Social Justice/Activist/Globalization
Contacts/Audio-Visual/Reading Resources
EDMONTON LISTSERVES/UPCOMING EVENTS
EDMONTON SOCIAL JUSTICE/ACTIVIST
CONTACTS
CITIZEN'S
GROUPS/INFORMATIONAL WEB SITES
You can keep up
to date with various social justice and activist events in the Edmonton area by
signing up for free listserv announcements.
In addition many of the local activist groups in the next section
dealing with specific issues have listservs that may be signed onto on their
website.
Kalman: send e-mail to kalman@interbaun.com
and ask to subscribe. A fantastic monthly summary of upcoming Edmonton activist
events.
Redmonton: go to http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/redmonton/
and click on “Join this Group”
Leo
Camposa: send e-mail to leocamposa@aol.com and ask to subscribe
These web sites
are a quick and easy way to find local Edmonton groups involved in various
social justice, research, and education efforts. These web sites may be accessed directly at http://activistresources.raisemyvoice.com
in the Edmonton section by clicking on the hyperlinks there. Many of
these groups also have listservs you may sign onto to obtain updates.
Economic/Globalization Issues:
Activist:
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/redmonton/
www.edmontonanarchistbookfair.blogspot.com
www.ualberta.ca/~aiuofa/edmonton.htm
Peace:
http://projectploughsharesedmonton.raisemyvoice.com
http://members.shaw.ca/womeninblack
Artistic Resistance:
www.interbaun.com/grannies/index.html
Environmental:
http://ecos.su.ualberta.ca/content/
www.edmontonbicyclecommuters.ca
www.sierraclub.ca/prairie/index.html
Development/Relief:
Labour:
www.informedmonton.com/public/agency/0489.htm
These web sites
provide a wide-ranging source of information from around the world on the
background to global issues and the latest developments. I have arranged these
with what I consider the most useful or vital at the beginning of each section.
Many of these organizations also have local Edmonton chapters whose contact
info can be found on the main website and as well as listservs you may sign on
to. Many of the publications listed in the Magazine section also have
their own news websites. The websites listed below may be accessed directly at http://activistresources.raisemyvoice.com
in the Edmonton section by clicking on the hyperlinks there.
Citizen’s/Information Groups:
www.commercialexploitation.org
News:
www.ministerfaust.blogspot.com
Peace Groups:
Saving Medicare:
Globalization/Neoliberalism/Corporate
Corruption:
http://progressive-economics.ca
www.corporatecrimereporter.com
www.connectforkids.org/node/2868
Environmental:
www.climatejustice.blogspot.com
Genetically Modified Food/Factory Farming:
All available at Earth’s
General Store 10832 Whyte Ave (upstairs)
www.earthsgeneralstore.ca
Some also available at The Edmonton Public Library as well as
various magazine/bookstores. Social Justice/Activist zines and books can also
be obtained from The Edmonton Small Press Association (ESPA) 6th floor, room 9
Stanley A. Milner Library www.edmontonsmallpress.org
The Parkland Post
Alberta Views
The Walrus
UTNE
Mother Jones
New Internationalist
Z Magazine
Adbusters
Extra!
Canadian Dimension
This Magazine
Briarpatch
Our Times
Peace Magazine
World-Watch
Alternatives Journal
Yes!
Global Outlook
The Ecologist
E: The Environmental Magazine
TerraGreen
Green Teacher
Earth First!
Earth Island Journal
Onearth
Bike Culture
Consumer Reports
Carbusters
Life Learning
Education Revolution
Anarchy
Social Anarchism
Organic Life
Vegetarian Journal
Permaculture Magazine
The Permaculture Activist
All available at The
Edmonton Public Library. Several of the books listed in the “Books”
section of this zine also have cds in the Library. CDs also available from Earth’s
General Store 10832 Whyte Ave (upstairs) www.earthsgeneralstore.ca and
the Edmonton Small Press Association (ESPA) 6th floor, room 9
Stanley A. Milner Library www.edmontonsmallpress.org
Noam Chomsky:
Media Control: The Spectacular
Achievements of Propaganda
2005
Propaganda and Control of the Public Mind 2002
Necessary Illusions: Thought
Control in Democratic Societies 2005
Stories Hollywood Never Tells 1999
Jello Biafra:
In the Grip of Official Treason 2006 (Mature Content)
NOW
PBS KSPS Shaw 22 9:30 PM Friday and WTVS Shaw 24 9:00 AM Sunday
- Wide-ranging look at various aspects of
American politics and business from a non-corporate viewpoint.
The Daily
Show With Jon Stewart
and The Colbert Report
CTV CFRN Shaw 2 Monday-Thursday Midnight (Mature Content)
- Irreverent
satirical look at the more absurd pronouncements and actions of the American
government.
A wide variety of news and information
programs both American and locally produced.
Alternative Radio- Saturday 11:00 AM
Terra Informa-Tuesday 5:00 PM
Democracy Now-Monday and Thursday 5:00 PM
Rise Up-Wednesday 5:30 PM
Counterspin-Tuesday 5:30 PM
The Terrordome-Wednesday 6:00 PM
Also streaming audio available on www.coopradio.org www.pacifica.org www.airamerica.com
All available at The Edmonton
Public Library. A wide selection of Globalization/Social Justice/Activist
videos may also be obtained from Rainbow Bridge Communications www.rbcc.ca as well as The Edmonton Small Press
Association (ESPA) 6th floor, room 9, Stanley A. Milner
Library www.edmontonsmallpress.org and
borrowed from Earth’s General Store (by donation) 10832 Whyte Ave (upstairs) www.earthsgeneralstore.ca A
2006 Made In Alberta eco-series produced by Rainbow Bridge Communications
is available at www.MadeInAlberta.ca
Corporations:
The Corporation
(VHS 2003 and DVD 2005)
Wal-Mart, the High Cost of Low Price
2005
Is Wal-Mart Good For America? 2005
Dead in the Water 2006
Water For Profit 2004
Who Killed the Electric Car? 2006
Enron, the Smartest Guys in the Room 2005
Bhopal, the Search For Justice (VHS and DVD 2004)
Secret History of the Credit Card 2004
Sicko (2007)
Corporate Media:
Orwell Rolls in His Grave 2005
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and
the Media (VHS 1992 and
DVD 2002)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on
Journalism 2004
Shut Up and Sing 2007
U.S. Imperialism:
Why We Fight 2006
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror 2004
Fahrenheit 9/11 2004
Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq
War 2004
Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers 2006
Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without a Pause 2005
Distorted Morality: America’s War on
Terror? 2002
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in
Our Times 2002
Control Room 2004
Private Warriors 2005
Aristide and the Endless Revolution 2005
The Trials of Henry Kissinger 2003
Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money can Buy 2004
U.S. Politics/Values:
With God On Our Side: George W. Bush and
the Rise of the Religious Right 2004
Faultlines: The Search For Political and
Religious Links 2004
Escape to Canada 2006
Commodification/Genetic Engineering Of
Food:
The Future of Food 2004
The Genetic Takeover (VHS) 1999
Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World 2005
Beef, Inc. (VHS) 1999
The Fight For True Farming: Food Autonomy
vs. Agribusiness 2006
Super Size Me: A Film of Epic Portions 2004
In Defense of Animals: A Portrait of Peter
Singer (VHS) 1989
Consumerism/Commodification:
Escape From Affluenza (VHS) 1998
The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the
Collapse of the
American Dream (VHS and DVD) 2004
The Merchants of Cool 2003
Suzuki Speaks 2003
I Wanna Be Adored (VHS) 1998
Activism:
Democracy a la Maude (VHS) 1997
Culture Jam: Hijacking Commercial Culture (VHS) 2001
The Yes Men 2005
Wal-town: The Film 2006
View From the Summit (VHS) 2002
Speaking Our Peace (VHS) 1985
Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train 2004
Berkeley in the Sixties 2002
Globalization/Work:
The Take 2004
Black Gold 2005
Turbulences (VHS) 1997
Life and Debt 2003
Who’s Counting (VHS) 1995
Now With Bill Moyers (VHS) 2002
Waging a Living: Working Overtime in
Pursuit of the Elusive American Dream 2005
Cappuccino Trail: The Global Economy in a
Cup 2004
The Big One
(VHS 1998 and DVD 2004)
For Man Must Work, or, the End of Work (VHS) 2000
The Global Assembly Line (VHS) 1986
Environmentalism:
An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning 2006
The Great Warming 2003
Dimming the Sun 2006
Too Hot Not to Handle 2006
Poison Dust 2005
Nature of Things: Good Wood (VHS) 2002
The Riverkeepers: John Cronin, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the
30-year Fight to Save the Hudson (VHS) 1998 Battle For the Trees (VHS) 1993
Ah…the Money, the Money, the Money: The Battle
For Saltspring (VHS) 2001
The Last Show on Earth (VHS) 1992
The End of Evolution (VHS) 2001
The Air We Breathe (VHS) 1996
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