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  1. Jack, Ian: Britain took more out of India than it put in -- Could China do the same to Britain?
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2014
    Large parts of India's economy were destroyed by British technology in the 1800s, and by deals that favoured British shareholders. Today, it's China that holds that kind of power.
  2. Jackson, Greg: Vicious Cycles
    Theses on a philosophy of news

    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2020
    On the transformation of news media content and consumption in conjunction with democracy and ideology
  3. Jacob, Katherine: 44 Country Trails
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1998
  4. Jacobs, Jane: Let Islanders Stay
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1978
    The service the Ward and Algonquin residents now render the people of Metro is valuable. There is no way the quality and continuity of this community's concern for the Islands and their users could be obtained solely from Metro employees and marina watchmen and guards.
  5. Jacobs, Jane: The Question of Separation
    Quebec and the Struggle Over Sovereignty

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1980
  6. Jacobs, Jim: Power in American Society
    Radical Education Project Study Guidelines

    Resource Type: Article
  7. Jacobs, Jim: The U.A.W. settles with Ford
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1967
  8. Jacobs, Jim; Laskowski: The New Rebels in Industrial America
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1969
  9. Jacobsen, Rowan: The Homeless Herd
    An Indian village battles an elephant invasion

    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2013
    The struggle of villagers against elephants raiding theIR crops at Nohotia, India.
  10. James Weinstein: Radical America Vol.1 No.3 November - December 1967
    New York Rent Strike

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1967
  11. James, Samuel; Rosenblum, Mort: Range Wars
    A copper rush sparks last-ditch battles for Arizona’s soul

    Resource Type: Article
    A new copper rush is threatening the environment in Arizona as companies seek to exploit new viens and move to deregulate protections. The biodiversity of the Sonoran desert is at risk, as is its ground water.
  12. Jamison, Leslie: The March on Everywhere
    The ragged glory of female activism

    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2017
    Leslie Jamison recounts her experience as part of the Women's March on Washington in protest of the new Trump Administration, which became the largest single day protest in U.S. history.
  13. Janitch, Pauline: Student Protest at Darthmouth, Nova Scotia
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1971
    Student protest at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Published in This Magazine is about Schools, Volume 5, Number 1, Winter 1971.
  14. Jeffery, Susanne: Picture Perfect
    The Basics of Good Photography

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1986
  15. Jego, Marie: The fruits of protest
    Russia has shelved plans to break up the historic Pavlovsk seed bank

    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2010
    The Pavlovsk open air seedbank in St. Petersburg maintains 12,000 species of fruit trees, berries, and flowers. Plans to auction off the land have been placed on hold after protests.
  16. Jekel, Dr.: The Perfect Crime
    and how to commit it

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1982
  17. Jelly-Schapiro, Joshua: All Over the Map
    A Revolution in Cartography

    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2012
    On the effects of the digital revolution in cartography, including a discussion of Ken Jennings' Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks and Rebecca Solnit's Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas.
  18. Jen, Chung: Ugly Performance of Self Exposure
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1969
  19. Jenkins, Alan C.: Wildlife in the City
    Animals, birds, reptiles, insects and plants in an urban landscape

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1982
    From the city park to the suburban garden, from the murkiest canal to the vacant building plot or bomb site, there is an astonishing variety of wild species, mammal, bird, reptile, insect and plant-life which has either steadfastly maintained a footing alongside humans or colonized their urban areas.
  20. Jenkins, Phil: An Acre of Time
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1996
    Phil Jenkins tells the life story of a single acre on Le Breton Flats, in Ottawa, Canada.
  21. Jenkins, Simon: Maidan, Ukraine ... Tahrir, Egypt ... The Square Symbolises Failure, Not Hope
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2014
    The lesson of Egypt for Ukraine is that defiant crowds may destroy an old regime – but they seldom build a new one.
  22. Jenkins, Simon: So the innocent have nothing to fear? After David Miranda we now know where this leads
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2013
    The destructive power of state snooping is on display for all to see. The press must not yield to this intimidation.
  23. Jha, Alok: False positives: fraud and misconduct are threatening scientific research
    High-profile cases and modern technology are putting scientific deceit under the microscope

    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2012
    Better detection tools and a rising retraction rate suggest scientific fraud may be widespread.
  24. Jiles, Paulette: Card players and Story Tellers
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1971
    Describes some of the collective folkways of the rural poor who have been excluded from many of the blessings and the curses of advanced capitalism.
    Published in This Magazine is about Schools, Volume 5, Number 3, Summer 1971.
  25. Jiles, Paulette: Waterloo Express
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1973
  26. Joffe, Geraldo: How You Too Can Make At Least $1 Million (But Probably Much More) In The Mail-Order Business
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1978   Published: 1979
  27. Johnson, Baldur R.; Goldblatt, Mark: Views on the Co-operative Movement
    Working Papers

    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1987
    Consists of two articles: Co-operative Participation and Communications, and Contemporary Challnges, Co-operative Answers
  28. Johnson, Bobbie: Bookworms Rejoice
    Digital deal paves the way for online access

    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2008
    Google and the US book industry struck a deal to sell digitized books online and distribute royalties to their authors and publishers through a third party.
  29. Johnson, Brian (editor): The Varsity 1969-1970
    Bound volume

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1970
  30. Johnson, Kirk; Widgington, David: Montreal Up Close
    A Pedestrian's Guide to the City

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1998
  31. Johnson, Leo A.: History of the Country of Ontario
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1973
  32. Johnson, Leo A.: History of the County of Ontario 1615-1875
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1973
    A well-documented synthesis which begins with the indigenous inhabitants, documents the fraudulent land claims which were used to take over indigenous land for settlement by European and American settlers, and continuing through to the developments of the late nineteenth century.
  33. Johnson, Leo. A.: Incomes, Disparity and Impoverishment in Canada since World War II
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1973
  34. Johnson, Wayne: The Navigator of New York
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2002
  35. Joignot, Frédéric: The contribution of trees to our lives: it is time to take stock
    French botanist Francis Hallé makes a case for the defence of trees as a powerful ally in saving the Earth's ecosystems

    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2012
    A reflection on the impact of trees in the world and the necessity of improving urban forestry out of self-preservation.
  36. Jones, Miriam; Lee, B.: The Politics of the Pro-choice Movement
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1989
    The authors, displeased with the tone and nature of Ruth Corobow's "call for feminist analysis" of abortion in the March 1989 issue of Canadian Dimension, take up some of the issues she raises from their experience working in the Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics (OCAC) for many years.
  37. Jones, Owen: The poor against the poor
    'Up for it to cause havoc' on the streets of London

    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2011
    The August riots in England may foreshadow far worse: they are the result of almost 30 years of deliberate destruction of a way of life and work that had a place for even the least-educated of young urban men.
  38. Jones, Pete: Western Uganda: crop-raiding elephants call for plan bee
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2012
    Attempts to stop the destruction of farmers' crops around Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park had failed until research into elephant reactions to bees provided an answer.
  39. Jordan, John: Co-operative Movement, System and Futures
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1980
  40. Josephson, Eric & Mary (ed.): Man Alone
    Alienation in modern society

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1962   Published: 1969
    An anthology of essays examining aspects of alienation, asking questions such as what are the conditions that lead to alienation, and what as the possibilities of restoring a greater integration of the individual and the group?
  41. Josephson, Matthew: The Robber Barons
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1934   Published: 1962
    The story of the American capitalists who seized economic power after the Civil War.
  42. Judd, W.W.; Speirs, J. Murray: A Naturalist's Guide to Ontario
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1964   Published: 1979
  43. Jungwirth, Debbie: Grassroots Naturism
    A guide for the TNS Volunteer

    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2010
    A primer for the naturist volunteer.
  44. Jäcklein, Wolf: Ten threats to Europeans
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2014
    Ten contemporary social, economic and political issues posing threats to European citizens.