The University and Social Justice Struggles Across the Globe (Paperback) by AzizChoudry Paperback, Published 2020 by Pluto Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7453-4068-5, ISBN: 0-7453-4068-7
Learning Activism(1st Edition) The Intellectual Life of Contemporary Social Movements by AzizChoudry Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division ISBN-13: 978-1-4426-0790-3, ISBN: 1-4426-0790-4
"What do activists know? Learning Activism is designed to encourage a deeper engagement with the intellectual life of activists who organize for social, political, and ecological justice. Drawing on his own personal experiences in activism, and from a variety of social movements, Choudry suggests that these movements can best be understood if we engage with the learning, knowledge, debates, and theorizing that goes on within them. Exampl ..."
Unfree Labour? Struggles of Migrant and Immigrant Workers in Canada by AzizChoudry, Adrian A. Smith Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2016 by Pm Press ISBN-13: 978-1-62963-149-3, ISBN: 1-62963-149-3
"Over the past decade, Canada has experienced considerable growth in labour migration. Moreover, temporary labour migration has replaced permanent immigration as the primary means by which people enter Canada. Utilizing the rhetoric of maintaining competitiveness, Canadian employers and the state have ushered in an era of neoliberal migration alongside an agenda of austerity flowing from capitalist crisis. Labour markets have been restru ..."
Just Work? Migrant Workers' Struggle Today by AzizChoudry, Mondli Hlatshwayo Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2015 by Pluto Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7453-3583-4, ISBN: 0-7453-3583-7
"Just Work? offers a vast range of original, grass-roots perspectives on global migrant labour organising in the twenty-first century. From diverse workers' organisations in South Africa to migrant worker resistance in the Gulf, from forest workers in the Czech Republic to domestic workers’ structures in Hong Kong, this volume will bring together a wealth of lived experiences and hidden struggles for the first time. Highlighting the cha ..."
NGOization(Updated) Complicity, Contradictions and Prospects by AzizChoudry, Dip Kapoor, Zed Books Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2013 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78032-257-5, ISBN: 1-78032-257-7
"The growth and spread of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at local and international levels has attracted considerable interest and attention from policy-makers, development practitioners, academics and activists around the world. But how has this phenomenon impacted on struggles for social and environmental justice? How has it challenged - or reinforced - the forces of capitalism and colonialism? And what political, economic, soci ..."
"Examining immigration within an international context, this discussion explores the complex issues surrounding immigrant workers. Based on the collaboration between a group of university-affiliated researchers and community organizations, this detailed study explores the policies regarding immigrants and presents an account of an advocacy group constantly striving to improve their rights. Documenting actual experiences in a variety of w ..."
Organize!(1st Edition) Building from the Local for Global Justice by AzizChoudry, Jill Hanley, Eric Shragge Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2012 by Pm Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60486-433-5, ISBN: 1-60486-433-8
"Penned by a diverse range of activists, academics, lawyers, artists, and researchers, this book weaves a rich and varied tapestry of strategies for bringing about change in an era of unprecedented economic, social, and ecological crisis. From community-based labor-organizing strategies among immigrant workers to mobilizing psychiatric survivors, from arts and activism for Palestine to organizing in support of indigenous peoples, each es ..."
"Explores activist movements in higher education from around the world, and their connections to broader anti-capitalist and anti-colonial struggles."
Learning from the Ground Up Global Perspectives on Social Movements and Knowledge Production by Dip Kapoor, AzizChoudry Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-230-62103-9, ISBN: 0-230-62103-1
"The dynamics, politics, and richness of knowledge production in social movements and social activist contexts are often overlooked. This book contends that some of the most radical critiques and understandings about dominant ideologies and power structures, and visions of social change, have emerged from those spaces. Written by authors working closely with diverse social movements, NGOs, and popular mobilizations in the Asia-Pacific, A ..."
Learning from the Ground Up(Reprint) Global Perspectives on Social Movements and Knowledge Production by Dip Kapoor, AzizChoudry, A. Choudry Paperback, 266 Pages, Published 2013 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-137-31077-4, ISBN: 1-137-31077-4
"The dynamics, politics, and richness of knowledge production in social movements and social activist contexts are often overlooked. This book contends that some of the most radical critiques and understandings of dominant ideologies and power structures, and visions of social change, have emerged from those spaces. Written by authors working closely with diverse social movements, NGOs, and popular mobilizations in the Asia-Pacific, Afri ..."
Learning Activism The Intellectual Life of Contemporary Social Movements (Hardback) by AzizChoudry Hardcover, Published 2015 by University Of Toronto Press, Canada ISBN-13: 978-1-4426-0791-0, ISBN: 1-4426-0791-2
Organize! Building from the Local for Global Justice by AzizChoudry, Jill Hanley, Eric Shragge 352 Pages, Published 2012 by Pm Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60486-726-8, ISBN: 1-60486-726-4
"Radha. D'Souza. “Rights” and Contemporary Social Movements Going by the
demands made by social movements, it would seem that in the nineteenth
century people demanded political fixes to problems, in the twentieth century they
demanded economic fixes, and the twenty-first century is the century for legal
fixes. No matter what the problem, there is a familiar pattern in contemporary
social justice movements' approaches to the solutio ..."
"The dynamics, politics, and richness of knowledge production in social movements and social activist contexts are often overlooked. This book contends that some of the most radical critiques and understandings about dominant ideologies and power structures, and visions of social change, have emerged from those spaces."
"How do educators and activists in today’s struggles for change use historical materials from earlier periods of organizing for political education? How do they create and engage with independent and often informal archives and debates? How do they ultimately connect this historical knowledge with contemporary struggles? Reflections on Knowledge, Learning and Social Movements aims to advance the understanding of relationships between lea ..."
Just Work Migrant Workers Struggles Today (Hardback) by AzizChoudry, Mondli Hlatshwayo Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2015 by Pluto Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7453-3584-1, ISBN: 0-7453-3584-5
"This book offers a vast range of grassroots perspectives on global migrant labour organisation in the twenty-first century."
NGOization(1st Edition) Complicity, Contradictions and Prospects (Hardback) by AzizChoudry, Dip Kapoor, D. Kapoor Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2013 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78032-258-2, ISBN: 1-78032-258-5
"The growth and spread of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at local and international levels has attracted considerable interest and attention from policy-makers, development practitioners, academics and activists around the world. But how has this phenomenon impacted on struggles for social and environmental justice? How has it challenged - or reinforced - the forces of capitalism and colonialism? And what political, economic, soci ..."
"... but these shifts do not disrupt the narrative structure of the nationalist
biography.16 The characterisation of Tiny Rowland in Callinicos's three
publications ... A 1993 book on Rowland adapted Heath's phrase in its sub-title: “
the ugly face of neo-colonialism in Africa” (see EIR Investigative Team 1993), and
the definitive biography of Rowland concludes with the damning judgement: “
Ostensibly [Rowland] pursued an altruistic v ..."
Unfree Labour? Struggles of Migrant and Immigrant Workers in Canada by AzizChoudry, Adrian Smith 224 Pages, Published 2016 by Pm Press ISBN-13: 978-1-62963-258-2, ISBN: 1-62963-258-9
"(Stasiulis and Bakan 2005, 64) The LCP is an example of a piece of legislation
and a policy package based on decades of past practices that presume and
perpetuate patterns of systemic discrimination. The employing families are
overwhelmingly white, two-income professional earners, male and female
heterosexual couples with two or more children, and Canadian citizens (Belleau
and Langevin 2000; Stasiulis and Bakan 2005). The employee ..."