Grassroots Activism

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Poverty Makes Us Sick From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines		Dennis Raphael	11	2010	$1.10 Add
From Precarious Work How Lax Employment Standards Perpetuate Poverty From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines		Mary Gellatly	10	2010	$1.00 Add
From Preface How This Book Came to Be From: Standing on High Ground View Between The Lines	Rosemary Cornell, Adrienne Robnies, and Tim Bray, discuss how this book came to be. First of their meeting while resisting the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) in 2018, and the work it …	Adrienne Drobnies; Rosemary Cornell; Tim Bray	2	2024	$0.20 Add
From Preface Why Write This Book? From: Quiet No More View 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 Persistent Poverty Introduction The Work of Hundreds of People From: Persistent Poverty View 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? View 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
Quiet No More New 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 …		264		View
From NEW! Rasta Cape Town From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	Kofi Hope reflects on their experience living in Cape Town, South Africa, and how the Rastafarians they met there were messy urbanists: community builders, peacemakers, entrepreneurs, …	Dylan Reid	7	2025	$0.70 Add
From Reasons for Hope From: Intrinsic Hope View New Society Publishers	Life goes on whether we choose to show up for it or not. Living from a stance of hope is the only positive and constructive course of action. In my own life, I often feel overwhelmed and hopeless …	Kate Davies	20	2018	$2.00 Add
From Criminalization of Protest From: The Reconciliation Manifesto View James Lorimer and Company	Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines Indigenous activism in Canada with particular focus on Idle No More and Defenders of the Land and how the Canadian government’s strategy is to use …	Arthur Manuel	5	2017	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival in Toronto From: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Year Canada Was Cool View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter investigates the rest of the summer of 1967 following the Montreal Bed-in. It discusses John and Yoko’s travels throughout Canada, the notable Canadians who they met and the …	Greg Marquis	46	2020	$4.60 Add
From Rural Poverty Hidden in the Country? From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines		Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen	11	2010	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Satisfying Our Thirst for Agency From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	Colin Ellard argues that our desire for messy cities is connected to the desire human beings feel towards the complexity of the natural world.	Dylan Reid	6	2025	$0.60 Add
From Section A: Changemaking From: Changemakers View 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
From Section B: Stories and Reflections PART I From: Changemakers View New Society Publishers	The second section explores powerful new stories of everyday people who have challenged traditional understandings of food, shelter, energy, transportation, waste, and economics, and transformed …	Fay Weller; Mary Wilson	63	2018	$6.30 Add
From Section B: Stories and Reflections PART II From: Changemakers View New Society Publishers	The second section explores powerful new stories of everyday people who have challenged traditional understandings of food, shelter, energy, transportation, waste, and economics, and transformed …	Fay Weller; Mary Wilson	45	2018	$4.50 Add