Grassroots Activism
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() 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 ![]() 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 |
From ![]() What on Earth is Corporate Power?From: Organizing the 1% |
Corporations and Capitalism | J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll | 24 | 2018 | $2.40 Add |
From ![]() “As Sharp As You Could Cut Them”From: Persistent Poverty |
- | Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 10 | 2010 | $1.00 Add |
From ![]() Building a Protest ConvergenceThe Toronto Community Mobilization Network From: Whose Streets? |
This chapter discusses how the Toronto Community Mobilization Network started preparing, months ahead of time, for oppositional events during the G20 meetings. | Tom Malleson | 14 | 2011 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() Building Success in Social ActivismFrom: Activism That Works |
- | Elizabeth Whitmore; Maureen G. Wilson | 18 | 2011 | $2.34 Add |
From ![]() From the Fur Trade to Big OilFrom: Organizing the 1% |
The Making of Corporate Power | J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll | 33 | 2018 | $3.30 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionThe Left, Neoliberalism, and Grassroots Activism From: Quiet No More |
Gives a short introduction to the definition and development of Grassroots Activisim and the way it challenges Neoliberalism | Joel D. Harden | 7 | 2013 | $0.70 Add |