Whenever possible the descriptions of the following resources have been taken directly from their source.  This list is by no means exhaustive.  Suggestions for additions are encouraged and can be emailed to the Social Justice and Peace Studies Website Administrator at sjpsweb@uwo.ca

MAGAZINES:

Adbusters Magazine:  Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Adbusters is a not-for-profit, reader-supported, 85,000-circulation magazine concerned about the erosion of our physical and cultural environments by commercial forces.  Adbusters offers incisive philosophical articles as well as activist commentary from around the world addressing issues ranging from genetically modified foods to media concentration. In addition, our annual social marketing campaigns like Buy Nothing Day and TV Turnoff Week have made us an important activist networking group (Taken Directly from the Adbusters Website).  Not available at Kings or Weldon but on-line at: www.adbusters.org


Canadian Dimensions:  Canadian Dimension is a magazine which shows there is an alternative to the corporate agenda and the dictates of the global market; that the dream of a better society is still alive. It provides a forum for debate, where red meets green, feminists take on socialists, socialists take on social democrats, whites hear from aboriginals, activists report from all corners of Canada, trade unionists report from the front lines, campaigns make connections, and the latest books, films, web sites, CDs, and videos are radically reviewed  (Taken Directly from the Website).  Available at Kings Library or on-line at: www.canadiandimension.mb.ca


Catholic New Times: A newspaper on justice issues and living faithfully from a Catholic perspective.  Available in Kings Library or check on-line at: www.catholicnewtimes.org 
 

New Internationalist:  New Internationalist exists to report on the issues of world poverty and inequality; to focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless in both rich and poor nations in order to bring to life the people, the ideas and the actions in the fight for global justice (Taken Directly from the Magazine).  Available at Kings Library or on-line at:  www.newint.org/


Peace Magazine: We discuss disarmament; conflict resolution; nonviolent sanctions; peace institutions (e.g. the United Nations and the World Court); conflicts and crises around the world; profiles of activists and researchers; and controversies about development, population, and environmental protection. Peace Magazine is published by Canadian Disarmament Information Service (Taken Directly from the Magazine). peacemagazine.org

Sojourners Magazine:  Sojourners is a Christian ministry whose mission is to proclaim and practice the biblical call to integrate spiritual renewal and social justice  (Taken Directly from the Magazine).  Available at Kings Library or on-line at: www.sojo.net


THIS Magazine:  This Magazine is one of Canada's longest-publishing alternative journals. Founded by a gang of school activists in 1966, and originally called This Magazine is About Schools, the modern-day This focuses on Canadian politics, literature and culture but, in keeping with its radical roots, never pulls punches. Subversive, edgy and smart, This is the real alternative to that (Taken Directly from the Website).  Available at Kings Library or on-line at:  www.thismag.org


Utne Magazine: Reprints the best articles from over 2,000 alternative media sources bringing you the latest ideas and trends emerging in our culture... Provocative writing from diverse perspectives... Insightful analysis of art and media... Down-to-earth news and resources you can use... In-depth coverage of compelling people and issues that affect your life... The best of the alternative media.


Z Magazine:  Dedicated to critically thinking on political, cultural, social and economic life in the U.S.  It sees the racial, gender, class and political dimensions of personal life as fundamental to understanding and improving contemporary circumstances and it aims to assist efforts for a better future (Taken Directly from the Magazine).  Available at Weldon Library or on-line at:  www.zmag.org


ACADEMIC JOURNALS:

Monthly Review: Monthly Review speaks to workers and labor organizers no less than to academics, and against class exploitation, no less than against racial and sexual oppression. It has never been more indispensable as a guide to current realities, their historical roots and the prospects for change. It is an essential voice for today (Taken Directly from the Website).  Available at Kings Library or on-line at: www.monthlyreview.org


New Left Review:  Its range covers world politics and the global economy; state powers and protest movements; contemporary social theory; history and philosophy; cinema and literature; heterodox art and aesthetics. It stands resolutely opposed to Third Way pieties and neoliberal prescriptions, combating capital's current apologists with sharp and scholarly analysis, internationalist critique, polemic and experiential prose (Taken directly from website).  Available at Weldon Library or on-line at: www.newleftreview.net
 
Race and Class:  A journal for black and Third World liberation.  For more than two decades, it has established a reputation for the breadth of its analysis, its global outlook and its multi-disciplinary approach. Race & Class contains contributions from scientists, artists, novelists, journalists, politicians and black and Third World activists and scholars.  Topics include: globalization, popular culture,  post-colonialism, black politics, European fascism, debt, indigenous peoples, legacies of empire, culture and identity, human trafficking, the information revolution, migration and fascism and much more (Taken Directly from the Website).  Available at Kings Library or on-line at: www.sagepub.co.uk

Social Justice:  A Journal of crime, conflict and world order. It is a collection of articles about social justice issues from a variety of contributors.  Available at Kings Library.

Socialist Register:  Socialism has always been about democracy, human rights and internationalism...that faith is what has characterized the work of the Socialist Register  (Taken Directly from the Website).  Available on-line at:  www.yorku.ca/socreg

Socialist Review:  Socialist Review is a forum in which radical politics, cultural dissent, political economy and socialist critique are developed, debated and creatively contested.  Drawing on a varied and inclusive body of radical perspectives, Socialist Review works to promote and critically engage the activist left in its diverse manifestations (Taken directly from the Socialist Review).  Available at Weldon Library or on-line at: www.isreview.org