Activism & Social Movements
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From  Crossing a LineFrom: Fighting For Space |
In early 2012, the regional health authority that funded Insite revealed it would soon cut funding for the Rainier Hotel, a housing project that benefited from on-site treatment programs for its … | Travis Lupick | 27 | 2017 | $0.54 Add |
 NEW! Daisy |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on Black communites. He highlights the testimony of Haligonian … | Robert Ashe | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From  David vs. GoliathFrom: Fighting Dirty |
This chapter explores how, as the public consultation process developed, so did opposition from local citizens. In this instance, Goliath is the dump currently owned by Waste Management of Canada … | Poh-Gek Forkert | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Dealing With a Large-Scale EmergencyFrom: Five Good Ideas |
This chapter by James Appleyard focuses on large scale emergencies and how to develop your own emergency response plan. | James Appleyard | 8 | 2011 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Dealing with Negative VoicesPart 4. Getting Your Story Out From: Women Winning Office |
In Dealing with Negative Voices Nash explores criticism in politics. In the chapter Nash discusses how to handle criticism, overcoming internalized criticism and imposter syndrome, how to handle … | Peggy Nash | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! DebatingPart 5. Campaigning From: Women Winning Office |
In Debating Nash discusses the utility of public debates in the democratic process as it allows the community to hold candidates to account. The chapter discusses why debates matter, who … | Peggy Nash | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Debating and Re-Debating What Is FeminismFrom: Take Back the Fight |
Debating and Re-Debating What is Feminism, chapter five, articulates the importance of holding debates, and the need for a location for hosting debates. She asserts that debate skills are … | Nora Loreto | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Decision and ChoiceThe Efficient Unconscious and the Effort of Intention From: The Power Manual |
Decision and Choice, introduces the idea that the key lever in interactions is choice, the power to choose for oneself and, very carefully, others — more broadly, the ability to make … | Cyndi Suarez | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Declaration of the Second People’s SummitFrom: Resist! |
Delegates of the Second People's Summit | 6 | 2001 | $0.60 Add | |
 NEW! Decolonize Museums |
The idealized Western museum, as typified by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, and the Museum of Natural History, has remained much the same for over a century: a uniquely … | Shimrit Lee | 296 | 2023 | View |
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From  NEW! Deep Democracy in KeralaFrom: Civilizing the State |
Deep Democracy in Kerala looks at the history of the Indian state of Kerala and how it has become a model of alternatives to economic growth. | John Restakis | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Defining PrioritiesFrom: Class Action |
In Defining Priorities Hanson explores the ever-evolving focus of education. Topics discussed in the chapter include “special education,” educational experts authority over teachers, … | Andy Hanson | 44 | 2021 | $4.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Defund to AbolishA 400-Year Struggle against Policing in Montreal |
In Defund to Abolish the Montreal Defund the Police Coalition examine the long history of resistance to policing in Montreal. They argue that the problem with policing today is not too little … | Defund the Police Coalition (Montreal) | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! DegrowthPART 3: The System-Changing Frameworks From: Worlds at Stake |
Chapter 8 explores the idea of degrowth, as opposed to the role of perpetual economic growth which had led to the current ecological crisis. | Aaron Saad | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Delay and DenyCanada’s Approach to Climate Action and Indigenous Sovereignty From: The End of This World |
Chapter 2 focuses on Canada’s current approach to both climate action and Indigenous sovereignty. Topics discussed include the British Columbia NDP, a brief history of social movements in … | Angele Alook; Bronwen Tucker; Crystal Lameman; David Gray-Donald; Emily Eaton; Joël Laforest | 25 | 2023 | $2.50 Add |
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From  Democratic, Anti-Racism MulticulturalismFrom: Uprooting Racism |
We need innovative ways of embracing diversity, complexity, and cooperation. Some people have suggested we adopt a both/and way of thinking. In this framework, we assume the needs and … | Paul Kivel | 37 | 2017 | $3.70 Add |
