Activism & Social Movements
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From  NEW! The Day AfterPart 6. The Election From: Women Winning Office |
In The Day After Nash discusses what happens after the election, which can sometimes be as gruelling as the campaign itself. The chapter discusses what happens after with the media, the signs, … | Peggy Nash | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From  The Disability Action HalTell Stories, Take Action, Change Lives From: Activism That Works |
Colleen Huston; Ryan Geake | 11 | 2011 | $1.10 Add | |
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From  The Disorienting Disability Support MazeFrom: Persistent Poverty |
Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 10 | 2010 | $1.00 Add | |
 The Einstein FileThe FBI’s Secret War Against the World’s Most Famous Scientist - New Updated Edition |
Einstein arrived in the United States in 1933, the year the Nazis rose to power in Germany. From that moment until he died in 1955, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI—with other … | Ajamu Baraka; David Suzuki; Fred Jerome | 402 | 2018 | View |
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From  NEW! The Elephant in the RoomPart I: Systems of Injustice |
In Chapter 1, Nyla Matuk reflects on her own experiences of growing up Palestinian in Canada. Matuk explores different episodes from her own life while placing them into the historical narrative, … | Nyla Matuk | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
 NEW! The End of This WorldClimate Justice in So-Called Canada |
The climate crisis is here, and the end of this world—a world built on land theft, resource extraction, and colonial genocide—is on the horizon. In this compelling roadmap to a … | Angele Alook; Bronwen Tucker; Crystal Lameman; David Gray-Donald; Emily Eaton; Joël Laforest | 228 | 2023 | View |
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From  NEW! The Era of NeoliberalismPopular Struggles in a Time of Reaction, 1980–2020s From: Humans |
This chapter looks at the supremacy of neoliberalism in advanced capitalist societies, particularly in the midst of the dissolution of the Communist bloc, and the increasing disparity between … | Alvin Finkel | 40 | 2024 | $4.00 Add |
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From  The Face of the FutureFrom: Not Just a Pretty Face |
Green chemistry, green politics and other hopeful solutions for a healthier tomorrow. | Stacy Malkan | 11 | 2007 | $1.10 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 NEW! The Federal Royal Commission on New Reproductive TechnologiesPart One — IVF: The Beginning of a Modern Human Reproduction Revolution From: Fertility |
In The Federal Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies McTeer examines Canada’s study and regulation of assisted reproductive technologies and practices beginning in 1988. The … | Maureen McTeer | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The Forest IndustryFrom: Climate@Work |
John Holmes | 17 | 2013 | $1.70 Add | |
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From  The Four Tragedies of Lac-Mégantic |
Describes the series of subsequent tragedies that befell the Lac-Mégantic community: widespread PTSD and other health problems; legal predators who exploited vulnerable victims’ … | Bruce Campbell | 11 | 2018 | $1.10 Add |
 NEW! The Future is DisabledProphecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs |
In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if, in the near future, the majority of people will be disabled – and what if that’s … | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 334 | 2022 | View |
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From  The Futures of Grassroots ActivismKey Themes to Keep in Mind From: Quiet No More |
Chapter six provides this book with the conclusion that brings together the insights of previous chapters. Above all, I argue that activists are faced with two important tasks: first, to embrace … | Joel D. Harden | 25 | 2013 | $2.50 Add |
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From  The Giant Tamed |
Explores the slow, uphill battle to shake the solid hegemony of Canadian employers in industrial life in the two decades between the wars and then the breakthrough that took place at the end of … | Craig Heron | 27 | 2012 | $2.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The hard limits of neoliberal feminismThe Trudeau record on gender politics From: The Trudeau Record |
This chapter looks at the record of the Trudeau Liberal government on gender politics, including its policies on reproductive rights, affordable child care, parental leave and general issues of … | Katherine Scott | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
