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Below are resources (books, articles, etc.) in the Connexions Library related to this topic. Clicking on an item's title takes you to its bibliographic page, which typically contains author, publisher, and cataloguing details, an abstract where available, and a link to the full text if available online, as well as links to related topics in the subject index. You can also search for materials through the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, Library of Congress, and Format indexes.
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  1. Arundhati Roy on Obama’s Wars, India and Why Democracy Is “The Biggest Scam in the World”
    Resource Type: Film/Video
    First Published: 2010
    Indian writer and activist Arundhati Roy on President Obama, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, India and Kashmir and much more. Roy also talks about her journey deep into the forests of central India to report on the Maoist insurgency.
  2. Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1996   Published: 1997
    A guide to grassroots organizing with a focus on bridging the gap between middle class organizers and affected members of lower class communities.
  3. Calling All Radicals 
    How Grassroots Organizers Can Help Save Our Democracy

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2007
    Thompson argues that we can reclaim our democracy through grassroots organizing.
  4. Coalitions for Justice
    The Story of Canada's Interchurch Coalitions

    Resource Type: Book
  5. Communication for and Against Democracy
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1989
  6. Fundraising For Social Change
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1988
  7. 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.
  8. Grassroots Cells, Devil’s Architects Defend Communities
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1973   Published: 1989
    Organizational principles and campaign tactics communities can use to fight projects or developments being foisted on them.
  9. Green Business: Hope or Hoax?
    Toward an Authentic Strategy for Restoring the Earth

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1991
    Is green business a viable strategy or a contradiction in terms?
  10. How the Rural Poor Got Power: Narrative of a Grassroots Organizer
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2003
    The author's experiences as an activist in rural Minnesota.
  11. The MegaCity Saga
    Democracy and Citizenship in This Global Age

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2000
  12. Rethinking Camelot
    JFK, the Vietnam War, and US Political Culture

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1993
    Chomsky analyzes the Kennedy Administration's policy on the Vietnam War and compares the US Administrations of Presidents Kennedy and Reagan.
  13. Ta'ayush
    Organization profile published 2007

    Resource Type: Organization
    A grassroots movement of Arabs and Jews working to break down the walls of racism and segregation by constructing a true Arab-Jewish partnership.
  14. Transition Initiatives Primer
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    A comprehensive document about embarking on a transition journey. A Transition Initiative is a community (lots of examples here) working together to look Peak Oil and Climate Change squarely in the eye and address this BIG question: "for all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how do we significantly increase resilience (to mitigate the effects of Peak Oil) and drastically reduce carbon emissions (to mitigate the effects of Climate Change)?"
  15. We are everywhere: The irresistable rise of global anticapitalism 
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2003
    Global voices presenting alternative visions of democracy.

Experts on Grassroots Campaigns in the Sources Directory

  1. Canadian Snowbird Association
  2. Connexions Library
  3. Michael Riordon



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