Activism & Social Movements
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From  NEW! The Co-operative CityFrom: Civilizing the State |
The Co-operative City begins by looking at Spain in the twentieth century, leading up to the financial crisis of 2009-2011. The chapter then focuses on the 15-M movement as an experiment in … | John Restakis | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From  The Cookie MonsterFrom: Fighting Dirty |
The author discusses a conversation with Margaret Walsh, the first elected official to oppose the dump expansion. Her perspectives on these events are explored. | Poh-Gek Forkert | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! The Federal Government’s ResponsePart One — IVF: The Beginning of a Modern Human Reproduction Revolution From: Fertility |
In The Federal Government’s Response McTeer examines the path of regulations on IVF into legislation in Canada. The chapter discusses the Baird Commission and 1993 report, the 1998 … | Maureen McTeer | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The Impact of Climate Change on Employment and Skills Requirements in the Construction IndustryFrom: Climate@Work |
- | John O'Grady | 19 | 2013 | $1.90 Add |
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From  The New Resistance |
We watch the industrial regime of legalized collective bargaining established in the 1940s come apart in the 1960s abd 1970s under pressure from angry rank-and-file unionists and militiant … | Craig Heron | 22 | 2012 | $2.20 Add |
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From  The Power of Partnerships |
Working in tandem with companies, suppliers, designers, anyone down the supply chain, to educate and influence their behavior would be key to her success. It’s become key for many social … | Elisa Birnbaum | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Tiny Disabled Moment #2: “There Is No Disabled Community Here”PART I: DISABILITY JUSTICE IN THE END TIME From: The Future is Disabled |
A personal reflection on people saying "But, you know, there’s no disabled community here …" | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
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From  Turning Activists into Terrorists |
- | John Sorenson | 40 | 2016 | $3.60 Add |
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From  Wei Jingsheng’s Awakening |
This chapter begins with the story of Wei Jingsheng, a former Red Guard under Mao who became China’s most famous dissident and now runs a foundation in Washington D.C. The chapter goes on … | Michael Cormier | 22 | 2013 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! What Do People With Disabilities Need to Enjoy Disability Rights |
The fifth chapter looks at the logical next step, at the gap between what people with disabilities in Canada actually experience, and what they could experience if their disability rights were … | Deborah Stienstra | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! When Change is Your Only OptionPart 2. You are Formidable: Your Superpower From: Women Winning Office |
In When Change is Your Only Option Nash provides a brief history of her own life and how she first became involved in activism and labour politics. Nash describes her time working with the … | Peggy Nash | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Why Impermanence MattersFrom: Common Threads |
Most creative projects made with green waste and natural materials are meant to have a short life-span and then return to the earth. This goes against everything a Western European sensibility … | Sharon Kallis | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From  "Rising Powers" and Authoritarian PopulismBeyond Northern Left Perspectives |
The Cultural(ist) Logic of the Post–Cold War World – “Rising Power” Populism in Turkey and India – Conclusion | Aparna Sundar; Sedef Arat-Koc | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
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From  A Quebec City DiaryFrom: Resist! |
- | Philippe de Grosbois | 7 | 2001 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Activism in Movements or Electoral Politics, or BothPart 2. You are Formidable: Your Superpower From: Women Winning Office |
In Activism in Movements or Electoral Politics, or Both Nash discusses the need for progressive politicians in office to bring in social, economic, environmental, and political justice into … | Peggy Nash | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Against the Social Harms of Policing |
In Against the Social Harms of Policing author Kevin Walby examines how police abolition is an ethic for diminishing reliance on police by using community development to reduce the conflicts and … | Kevin Walby | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
