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- Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing
Resource Type: Book
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.
- Calling All Radicals
How Grassroots Organizers Can Help Save Our Democracy
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2007
Thompson argues that we can reclaim our democracy through grassroots organizing.
- Canadian Information Sharing Service
Volume 2, Number 1 - May 1977
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1977
- Canadian Snowbird Association
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Coalitions for Justice
The Story of Canada's Interchurch Coalitions
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1994
- Committees Of Correspondence: To Defend Freedom And Secure Good Government
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2013
Two hundred and fifty years ago the people of America were subject to an unrepresentative government controlled by powerful commercial interests. They rebelled and formed their own government, which has now come to be controlled by powerful commercial interests. Once again, "these are the times that try men's souls." What lessons can we learn from history to help us through this crisis?
- Communication for and Against Democracy
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1989
This anthology explores the circumstances in which communication serves at times as an instrument of repression and domination, and at others as a support for human emancipation.
- Communities of Resistance
Writings on Black Struggles for Socialism
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1990
A series of essays advocating grass roots organisations as the pathway to socialism.
- Connexions
Volume 6, Number 1 - February 1981 - Lesbians/Gay Men/Lesbiennes/Hommes Gais
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1981
- Connexions
Volume 8, Number 3-4 - Winter 1983/84 - Native Issues - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1984
- Connexions
Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1987
- Connexions Archive seeks a new home
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2009
The Connexions Archive, a Toronto-based library dedicated to preserving the history of grassroots movements for social change, needs a new home.
- Connexions Digest
Volume 12, Number 1 - Fall 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1988
- Connexions Digest
Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1990
- Connexions Digest
Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1990
- Fake grassroots advocacy part of TransCanada's plan to silence Energy East critics
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2014
Documents show plans to "pressure" pipeline critics by working with third parties and industry-funded grassroots advocacy groups in favour of Energy East.
- Forget the Mass Media!
(And Its Clever Cousin Electoralism)
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1990
We can't rely on the mass media to bring our message to the people we want to reach.
- Fundraising For Social Change
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1988
- Global Thoughts, Local Actions
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1985
A wealth of information for those seeking ways to link global problems to everyday life.
- Grassroots Cells, Devil's Architects Defend Communities
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1989
Organizational principles and campaign tactics communities can use to fight projects or developments being foisted on them.
- Grassroots media relations
A short introduction to media relations strategies for activist groups
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2017
A media relations guide for organizers and activists.
- Green Business: Hope or Hoax?
Toward an Authentic Strategy for Restoring the Earth
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1991
Is green business a viable strategy or a contradiction in terms?
- Green Isle in the Sea; an informal history of the alternative press.
An Informal History of the Alternative Press
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1986
- Having the Hard Conversations
Jane McAlevey on Fight for 15, labour's crisis of strategy, and the difference between organizing and mobilizing
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
An interview with labour organizer Jane McAlevey on labour's crisis of strategy and the difference between organizing and mobilizing. McAlevey discusses what ails the labour movement, problem with the terms "public" and "private" sector, and why we need to stop ignoring the rank-and-file.
- Is that an archive in your basement... or are you just hoarding?
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2012
Are you an 'accidental archivist'? Have you been saving the publications and documents produced by the social justice projects you've been involved in? Then Connexions would like to hear from you.
- It Started in Wisconsin
Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Labor Protest
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2012
A collection of accounts of the first great wave of grassroots resistance to the corporate restructuring of the Great Recession in Wisconsin in the spring of 2011.
- ‘It Was a Remarkably Successful Grassroots Campaign to Target Amazon’s Credibility’
CounterSpin interview with Neil deMause on Amazon's retreat from New York
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2019
Transcript of interview with Neil deMause about NY's bid for Amazon HQ. Included downloadable MP3 of interview.
- It's Your Move
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1980
- Libya
From Colony to Revolution
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2011
Provides the background to the Libyan revolution by discussing its history from colonization up through the 2011 rebellion/foreign intervention that ousted Mu'ammar al-Qadafi.
- Marxism and the Petition
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2016
Many petitions operate only on the reformist appeal to authority (this is especially true of the many online petitions from sites like Change.org), which fits perfectly within the liberal democratic framework. But the petition can operate on more than one level. Its dual nature means that it is often an indispensable tool in building collective power for more radical ends.
- The MegaCity Saga
Democracy and Citizenship in This Global Age
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2000
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 17, 2018
Hearts and Minds: How do People Change?
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 2018
How can we reach the millions we need to reach and engage if fundamental change is to happen? How can we accomplish the essential task of persuading a majority of the population that a fundamental social and economic transformation is necessary? Even more importantly, what will it take for people to come together and act collectively to bring about that transformation? What can we do to help make this happen?
- Our Generation
Volume 20 Number 1
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1988
- Quotes about Activism
Resource Type: Unclassified
- Resisting the Bomb
A History of World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, 1954-1970
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1997
Describes the gradual development of the worldwide movement for nuclear disarmament and research records from peace groups and government agencies.
- Rethinking Camelot
JFK, the Vietnam War, and US Political Culture
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1993
Chomsky analyzes the Kennedy Administration's policy on the Vietnam War and compares the US Administrations of Presidents Kennedy and Reagan.
- Seven News
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1970
Seven News (7 News) was a community newspaper published in the area of Toronto east of downtown which at the time was known as Ward 7. Seven News was published from 1970 to 1985. Seven News is no longer publishing, but all issues of the paper have been scanned and are available on the Connexions website.
Ward 7 covered the area of Toronto east of downtown, from Sherbourne Street to Logan Avenue, south of Bloor-Danforth, including Don Vale, Cabbagetown, Regent Park, Riverdale, St. Jamestown.
- Sources welcomes Michael Riordon
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2010
Sources welcomes a new member: Michael Riordon. Canadian writer and documentary-maker Michael Riordon writes/directs/produces books and articles, audio, video and film documentaries, plays for radio and stage.
- Taking Action
Working Together for Positive Change in Your Community
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1993
Taking Action is a guide for people who do not think of themselves as activists, yet want to make positive changes in their community.
- United in Anger
A History of ACT UP
Resource Type: Film
Published: 2012
Examines the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches fighting the epidemic.
- We are everywhere: The irresistable rise of global anticapitalism
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2003
Global voices presenting alternative visions of democracy.
- Why Consensus Decision-making Won't Work for Grassroots Unionism
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2009
Wetzel contrasts consensus decision-making with democratic decision-making to explain why the latter is more suited to activist groups.
- Wisconsin Uprising
Labor Fights Back
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2012
A collection of accounts from the early stages of the Wisconsin uprising against the corporate world in the of spring 2011.
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