Grassroots Activism

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Changemakers Embracing Hope, Taking Action, and Transforming the World New Society Publishers	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 Hope Living Courageously In Troubled Times New Society Publishers	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 James Lorimer and Company	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! NOlympians Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo & Beyond Fernwood Publishing	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 Fernwood Publishing	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 Poverty Voices From the Margins Between The Lines	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 More New Political Activism in Canada and Around the Globe James Lorimer and Company	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
Whose Streets? The Toronto G20 and the Challenges of Summit Protest Between The Lines	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 Preview Between The Lines	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? Preview Between The Lines	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! Acknowledgements From: NOlympians Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Jules Boykoff	2	2020	$0.20 Add
From Introduction Where On Earth Are We Going From: Intrinsic Hope Preview New Society Publishers	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! Introduction Becoming Cool: Canada in the 1960s From: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Year Canada Was Cool Preview James Lorimer and Company	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 Preface Why Write This Book? From: Quiet No More Preview James Lorimer and Company	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 Preface Speech at the Funeral of Arthur Manuel From: The Reconciliation Manifesto Preview James Lorimer and Company	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
From Section A: Changemaking From: Changemakers Preview New Society Publishers	The first section explores the idea of transformative change — what it is, what difference it makes, and how it is connected to learning. It tells the story of Anna, which gives us plenty …	Fay Weller; Mary Wilson	37	2018	$3.70 Add

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