Activism & Social Movements
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From  Sense Making: Lessons and Success StoriesFrom: Activism That Works |
From Activism That Works: | Avery Calhoun; Elizabeth Whitmore; Maureen G. Wilson | 9 | 2011 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Settler Colonialism and Intimate TerrorismFrom: Insurgent Love |
In this chapter, Whynacht explores the link between systems of colonialism and domestic homicide. She proceeds to argue that the first formations of coercive control relations in the Americas … | Ardath Whynacht | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
 Seven Days in HalifaxWhen citizens confronted the racists, liars and incompetents who ran their city |
Halifax today lives with the results of bad decisions made decades ago. A container port accessible only through narrow downtown streets. A park, bridge and port on the spot where Africville was … | Robert Ashe | 338 | 2025 | View |
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From  NEW! Sex Worker Justice—by Us, for UsToronto Sex Workers Resisting Carceral Violence |
In Sex Worker Justice—by Us, for Us authors Ellie Ade Kur and Jenny Duffy on behalf of Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action project explore how sex workers in Toronto are resisting … | Ellie Ade Kur; Jenny Duffy | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Shared ServicesFrom: Five Good Ideas |
This chapter by Sharon B. Cohen focuses on the strategy of shared services and their effective governance. | Sharon B. Cohen | 4 | 2011 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! She Rises |
This chapter explores the disproportionate impact of ecological crises on women and gender-diverse people, especially those who are Indigenous, Black, Brown, Asian, or from other marginalized … | Osprey Orielle Lake | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! sihtoskâtowinPulling Together for a Just Transition From: The End of This World |
Chapter 7 lays out how to build a new political alignment capable of enacting a just transition. Topics discussed include building coordinated collective power, strategic elections and political … | Angele Alook; Bronwen Tucker; Crystal Lameman; David Gray-Donald; Emily Eaton; Joël Laforest | 24 | 2023 | $2.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Silence about Gaza in UBC’s School of Population and Public HealthFrom: Razing Palestine |
In this chapter, Tucker examines the culture of silence surrounding Gaza’s humanitarian crisis at UBC’s School of Population and Public Health. | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add | |
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From NEW! Sing for PalestineFrom: Razing Palestine |
In this chapter, Blanding recounts the 2024 wrongful dismissal of musician and activist Amy Blanding from Northern Health in British Columbia, triggered by her pro-Palestinian songwriting and … | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add | |
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From  Singled Out: South Africa, Israel, and Accusations of Unfair Criticism |
In Chapter 3, Michael Bueckert explores the problems of using the 3 “Ds” (demonization, double standards or delegitimization) to divert criticism away from Israel. He explores this … | Michael Bueckert | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Slave-Descendants, Diaspora Subjects, and World CitizensPaul Gilroy’s Historical Sensibility From: Thinking While Black |
In this chapter the author further examines Paul Gilroy’s work and his contributions to cultural criticism and black academia. The topics explored in this chapter included, <Young Soul … | Daniel McNeil | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Slow SeasonPart 5: Surfacing From: This is My Real Name |
Chapter 15 concludes the book with Brunet’s return to Montreal, work at Sally’s Club and giving up stripping. | Cid V Brunet | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open MindsLike Ships in the Night with Daniel Yankelovich |
Polarization is dangerous because it interrupts lines of communicationand leads to gridlock. It stops us from tackling urgent problems because without consensus we cannot take effective action. … | James Hoggan | 10 | 2016 | $1.00 Add |
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From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open MindsThe Advocacy Trap with Roger Conner |
When we look at the miserable state of public discourse today and how we are polluting the public square, it’s plain to see that many people believe the problem derives from evil on … | James Hoggan | 9 | 2016 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Social Capital and Local DevelopmentA New Paradigm? From: Illusion or Opportunity |
Henry Veltmeyer | 17 | 2007 | $2.72 Add | |
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From  NEW! Social Democracy and a Green New DealPART 3: The System-Changing Frameworks From: Worlds at Stake |
Chapter 7 examines the potential role social democracy can play in reshaping the current system, challenging the present neoliberal hegemony with a justice-based Green New Deal to fight the … | Aaron Saad | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
