Activism & Social Movements

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Ups and Downs From: Fighting Dirty View Between The Lines	This chapter explores about a half-dozen key episodes and dates in this battle.	Poh-Gek Forkert	4	2017	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Volunteers Part 3. Beginning Your Campaign From: Women Winning Office View Between The Lines	In Volunteers Nash explores why people volunteer and the role they play in elections. The chapter explores the motives for volunteering, where to find volunteers, who can be a volunteer, …	Peggy Nash	9	2022	$0.90 Add
From Wang Dan’s Shooting Star From: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square View Collection: Witnesses to Global Conflict: Canadian Authors' Accounts Goose Lane Editions	This chapter begins with the author meeting with Wang Den in London, one of the student leaders of the Tiananmen Square Uprising. The chapter goes on to provide a detailed day-by-day account of …	Michael Cormier	33	2013	$3.30 Add
From Wang Juntao’s Exile From: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square View Collection: Immigrating to Canada Goose Lane Editions	This chapter begins with the story of a Chinese exile named Wang Juntao, who was a student leader during the 1989 uprising and now lives in New York. The author goes on to discuss the legacy of …	Michael Cormier	16	2013	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Wants and Needs From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, the author unpacks our consumer impulses, and how a consumer state of mind does not encourage environmental action.	Sami Grover	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From NEW! War is Over From: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Year Canada Was Cool View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the anti war movement in Canada, the impact that John and Yoko had on the movement in Canada.	Greg Marquis	42	2020	$4.20 Add
From NEW! We Are Like Waves From: Disarm, Defund, Dismantle View Between The Lines	In We Are Like Waves author Kikélola Roach contextualizes the challenges we face in Canada as of 2020. The chapter includes a speech Roach delivered in Toronto on July 16, 2020.	Kikélola Roach	7	2022	$0.70 Add
From NEW! We Keep Each Other Safe Organizing for Prison Abolition during a Pandemic From: Disarm, Defund, Dismantle View Between The Lines	In We Keep Each Other Safe the authors examine how the pandemic has brought with it an opportunity to push for decarceration as well as opportunity to imagine what a world without prisons could …	Alannah Fricker; Jessica Evans; Rajean Hoilett	9	2022	$0.90 Add
From We Want a Future Climate Change and How the Youth Are Fighting to Save the Province From: Divided View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter explores the author’s climate activism, and the Fridays for Future strikes inspired by Greta Thunberg.	Sydney Chadwick	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From Weaving Community Milestones From: Common Threads View New Society Publishers	So how can this interest in getting together for a common purpose fit within a concept of celebrating life’s milestones? How do we support each other in those moments when we need our …	Sharon Kallis	10	2014	$1.00 Add
From Web 2.0 From: Five Good Ideas View Coach House Books	This chapter by Jason Mogus focuses on changing the way you view the Internet and how widespread your online presence is.	Jason Mogus	8	2011	$0.80 Add
From Wei Jingsheng’s Awakening From: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square View Goose Lane Editions	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
From NEW! Welcome From: Living Disability View Coach House Books	This chapter introduces the book’s focus on being disabled in public, and the privilege of privacy.	Emily Macrae	5	2024	$0.50 Add
From Welfare Hamilton Style From: Their Town View James Lorimer and Company	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 Now How 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
From NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	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