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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results44 Connexions Library5 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 1 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 6 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryThe Activist's Almanac: The Concerned Citizen's Guide to the Leading Advocacy Organizations in America Walls, David Book 1993 Another World is Possible: Globalization and Anti-capitalism  McNally, David Book 2002 A call-to-arms for progressive activists. McNally argues that capitalism is synonymous with imperialism and fundamentally incompatible with democracy. An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto Callinicos, Alex Book 2003 An extended argument about what the anti-capitalist movement should stand for. A Basic Call to Consciousness: The Hau de no sau nee Address to the Western World Article 1977 A message given by the Hau de no sau nee (or traditional Six Nations council at Onondaga) also called the Iroquois Confederacy to the Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) of the United Nations in Gen... Beyond Sovereignty: Issues for a Global Agenda (2nd Edition) Love, Maryann Cusimano Book 2003 Discussion of the increasingly transnational structure of power in today's world and proposals forabandoning nation-state sovereignty for more integrated, cooperative rule between different types of g... Canadian group not dealing with major free expression issue: Celebrating World Press Freedom Day Fillmore, Nick Article 2014 We need to address how corporate-owned mainstream news organizations restrict the freedom of journalists and prevent the public from having access to a wide variety of important news and opinion artic... Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 4 - November 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Connexions Annual 1989: A Social Change Sourcebook: Information and ideas about social and environmental alternatives Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Book 1989 The Connexions Annual is simultaneously a reference book and an introduction to the world of social and environmental alternatives. Connexions Annual 1994: A Sourcebook of Social and Environmental Alternatives Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1994 Simultaneously a reference book and an introduction to the world of social and environmental alternatives. The bulk of the Annual is devoted to listings of grassroots groups. It also contains a series... The Connexions Annual: Introductions to the directory & its sections Diemer, Ulli Article 1989 This Annual is dedicated to the idea that change is both necessary and possible. Its main intent is practical: to provide information about groups across Canada who are working at society's grassroots... Connexions Annual Resource and Reading List Article 1989 A short and selective list of resources on issues addressed in the Connexions Annual, such as environment, education, peace, interntional development, women's issues, urban issues, housing, human rig... Connexions Digest: Volume 12, Number 1 - Fall 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1988 Connexions Digest: Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Connexions Digest: Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1991 The Earthscan Action Handbook Litvinoff, Miles Book 1990 A compendium of the world's major ills with suggestions for remedial action. The Environmental Movement at the Crossroads: Gang Green or New Green? Zeese, Kevin; Flowers, Margaret Article 2013 There is a growing culture of resistance in the environment movement Frequently Asked Questions about Sources Article 2009 SOURCES is a media service that connects journalists, editors, authors and researchers with the sources they need for their work. SOURCES spotlights organizations, institutions, government agencies, c... Generation NGO Apale, Alisha; Stam, Valerie Book 2011 Young Canadians are increasingly active and engaged in global issues. Many are eagerly poised to contribute—in smaller and even larger ways—to international development and the Canadian national polit... He who pays the piper... Diemer, Ulli Article 1977 Community groups have become dependent on government money resulting in an erosion of their community base and their independence. Helping you reach the media: How Sources can help you get more and better media coverage Article 2009 Media coverage is the most valuable kind of publicity there is because it is based on the news value or information value of what you do or say, and is therefore far more credible than paid publicity ... How the People's Climate March Became a Corporate PR Campaign Gupta, Arun Article 2014 I've never been to a protest march that advertised in the New York City subway. That spent $220,000 on posters inviting Wall Street bankers to join a march to save the planet, according to one source.... Inside Komen's NGOized Culture Boyd, Kate; Storm, Cristien Article 2014 The authors analyze the monopoly that the Komen Foundation has over breast cancer research and how the process of "NGOization" has cultivated a consumer culture in how participants engage with the mov... Like a Dull Knife: The People's Climate "Farce" Saul, Quincy Article 2014 Even in a top-down format, one hopes the upcoming march could draw much-needed attention to the climate movement. Local Places In the Age of the Global City Keil, Roger, Wekerle, Gerda R., Bell, David V.J. (eds.) Book 1996 The contributors to Local Places look at the complex social, economic and political contexts of cities in the 1990s and suggest that cities and urbanity, while part of the problem, also need to be con... The NGO-Industrial Complex - Book Review Paley, Dawn Article 2016 Review of "Paved with Good Good Intentions: Canada's development NGOs from idealism to imperislism" by Nikolas Barry-Shaw and Dru Oja Jay. NGOs Are Cages: How Capitalists Control Mass Movements McMillan, Stephanie Article 2014 We really need to understand the methods used by NGOs to undermine radical political organizing efforts and divert us into political dead ends. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 2, 2014: Climate Change Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 This issue of Other Voices looks at why so many people deny or ignore the very real and very near threat of climate change. We also look into the ways on how NGOs tame and undermine grassroots movemen... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 5, 2015: Ecosocialism, environment, and urban gardening Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This issue of Other Voices covers a wide range of issues, from the climate crisis and the ecosocialist response, to terrorism and the struggle against religious fundamentalism, as well as items on urb... Planning As Learning: The Education of Citizen Activists Alexander, Donald Hayley Morrow Book 1994 Phd thesis focusing on the learning undertaken by members of citizens' groups involved in land use planning. The Postmodern Left and the success of neoliberalism Jay, Scott Article 2016 The international Left promotes its own image rather than engaging in the bitter reality of resistance against neoliberalism. It does not need to believe in postmodernism because it is postmodernism. Press for Conversion #62: May 2008 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2008 The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) helped overthrow the democratically-elected government of Jean Bertrand Aristide in 2004. In the years prior to this US-led regime change, although... Press for Conversion #63: November 2008 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2008 CIDA-funded "NGOs" in Canada rationalized the destabilization and overthrow of Haitian democracy and then covered up the atrocities of the Canadian-backed dictatorship after the coup. This issue exami... Save the Fat Cats Murray, Craig Article 2014 Very few charities are in any sense independent any more. Save the Children Fund gets 176 million pounds – over half its income - in grants from various governments, including over 80 million from the... Sick Sophistry: BBC News On Afghan Hospital "Mistakenly" Bombed by United States Media Lens Article 2015 One of the defining features of the corporate media is that Western crimes are ignored or downplayed. The US bombing of a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on the night of Octo... Silence in NGO Discourse Barker, Micheal Article 2017 Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) maintain a ubiquitous presence in most peoples lives (whether they realize it or not). It therefore should be a commonsense act that we scrutinize NGO activities ... Transforming Ourselves Transforming the World: An Open Conspiracy for Social Change Murphy, Brian K. Book 1999 Addresses society's pessimism about social change and provides a theoretical means and practice to overcome this fatalism. US Lies and Excuses for Bombing Hospital Cook, Jonathan Article 2015 Here is the US changing its story for the FOURTH time of why it launched an air strike on the Doctors without Borders hospital in the Afghan town of Kunduz at the weekend, massacring at least 22 patie... The Useful Altruists: How NGOs Serve Capitalism and Imperialism McMillan, Stephanie; Kelley, Vincent Article 2015 NGOs are far from revolutionary organizations, but many of us would think that their work still seems more helpful than not. Political differences with them aside, it seems dogmatic to denounce free h... Why are our environmental groups supporting weak climate targets? Fillmore, Nick Article 2016 The federal government's recently announced that all Canadian jurisdictions must adopt a carbon pricing scheme by 2018 with a minimum price of $10 per tonne. The price must rise to reach $50 per tonne... Why NGOs and Leftish Nonprofits Suck (4 Reasons) McMillan, Stephanie Article 2015 NGOs have proliferated like mushrooms all over the world. First deployed in social formations dominated by imperialism, they've now taken over the political scene in capital's base countries as well. ... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesCanadian Crossroads International CCI fosters global understanding by placing Canadian volunteers in the developing world, placing volunteers from developing nations in Canada, and sponsoring community education programs. Each year, m... Connexions Archive & Library The Connexions Archive & Library is Toronto-based project dedicated to keeping alive the rich history of grassroots movements for social justice.
Connexions preserves 'alternative' histories that r... North-South Institute/L'Institut Nord-Sud Provides policy-relevant research on the North-South issues of relations between industrialized and developing countries, in particular monitoring Canada's foreign policy role and its relations with t... Pueblito Canada Community development projects in Latin America. Development education materials for children in Canada. David Suzuki Foundation Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focussing on four program areas -- oceans and sustainable fishin... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryThe Connexions Directory A Directory of Social and Environmental Alternatives An electronic directory of Canadian non-profit advocacy organizations concerned with social and environmental issues; indexed by subject. Egypt's civil society facing renewed government crackdown Human Rights Watch 2015 If the Egyptian authorities are successful in their attempt to prevent non-governmental organisations from working, independent civil society in Egypt risks being wiped out. Getting your story into the media 2009 Stories are the heart and soul of the media. Journalism is about telling stories, and good stories require sources # human contacts, the people who provide informed comment and expertise, the people w... Saudi Warplanes Destroy MSF Hospital in Yemen At Least Two Staff Hurt in Attacks Ditz, Jason 2015 Adding to concerns about Saudi attacks on civilians in Yemen, an overnight air raid against the capital city of Sanaa pounded a residential district, hitting several homes, a girl's school, and destro... Save the corporations… I mean children Fuller, Roslyn 2014 When Save the Children chose to bestow the Global Legacy Award on Tony Blair, the charity inadvertently revealed the dark underbelly of NGO activity. Sources gives you powerful tools to help you stand out from the crowd 2009 An overview of how you can use SOURCES to amplify your message.
SOURCES is a media service that connects journalists, editors, writers, producers and researchers with the sources they need for their ... From the Connexions ArchivesThe Connexions Annual 1989: A Social Change Sourcebook Information and Ideas About Social and Environmental Alternatives Diemer, Ulli (ed) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 The 1989 edition of the Canadian directory of grassroots groups working for social and environmental alternatives. |
