Class, Inequality & Oppression

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Free-Enterprise Foundations

Free-Enterprise Foundations

From: Ruling Canada

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From Big Bad Worl to Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

From Big Bad Worl to Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

The Uranium Industry Manipulates Its Image to Stay Afloat and Faces Resistance along the Way

From: Divided

This chapter discusses how current controversies around giant uranium company Cameco are manifestations of extractivism. It also explores how, to counter the resistance it has faced over the last … 16 $1.60 Add
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From Farm to Table

From Farm to Table

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

This chapter demonstrates the growing size and power of the food industry in the global economy across its supply chains. Capital-intensive farming, food-processing and major food retailers and … 17 $1.70 Add
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From Feudalism to Capitalism:
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From Feudalism to Capitalism:

The Role of the Common People in the “Middle Ages”

From: Humans

This chapter looks at the arrival of feudalism and then capitalism across the world. It reviews instances of resistance to hierarchical rule and serfdom by peasants in Europe, Indigenous … 37 $3.70 Add
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From Home to School

From Home to School

At Home; The Transition

From: Resistance and Renewal

This chapter narrates the disruption that the residential schools posed in the lives of the Natives. The author juxtapositions the life at school versus that life before school for the Native … 29 $0.58 Add
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From the Second World War to Cold War and Post-Colonialism, 1939–1980
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From the Second World War to Cold War and Post-Colonialism, 1939–1980

From: Humans

This chapter discusses how, as the supremacy of European imperialism was replaced by the imperial power of the United States and the Soviet Union after WWII, popular resistance in the form of … 45 $4.50 Add
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Gender Issues

Gender Issues

From: How Societies Work

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Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies
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Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

From the author of the best-selling Feminist City, this urbanite’s guide to gentrification knocks down the myths and exposes the forces behind the most urgent housing crisis of our time. … 258 View
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Going Home

Going Home

From: Resistance and Renewal

Based on the study of survivors, the author talks about the alcoholism and the suicide statistics, the suffering and pain of many who attended the school and conversely to the strength of those … 21 $0.42 Add
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Grassy Narrows and Corporate Dispossession of Indigenous Waterways
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Grassy Narrows and Corporate Dispossession of Indigenous Waterways

Part One: Dispossession at Home

From: Capitalism and Dispossession

In Chapter 6, author Veldon Coburn examines the destruction of the English-Wabigoon River system in Northern Ontario for colonial capital. The chapter examines the history of colonial extraction … 26 $2.60 Add
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Growing Up Different  On Being More than One/Less than One

Growing Up Different On Being More than One/Less than One

Exploring Twin-ness

From: Experiencing Difference

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Hamilton I
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Hamilton I

The Freedom to Live with Some Dignity

From: The Case for Basic Income

This chapters explores Ontario’s basic income project in Hamilton, focusing on how basic income can improve public health. ; ; 25 $2.50 Add
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Hamilton III
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Hamilton III

New Choices

From: The Case for Basic Income

This chapter profiles another resident of Hamilton who participated in the basic income pilot. Unlike other participants, James Collura was not disabled, not on social assistance, and did not … ; ; 29 $2.90 Add
Health and Wealth

Health and Wealth

How Social and Economic Factors Affect Our Well-Being

This book looks at the well-known link between social equality and the health and well-being of a country’s population, with a Canadian perspective and using Canadian data. As of 1999, when … 136 View
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Heron Gate and the Financialization of Rental Housing

Heron Gate and the Financialization of Rental Housing

From: Resisting Eviction

Chapter 6 examines Heron Gate’s owner and landlord in more detail. Crosby takes a deep dive into the world of financialized real estate investment within a broader context of housing policy and … 15 $1.50 Add
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Heron Gate, Racial Stigma, and Strategic Neglect

Heron Gate, Racial Stigma, and Strategic Neglect

From: Resisting Eviction

Chapter 5 offers a profile of Heron Gate Village. Crosbys analyzes statistics on community demographics and housing. With its high concentration of immigrants, refugees, and people of colour, … 17 $1.70 Add