Activism & Social Movements
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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 ![]() NEW! Introduction & PrologueThe Story Begins From: Fertility |
In the Introduction & Prologue author Maureen McTeer explains how the premise of the book is about the origins, current status, and future direction of assisted human reproduction. She ties … | Maureen McTeer | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Introduction: the Martian SingularityFrom: Dinner on Mars |
The Introduction reflects on the origins of this book as a thought experiment of what life would look like on Mars. Discussing topics including the ill-fated Franklin Expedition, revolutionary … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Introduction: This Book is for YouFrom: Women Winning Office |
In the Introduction author Peggy Nash explains the premise of the book as a handbook and resource for women looking to become involved in politics and run for office. | Peggy Nash | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Israeli Apartheid Week: Popular Dissent, Creative InterventionPart II: Insights for Possible Futures |
In Chapter 4, Rana Nazzal Hamadeh examines the unique challenges facing those who assert Palestinian rights in Canada, by examining Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) and what has made it such a … | Rana Nazzal Hamadeh | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 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 ![]() Judgment Days: The Environmental Review TribunalFrom: Fighting Dirty |
This chapter focuses on the environmental review tribunal and its actions, testing after the dump’s closure,legal fights, the author’s research activities and findings, the final … | Poh-Gek Forkert | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Just TransitionFrom: Getting to Zero |
Discusses how the shift away from carbon-heavy industries should and could be done in a socially just way to ensure workers in sunset industries, Indigenous People, and immigrants will not be … | Tony Clarke | 30 | 2018 | $3.00 Add |
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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 ![]() Killed ItPart 4: Selling the Fantasy From: This is My Real Name |
Chapter 10 recounts Brunet’s time in Burlington, Ontario. Topics discussed include Diamonds strip club, performative fantasy, cosmetic surgery, jealousy, and more. | Cid V Brunet | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() King RichardFrom: Fighting Dirty |
This chapter explores developments in the battle against this expansion, and outlines some advice for community activists. | Poh-Gek Forkert | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Knowing and Not Knowing: Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Israel, and PalestinePart II: Insights for Possible Futures |
In Chapter 6, Michael Keefer examines the phenomenon of “new antisemitism,” which has been weaponized by Zionists and the Israeli state to distract from criticisms of the Israeli … | Michael Keefer | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() KnowledgeWhy Movements Matter |
Janet M. Conway | 22 | 2004 | $1.98 Add | |
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From ![]() Knowledge and the Impasse in Left Politics |
Janet M. Conway | 49 | 2004 | $4.41 Add | |
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From ![]() Knowledge as Property |
John Kearney; Patrick Kerans | 14 | 2006 | $1.40 Add |
















