2021

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The Nuclear Family

The Nuclear Family

From: Imagined Truths

The author explores more of his family’s history, his early life, and his relationship with his grandparents. 28 $2.80 Add
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The Oil Lamp

The Oil Lamp

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He and his wife discuss the future and critique the communist government. 3 $0.30 Add
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The Olive Farm

The Olive Farm

From: Man at the Airport

In the opening chapter, Al Kontar reflects on the Syrian Civil War and his childhood on an olive farm in Sweida. 7 $0.70 Add
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The Only Banana You Should Buy

The Only Banana You Should Buy

Changing Canadian Minsets to Choose Fairtrade

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

In this chapter, the authors examine the roots of cheap banana thinking and the alternative that Fairtrade provides. They also share success stories from a couple of retailers whose responsible … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Original AI
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The Original AI

Animate Intelligence

From: The Web of Meaning

This chapter links the European loss of seeing the world as connected with the Scientific Revolution, and how that view has continued uninterrupted in Indigenous ways of seeing and knowing. … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Patterns of the Universe
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The Patterns of the Universe

From: The Web of Meaning

The chapter begins with the paradox of the Ship of Theseus, and continues with the the philosophy of flux of the Pre-Socratics and of the Song Dynasty of China. How things can be in constant flux … 31 $3.10 Add
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The Politics of Power

The Politics of Power

A Wonton Attack on a Citizen's Reputation

From: Divided

This chapter sets out to preserve a story that needs to be documented. Officials within the Saskatchewan government improperly accessed files containing unconfirmed allegations about a citizen, … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Power Play

The Power Play

From: Indigenomics

Topics discussed in this chapter include Indigenous activists in court and an inception into a new economic reality. 8 $0.80 Add
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The Power Shift

The Power Shift

A Seat at the Economic Table

From: Indigenomics

Topics discussed in this chapter include the effect of the emerging indigenous power shift, the risk of doing nothing, and the collective response to now. 20 $2.00 Add
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Federal Jurisdiction and the Impact Assessment Act
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Federal Jurisdiction and the Impact Assessment Act

Trojan Horse or Rational Ecological Accounting?

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter explores key questions respecting federal jurisdiction with regard to the IAA, beginning with a discussion of the constitutional division of powers in Canada, federalism and … 22 $2.20 Add
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The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well
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The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well

Dependence

From: On Opium

This chapter describes the author’s dependance on the (taken as prescribed) opiods, and how these allow her to work and enjoy life in three chunks of five hours throughout the day. The … 36 $3.60 Add
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The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well
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The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well

Independence

From: On Opium

The author explores her relationship with her chronic pain and the tension between independence and dependence on prescription opiods, at first rationing relief. She parses the moral … 32 $3.20 Add
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The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well
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The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well

Interdependence

From: On Opium

This chapter explores community, including various methods of harm reduction and a conference in Portugal, where all drugs have been decriminalized. The author describes online support systems … 58 $5.80 Add
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The Rattle on the Tail of the Rattlesnake
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The Rattle on the Tail of the Rattlesnake

Trump and the Danger of Right-Wing Populism in the US

From: The Socialist Register 2022

Bill Fletcher presents a careful appraisal of the forces marshalled on the right over the course of the Trump presidency, leading to the insurrection of January 2021. For the American left, this … 20 $2.00 Add
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The Reconstruction of Uncle Tom

The Reconstruction of Uncle Tom

From: Uncle

In this chapter, Thompson examines the "Mammy" figure, another stock character who was first depicted in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The chapter also touches on Confederate monuments, and … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Recruit

The Recruit

From: Walking Away from Hate

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