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Duped and How

Duped and How

Self-Regulating Psychopath with Joel Bakan and Noam Chomsky

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

An over reliance on facts and a questionable belief in the power of reason contribute to today’s toxic conversations and acrimonious dialogue, but another area of great concern is … 12 $1.20 Add
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Duped and How

Duped and How

A Case Study: Foreign-Funded Radicals

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

Never has there been a greater disparity between what scientists say we should be concerned about and what members of government and the oil and gas industry are doing. In this case study I … 15 $1.50 Add
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Duped and How

Duped and How

Assault on Democracy with Alex Himelfarb

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

Himelfarb believes that the Right prefers to shut down public discourse and that modern life makes it easy for this to happen. Issues of the common good often don’t make it to the table. It … 7 $0.70 Add
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Duped and How

Duped and How

Silencing the Voices of Others with Jason Stanley

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

Stanley explained there are a number of rhetorical and linguistic tactics that are being used now to silence people, and one of the most blatant is the misappropriation of words such as ethical … 8 $0.80 Add
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Duped and How

Duped and How

Gaslighting Blurs our Reality with Bryant Welch

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

Welch said that today’s gaslighters work in the public square to create confusion and prey on public vulnerability, using sophisticated forms of manipulation, mind games and PR spin. … 6 $0.60 Add
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Duped and How

Duped and How

Summary: The Polluted Public Square

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

I found the attacks on scientists and the volume of propaganda used to cloud environmental issues puzzling. I found myself becoming angrier about the deception and lack of fair play than I was … 12 $1.20 Add
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Duthchas and the Ethos of the Commons

Duthchas and the Ethos of the Commons

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

Explaining the ancient property laws of Scottish clans as they exised until the encroachment of kings. 6 $0.60 Add
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"Each Year I Feel Better" – Christopher Brown and Growing Veterans

"Each Year I Feel Better" – Christopher Brown and Growing Veterans

From: Field Excercises

Readings in this book consist of case studies of programs that use outdoor activities such as farming and gardening to help veterans cope with PTSD and disability. This reading recalls the … 13 $1.30 Add
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Earth's Orbital Variations

Earth’s Orbital Variations

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

This chapter examines the role of the Earth’s orbital variations in determining the world’s climate. The tilt of the Earth’s axis and our irregular elliptical orbit around the … 15 $1.50 Add
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Echoes Across the Lake

Echoes Across the Lake

From: Changing Tides

This chapter depicts Frid’s experiences at the hunting and spiritual camp of the Tsilhqot’in First Nations at Teztan Biny (Fish Lake). Through it, Frid further develops on the themes … 11 $1.10 Add
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Ecological Hinterland

Ecological Hinterland

How much Biocapacity Does a City Need?

From: Ecological Footprint

This chapter uses the city lens – explaining a city metabolism and its requirement of distant ecosystems  to operate. ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Economic Democracy and Cooperative Capital

Economic Democracy and Cooperative Capital

From: Resilience Imperative

There are two kinds of freedom: “positive freedom,” which is “freedom to” — freedom to build toward the realization of a “cooperative commonwealth,” and … ; 21 $2.10 Add
Educating for Action

Educating for Action

Strategies to Ignite Social Justice

The pursuit of freedom and justice is a timeless effort, but new activists may not know where to begin, while more experienced ones often become jaded or fatigued. The task of constructing a new … ; 259 View
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Effective Interactions

Effective Interactions

Supremacist Power and Liberatory Power

From: The Power Manual

There are three core propositions in chapter 1, Effective Interactions, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault and bell hooks: (1) that there are both supremacist and liberatory ways to act out … 4 $0.40 Add
Emergent Agriculture

Emergent Agriculture

Farming, Sustainability and the Return of the Local Economy

Long embraced by corporations who are driven only by the desire for profit, industrial agriculture wastes precious resources and spews millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere … 195 View
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Empowering Performance: Getting Our Voices Into the World

Empowering Performance: Getting Our Voices Into the World

From: Catch the Fire

Readings in section 2 of this title provides a guide for structuring community programs for success and how to integrate the arts into these programs. This reading explores ways in which the … ; 12 $1.20 Add