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  • Clean Air and Good Jobs

    U.S. Labor and the Struggle for Climate Justice

    by Todd E. Vachon ...
    The labor–climate movement in the U.S. laid the groundwork for the Green New Deal by building a base within labor for supporting climate protection as a vehicle for good jobs. But as we confront the climate crisis and seek environmental justice, a “jobs vs. environment” discourse often pits workers against climate activists. How can we make a “just transition” moving away from fossil fuels, while ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Green New Deal and the Future of Work

    by Richard A. Walker, Hillary Angelo, Raj Patel, Jim Goodman, Alyssa Battistoni, Stephanie Luce, Wilson Sherwin, Dustin Guastella, Mindy Isser, Todd E. Vachon, Harvey Molotch, Daniel Aldana Cohen, J. Mijin Cha, Lara Skinner, Clark A. Miller, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Harry C. Boyte, Trygve Throntveit, Richard Lachmann ...
    Catastrophic climate change overshadows the present and the future. Wrenching economic transformations have devastated workers and hollowed out communities. However, those fighting for jobs and those fighting for the planet have often been at odds. Does the world face two separate crises, environmental and economic? The promise of the Green New Deal is to tackle the threat of climate change ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • The Green New Deal and the Future of Work

    by Richard A. Walker, Hillary Angelo, Raj Patel, Jim Goodman, Alyssa Battistoni, Stephanie Luce, Wilson Sherwin, Dustin Guastella, Mindy Isser, Todd E. Vachon, Harvey Molotch, Daniel Aldana Cohen, J. Mijin Cha, Lara Skinner, Clark A. Miller, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Harry C. Boyte, Trygve Throntveit, Richard Lachmann ...
    Catastrophic climate change overshadows the present and the future. Wrenching economic transformations have devastated workers and hollowed out communities. However, those fighting for jobs and those fighting for the planet have often been at odds. Does the world face two separate crises, environmental and economic? The promise of the Green New Deal is to tackle the threat of climate change ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Global Agenda for Social Justice

    Volume One

    by Brian V. Klocke, Joachim J. Savelsberg, Mangala Subramaniam, Diana Rodriguez-Spahia, Rosemary Barberet, Richelle Frabotta, Kyle Ashlee, Terence D. Miethe, Michelle Christian, Jon Shefner1, Massimo Ragnedda3, James L. Scherrer4, Ajanaw Alemie5, Miranda Mirosa6, David Reynolds7, Shannon Golden8, Vasundhara Kaul9, Zachary Palmer0, Jacqueline Daugherty1, Glenn W. Muschert2, Brandon J. Cash4, Michael P. Loeffelman5, Leland Spencer6, Sean Sweeney7, Todd Vachon8, Nirmala Lekhak9, Moushumi Roy0, Tirth R. Bhatta1, Majia Nadesan2, Eric Mykhalovskiy3, Edwin Bernard4, Carrie Foote5, Tereza Trejbalová6, Craig Boylstein7, Hannah E Hurrle8, Robert Aponte9, Luis A. Fernandez0 ...
    Series series SSSP Agendas for Social Justice
    The Global Agenda for Social Justice provides accessible insights into some of the world’s most pressing social problems and proposes international public policy responses to those problems. Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), chapters examine topics such as criminal justice, media concerns, environmental problems, ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Common Preservation

    In a Time of Mutual Destruction

    by Jeremy Brecher ...
    As world leaders eschew cooperation to address climate change, nuclear proliferation, economic meltdown, and other threats to our survival, more and more people experience a pervasive sense of dread and despair. Is there anything we can do? What can put us on the course from mutual destruction to common preservation? In the past, social movements have sometimes made rapid and unexpected changes ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Common Preservation

    In a time of Mutual Destruction

    by Jeremy Brecher ...
    In Common Preservation, Brecher shares his experiences and what he has learned that can help ward off mutual destruction and provides a unique heuristic - a toolkit for thinkers and activists - to understand and create new forms of common preservation. ... Read more

    $7.39 USD

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  • Speaking Out Louder

    Ideas That Work for Canadians

    by Jack Layton ...
    The only book written by Jack Layton (1950-2011) on his political life and vision, this is the former NDP leader's passionate call to action and will inspire all Canadians to embrace a better future.On August 22, 2011, Jack Layton, Official Opposition Leader, died as he lived, with dignity, bestowing to his country a message of hope. Canada was in mourning and within hours of his death, tens of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Canada after Harper

    His ideology-fuelled attack on Canadian society and values, and how we can now work to create the country we want

    by Ed Finn ...
    Most Canadians know that Stephen Harper has had a tremendous impact on the country since becoming prime minister in 2006. But few have the in-depth knowledge of how far his transformation has gone -- what has already been done, and what the consequences will be in the future.This book brings together Canadian experts in a wide variety of areas. They document key changes put in place by the Harper ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Case for Degrowth

    by Giorgos Kallis, Susan Paulson, Giacomo D'Alisa, Federico Demaria ...
    The relentless pursuit of economic growth is the defining characteristic of contemporary societies. Yet it benefits few and demands monstrous social and ecological sacrifice. Is there a viable alternative? How can we halt the endless quest to grow global production and consumption and instead secure socio-ecological conditions that support lives worth living for all?In this compelling book, ... Read more

    $10.00 USD

  • Edge of Chaos

    Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth-and How to Fix It

    by Dambisa Moyo ...
    From an internationally acclaimed economist, a provocative call to jump-start economic growth by aggressively overhauling liberal democracyAround the world, people who are angry at stagnant wages and growing inequality have rebelled against established governments and turned to political extremes. Liberal democracy, history's greatest engine of growth, now struggles to overcome unprecedented ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The End of This World

    Climate Justice in So-Called Canada

    by Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, David Gray-Donald, Joël Laforest, Crystal Lameman, Bronwen Tucker ...
    The climate crisis is here, and the end of this world—a world built on land theft, resource extraction, and colonial genocide—is on the horizon. In this compelling roadmap to a livable future, Indigenous sovereignty and climate justice go hand in hand.Drawing on their work in Indigenous activism, the labour movement, youth climate campaigns, community-engaged scholarship, and independent ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Six Faces of Globalization

    Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters

    by Anthea Roberts, Nicolas Lamp ...
    An essential guide to the intractable public debates about the virtues and vices of economic globalization, cutting through the complexity to reveal the fault lines that divide us and the points of agreement that might bring us together.Globalization has lifted millions out of poverty. Globalization is a weapon the rich use to exploit the poor. Globalization builds bridges across national ... Read more

    $16.59 USD