Activism & Social Movements

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The Call of Global Solidarity Toronto, 2004-16 From: Holocaust to Resistance View Fernwood Publishing	Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis …	Suzanne Berliner Weiss	15	2019	$1.50 Add
From The Canadian Student Movement and the January 25,1995, “National Day of Strike and Action” From: Mobilizations, Protests & Engagements View Fernwood Publishing		Michael Temelini	22	2008	$2.20 Add
From NEW! The Case for Prisoners’ Labour Unions From: Solidarity Beyond Bars View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter Six takes up the question of prisoners’ unions in more detail and looks to actual examples/past experiments in unionization. This chapter discusses the successful unionization of …	Asaf Rashid; Jordan House	35	2022	$3.50 Add
From The Challenge of NGOization From: Expose, Oppose, Propose Fernwood Publishing		J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll	22	2016	$2.20 Add
From The Chief From: Fighting Dirty View Between The Lines	This chapter focuses on the situation and struggles faced by the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte due to the landfill, and the role of Chief Don Maracle.	Poh-Gek Forkert	8	2017	$0.80 Add
From NEW! The Climate Movement PART 4: To Shape a Coming World From: Worlds at Stake View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 10 focuses on the current state of the climate movement, providing a survey of its most prominent leaders, their tactics, and action they are bringing about.	Aaron Saad	22	2022	$2.20 Add
From NEW! The Co-operative City From: Civilizing the State View New Society Publishers	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
From NEW! The Colonized Strike Back: Quebec, 1960–72 From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter explores how in the early 1960s Quebec sovereignists reframed francophone economic subordination as internal colonialism. Worker exploitation and separatist sentiment together with …	Bryan D. Palmer	13	2026	$1.30 Add
From The Community of Scholars The English-Canadian Student Movement and University Governance From: Mobilizations, Protests & Engagements View Fernwood Publishing		Roberta Lexier	20	2008	$2.00 Add
From NEW! The Constitutional Division of Powers in Canada Part One — IVF: The Beginning of a Modern Human Reproduction Revolution From: Fertility View Irwin Law Inc.	In The Constitutional Division of Powers in Canada McTeer examines the challenges of regulating reproductive rights over the federal, provincial, and municipal levels of government in Canada.	Maureen McTeer	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From The Cookie Monster From: Fighting Dirty View Between The Lines	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
From The Cost of Hunger Food Security and Health Issues From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines		Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen	9	2010	$0.90 Add
From NEW! The Court Challenges to the Act Part One — IVF: The Beginning of a Modern Human Reproduction Revolution From: Fertility View Irwin Law Inc.	In The Court Challenges to the Act McTeer examines the first challenges to the 2004 Assisted Human Reproduction Act. The chapter explores the case study of the Quebec’s Court of Appeal; in …	Maureen McTeer	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From "The courts have turned women into slaves for the men of this world" Irene Murdoch's Quest for Justice From: Property on Trial View Irwin Law Inc.	Examination of a 1973 Supreme Court of Canada decision on marital property rights from the perspective of the wife’s lawyer and in the context of a feminist movement for law reform.	Angela Cameron; Angela Chaisson; Vanessa Gruben	34	2012	$3.40 Add
From The Craftworkers’ Challenge From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	We meet the first movement of organized craftworkers beginning to take shape in the mid-nineteenth century in response to the new capitalist organization of work and labour markets. By the end of …	Craig Heron	27	2012	$2.70 Add
From NEW! The Day After Part 6. The Election From: Women Winning Office View Between The Lines	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