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About (and how to use) Connexions

Connexions exists to connect people working for social justice with information, resources, and other people.

The Connexions.org website includes these main features:

  • Connexions Library — Articles, books, documents, periodicals, films, and other resources on a wide range of social and environmental issues.
  • Connexions Calendar — Canadian + selected international events.
  • Connexions Directory — Associations and grassroots groups working for social justice: selective listing of Canadian and international groups and websites. A-Z Index – Subject Index.
  • Connexipedia — Social justice encyclopedia. Persons, events, movements, and concepts related to activism, radicalism, resistance, solidarity, and social justice. A-Z Index – Subject Index.



    Search and Find

    Connexions features multiple tools to help you find what you’re looking for.

  • Subject Indexes — Controlled-vocabulary index of more than 12,000 cross-referenced topics to help you find resources in the Connexions Library, Connexions Directory, and Connexipedia.
  • Title Index — Titles + brief descriptions of resources in the Connexions Library and Connexipedia.
  • Author Index — All Authors with titles & brief descriptions of their articles & books. Plus a Recommended Authors page.
  • Chronological Index — Publications in chronological order with most recent at the top.
  • Format Indexes — Resources listed by format: Books, Articles, Periodicals, Websites, Film & Videos, Audio, etc.
  • Organizations — A-Z Listing & by Issues.
  • Dewey Index — Books ordered by Dewey Decimal classification.
  • Library of Congress — Books ordered by Library of Congress classification.
  • Google search — Full-text site search. Useful for phrases and special terms, but Google results are often unsystematic and haphazard.
  • French, Spanish and German Subject Indexes — Some (but not all) of the Connexions Library subject index has been translated. (Translators always needed!)
  • Sources — Media profiles of organizations and spokespersons. A resource for the media and groups that want to reach the media with their message.

    Themes and Focus Pages

  • Spotlight — Top resources in Connexions Library
  • Manifestos – Programs – Visions — Selected political programs, vision statements and manifestos.
  • Organizing for Social Change — Selected resources for organizers and activists.
  • Getting Publicity & Media Coverage — Resources to help your organization get more and better media coverage and raise awareness of your issues.
  • Community & Urban
  • Culture, Arts, Media
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Farming & Agriculture
  • Food
  • First Nations/Native Peoples
  • Gay & Lesbian
  • Health
  • History
  • Human Rights & Civil Liberties
  • Imperialism & Colonialism
  • International
  • Labour
  • Men
  • Nature
  • Oral History & Memoirs
  • Palestine/Israel
  • Peace
  • Race, Ethnicity, Racism, & Identity Politics
  • Radical & Left History
  • Religion
  • The Right
  • Rural
  • Science
  • Sexuality
  • Transportation
  • Water
  • Women
  • Work

    Popular Pages in the Subject Index

  • Radical Political Theory
  • Strategies for Social Change
  • Marxism Overviews
  • Libertarian Socialism
  • Anarchism
  • Revolutionary Politics
  • Solidarity
  • Democracy
  • Free Speech
  • Capitalism
  • Censorship
  • Post-modernism

    History

  • History/General
  • Oral History & Memoirs
  • Radical & Left History
  • Persons – born 1900-present
  • Persons – 1800 - 1899
  • Persons – 1700 - 1799
  • Persons – 1600 - 1699
  • Persons – 1500 - 1599
  • Persons – born before 1500
  • Events – 2000 - present
  • Events – 1950 - 1999
  • Events – 1900 - 1949
  • Events – 1800 - 1899
  • Events – 1700 - 1799
  • Events – 1600 - 1699
  • Events – 1500 - 1599
  • Events – before 1500
  • Movements & Organizations – founded 2000 - present
  • Movements & Organizations – founded 1980 - 1999
  • Movements & Organizations – founded 1950 - 1979
  • Movements & Organizations – founded 1900 - 1949
  • Movements & Organizations – founded 1800 - 1899
  • Movements & Organizations – founded before 1800

    Further reading

  • Encyclopedia article about Connexions in Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, and Portuguese.
  • Interview with Connexions Co-ordinator Ulli Diemer in English and Spanish
  • History of Connexions (date)
  • Volunteer Opportunities
  • Donate

    Connexions exists to support individuals and groups working for freedom and social justice. We work to maintain and make available a record of the theory and practice of people struggling against oppression and for social change. We believe that the more we know about the struggles, victories, and defeats of the past, and about those who took part in them, the better equipped we will be to bring a new world into being.

    Connexions maintains a physical archive of books and documents, and is engaged in an ongoing project to build and expand an indexed digital archive of documents. We try to feature a wide variety of resources reflecting a diversity of viewpoints and approaches to social change within our overall mandate of support for democracy, civil liberties, freedom of expression, universal human rights, secularism, equality, economic justice, environmental responsibility, and the creation and preservation of community.

    We are internationalist in our orientation, but as a Canadian-based project we feature an especially extensive collection of Canadian documents and profiles of Canadian activist organizations.


    Contact
    Call Connexions at 416-964-1511 or send an E-mail to the address at the bottom of the page.