1. Against All Odds
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 1985
   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.
2. Alternatives Information
   Resource Type: Internet WWW site
   Online social change library.
3. Beyond Voting
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   By all means vote if you feel like it. But don’t stop there. Real social change requires participation, not representation.
   
4. Challenging McWorld
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2001
   
5. Class Warfare
   Interviews with David Barsamian
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1996
   
6. Connexions Annual 1989
   A Social Change Sourcebook: Information and ideas about social and environmental alternatives
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1989
   
7. The Connexions Annual 1989: A Social Change Sourcebook
   Information and Ideas About Social and Environmental Alternatives
   Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
   Published: 1989
   The 1989 edition of the Canadian directory of grassroots groups working for social and environmental alternatives.
   
8. Connexions Annual 1994
   A Sourcebook of Social and Environmental Alternatives
   Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
   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.
   
9. The Connexions Annual: Introductions to the directory & its sections
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 1994
   
10. Connexions Annual Resource and Reading List
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    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.
11. Diagnosis, Goals and Methods of Social Change
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1976
    Outline of several diagnoses of the state of social systems and institutions.
12. Diemer.ca
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    A left-wing perspective with articles and the Radical Digressions blog.
    
13. Directory of Progressive Organizations
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    A list of activist organizations which are members of IGC.
14. Drawing the Line
    The Political Essays of Paul Goodman
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1979
    
15. The Extraordinary Myles Horton
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    
16. Idealist
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    International directory, organized by country, of thousands of non-profit activist organizations, designed to help people "think globally and act locally".
    Features an events calendar of mostly US events.
    
17. Interview with Ulli Diemer
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1990
    Jeff Orchard interviews Ulli Diemer about socialism, capitalism, life, and social change.
18. Introduction to the Media Guide
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    An introduction to "Media for Social Change."
19. Land and Community
    Crisis in Canada's Countryside
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
    Sim's thesis is that rural society is overlooked due to urban dependence upon "great associations," economies of scale, and other socio-cultural institutions of unmanageable size.
    
20. Macrocosm USA
    Possibilities for a New Progressive Era
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1992
    An environmental, political and social solutions handbook and directory.
21. Marxists Internet Archive
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable.
22. Media for Social Change
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1983
    
23. News and Letters
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Articles from a Marxist-Humanist perspective.
24. The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2002
    
25. One Vote for Democracy
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1986
    Makes the case that the democratic model is better than the consensus model for activist group decision-making.
26. The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1993
    
27. Radical Newspapers
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1979
    A radical newspaper succeeds to the extent that in engages in dialogue with its readers and community, rather than in preaching.
28. The Red Menace
    A libertarian socialist newsletter
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1980
    Articles on topics such as socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, hierarchy, jargon, prostitution, obscenity, science fiction, and terrorism.
    
29. Rules for Radicals
    A Practical Guide for Realistic Radicals
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1971
    
30. Seven News
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    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.
31. Social Movements/Social Change
    The Politics and Practice of Organizing
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
    
32. Socialism and Revolution
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973
    
33. A Socialist Alternative For Canada
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973
    
34. Toolkit for a New Canada
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2008
    A pamphlet providing a snapshot of what the contributors, brought together by Canadian Dimension magazine, believe are the big issues facing Canada in the first decade of the 21st century. The articles are all short and offer concrete suggestions for the way forward.
    
35. Transforming Apathy and Denial
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1990
    
36. Utopian Essays and Practical Proposals
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1962
    
37. The Wandering of Humanity
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1975
    
38. Ways and Means
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1983
    Connexions attempts to stimulate practical and theoretical sharing through the Ways and Means section.
39. What Do We Do Now? Building a Social Movement in the Aftermath of Free Trade
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1989
    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.
40. The Working Class and Social Change
    Four Essays on the Working Class
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1975
    A study of "The Working Class," and the complexities of its definition as economic categories diffused from profound bases of social demarcation during the 1960's.

Experts on Social Change in the Sources Directory

1. Connexions Information Sharing Services
2. Daily Bread Food Bank
3. Diemer.ca
4. Ontario Coalition Against Poverty