Resources. (News for Educational Workers).Occupation, a film about the Harvard Living Wage Campaign's Sit-in, makes use of student footage shot before and during the sit-in as well as news coverage, archival footage, and worker portraits. Occupation follows the story of the longest sit-in in Harvard history. To find out more about the film, visit www.enmassefilms.org. Rethinking Schools: An Urban Education Resource announces a special reprint of its anthology, "War, Terrorism and Our Classrooms: Teaching in the Aftermath of the September 11 Tragedy" for the one-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks September 11 attacks Series of airline hijackings and suicide bombings against U.S. targets perpetrated by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. . This 28-page report, including new pieces on "Images of War," "Teaching about September 11," "Poetry in a Time of Crisis," and "Terrorism and Globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation " is free online at www.rethinkingschools.org/sept11. For printed copies, call 414-964-9646. Brian Burch's revised 4th edition of Resources for Radicals is an annotated bibliography An annotated bibliography is a bibliography that gives a summary of the research that has been done. It is still an alphabetical list of research sources. In addition to bibliographic data, an annotated bibliography provides a brief summary or annotation. of print resources for those involved in movements for social transformation. Many of the new resources focus on globalization, pacifism pacifism, advocacy of opposition to war through individual or collective action against militarism. Although complete, enduring peace is the goal of all pacifism, the methods of achieving it differ. , co-operatives, masculinity and violence, the roots of the Middle East conflict, and consensus decision-making Consensus decision-making is a decision-making process that not only seeks the agreement of most participants, but also to resolve or mitigate the objections of the minority to achieve the most agreeable decision. . The price, including postage and handling, is $12 Canadian, $13 U.S., and $15 for the rest of the world (U.S. funds) and can be ordered from Toronto Action for Social Change, P.O. Box 73620, 509 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto, Canada, M6C 1C0, 416-651-5800. The Ecumenical Program on Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. and the Caribbean (EPICA) has a Summer and Fall 2002 Sale catalog of Central American and Caribbean political history and literature in both Spanish and English. To receive the catalog, call 202-332-0999 or visit www.epica.org. Teaching for Change: Best K-College Resources on Equity and Social Justice is an online catalog offering alternative perspectives on current events in the news through links to articles and other sires. www.teachingforchange.org. |
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