 18 | 2008 | $1.80 Add | |
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From ![]() Section 11 Case Studies of Social Movements “Blairmore Expects This Day Every Wage Earner To Do His Duty”Depression Relief and the Radical Administration of Blairmore Alberta, 1933-1936 |
Kyle R. Franz | 22 | 2008 | $2.20 Add | |
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From ![]() Section 111 The Activist’s Perspective Equal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples |
Laurie Arron | 8 | 2008 | $0.80 Add | |
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From ![]() Sense MakingLessons and Success Stories From: Activism That Works |
Avery Calhoun; Elizabeth Whitmore; Maureen G. Wilson | 9 | 2011 | $0.90 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Sex Worker Justice—by Us, for UsToronto Sex Workers Resisting Carceral Violence |
In Sex Worker Justice—by Us, for Us authors Ellie Ade Kur and Jenny Duffy on behalf of Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action project explore how sex workers in Toronto are resisting … | Ellie Ade Kur; Jenny Duffy | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! sihtoskâtowinPulling Together for a Just Transition From: The End of This World |
Chapter 7 lays out how to build a new political alignment capable of enacting a just transition. Topics discussed include building coordinated collective power, strategic elections and political … | Angele Alook; Bronwen Tucker; Crystal Lameman; David Gray-Donald; Emily Eaton; Joël Laforest | 24 | 2023 | $2.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Singled Out: South Africa, Israel, and Accusations of Unfair CriticismPart I: Systems of Injustice |
In Chapter 3, Michael Bueckert explores the problems of using the 3 “Ds” (demonization, double standards or delegitimization) to divert criticism away from Israel. He explores this … | Michael Bueckert | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
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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 |
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From ![]() Social Justice CommitteeSuccess in Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers From: Activism That Works |
Derek MacCuish | 17 | 2011 | $1.70 Add | |
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From ![]() Social Movement LearningA Catalyst for Action |
Donna M. Chovanec; Elizabeth A. Lange; Lee C. Ellis | 17 | 2008 | $1.70 Add |











