1. Aid/Bangladesh 30 years of aid in Bangladesh
   New Internationalist March 2001
   Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
   First Published: 2001
   A look into the history of Bangladesh and the existence of inequality and poverty in the country.
2. All That Is Solid Melts Into Air 
   The Experience of Modernity
   Resource Type: Book
   First Published: 1982   Published: 1988
   Berman examines the clash of classes, histories, and clutures in the modern world, and ponders our prospects for coming to terms with the relationship between a liberating social and philosophical idealism and a complex, bureaucratic materialism.
   
3. Alternatives to Poverty and Welfare in Alberta
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   First Published: 1973
   A basic accounting of the extent of poverty and of those on Welfare in Canada and Alberta.
4. Approaches to Skid Row: Rosewater? Rehabilitation? Radical Renewal?
   Notes on the Conference of December 3, 4, 5, 1974
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   First Published: 1975
   Report of the first National Conference of the Skid Row National Coalition.
5. Bangladesh: Of Disasters and a Disastrous Development
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Dispossession, disparities in land distribution, and inappropriate development strategies in Bangladesh.
6. Bingo The big charity bonanza
   New Internationalist October 2005 - #383
   Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
   First Published: 2005
   A look at issues surrounding big international non-governmental organizations.
7. The Blackest Streets
   The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum
   Resource Type: Book
   First Published: 2008
   
8. Bowling Alone
   The Collapse and Revival of American Community
   Resource Type: Book
   First Published: 2000
   Bowling Alone documents the rise and fall of community activity in the twentieth century in the United States and the social changes this reflects. It offers all the evidence, the confirmatory and the contradictory, to give a complete look at trends of community involvement and how increased social capital can benefit everybody.
   
9. Boxcar Bertha: An Autobiography
   Resource Type: Book
   First Published: 1989
   Memoirs of a woman who lived as a hobo and anarchist.
10. Canada's Great Divide
    The politics of the growing gap between rich and poor in the 1990s
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2000
    
11. The Canadian Fact Book on Poverty 1989
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1989
    
12. Das Capital, Volume 1 
    A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1867   Published: 1890
    Marx's great work sets out to grasp and portray the totality of the capitalist mode of production, and the bourgeois society that emerges from it. He describes and connects all its economic features, together with its legal, political, religious, artistic, philosophical and ideological manifestations.
13. Centre for Social Justice
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Research and education for the movement for social justice.
14. Changing Course
    A study guide for Canadian social analysis
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1987
    
15. Chomsky.Info 
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    The Noam Chomsky Web site.
16. Christians, Church and People Called the Poor...
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1978
    
17. Citizens on the Web Events Calendar
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Inactive/Defunct Periodical
    
18. Connexions
    Volume 6, Number 2 - April 1981 - Urban Core/Milieu Urbain
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1981
    
19. Connexions Annual 1989
    A Social Change Sourcebook: Information and ideas about social and environmental alternatives
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1989
    
20. Connexions Annual 1994
    A Sourcebook of Social and Environmental Alternatives
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 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 of introductory articles surveying a wide range of social and environmental issues and possibile alternatives.
    
21. Connexions Annual Overview: Economy, Poverty, Work
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1989   Published: 1994
    To effect desired change, it is necessary to have the power to set a different agenda, and therefore to challenge the current concentration of economic and political power. One of the keys to building an effective movement is mutual acts of solidarity, inspired by the principle that `an injury to one is an injury to all'.
22. Connexions Annual Resource and Reading List
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1989   Published: 1994
    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 rights, civil liberties, social change.
23. Connexions Library: Economy, Poverty, Work Focus 
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on the economy and economics.
24. Corporate crime wave
    New Internationalist July 2003
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 2003
    A look into corporate crime, people who have been involved, and what happens to the money. Also discusses what can be done to stop corporate crime.
25. The Corporations and the State
    Essays in the Theory of Capitalism and Imperialism
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1974
    
26. The Creation of World Poverty
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1981   Published: 1983
    
27. Debt Bondage Or Self-Reliance
    A Popular Perspective on the Global Debt Crisis
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1985
    
28. Decline of the English Murder
    And Other Essays
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1950   Published: 1981
    A collection of essays by George Orwell.
29. Democracy for the Few
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1988   Published: 1995
    How does the U.S. political system work and for what purpose? What are the major forces shaping political life and how do they operate? Who governs in the United States? Who gets what, when, how, and why? Who pays and in what ways. These are the central questions investigated in this book.
    
30. Disability in the Majority World I've got a right!
    New Internationalist November 2005
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 2005
    Discussion of people with dissability and their fight for equal rights.
    
31. Do or Die: The people versus development in the Narmada Valley
    New Internationalist July 2001 - #336
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 2001
    A look at the case the Supreme Court of India against The People regarding the Narmada Dam.
32. Dossier Homme Seul Itinerant
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1974
    Theoretical base for organising and educative effort with single itinerant men in Montreal.
33. Down and Out in Paris and London
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1933   Published: 1969
    Life near the bottom in France and England in the early 1930s.
34. The Earthscan Action Handbook
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1990
    A compendium of the world's major ills with suggestions for remedial action.
35. The Economics of Injustice
    Poverty
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1975
    Various aspects of poverty in Canada, the guaranteed income plan & social justice.
36. Everybody Loves a Good Drought
    Stories from India's Poorest Districts
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1996
    P. Sainath devoted 2½ years to visiting and recording the realities - delving into the fundamentals, the why of the realities - in India's 10 poorest districts.
37. Falling Behind
    The State of Working Canada, 2000
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2000
    
38. Federated Anti-Poverty Groups of British Columbia
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1979
    
39. Food Banks and the Welfare Crisis
    Resource Type: Book
    
40. Gandhi's Truth
    On the origins of militant nonviolence
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1969
    
41. Get a Life!
    How to make a good buck dance around the dinosaurs and save the world while you're at it
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1995
    Simultaneoulsy a textbook on new careers and lifestyles for aspiring entrepreneurs and a strategy for social, economic and environmental renewal.
42. Global Thoughts, Local Actions
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1984   Published: 1985
    A wealth of information for those seeking ways to link global problems to everyday life.
43. Growing Poverty And Despair In America
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2009
    Increasing homelessness and hunger highlight the growing problem as, in the face of deteriorating economic conditions and growing human needs, administration policies are indifferent, counterproductive, uncaring and hostile.
44. The Growth Illusion
    How economic growth has enriched the few, impoverished the many and endangered the planet
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1992   Published: 1999
    
45. The History of Costa Rica
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1998   Published: 2007
    An overview of Costa Rican history with an emphasis on how Costa Ricans have been able to make their own history, "though they do not make it just as they choose."
46. Hogtown
    Working Class Toronto at the Turn of the Century
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1974
    
47. How People Get Power
    Organizing Oppressed Communities for Action
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1970
    A book about community organizing, written for organizers.
48. The I.F. Stone's Weekly Reader
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1973
    
49. Jobs and Poverty
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1977
    
50. Just Like You and Me
    Images of the downtown eastside, Vancouver
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1975
    Photographic and poetic images of the people of the "skid row" area of Vancouver.
51. Local Places In the Age of the Global City 
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1996
    
52. A Look at Skid Row 1976 - Where is it Going?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1976
    A final report to the Non-Medical Use of Drugs Directorate on trends in Skid-Row movement.
53. Malcolm X Speaks
    Resource Type: Book
    
54. Manitoba anti-poverty organization (MAPO)
    Organization profile published 1983
    Resource Type: Organization
    First Published: 1983
    Inactive/Defunct Organization
    
55. Man's Worldly Goods
    The Story of the Wealth of Nations
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1936   Published: 1968
    
56. A Model of Theological Reflection
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1976
    Training document to organise analysis of the conditions that foster the existence of skid row.
57. NAPO-INFO, National Anti-Poverty News
    Periodical profile published 1976
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1976
    A bilingual, bi-monthly newspaper dealing with issues that affect the poor across Canada.
58. National Anti-Poverty Organization
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1977
    
59. National Anti-Poverty Organization(NAPO)
    Organization profile published 1983
    Resource Type: Organization
    First Published: 1983
    
60. National Skid Row Coalition Conference, Vancouver May 12-15, 1975
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1975
    Description of conference with replections on implications for Calgary.
61. New Internationalist Online
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Articles from the New Internationalist, chat forum, ethical shopping, more.
62. Nickel and Dimed
    On (Not) Getting By In America
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2001
    
63. 1988 Poverty Lines:
    Estimates By The National Council Of Welfare
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1988
    
64. 1987 Poverty Lines
    Estimates By The National Council of Welfare
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1987
    
65. The No-Nonsense Guide to Class, Caste & Hierarchies 
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2002
    Concentrates mainly on the history of social hierarchy in Western civilization, and particularly the struggles of the working class.
    
66. The No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2001
    Ransom suggests that fair, environmentally-conscious trade is not only a viable alternative to unfair free trade, but that it is the way of the future.
67. The No-Nonsense Guide to World Poverty
    Resource Type: Book
    
68. Open Veins of Latin America 
    Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (25th Anniversary Edition)
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1973
    A political economy, a social and cultural narrative, and a powerful description of primitive capital accumulation.
69. Pensions Under Attack
    What's behind the push to privatize public pensions
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2001
    
70. A People's History of the United States
    1492 - Present
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1995   Published: 2003
    Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers.
    
71. Photography and the Powerless
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1971
    A critique of photographers who come to exploit "the poor."
72. The Political Economy of Health
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1979   Published: 1889
    
73. The Poor and the Powerless
    Economic Policy and Change in the Caribbean
    Resource Type: Book
    Argues that another form of development — by the poor and for the poor — is not only possible but necessary.
    
74. Poor No More
    Resource Type: Film/Video
    First Published: 2009
    In the present economic crisis, many Canadians are destititute and many others are on the brink. Against this climate, a couple of Canadians go on a road trip to Ireland and Sweden, with comedian Mary Walsh as their guide, and get a chance to see how other countries have helped people like themselves.
75. Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail
    Resource Type: Book
    The authors explore why certain models of organizing may fail or change over time, and provide a great deal of historical background on specific social movements.
76. Poverty and Policy in Canada
    Implications for Health and Qualityof Life
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2007
    
77. Poverty in Wealth
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1976
    A critique of existing poverty research in Canada.
78. The poverty of sociology
    A review of James Lorimer's "Working People"
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1971
    
79. Poverty Profile 1988
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1988
    
80. Poverty Report and Recommendations
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1977
    
81. Poverty: A Study/Action Guide
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1978
    
82. Progress Against Poverty
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1987
    
83. Red and Green Eco-socialism comes of age
    New Internationalist November 1998
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1998
    Why socialists and environmentalists need to work together to bring about lasting change. Discussion of how inequality and environmental destruction are directly linked. Articles on development in India, predictions for the future, working hours and global consumption.
84. A Report Card on Women and Poverty
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2000
    
85. Report on the Conference; Vancouver 1975
    May 12-13, 1975
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1976
    Conference on stategies used on Skid Row, focusing on Vancouver organisations.
86. Reporting the Realities of Poverty
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1997
    Review of Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India's Poorest Districts, by P. Sainath.
87. The Road to Wigan Pier
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1937
    George Orwell's investigation of an English working class community in the 1930s.
88. Second-class health care for immigrants, seniors?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2006
    A two-tier system means better care for the affluent, and worse or no care for the rest.
89. Seven News
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1970
    Seven News (7 News) was a community newspaper published in Toronto's Ward 7 from 1970 to 1985. Seven News is no longer publishing, but some articles and other background are available on this Web site.
90. The Seventh Fire
    The Struggle for Aboriginal Government
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1993
    Describes the struggles of aboriginal people to run their own affairs.
91. SNCC
    The New Abolitionists
    Resource Type: Book
    
92. Social Determinants of Health
    Canadian Perspectives
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2004
    The social determinants of health are summarized and analyzed by over 30 medical and social academics.
93. Starving the Poor
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2007
    Chomsky demonstrates how deficits in the international order and its policy-making can lead to negative effects, especially for the poor. One such example is the promotion of biofuels.
94. Street children
    New Internationalist April 2005 - #377
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 2005
    A look at the lives of street children around the world. Discussion of the challenges they face day-to-day and what some are forced to do to survive.
95. Submission to the Poverty Task Force of the United Church of Canada
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1978
    
96. Submission to the Poverty Task Force of the United Church of Canada:
    How Social and Economc Justice Can be Improved in Canada
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1978
    
97. The Suburban Nation
    The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2000
    The choice is ours: either a society of homogeneous pieces, isolated from one another in often fortified enclaves, or a society of diverse and memorable neighbourhoods, organized into mutually supportive towns, cities and regions.
98. Telling the Truth
    Socialist Register 2006
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2005
    A collection of essays that examines the difficulties of illuminating the degenerative and secretive nature of public life.
99. Theological Reflection Re: Skid Row
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1976
    Reflection on the conditions that foster the existence of Skid Rows in Canada.
100. Tobacco Hooked on tobacco
     New Internationalist July 2004
     Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
     First Published: 2004
     A look at the effects of tobacco around the world, the health risks, and how to kick the habit.
101. Under the Viaduct
     Homeless in Beautiful B.C.
     Resource Type: Book
     Published: 1991
     
102. The Venezuelan Revolution
     New Internationalist June 2006
     Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
     First Published: 2006
     A look inside the Venezuelan Revolution and facts and history of the country.
103. The War at Home
     An Intimate Portrait of Canada's Poor
     Resource Type: Book
     First Published: 1999
     
104. We Are the Poors
     Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa
     Resource Type: Book
     First Published: 2002
     Follows the growth of the most unexpected community movements, beginning in one township of Durban, linking up with community and labor struggles in other parts of the country, and coming together in massive anti-government protests at the time of the UN World Conference Against Racism in 2001.
105. Weatherman
     Resource Type: Book
     
106. Welfare Office
     Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
     Trying to get welfare.
107. Welfare: The Fragmented Self
     Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
     First Published: 1991
     Are welfare recipients treated as if they are part of a Canadian social experiment?
108. What A.G.A.I.N.?
     Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
     First Published: 1975
     Adequate Guaranteed Annual Income and Skid Row.
109. Who do we try to rescue today?
     Canada under corporate rule
     Resource Type: Book
     First Published: 2000
     
110. Winter of Discontent
     Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
     First Published: 1990   Published: 1991
     Whole communities are being plunged into a poverty culture that is very difficult to escape.
111. Women and Poverty: A Report by the National Council of Welfare
     Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
     First Published: 1979
     
112. Working People
     Life in a Downtown City Neighbourhood
     Resource Type: Book
     First Published: 1971
     

Experts on Poverty in the Sources Directory

1. CHF
2. CUSO-VSO
3. Canadian Feed The Children
4. Citizens for Public Justice
5. Daily Bread Food Bank
6. Family Service Toronto
7. Food Banks Canada
8. History & Policy
9. International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
10. International Labor Rights Forum
11. Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology
12. National Anti-Racism Council of Canada
13. Simon Fraser University
14. United Nations Human Rights Council
15. University of Winnipeg
16. World Bank