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In 1978, when workers at a nearby phosphate refinery learned that the ore they processed was contaminated with radioactive dust, Karen Messing, then a new professor of molecular genetics, was calle

On February 7, 2012, as students in Quebec prepared to vote to go on strike, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois gave a rousing speech: “What you do today will be remembered.

Fully updated, this new edition of a best-selling No-Nonsense Guide examines the debt trap; the acceleration of neoliberalism and the ‘free trade’ model; competition for energy resources; the links

““World music”” is an awkward phrase.

Would you believe that RCMP operatives used to spy on Tupperware parties? In the 1950s and ’60s they did.

Spying, once solely the domain of the KGB, CIA, CSIS, and MI5, has become part of everyday life.

The World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI) was a collective effort involving hundreds of people from all over the world, most of them never having met in person.

Jamie Swift combines sharp-eyed journalism that brings out the nuances of daily life with a penetrating analysis of jobless recovery.

As governments and corporations scramble to pull the plug on research that proves that they are poisoning our planet and rush to muzzle the scientists who dare to share their disturbing data, it se

In the age of easily downloadable culture, messages about copyright are ubiquitous. If you’re an artist, consumer, or teacher, copyright is likely a part of your everyday life.

Science is still the great intellectual adventure, but now it is also seen as an instrument of profit, power, and privilege.

Since the first edition of the No-Nonsense Guide to Indigenous Peoples was published in 2003, much has changed.

What is knowledge? Who decides what is important? Who owns it? These key questions are central themes in this accessible book that aims to change perceptions and the understanding of education.

Deindustrialization is not simply an economic process; it is also a social and cultural phenomenon.

Iconoclast David F. Noble traces the evolution and eclipse of the biblical mythology of the Promised Land, the foundational story of Western Culture.