Grassroots Activism
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() ChangemakersEmbracing Hope, Taking Action, and Transforming the World |
With every news report, the world seems to be careening off the rails. It’s all too easy to slip into despair waiting for co-opted, self-serving governments to act. The antidote to fear and … | Fay Weller; Mary Wilson | 208 | 2018 | View |
![]() Intrinsic HopeLiving Courageously In Troubled Times |
Climate disruption. Growing social inequality. Pollution. We are living in an era of unprecedented crises, resulting in widespread feelings of fear, despair, and grief. Now, more than ever, … | Kate Davies | 203 | 2018 | View |
![]() NEW! John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Year Canada Was Cool |
John Lennon was the world’s biggest rock star in the late Sixties. With his new wife Yoko Ono, the duo were icons of the peace movement denouncing the Vietnam War. In 1969, at the height of … | Greg Marquis | 250 | 2020 | View |
![]() NEW! NOlympiansInside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo & Beyond |
NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beyond investigates the intersection of the global rise of anti-Olympics activism and the declining … | Jules Boykoff | 208 | 2020 | View |
![]() Organizing the 1%How Corporate Power Works |
Canada is ruled by an organized minority of the 1%, a class of corporate owners, managers and bankers who amass wealth by controlling the large corporations at the core of the economy. But … | J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll | 184 | 2018 | View |
![]() Persistent PovertyVoices From the Margins |
It’s a very short trip from the limousine seat to the curb. Jim Mann never missed a payroll for the dozen men who worked for his flourishing landscaping business he built from the ground … | Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 184 | 2010 | View |
![]() Quiet No MoreNew Political Activism in Canada and Around the Globe |
Spontaneous and creative protest movements have burst onto the political stage in Canada and around the world. Joel D. Harden, an activist, writer, and educator, offers a ground-level account of … | Joel D. Harden | 264 | 2013 | View |
![]() NEW! The Tenant Class |
In this trailblazing manifesto, political economist Ricardo Tranjan places tenants and landlords on either side of the class divide that splits North American society. What if there is no housing … | Ricardo Tranjan | 145 | 2023 | View |
![]() Whose Streets?The Toronto G20 and the Challenges of Summit Protest |
In June 2010 activists opposing the G20 meeting held in Toronto were greeted with arbitrary state violence on a scale never before seen in Canada. Whose Streets? is a combination of testimonials … | Tom Malleson | 256 | 2011 | View |
From ![]() From: Persistent Poverty |
The Introduction describes the process by which the the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC) gathered the material for this book through a 2010 social audit process that engaged … | Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 5 | 2010 | $0.50 Add |
From ![]() From: Whose Streets? |
In 2010 G20 leaders met in Toronto to pursue an agenda of bailouts and austerity measures. Unsurprisingly, thousands of people gathered in Toronto for ten days of action to oppose these … | David Wachsmuth; Tom Malleson | 15 | 2011 | $1.50 Add |
From ![]() NEW! AcknowledgementsFrom: NOlympians |
Jules Boykoff | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add | |
From ![]() IntroductionWhere On Earth Are We Going From: Intrinsic Hope |
In this book, I propose the idea of “intrinsic hope.” Intrinsic hope is different from conventional hope because it is not based on the expectation that life will give us what we hope … | Kate Davies | 19 | 2018 | $1.90 Add |
From ![]() NEW! IntroductionBecoming Cool: Canada in the 1960s |
The introduction sets the stage by exploring the Canadian cultural landscape of the 1960’s, the impact of the Centennial, Expo ‘67, and the election of Pierre Trudeau as prime minister. | Greg Marquis | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
From ![]() PrefaceWhy Write This Book? From: Quiet No More |
Outlines the authors history of Activism and how he came to the point of writing this book. His qualifications on the subject and the focus of the book | Joel D. Harden | 7 | 2013 | $0.70 Add |
From ![]() PrefaceSpeech at the Funeral of Arthur Manuel |
Activist Naomi Klein offers an assessment of the importance of the life and work of Arthur Manuel, including his involvement in protesting pipeline construction in the months leading up to his death. | Naomi Klein | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |