Activism & Social Movements
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From  NEW! War is Over |
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 |
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From  NEW! We Are Like Waves |
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 |
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From NEW! We Keep Each Other SafeOrganizing for Prison Abolition during a Pandemic |
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 |
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From  We Want a FutureClimate Change and How the Youth Are Fighting to Save the Province From: Divided |
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 |
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From  Weaving Community MilestonesFrom: Common Threads |
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 |
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From  Web 2.0From: Five Good Ideas |
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 |
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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 Being Pro-Palestine Means to MeFrom: Razing Palestine |
In this chapter, Benembarek reflects on the personal risks of public pro-Palestinian solidarity. | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 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 |
