2024
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From  Myth 18The Only Way to Mobilize People Is to Have Charismatic Leaders From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter explores the belief that prominent leaders drive social movements, arguing their influence is actually limited. It highlights the importance of strong, collective organization as … | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 5 | 2024 | $0.50 Add |
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From Myth 19All We Need Is to Elect an Eco-Friendly Government! From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter explains that electing environmentally conscious governments is not enough to enact climate action. It emphasizes the need for pre-election action to highlight the urgency and … | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From Myth 2The Problem Is Overpopulation! From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter reconsiders the dominant discourse which says that overpopulation is a primary contributor to the environmental crisis, discussing the harmful discourse resulting from this belief. | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add |
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From Myth 20People Have to Organize through Social Media! From: Ecology for the 99% |
This section argues that online activism is less effective than in-person engagement, since it mostly reaches those already aware of environmental issues and rarely persuades new audiences. | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From Myth 3New Tech Will Come to Our Rescue! From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter examines the idea that the adoption of new technologies, such as geoengineering, will help mitigate the climate crisis. It explores how these proposed technologies risk further … | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From Myth 4The Real Problem Is the Religion of Infinite Growth! From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter interrogates the belief that economic growth can solve social and ecological problems, advocating for a decrease in production and degrowth policies. | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 10 | 2024 | $1.00 Add |
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From Myth 5We Are Not the Problem—China Is! From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter considers the harm that comes from stigmatizing the pollution of countries in the global South, discussing the interdependent relationships that connects Western countries to the South. | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From Myth 6It’s Not about Political Vision, It’s about Science From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter describes the relationship between climate science and the political interest of major governments. It explains that while political leaders acknowledge the environmental crisis, … | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From Myth 7We’re All in This Together From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter highlights how the climate crisis affects communities unequally, with some facing greater hardships and critiques the leaders responsible for these affects. | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From Myth 8Nothing Is Preventing Capitalism from Becoming Green! From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter challenges the idea that capitalism can grow without harming the environment, critiques the concept of "decoupling", and highlights how climate impacts are unevenly … | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From Myth 9We Just Need to Make an Energy Transition! From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter discusses why capitalism is unlikely to abandon its dependence on fossil fuels and transition toward a renewable economic model. | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 11 | 2024 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Neoliberal Common SenseThe Stubborn Persistence of Neoliberalism |
This chapter looks at the persistence of neoliberalism despite financial crises and electoral change, the existence of cultural hegemony in normalizing neoliberalist policies as mere common … | Alex Himelfarb | 25 | 2024 | $2.50 Add |
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From NEW! Neoliberal PoliticsTransforming Conservativism |
This chapter discusses the economic conditions of the late 1970s that made Canada ripe for conservatism and the impact of the Regan and Thatcher governments on the rise of neoliberalism in Canada … | Alex Himelfarb | 20 | 2024 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! Neoliberalism Comes to Canada |
This chapter examines the arrival of neoliberal rule in Canada and factors such as the rightward orientations of regional governments in the West, the election of Brian Mulroney, policy changes … | Alex Himelfarb | 43 | 2024 | $4.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Never Let a Good Crisis Go to WasteFrom: The Consulting Trap |
In the Preface, the authors introduce a case study about Deloitte, a transnational professional services firm. The firm’s plan to introduce a social contact-tracing software during the … | Chris Hurl; Leah B. Werner | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! New FranceA Frustrated Fiefdom, 1627-1763 From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 |
This chapter reviews the establishment of a colony in Quebec and its governance under the Company of New France and the effects of war. It highlights experiences of such populations as women, … | Bryan D. Palmer | 15 | 2024 | $1.50 Add |
