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Chapter 11. Conversations on Decolonizing Justice

Chapter 11. Conversations on Decolonizing Justice

With Members of It Starts With Us and No More Silence

From: Abolish Social Work (As We Know It)

This excerpt outlines the epistemological tension between decolonization ideals and pragmatic reliance on carceral institutions for justice regarding Indigenous communities. It contrasts … ; 21 $2.10 Add
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Chapter 11

Chapter 11

A legal right to maim and kill workers

From: Law at Work

This chapter examines how the structures and ideology supported by law to maintain and perpetuate capitalism ensure the dominance of one class over another. It also discusses how, when it comes … 33 $3.30 Add
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Chapter 12. Baby Bundle Project and Community Birth Work Journeys

Chapter 12. Baby Bundle Project and Community Birth Work Journeys

From: Abolish Social Work (As We Know It)

This document analyzes structural inequities in Indigenous child welfare, specifically how funding priorities conflate poverty with parental neglect rather than addressing housing scarcity. It … 12 $1.20 Add
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Chapter 12

Chapter 12

The dignity of work versus the degradation of work under capitalism

From: Law at Work

This chapter examines how the basic structure of capitalism makes work unrewarding, and how legal systems legitimize and reinforce these conditions. It argues that the law not only sustains … 29 $2.90 Add
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Chapter 13. Social Work’s Very Complicated Relationship with Indigenous Languages

Chapter 13. Social Work’s Very Complicated Relationship with Indigenous Languages

From: Abolish Social Work (As We Know It)

The text examines social work’s historical entanglement with colonial policies disrupting language transmission. It critiques institutional models that prioritize bureaucracy over … 15 $1.50 Add
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Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Selected Notes

From: Law at Work

This page lists selected notes used throghout the book. 1 $0.10 Add
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Chapter 14. Toronto Indigenous Harm Reduction

Chapter 14. Toronto Indigenous Harm Reduction

Solidarity with Indigenous Encampment Residents

From: Abolish Social Work (As We Know It)

The text examines the organization’s formation during the pandemic, driven by institutional neglect and service closures within specific urban neighborhoods facing isolation. It analyzes … 4 $0.40 Add
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Chapter 15. Black Creek Community Farm

Chapter 15. Black Creek Community Farm

Mutual Aid, Abolition, and Food Justice in Jane and Finch

From: Abolish Social Work (As We Know It)

The text identifies structural determinants like state planning that create food apartheid and health disparities in marginalized neighborhoods. It examines the historical transition toward … ; ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Notes

Notes

From: Abolish Social Work (As We Know It)

The document identifies three primary topics concerning social work reform. Firstly, it analyzes historical colonial entanglements involving state violence against racialized groups within … ; ; 28 $2.80 Add
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Turning Off the Tap
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Turning Off the Tap

Preventing Homelessness for Victims of Violence

From: Ending Homelessness in Canada

Chapter Two discusses the pipeline for victims of intimate partner violence into homelessness. Author Pearl Eliadis discusses the lack of second stage housing, emergency housing, the need for … 15 $1.50 Add
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Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Capital-labour struggles better described as wars

From: Law at Work

This chapter examines how labour unions and legal reforms from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries challenged employer dominance, and how the Great Depression prompted worker-focused … 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter 3. For Black Women, Health Care Is an Abolition Issue

Chapter 3. For Black Women, Health Care Is an Abolition Issue

From: Abolish Social Work (As We Know It)

First, the chapter critiques carceral infrastructure embedded in healthcare, analyzing how punitive mechanisms specifically target Black women and queer individuals within marginalized … 12 $1.20 Add
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Chapter 2: “No Netflix Tax!” (1999–2019)

Chapter 2: “No Netflix Tax!” (1999–2019)

From: Canada Vs California

Chapter two shows the beginning of Canada’s thoughts on regulating internet broadcasting. Conservatives were notably against any idea of a “Netflix tax” or tax on internet based … 19 $1.90 Add
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Chapter 2: Strategies for Sufficiency
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Chapter 2: Strategies for Sufficiency

From: The Story of Upfront Carbon

How can we reduce upfront carbon emissions and use less stuff? A look at ideas like simplicity, where we eliminate wasteful complications, or materiality, what it is made of, or flexibility, can … 55 $5.50 Add
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How Is Incarceration Generating Homelessness and What Can Be Done?
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How Is Incarceration Generating Homelessness and What Can Be Done?

From: Ending Homelessness in Canada

In this chapter, Art Campbell examines how incarceration leads to homelessness. By speaking with experts, using case studies and studying solutions he offers strategies to prevent this. 15 $1.50 Add
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Chapter 3

Chapter 3

World War II: Promises made, fulfilled, and then diluted

From: Law at Work

This chapter looks at how labour policies changed during and after World War II, where many of the advances made by the working class were challenged in the 1930s. It also covers the many worker … 28 $2.80 Add