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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsCanadian Union of Public EmployeesCUPE is the largest union in Canada, representing more than 600,000 women and men who work for municipal governments, school boards, universities and colleges, hospitals, nursing homes and homes for the aged, public util... Connexions Information Sharing ServicesConnexions compiles and disseminates information about social and economic alternatives. Established in 1975 as an independent non-profit research organization and information clearinghouse, Connexions compiles and publi... Cuso InternationalCuso International is a non-profit, international development agency. Each year, we place hundreds of Canadian and American volunteers who collaborate on development projects in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia... Ulli DiemerComment and analysis from a libertarian perspective on topics such as censorship and freedom of speech, political correctness, double standards, identity politics, post-modernism, media bias, atheism, secularism, and arc... Food Banks CanadaFood Banks Canada is the national charitable organization representing the food bank community. Its members and their respective agencies serve approximately 85% of Canadians accessing emergency food programs nationwide.... International Labour OrganizationThe International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. Its main aims are to ... Marxists Internet ArchiveLarge archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable.
National Anti-Racism Council of CanadaNational Anti-Racism Council of Canada (NARCC) is a national, community-based, member-driven network that addresses racism, racialization and all other forms of related discrimination by sharing, developing information a... Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)Among Canada's largest unions, PSAC, with 172,000 members, represents federal employees as well as workers in three territorial governments, government agencies, Crown corporations, para-public and private sector organiz... Michael RiordonCanadian writer and documentary-maker Michael Riordon writes/directs/produces books and articles, audio, video and film documentaries, plays for radio and stage.
A primary goal of his work is to recover voices and s... ZatounZatoun is an NGO which brings fair trade olive oil from occupied Palestine. It highlights the plight of Palestinian farmers and the destruction of their livelihood. Olive oil is a basic food which reminds us of our commo... New ReleasesConnexions Archive seeks a new home2009-11-18 Connexions Information Sharing Services The Connexions Archive, a Toronto-based library dedicated to preserving the history of grassroots movements for social change, needs a new home. Grassroots Archives: Preservation as subversion?2012-10-08 Ulli Diemer of Connexions, a social justice library and archive - www.connexions.org - discusses problems facing grassroots archives at a talk sponsored by the Humanist Association of Toronto (HAT). Jewish Canadians Concerned About Suppression of Criticism of Israel2009-03-10 We are Jewish Canadians concerned about all expressions of racism, anti-Semitism, and social injustice. We believe that the Holocaust legacy "Never again" means never again for all peoples. It is a tr... Leftwords Festival of Books and Ideas2012-05-05 Leftwords LeftWords is a free public event that celebrates and promotes the work of progressive Canadian and international writers and thinkers whose works appear in books and magazines by Canadian independent ... May Day 2010: Jobs, Justice and Public Services - Getting the Economy to Work2010-04-30 Council of Global Unions May 1, 2010 - On today of all days, trade unionists around the world demand fresh steps to reform the global economy in favour of social justice, investment in jobs and fairness in society. This is no... Memory as Resistance: Grassroots Archives and the Battle of Memory2012-11-02 Connexions Archive CONNEXIONS and Beit Zatoun are spotlighting grassroots archives this November with an open house and networking event November 24, a talk and discussion November 27, and an exhibit (November 16-27). Sources welcomes Michael Riordon2010-04-14 Michael Riordon Sources welcomes a new member: Michael Riordon. Canadian writer and documentary-maker Michael Riordon writes/directs/produces books and articles, audio, video and film documentaries, plays for radio a... Sources Select ResourcesThe Case for Grassroots ArchivesDiemer, Ulli Article 2012 Connexions Information Sharing Services Grassroots archives play a valuable role in what has been called "the battle of memory". People's history projects such as grassroots archives preserve and share stories of resistance, hidden historie... Connexions Library Subject IndexWebsite 1975 Connexions Information Sharing Services A comprehensive subject index of documents in the Connexions Library. Critique of Nonviolent PoliticsFrom Mahatma Gandhi to the Anti-Nuclear Movement Ryan, Howard Book 1984 Ryan accepts that sometimes nonviolence can be effective, but says that sometimes it is not: "a principled insistence on nonviolence can in some circumstances be dangerous to progressive social moveme... The Importance of Journalism and Communications to Social MovementsSicilia, Javier Article 2012 Narco News Remarks of Javier Sicilia to the School of Authentic Journalism. Is that an archive in your basement... or are you just hoarding?Sources News Release Article 2012 Connexions Are you an 'accidental archivist'? Have you been saving the publications and documents produced by the social justice projects you've been involved in? Then Connexions would like to hear from you. Jewish Canadians Concerned About Suppression of Criticism of IsraelArticle 2009 We are Jewish Canadians concerned about all expressions of racism, anti-Semitism, and social injustice. We believe that the Holocaust legacy "Never again" means never again for all peoples. It is a tr... Memory as Resistance: Grassroots Archives and the Battle of MemoryPreservation as subversion: Do grassroots archives have a future? Article 2012 Connexions and Beit Zatoun CONNEXIONS and Beit Zatoun are spotlighting grassroots archives this November with an open house and networking event November 24, a talk and discussion November 27, and an exhibit (November 16-27). G... What Do We Do Now? Building a Social Movement in the Aftermath of Free TradeDiemer, Ulli Article 1989 Connexions Information Sharing Services / Ulli Diemer We have the potential to create a social movement in this country that goes beyond single-issue organizing to work toward an integrated vision of a more just and caring society. Sources BookshelfThe Connexions DirectoryA Directory of Social and Environmental Alternatives Serial Publication (Periodical) An electronic directory of Canadian non-profit advocacy organizations concerned with social and environmental issues; indexed by subject. Adbusters MagazineFeatures articles dealing with the erosion of the physical and cultural environment precipitated by commercial and corporate interests. Canadian DimensionAn independent magazine of the Canadian Left, of interest to radical Left and anti-capitalist activists and interested observers. CatalystCommentary of current events as well as news about Citizens for Public Justice. Columbia JournalPositive, progressive alternative to mainstream corporate media. Our mandate is to inform, entertain and advocate for the people of British Columbia. New InternationalistNew Internationalist reports on issues of world poverty and inequality. We focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide in the fight for global justice. Salt + Light TelevisionPrograms range from daily news and current events to special features and films. Most programming falls into one of five categories:
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