Grassroots Activism
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From  Introduction and BackgroundFrom: Standing on High Ground |
This introduction provides a brief history of how and why the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) came to be, and how and why it was resisted. | Adrienne Drobnies; Rosemary Cornell; Tim Bray | 24 | 2024 | $2.40 Add |
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From  “It’s Not My Country Yet…”From: Persistent Poverty |
Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 12 | 2010 | $1.20 Add | |
 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 … | 250 | View | ||
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From  NEW! ‘Justice Is About the Collective’From: Living Disability |
Interview with Rabia Khedr, national director of Disability Without Poverty and CEO of DEEN (Disability Empowerment Equality Network), on how community organizing can disrupt systems that exclude … | Rabia Khedr | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! LA28, DSA-Los Angeles, and the Nolympics LA CampaignFrom: NOlympians |
Jules Boykoff | 37 | 2020 | $3.70 Add | |
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From  NEW! Listening to Black and Indigenous Women and Debunking the Myth of Whiteness |
This chapter explores the intersection of race, gender, and disability in relation to social and environmental issues. Lake discusses how white supremacy weakens progressive movements by … | Osprey Orielle Lake | 17 | 2024 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Loving the WorldFrom: Intrinsic Hope |
When I think about what loving the world means to me, I feel a deep aspiration for the happiness, flourishing, and wellbeing of other people, other species, and the earth. This could be called … | Kate Davies | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Mapping Conviction-Based Housing Restrictions in Chicago |
In this chapter, Magnone examines housing banishment laws in Chicago, which bar individuals on the sex offender registry from living near schools, parks, and daycares. | Celia Magnone | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Marching with the Black Bloc“Violence” and Movement Building From: Whose Streets? |
From Whose Streets?: The Toronto G20 and the Challenges of Summit Protest | Tammy Kovich | 10 | 2011 | $1.00 Add |
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From Martial Law in the Streets of TorontoG20 Security and State Violence From: Whose Streets? |
From Whose Streets?: The Toronto G20 and the Challenges of Summit Protest | Deborah Cowen; Neil Smith | 20 | 2011 | $2.00 Add |
 NEW! Messy CitiesWhy We Can't Plan Everything |
Featuring forty-three essays by a range of writers from around the world, this book highlights the role of messy urbanism in enabling creativity, enterprise, and grassroots initiatives to … | 338 | View | ||
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From  Mirrors or MiragePolitical Parties and Grassroots Movements From: Quiet No More |
Chapter four surveys the relationship between progressive political parties and grassroots activism; a case is made that a grassroots influence in electoral politics is emerging, but one … | Joel D. Harden | 46 | 2013 | $4.60 Add |
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From  Movement BuildingFrom: Getting to Zero |
Discusses how a major, well organized social movement demanding climate justice is required for a meaningful response from corporations and government. Identifies how this can be achieved and … | Tony Clarke | 25 | 2018 | $2.50 Add |
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From Moving ForwardFrom: Getting to Zero |
Identifies how grassroots movements and organizations can move forward to develop sector profiles, targets, and plans of action to create sustained climate action. | Tony Clarke | 43 | 2018 | $4.30 Add |
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From NEW! My TeacherFrom: Messy Cities |
Carolynne Crawley writes about Mama Snapping Turtle, who lives in Toronto’s High Park, and their advocacy work for further Turtle relatives in city parks. | Dylan Reid | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Myth 1The Problem Is Overconsumption! From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter deconstructs the narrative that consumers should bear the weight of environmental guilt, explaining that wealthy people and the issue of production pollute more than consumers. | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 14 | 2024 | $1.40 Add |
