Activism & Social Movements
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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! WelcomeFrom: Living Disability |
This chapter introduces the book’s focus on being disabled in public, and the privilege of privacy. | Emily Macrae | 5 | 2024 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Welfare Hamilton StyleFrom: Their Town |
Looks at the broad pattern of city government policies over the last 150 years in Hamilton, and compares the use made of municipal funds and resources to assist business to the help provided to … | Bill Freeman | 14 | 2016 | $1.40 Add |
 NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites NowHow Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement |
Our culture tells us that personal responsibility is central to tackling the climate emergency, yet the choices we make are often governed by the systems in which we live. Whether it’s … | 192 | View | ||
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From NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now |
The opening chapter outlines a contradiction in environmental activism: we all know the problem is urgent, but we all continue to produce some amount of carbon emissions. Grover suggests that we … | Sami Grover | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! What Are Disability Rights? |
In the first chapter, What Are Disability Rights?, the author introduces the topic of disability rights through case studies. The author explains the "social model of disability" in … | Deborah Stienstra | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! What Are the Alternatives?From: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
Chapter Five considers the alternatives to the existing forms of prison labour in Canada and considers proposals ranging from abolition and privatization to prisoners’ co-ops and sole … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! What Difference Does It Make? |
This chapter describes the efforts of cyclists in Amsterdam to resist the encroachment of cars and keep that city bike-centric. He uses their efforts as a model for how change has to take place … | Sami Grover | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 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  What Is Capitalism?From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter explains capitalism as both an economic system and a form of social organization. It also explores how capitalism can be undemocratic and highlights the problems with capitalist companies. | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! What Is Safety?From: Messy Cities |
Kimahli Powell uses their experience with the Toronto-based charity, Rainbow Railroad, to explore what it means to provide a safe community for LGBTQIA+ individuals amidst a housing crisis. | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From  What Moves Us Now?The Contradictions of “Community” From: Whose Streets? |
Clare O'Connor | 18 | 2011 | $1.80 Add | |
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From  What on Earth is Corporate Power?From: Organizing the 1% |
Corporations and Capitalism | J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll | 24 | 2018 | $2.40 Add |
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From  The International Stage |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel recounts the activities of Indigenous people in Canada taking their fight for self-determination and recognition of rights to the international stage using … | Arthur Manuel | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! What We Are Up AgainstScience and Politics |
In Chapter 1, Kaufman provides an overview of the scientific and political challenges climate activists face in the fight for climate justice. The chapter discusses topics including the … | Cynthia Kaufman | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
 NEW! What You Won’t Do For LoveA Conversation |
What if we could love the planet as much as we love one another? "Warm, wise, and overflowing with generosity, this is a love story so epic it embraces all of creation. Yet another reminder … | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 106 | 2022 | View |
