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Also available online is the Connexions Library Catalogue, which lists thousands of bibliographic references to print and other resources dealing with a broad range of social change topics. Some of the items indexed in the catalogue are available online, but the majority are not, though many can be found in libraries, including in many cases in the Connexions Archive located in Toronto. The Connexions Library Catalogue includes a Title Index, an Author Index, a Subject Index, and a Format Index.
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— 2007—
Dr. Makdisi on a one-state solution - Dr. Makdisi puts the case for a single democratic secular state encompassing Israel/Palestine (video clip). (CX5628).
Carter's Inconvenient Truths - The reason that Israel has been able to appropriate Palestine unto itself with American aid and support is that Israel controls the explanation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At least 90% of Americans, if they know anything at all of the issue, know only the Israeli propaganda line. CounterPunch. (CX5578).
Second-class
health care for immigrants, seniors? - Should
the affluent be entitled to better, faster health care than seniors,
immigrants, and the poor? National Post editor Jonathan Kay
thinks so. (CX5571).
— 2006 —
Israel
boycott may be the way to peace
December 15, 2006. The non-violent international
response to apartheid was a campaign of boycott, divestment and
UN-imposed sanctions which enabled the regime to change without
bloodshed. We should try to follow the same route to a just peace.
(CX5401)
We must speak out - A world-wide appeal to teachers, intellectuals and artists to join the cultural boycott of the state of Israel. (CX5402).
Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives 2006 - 2007 - News & Letters (2006). (CX5389).
Addressing the Violence: My Roadmap to Peace - By Eyad El Sarraj. (2006). (CX5662).
On the US-Israeli Invasion of Lebanon - By Noam Chomsky. The supposed justifications for the invasion are a cynical fraud. 2006. (CX5387).
Amnesty International Report - Israel/Lebanon: Deliberate destruction or “collateral damage”? Israeli attacks on civilian infrastructure - August 23, 2006. (CX 5390).
Building Blocks for Peace in the Middle East - By Johan Galtung. The minimal demands of both sides are compatible and legitimate; the maximum demands lead to endless war. (CX5391)
Sanctions on Israel: If not now, when? - How much longer are we prepared to watch Lebanon and Palestine burn, before we act? July 28, 2006. (CX5396).
Letter to Palestinian and Lebanese Filmmakers from Israeli Filmmakers - We unequivocally oppose the brutality and cruelty of Israeli policy. July 22, 2006. (CX5277).
Shame on you, Mr. Harper - Open letter initiated by members of Shalom-Salaam, a Jewish-Arab Montreal dialogue group. July 19, 2006. (CX5279).
The propaganda war - By Henry Lowi. Nothing will change until the people of Palestine, Arabs and Jews, rise up to change the rules of the game, and rebuild the country on a new basis that respects democracy and human rights and good-neighbourly relations. July 18, 2006. (CX5268)
"Stop that shit" - By Uri Avnery. Whoever longs for a solution must know: there is no solution without settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. July 18, 2006. (CX5275).
If Israel Has the Right to Use Force in Self-Defense, So Do Its Neighbours - By Amad Samih Khalidi. There is no reason why Israel should be able to enter Arab sovereign soil to occupy, destroy, kidnap and eliminate its perceived foes - repeatedly, with impunity and without restraint - while the Arab side cannot do the same. July 18, 2006. (CX5276).
The real aim of Israel's attacks on Lebanon - By Uri Avnery. The real aim is to change the regime in Lebanon and to install a puppet government. July 16, 2006. (CX5269).
Palestinian Civil Society Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel - A call for sanctions against Israel until it complies with international law and universal principles of human rights. July 9, 2006. (CX5384).
The Call for Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment Against Israeli Apartheid. - Boycott Factsheet. 2006. (CX5385).
Starving in the Dark: Israel's Appalling Bombing of Gaza - By Virginia Tilley. Destroying the only power source for a trapped and defenseless civilian population is an unprecedented step toward barbarity. It reeks, ironically, of the Warsaw Ghetto. June 30, 2006. (CX5267).
With a little help from outside - By Gideon Levy. The world sees a great and ongoing injustice. They want a just Israel. They see an Israel that occupies and is clearly unjust, and they believe they should do something. We should thank them for this from the bottom of our hearts. June 12, 2006. (CX5271).
South African trade union congress supports CUPE boycott of Israel - South African workers will never forget the support given by the Israeli state to the apartheid South African regime. In the same way we will never forget the thousands of acts of solidarity of ordinary citizens around the world who sustained our struggle through the boycott weapon. June 6, 2006. (CX5270).
A reply to B'nai Brith's "Manifesto Denouncing CUPE-Ontario's Boycott of Israel" - By the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid. June 3, 2006. (CX5278).
Manifesto of the Third Camp Against U.S. Militarism and Islamic Terrorism - (2006). (CX5399).
Books of Interest - Reference and other books for writers, journalists and researchers. June 2006. (CX5296).
Dean's Digital World - What's new online for researchers and journalists. June 2006. (CX5295).
Take
a STAND Canada - An interview on the Darfur
advocacy groups's path to success with
director Ben Fine. (CX5210)
101
Web Sites for Inquiring Minds - Web sites
to check out. (CX5211)
Truth about the "9/11 truth movement" - A rebuttal of some of the claims made by 9/11 conspiracy theorists. (CX5299)
Put it in writing - Advice on writing news releases. (CX5253)
Post-Zionism Zionism - By Avi Zer-Aviv. What do we need to do to let go of all fear that separates Jew and Arab, and embrace a truly pluralistic, secular, democratic, multicultural and loving society? March 7, 2006. (CX5274).
Effective Media Relations - Media relations is human relations. Journalism is about telling compelling stories about people and their lives. (CX5254).
A New Way to Solve Problems: Do it like Zidane - Video clip illustrating the Zidane® approach to solving problems. (CX5622).
Radio Frequency ID Removes Freedom - Radio Frequency ID violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is part of the stealthy forging of a police state. January 18, 2006. (CX5361).
Will the real Stephen Harper please stand up? - A citizen’s guide to comparing election campaign promises to deeply held beliefs. (CX5362).
New book describes a century of Jewish opposition to Zionism - January 2006. (CX5259).
How
to Deal with The Lobby The De-Zionization of the American Mind
- Countering the influence of the Zionist lobby..
(CX5380).
Telling it Like It Isn't - By Robert Fisk. Let's call a colony a colony, let's call occupation what it is, let's call a wall a wall. December 28, 2005. (CX5273).
Disaster and Mental Health: The Palestinian Experience - By Eyad El Sarraj and Samir Qouta. The continuing Israeli military occupation of Gaza is the cause of deep and widespread trauma for Palestinian children and adults. 2005. (CX5641).
Theatre of the Cynical - The settlers' retreat from Gaza was the theatre of the cynical. August 19, 2005. (CX5266).
Patent absurdity - If patent law had been applied to novels in the 1880s, great books would not have been written. If the EU applies it to software, every computer user will be restricted. June 20, 2005. (CX5354).
Complete testimony of George Galloway - Testimony of British M.P George Galloway before the U.S. Senate. May 17, 2005. (CX5352).
Is your Web site media-friendly? - How to make your Web site media-friendly. May 2005. (CX5252).
Harper: the Grim Reaper of Canadian politics - Harper as Prime Minister would be a disaster for Canada. April 2005. (CX5351).
The beauty of wind farms - Windmills are beautiful. They harness the power of the wind to supply us with heat and light. They provide local jobs. They help clean our air and reduce climate change. April 16, 2005. (CX5355).
Right to Life? Ghouls and the Schiavo Case - Exploiting the Terri Schiavo tragedy. April 1, 2005. (CX5347).
Inventing tax rage - The propaganda campaign to invent tax rage. March 6, 2005. (CX5345).
Right-Wing Thought Police Assault Free Speech on Campus - The Orwellian campaign to portray the expression of views in the university that run contrary to those ruling the country as a lack of "academic freedom." February 2005. (CX5348).
Sanctions Against the Israeli Occupation: It's Time - A call from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) for sanctions as the next logical step in the global campaign to end the Occupation. January 29, 2005. (CX5281).
In
Defense of Sex and Science - A review of the
film ’Kinsey’. January 7, 2005. (CX5349).
A Story About Making a Sex Movie - Politicians try to impose censorship by the back door, by imposing record-keeping obligations that are impossible to comply with. 2005. (CX5359).
Maximizing Coverage in Community Newspapers - How to get coverage for your cause in community newspapers. August 2004. (CX5249).
Quotes from a potential Conservative Cabinet - Homophobic comments from Conservative MPs raise concerns. June 22, 2004. (CX5340).
Marriage and the Capitalist State: For the Right of Gay Marriage...and Divorce - Gays and lesbians ought to have the right to marry — but they shouldn’t have to. April 16, 2004. (CX5350).
Words Have Failed - By Amira Hass. The written word is a failure at making tangible to Israeli readers the true horror of the Occupation. March 3, 2004. (CX5272).
Challenged Books List - A partial list of books subjected to censorship attempts in Canada from the early 1980s to 2003. (CX5298).
War Crimes Corporate media can’t ignore photos the way they ignored protests - The real reign of terror we face is much closer to home than we dare to think. (CX5337).
Eye of the storm - Wind farms are provoking fierce opposition from an increasingly organised countryside lobby. (CX5338).
Media Relations (review) - A book that helps you conquer the challenges of dealing effectively with the media. (CX5248).
New on the bookshelf - Reviews of recent books on publicity and media relations. (CX5250).
US funds false sex lessons - Facts about sex you never knew. (CX5344).
Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Woman, Anti-Sex: The U.S./UN Crusade Against 'Sex Trafficking' - Kidnapping, debt bondage, sexual assault, beatings - for any purpose - are horrible crimes. But there is a qualitative distinction between this kind of coercion and the fundamentally consensual act between a prostitute and her client to exchange money for sex. (CX5346).
Dobbin rebuts back - Murray Dobbin responds to the Green Party (CX5339).
Eight Best Books for Publicity Seekers - Good resources for people working on getting publicity for their cause. (CX5246).
There's no such thing as a slow news day - The news media are always looking for news. (CX5247).
Speaking the truth to Jews - Many perfectly legitimate criticisms of Israeli policy are blanketed as attacks on Israel's right to self-defense and therefore as attacks on Israel's right to exist and, therefore themselves as anti-Semitic. December 17, 2003. (CX5261).
The Iraq Crisis in Context - A rogue state, heavily armed with weapons of mass destruction, openly contempuous of international law and the United Nations, plunges the world into crisis. (CX5290). Also available in French , Spanish and Greek.
Truth Against Truth - By Uri Avnery, Gush Shalom. Challenges the myths, conventional lies, and historical falsehoods on which most of the arguments of both Israeli and Palestinian propaganda rest. The truths of both sides are intertwined into one historical narrative that does justice to both. Without this common basis, peace is impossible. 2003. (CX5381)
Proof that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction - Finally, the evidence!. (CX5328).
Does The US Military Want To Kill Journalists? - Are the killings of journalists by the U.S. merely accidents, or are they deliberate? (CX5329).
A Coalition of the Killing - War, media, propaganda and language. (CX5331).
Personal Testimony of a Refusnik - Why would a regular guy get up one morning in the middle of life, work, the kids and decide he's not playing the game anymore? February 2002. (CX5263).
A truly fragile identity - By Edward Said. Israel has equated modern identity not with actual live people, with rights and obligations, but with a vast collectivity with no limits either in the past, the present, or the future. March 2002. (CX5264).
Israeli violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories - Speech by Professor Jeff Halper, Coordinator Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. Halper focuses on the fact that "virtually all of Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands violates human rights conventions and especially the Fourth Geneva Convention that forbids an occupying power from making its presence a permanent one." June 20, 2002. (CX5255).
In Print: Maximizing Coverage of Charity Activities in Community Newspapersl - How to get your organization's activities covered in community newspapers. (CX5244).
The Art of Cause Marketing (Book Review) - This book explains how to craft a public service campaign. (CX5245).
America's Last Taboo - By Edward Said. The unspoken premise of the mainstream press is that no Palestinian or Arab position on Israeli police terror, settler-colonialism, or military occupation is worth hearing from. November 2002. (CX5265)
Quest for Justice - Judith Stone, an American Jew, argues that Jews of conscience must support the right of return of the Palestinian people. November 2002. (CX5256).
Do I Divest? - By Archbishop Desmond Tutu. If apartheid ended, so can this occupation, but the moral force and international pressure will have to be just as determined.. November 2002. (CX5280).
Israel's
left apologists - Criticism of Israel is not
anti-Semitism. December 9, 2002. (CX5257).
Zionism doesn't define Jews -- it divides us - Zionist theory denied the legitimate presence of an emerging, indigenous nation in Palestine. Zionist practice ensured its dispossession and exile. December 12, 2002. (CX5262).
What is Anti-Semitism? - Inflating the meaning of 'antisemitism' to include anything politically damaging to Israel is a double-edged sword. It may be handy for smiting your enemies, but the problem is that definitional inflation, like any inflation, cheapens the currency. The more things get to count as antisemitic, the less awful antisemitism is going to sound. (CX5584).
Mailing List Know-How - Your mailing list is one of the cornerstones of a good communications strategy. (CX5237)
Flying High: Five sure ways to get your business soaring - Ways of raising your profile. (CX5242).
Respect Bathurst - A protest against inviting a Harris Tory to speak at the closing of Bathurst Heights Secondary School. (CX5201)
Anti-racists who question Zionism are not racists - By Stephen Gowans. Anyone who criticizes the actions of the Israeli government runs the risk of being labelled anti-Semitic by those who want to silence all criticism of Israel. July 2001. (CX5258).
When journalists forget that murder is murder - By Robert Fisk. When Israelis are involved, our moral compass, our ability to report the truth, dries up. August 2001. (CX5260).
Why I Am Listing in Sources - The majority of high-profile experts that I have interviewed are listed in Sources year in and year out — a clear indication that they feel that they’re getting a lot of bang for their buck. (CX5243).
The Princess and the Press: How to write a news release that will make you the belle of the ball - How to write effective press releases. (CX5251).
What Does a Reporter Want? - Understanding what reporters want from media spokespersons when they are covering an issue in the news. (CX5240)
Nurturing your relationships with reporters - Our relationships with journalists need to be maintained over time in order to be fruitful. (CX5241)
Abandoning
the Public Interest -
The neo-liberal drive to cut red tape is costing lives. Exposing
the hidden costs of deregulation and privatization. (CX5282).
Also available in French
and Spanish.
Contamination: The Poisonous Legacy of Ontario's Environmental Cutbacks - The story of Ontario's right-way Harris government, which gutted health and environmental protection polices, leading to the Walkerton water disaster. (CX5285) Aussi disponible en francais. También disponible en español: Contaminación: El envenenante legado de los recortes ambientales de Ontario.
Canada's Distorted Electoral System - Canada's electoral system is undemocratic.. (CX5287).
Rosa Luxemburg - Rosa Luxemburg was a leading exponent of Marxism in the spirit of Karl Marx. (CX5294).
Successful News Releases: 7 Must-Know Tips - News releases that work. (CX5238).
News Releases That Work - Media relations know-how: News releases that work. (CX5239).
Die Globale Teleuberwachung des 21. Jahrhunderts - Es entsteht zur Zeit eine globale Teleüberwachung, die sich von allen ethischen oder diplomatischen Voreingenomenheiten freimacht. (CX5308).
No Scents Makes Sense - Many people are adversely affected by the chemicals in scented products. (CX5321).
Indoor Air Quality: No Scents is Good Sense - Establishing a scent-free workplace. (CX5322).
The Affirmations of Humanism - A statement of humanist principles (1997). (CX5646).
Valuable Clues to Finding What You Need to Know - Review of books about online research. (CX5227).
News
Media Stifle Ideas and Debate -
Review of Democracy's Oxygen: How Corporations Control the News.
(CX5228).
Reporting
the realities of poverty - Review of Everybody
Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India's Poorest Districts.
(CX5229).
Truth
about global warming - Global climate change
is underway, documented, and threatens catastrophe. It's not in
the future, not a theory, and not "just another environmental
problem." (CX5230).
Getting the most from interviews - Tips for getting the most from media interviews. (CX5231).
Dressing for TV - Advice for what to wear when you are going to be interviewed on television. (CX5232).
Get
the Internet working for you - A Web site
works best when it is integrated into a co-ordinated communications
strategy.(CX5233).
How to Lobby like a Pro - To reach the government with your message you need to lobby like a pro. (CX5234)
Don't Forget to Write - Writing letters to the editor is an effective way of getting publicity for your point of view. (CX5235).
Friendly Faxing - When you communicate by fax, keep these tips in mind. (CX5236)
Citizens for Local Democracy - Fighting for democracy and against the Harris government.. (CX5300).
Principles governing municipal/provincial financial relationships - Citizens for Local Democracy’s views of the principles governing municipal/provincial financial relationships. (CX5301).
School Reform and the Attack on Public Education - The education reform movement is part of a wider corporate and government plan to undermine democracy and strengthen corporate domination of our society. (CX5305).
The Deficit Is No Accident - The deficit and national debt were created intentionally by politicians of both parties, to destroy social programs which give working people some protection against unrestrained corporate power.. (CX5304).
We oppose granting George Bush an honourary degree - We should not uphold George Bush as a role model nor defend his responsibility for warfare bloodshed, international terrorism and attacks on basic human dignity. (CX5306).
Tracking the News That Wasn't - Media bias and censorship. (CX5225)
You, Sources, and Getting the Most out of the Internet, Including Six Internet Fictions to Consider - The Internet is part of a communications strategy but it can't be the only part. (CX5226).
A
Brief History of the Medical Reform Group 1979 - 1994 - (CX5209)
The SSO Story - A history and overview of SOURCES SELECT ONLINE, the online information resource for journalists, editors, and writers. (CX5223)
Patent Folly - The misuse of patents rights and associated dangers. (CX5224).
Ten Health Care Myths - Medicare's opponents have launched a sustained ideological attack on medicare. Their propaganda relies on myths and misrepresentations. (CX5292). Also available in French and Spanish.
Shooting the Hippo - Review of Shooting the Hippo: Death by Deficit and Other Canadian Myths. (CX5324).
Microsoft vs General Motors - If Microsoft made cars. (CX5325).
Introduction
to the Connexions Annual
- Also available in French
and Spanish.
Health News Briefs 1992- 1994 - (CX5208)
A Better World: Program of the Worker-communist Party of Iran - (1994-1997). (CX5395).
The Status and Rights of the James Bay Crees in the Context of Quebec Secession from Canada - A speech by Mathew Coon Come to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington. September 19, 1994. (CX5659)
What's
Wrong With Front Yard Parking? - The negative
effects of front yard parking are significant, and affect us all.
The benefits are small, and go only to a few. (CX5288).
Thinking
About Self-Determination -
Does that familiar canon of the left, 'the right to self-determination',
actually mean anything, or is it an empty slogan whose main utility
is that it relieves us of the trouble of thinking critically?
(CX5293). Also available in
French
and Spanish.
Words That Count Women In - A guide to eliminating gender bias in writing and speech. (CX5222).
1992: A White Christian Perspective - (CX5203).
We Can Save Social Programs - We can save social programs by removing unwarranted tax subsidies for corporations and wealthy investors. (CX4346).
U.S. Strikes Drop Dramatically - Reaganism has enabled employers to launch war on unions. (CX4347).
Privatization: Fact versus Fiction - Truths and myths about privatization. (CX4348).
Boreal Forests in Crisis - Canada will lose its boreal forests if logging continues at the current rate. (CX4349).
Throw it in the garbage myself - Let us decide for ourselves which books are trash. (CX4350).
Ask yourself...Do You Really Want More Censorship? - Censorship is dangerous and feminists who support it are wrong-headed. (CX4352).
Aid Cut - Canada keeps cutting foreign aid while pretending it isn't. (CX4354).
The Junk Food Economy - Young people entering the workforce face a junk food economy. (CX4355).
Roll Over George Orwell, And Give Goebbels the News! We're Winning - Don't Ask Where! - A question/answer period with high ranking U.S. military officials. (CX4356).
Hanging On! Native media are surviving, but for how long? - Native media are struggling to survice. (CX4357).
Reform Party - The Reform Party claims it wants a "new Canada," but their vision for the future looks a lot like the "old" Canada. (CX4358).
Connexions Digest Master Keyword Index (#45 to #54) - Keyword Index for items published in the Connexions Digest, issues 45 through 54. (CX4902).
Connexions Digest Master Name Index (#45 to #54) - Author/Title/Contributor Index for items published in the Connexions Digest, issues 45 through 54. (CX4901).
Connexions Digest Collected Network News Items 1987 - 1992 - Compiled 'Network News' items published in the Connexions Digest, issues 45 - 54. (CX4905).
Connexions Digest Collected News Briefs 1989 - 1992 - Compiled news summaries published in the Connexions Digest, issues 50 - 54. (CX4906).
Working together for peace -
Although English and French-speaking Canadians are sometimes
at odds, the call for peace is universal. It is s language that
all can agree on. (CX4164).
Quebec's two solitudes - Quebec's sovereignists find themselves increasingly in confliect with Native Peoples. (CX4165).
The Arab Choice - Arabs are many peoples, cultures, religions, and realities. I cannot put an Arab tyrant, whoever he is, in the same category as a martyr for democracy like Mehdi Ben Barka. (CX4166).
You either believe in freedom or you don't. We believe. - Support independence for East Timor from Indonesian rule. (CX4167).
The free trade disaster: round two - Free trade is a disaster for Canada -- and Mexico. (CX4168)
Globalizing the left - The Canadian trade union movement has to put greater emphasis on using its global ties to prevent multinational companies from shifting their operations to low wage countries.. (CX4169).
Winter of discontent - Whole communities are being plunged into a poverty culture that is very difficult to escape. (CX4170).
No Action on Human Rights - The Mulroney Tories are doing nothing at all about human rights.. (CX4171).
The bureaucracy remains - The government may change but the bureaucracy remains. (CX4172).
Our Transportation Future - The billions of dollars proposed to be spent on roads would be better invested in electrifying the main rail lines in Canada. (CX4173).
The Right to Offend - Humans have a right to offend other humans, especially in presenting dissent from the views with which many people seem to be very content. This includes those views called religious.. (CX4174).
Rafferty-Alameda: The American Connection - There is more, much more, to the Rafferty-Alameda dam project than the government admits. (CX4174A).
The
collective decides... -
Collective decision making doesn't always work as well in practice
as in theory. (CX4174B).
Communicating Effectively Through Your Newsletter -
Helpful suggestions for producing an effective, high quality newsletter. También disponible en español: Como Comunicarse De Manera Efectiva A Través De Un Boletín Informativo. (CX4174C)
War in the Gulf - A critique of the 1991 Gulf War. (CX4163)
Moscow Gangsters - A conversation with Boris Kagarlitsky, a Russian social activist. (CX4351).
Libel
law is dangerous -
Libel laws threaten freedom of speech. (CX4353).
Health News Briefs 1987- 1991 - (CX5207)
Christopher Who? Discovering the Americas - Columbus seen as a conqueror. (CX5031).
So THAT's Why They Can't Afford a Decent Wage Increase: It's Tough At The Top - Top CEOs struggle to get by. (CX5035).
New World Order: A postwar analysis - Everyone is allowed to play the game, so long as it's according to the U.S. rules.. (CX5042).
Economic Power Struggle In The USSR: Soviet Workers Press For Self-Management - Reflecting on the power struggle between the Russian mafia and the workers in the 1990's . (CX5049).
Execution Day in Zhengzhou - A first-hand account of an execution day. (CX5051).
Bury the Seventies and the Eighties - Women have made great progress but the struggle continues. (CX5053).
Investing in a Sustainable Future - Cerro Gordo is a community initiative designed for a more sybiotic approach with nature. (CX5066).
Ecology Watch - Poverty has been identified as a major cause of environmental degradation in courtires such as Guatemala. (CX5067).
Parcel of Rogues - A review of the book "Parcel of Rogues." (CX5068).
Separation and Divorce Have Been a Boon to the Economy - Stable marriages and families are considered harmful to economic growth. (CX5069).
Immigration Should Be Social Not Economic Says Economic Council - A study conducted by the Economic Council of Canada reveals the positive impact of immigration on the Canadian lifestyle and economy. (CX5071).
Great Lakes Spills Pose Toxic Health Risks - As the largest source of fresh water in the world, and a primary trading route, pollution and the possiblity of toxic spills in the Great Lakes have the potentional to adversely affect millions. (CX5072).
Like Recycled Paper? Try Reused - Recycling paper is great, but reusing is even better.. (CX5073).
From the Editor of Green Living - To satiate North America's addiction to high electricity consumption, the popular solution is war. (CX5074).
Econet on Web: Computer Networking for Educators - Networking can be a valuable resource for teachers, especially on environmental topics. (CX5075).
Abortion Stays Legal... - Bill C-43 was defeated in 1991, keeping abortion legal in Canada. (CX5076).
Birth Control - The Vatican condemns any form of birth control, yet they profit from a company which sells birth control pills. (CX5077).
Equality for Women? - David Irving's toxic views. (CX5078).
Slamming the World Bank and the IMF - Activists and NGOs converge on Washington. to protest the World Bank and IMF. (CX5079).
They're Going to be Stuffing Our Kids Into Electronic Databases - Will technology in the classroom be a boon to educators in the future, or a disaster waiting to happen? (CX5082).
Letter From New York - Child poverty and deaths. (CX5083).
The Third World Debt: The Comforts of Newspaper Pie - Canadians are unaffected by the Third World, since most of it arrives in the form of newspaper headlines. (CX5084).
Water Exports: The New "Gold Rush?" - With global warming a reality, the shortage of water has become an top issue in the U.S., and it appears the nation will look north of the border for help. In Canada, opposition is growing. (CX5085).
Canada's Water: Resource War #2? - Wars are usually fought over ideologies or natural resources. Canada should be concerned given its rich deposits of natural resources. (CX5086).
Midwives Acquitted - An historic decision by the Supreme Court of Canada clears midwives on charges in a case of death during a home birth. (CX5087).
Welfare: the Fragmented Self - Are welfare recipients treated as if they are part of a Canadian social experiment?. (CX5088).
Misogyny Reflected in Grocery Line Checkout - Checking out the popular media at the grocery checkout. (CX5089).
Let's Wage War for Energy Independence - The Gulf War was to expel Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. At least that's what our government wants us to believe. (CX5090).
Ethical Mutual Funds, Screening the Screens - Ethical Mutual Funds are important to the growth of social programs and services in Canada. (CX5091).
Canada to Allow New Arms Sales - Canada is expanding its exports of arms. (CX5092).
Dialogue on Development - A discourse between a Third World citizen and a Canadian. (CX5094).
Tories to Negotiate Deal With Mexico/U.S. - Free trade is on the agenda when the Canadian government meets Mexico and the U.S. in 1992. (CX5096).
Hanging on by our Fingernails - The West offers a false sense of security, and we are all at risk. (CX5097).
What a Way to Treat Your Mother: Women and the State of the Planet - Our planet is in crisis. (CX5098).
Global Militarism and the Environment - The connection between militarism and environmental damage. (CX5099).
James Bay Development Will Cause Cultural Genocide, Cree Chief Says - Quebec's James Bay hydroelectric plant construction could be disastrous for the Cree. (CX5100).
New Bishops' Report Says Workers In Canada Are In Crisis - The Canadian Bishops' Social Affairs Commision has harsh criticisms of the Canadian economy. (CX5101).
Atomic Sludge Monster Devours Edmonton!! - The nuclear industry was facing tough times, so they needed to diversify. (CX5102).
Situation Reversed - A hypothetical scenario. (CX5103).
Move Along - A personal story of racism. (CX5104).
The Exploitation Explosion - Female workers in developing countries are undervalued and underpaid. (CX5105).
1992: A White Christian Perspective - (CX5203).
Manifest Destiny: A Native Perspective on 1992 - 1992 will be a year of mourning for North American Indians; a mourning for the fragmentation and loss of our traditional way of life. (CX5204).
Caring for Earth Mother - A poem. (CX5206).
Getting the Goods: Information in B.C. - A book valuable beyond the circle of writers and researchers. Many chapters contain pertinent information for the average person who needs a starting point for his or her research. (CX5220).
News and Dissent - A study of how the mainstream media treat war, peace, and dissent. (CX5221).
Dances with Guilt - Why are some men violent?. (CX5286). Also available in Spanish.
Green Municipalism - A green municipalist analysis offers valuable perspectives but can become a straightjacket if it is seen as 'the' answer. (CX5289).
Israel
will withdraw only under pressure.
By Israel Shahak. The overwhelming majority of the
Jewish public has been determined since 1967 not to relinquish any
territory except if forced to do so. 1991. (CX5383).
In 1492, What Did Columbus Really Do? - For the indigenous peoples of the Americas, for black people and for many others, there's nothing to celebrate in 1992. From the perspective of these people, Columbus' Caribbean landing was not a discovery, but an armed invasion. (1990) (CX5032).
Interview with Ulli Diemer - Jeff Orchard interviews Ulli Diemer about socialism, capitalism, life, and social change. Also available in Spanish. (CX5202)
Making Changes: Transforming Apathy and Denial - Thoughts on people, power and participation. (CX3999)
The Case for a Nuclear-Free Canada - Nuclear power will not be the saviour to our power problems, rather, it is only making matters worse. (CX4000).
What's Left?: Environmentalists and Radical Politics - Environmentalist activism as radical practice. (CX4001)
The 1990 Prague Appeal - The peaceful transition of Europe is unthinkable without the full observance of all human and civil rights. (CX4002).
The GST in the Big Tax Picture - The GST is part of the Tory program of making the rich richer. (CX4003).
Akwesasne - The history of the Mohawks of Akwesasne and the events and conditions that led up to the violence of 1989. (CX5023).
World Evil With its Roots in the North-South Divide - Good drugs and bad drugs: the evolution of drugs and government, and implications for those suffering as a result of unfair trade policy. (CX5025).
Women and Censorship - Pornography, its impact on women, and arguments for and against censorship. (CX5056).
Entrepreneurs Convert Landfill Gas into an Alternative Source of Energy - New technology is presenting alternatives for the generation of energy from landfill gases.. (CX5064)
No Strikes in Canada Over Health Care - The health care systems in Canada and the U.S. are very different, leading to different approaches to disagreements, and significantly different outcomes. (CX5070).
Structural Adjustment - The economics of structural adjustment in Canada. (CX5080).
Union Studies Worker Buyout of CN - The CN workers' union is attempting to reclaim CN Rail through a bid for purchase. (CX5095).
Top Ten Censored Stories of 1989 - Exposing an issue that was otherwise overlooked or under-reported by national news media. (CX5218).
The Goodwin's Award for Excellence in Alternative Journalism - 4th year - Winners of the 4th annual Goodwin's Awards for alternative journalism. (CX5219).
What Do We Do Now? Building a Social Movement in the aftermath of Free Frade - 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. Aussi disponible en français: Maintenant qu'est ce qu'on fait? Établir un mouvement social suite aux conséquences du libre échange. También disponible en español: ¿Que hacemos ahora?Construir un Movimiento Social en el Resultado del Libre Tratado. (CX4719)
Looking for Democracy - Democracy in Eastern Europe? Wonderful! But how about some more democracy here? (CX3573; December 1989)
Grassroots Cells, Devil's Architects Defend Communities - Review of The Householder's Guide to Community Defence Against Bureaucratic Aggression. (CX3575).
The Write Stuff - All you ever wanted to know about letter writing. (CX3576).
For Our Common Future - A proposal for research done on our common future. (CX3815)
Activism
Under Attack - Canadian democracy is in
danger when activism is attacked. (CX3817)
A Targeted Approach to Worker Co-op Development - Lessons from Mondragon and Northern Italy. (CX4721)
How You Can Help Make A Difference - Strategies for treading more lightly on the environment. (CX4722).
Voluntary Simplicity - The rewards of leading a simple life. (CX4723).
The Worst Polluters in the U.S. - A list of the worst companies for 1988. (CX5065).
Top Ten Censored Stories of 1988 - Documenting the failure of the mass media to provide Americans with all the information they need to make informed decisions. (CX5216).
The Goodwin's Award for Excellence in Alternative Journalism - Winners of the Goodwin's Awards for alternative journalism. (CX5217).
Let's Stop Kidding Ourselves About the NDP - Canadian socialists are terribly reluctant to give up their illusions about the NDP. Also available in French: Arrêtons de se faire des illusions. (CX5291).
I.F. Stone: A Wonderful Pariah - (CX5657).
Managing Volunteers, Building Consensus, Nurturing Creativity - (CX4707)
Conflict Resolution in the Classroom - A curriculum project. (CX4708)
Pressing for Press - Creating media buzz and press coverage for your story.. (CX4709).
Overcoming Male Oppression - Group problems to be aware of and challenge. (CX4710).
The Extraodinary Myles Horton - An interview with Myles Horton. (CX4712).
The Raging Grannies - They don't see war and injustice as inevitable. (CX4713).
Amnesty: The Inside Story - How does Amnesty International obtain its information? (CX4720).
Greed Beyond Belief - Grief and greed. (CX5026).
Anecdotes tell dramatic story of British Underground Press - A frank look back at what made the British underground press tick. (CX5215).
The March - An account of a peace march. (CX4702)
Making their Voices Heard - An account of international solidarity work in El Salvador. (CX4703)
Citizens Groups Scores Success in Anti-lead Battle - Citizens fight lead pollution in their neighbourhood. (CX4704).
Our Little Victory - Organizing against Litton in Prince Edward Island.. (CX4705).
Power in Play - We need to reclaim play from childhood memory and made a reality in everyday adult life. (CX4706).
A Fundraising Success - Fundraising is key to any successful NGO operation: Advice on fundraising strategy. (CX4711).
Setting Up a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone - How to mobilize a community to declare itself a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone. (CX4714).
Little Brother Watches Back - A story about margins, mainstream, and media criticism. (CX4715).
The Revolution of The Deaf - Events at Gallaudet College during the protests against, and subsequent unseating of, a hearing president and the appointment of the first deaf president of the college. (CX5020).
A Goal for National Survival: 50% Canadian TV Content - The destruction of the CBC would be the greatest disaster to befall Canada. (CX5212).
It Ain't the Meeting, It's the Motion - A guide to conducting productive and inclusive meetings in the context of social change. (CX4716)
One Vote for Democracy - The 'consensus' model of group decision-making rarely works well. The democratic model is better both in principle and in practice. Aussi disponible en français: Un vote pour la démocratie. También disponible en español: Un Voto por la Democracia. (CX4717)
Meetings: Alexandra Devon Responds - The author's response to criticisms of It Ain't the Meeting, It's the Motion. (CX4718)
Is the Media Your Message? - Mainstream media are good for getting exposure, but for social change activists they may not be the best avenue. From "Media for Social Change." (CX5001).
Meeting the Media - Dealing with the media can be a less than thrilling experience, but it's a necessary one. From "Media for Social Change.". (CX5002).
Introduction to Media Guide - An introduction to "Media for Social Change." (CX5005).
Getting Organized - Advice on the basics of Public Relations (PR). From "Media for Social Change." (CX5006).
Seven Things Non-Profits Can Learn From Profits - Lessons for non-profits form the for-profit sector. (CX5008).
News Releases - The hows and whys of preparing and distributing media releases From "Media for Social Change." (CX5009).
News Conferences - Basic guidelines for conducting news conferences. From "Media for Social Change." . (CX5010).
The Write Stuff - All you ever wanted to know about letter writing. (CX3576).
Creating Media Alternatives - Alternatives and suggestons for creating independent media. From "Media for Social Change." (CX5011).
Co-op programs - Student co-op programs can be useful and rewarding for both the non-profit group and the students. From "Media for Social Change." (CX5012).
Media for Social Change Bibliography - The bibliography for "Media for Social Change." (CX5013).
Shifting the Balance: Ten Tips For Successful Consumer Campaigning - Advice for consumer advocates. (CX5014).
Working With the Cable Company - From "Media for Social Change." (CX5015).
Cuts, Canadian Culture, and the CBC - Canadian drams gives us a sense of community. (CX5213)
Life Of Death: An Exchange - Attempting a normal life while occupied and witnessing the atrocities of the holocaust. (CX5019).
Public Broadcasting is Cultural National Defence - The role of the national public broadcaster is to do those things which private broadcasters have demonstrated they will not, or cannot, accomplish.. September 1985. (CX5214).
Against All Odds - The shadow haunting the power structure is the danger that those who are controlled will realize they are powerless only so long as they think they are. Once people stop believing they are powerless the whole edifice is in danger of collapse. (CX5283).
Remembering Fredy Perlman - The same energy which helped Fredy to describe the horrors of civilization made it possible for him to summon up the forces of life and expectations of hope. (CX5315).
What Is Consensus? - Consensus allows us to recognize our areas of agreement and act together without coercing one another. (CX4701)
The Need for Alternative Employment - We must start creating an alternative economy among ourselves. (CX3574).
Ballad of the Peace Pushers - Poem for peace. (CX5093).
Rights & Liberties - Introduction to the Connexions Digest #41 (Volume 9, No. 2). Also available in Spanish.
The Capital Punishment Debate - Capital punishment make us all complicit in killing, and degrades us as a society. (CX5284). . Also available in French and Spanish.
Ways and Means - Starting with this issue Connexions will attempt to stimulate practical and theoretical sharing with a new section called Ways and Means. In this section, we hope that our readers will give us, and each other, the benefit of their ideas and experiences on matters ranging from collective process to fundraising, breaking down sex roles in groups to resolving conflicts, decision-making to ways of giving each other mutual support. (CX4728)
Meeting Collectively - The Connexions collective describes its way of holding meetings and recent changes to its meeting process. (CX4729)
Traces of Magma - An annoted bibliography of left literature by Rolf Knight: primarly novels, with some poetry, short stories, drama, and a smattering of non-fictional materials such as oral and life histories. (CX5297)
Anti-semitism and the Beirut Pogrom - By Fredy Perlman. The long exile is over; the persecuted refugee at long last returns to Zion, but so badly scarred he’s unrecognizable, he has completely lost his self; he returns as anti-Semite, as Pogromist, as mass murderer; the ages of exile and suffering are still included in his makeup, but only as self-justifications. 1983. (CX5587).
The Bomb Won't Go Away on its Own - Our task is to break out of this closed self-justifying system by depriving governments of the passive populations they need, by refusing to accept the choices we are offered and instead becoming active participants pressuring them to accept our proposals. (June 1982). (CX5618).
Women's Work Devalued - An examination of the global failure to recognize the value of women's work. (CX5062).
Revolution
Re-assessed - Statements outlining the political
position of Australia's Libertarian Socialist Organization.
(CX5601).
Prostitution rights - Decriminalization takes prostitution from the jurisdiction of the criminal code. It means private sexual acts between consenting adults are placed outside the realm of criminal laws. (CX5189)
Arms and the Woman - The modern revolutionary movement must destroy this opposition of pleasure-activity, sensitivity- lucidity, conception-execution, habit-innovation. (CX5186).
Cynicism from Above, Cynicism from Below - Contradictions of the Eastern European bureaucracies in 1980. (CX5188)
Memories of the Depression - Daily life experience during the Great Depression. (CX5054).
Working in a supermarket - Observations about working as a 'carry-out' in a supermarket. (CX5160).
West
Germany: Censorship and repression in the model state -
In West Germany, repression is now 'democratically'
sanctioned and seen as a model for other countries to adopt. (CX5161).
Hierarchy of Salaries and Incomes - The official ideology's justification of hierarchy does not coincide with either logic or reality. (CX5162)
Radical
Newspapers - A radical newspaper succeeds
to the extent that in engages in dialogue with its readers and community,
rather than in preaching. (CX5164)
Science fiction is more than just Buck Rogers - Like most modern literature, science fiction is concerned with the alienated human condition, yet it articulates this concern in a distinct manner, as a form of literature concerned with the implications of the problems engendered by industrial society. (CX5165)
A Political Statement of the Libertarian Socialist Collective. Also available in Spanish. (CX5168)
Some of my best comrades are friends - The left is guilty of sloppiness and lack of precision in its use of language — and in its thinking. (CX5166).
The Leninist Facade - In direct opposition to what Marx advocated, the Bolsheviks tried to institute socialism without democracy. The damage to the socialist movement resulting from this was immense. (CX5179).
The Destructive Urge - Marxism's greatest discovery is that it cannot prescribe any science of revolution, any fail-safe program. On the contrary what it provides is a new question, a new responsibility to make a choice. (CX5167).
The proliferation of neo-primitives - The neo-primitive 'radical' has a basically passive attitude to the social envirfonment. (CX5180).
I was a psychic for the FBI - Parapsychological con games. (CX5183).
Reflections and Meditations Thirty Years After - Two pieces written by I. F. Stone 30 years after the publication of his 1946 book Underground to Palestine. Part I is called "Confessions of a Jewish Dissident", Part II is called