Welcome to the ACTivist Library. This resource aims to help facilitate a deeper analysis of topics of interest to the ACTivist community. These documents will be of particular interest to activists, educators, students as well as the general public. All documents in the ACTivist Library are made publicly available in pdf form, thanks to the authors and publishers of the original works. Included in the initial offerings of the ACTivist Library are nearly 60 ebooks, ranging from a few pages to several hundred in length, totalling over 3100 pages.

The ACTivist Library contains a broad range of viewpoints about complex and controversial topics in peace, ecology and human rights. It is our hope at ACT for the Earth that this resource contributes to understanding and resolution. Please spread the word about the ACTivist Library to other potential readers and contributors. While materials here are free for download, feel free to contact us, when "taking out" ebooks from the library, so that we can better prioritize our search for new works to include in the collection. Ebooks do not need to be returned.

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- ACT for the Earth

Activist and Press Backgrounder on Exxonmobil Activities in North Aceh
By Robert Jereski, Executive Director, International Forum for Aceh, (2001), 15 pages
This backgrounder and the documentation cited in appendix A below illustrates the degree to which ExxonMobil can not use the defense of professed ignorance to avoid responsibility for the predictable impacts of its current security arrangements with the Indonesian military and police in North Aceh, Indonesia.

Activist Skills and Experiences Questionnaire
By Randy Schutt, 8 pages
This is a list of useful skills and experiences for social change activists. It can be used for self-assessment, goal setting, or progress evaluation. Consider including your applicable experience in non-social change activities too.

ADDRESS TO THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB – SAN FRANCISCO
By Michael C. Ruppert (2004), 54 pages
PLANET EARTH AND ALL OF ITS INHABITANTS ARE IN GREAT DANGER. THIS IS NOT A TIME TO THINK OF NATIONAL SECURITY. IT IS A TIME TO THINK OF PLANETARY SECURITY – INDEED, OF PLANETARY SURVIVAL.

An Activist’s Guide to Basic First Aid
By the Portland Black Cross Health Collective, 10 pages

An Activist's Guide to Police Chemical Weapons
Chemical weapons used by police, how they work, how you can prepare, and what to do if exposed…
By the Madison InfoShop, 20 pages
US Military plan to "dominate" the earth in order "to protect US interests and investment" through "Full Spectrum Dominance".

The Assault on Free Speech,Public Assembly, and Dissent
A National Lawyers Guild Report on Government Violations of First Amendment Rights in the United States
By Heidi Boghosian (2004), 114 pages. Foreword by Lewis Lapham

Beyond Missile Defense (Briefing Paper)
By Andrew Lichterman, Zia Mian, M. V. Ramana, Jürgen Scheffran. (2002), 12 pages

Beyond War:
Campus Organizing Manual
By United for Peace and Justice (2003), 24 pages

The Big Down: From Genes to Atoms
Atomtech: Technologies Converging at the Nano-scale
By ETC Group (2003), 84 pages
While civil society and governments focus on genetic modification, an impressive array of industrial enterprises is targeting a scientific revolution that could modify matter and transform every aspect of work and life. This report introduces a set of tools and techniques we call Atomtechnologies, which includes nanoparticles, nano biotechnology, nanofabrication and molecular manufacture. For a brief introduction, read "A Tiny Primer on Nano-scale Technologies ...and The Little BANG Theory", a 20 (small) pages pocket guide to nanotehchology- a suite of techniques used to manipulate matter at the scale of atoms and molecules.

Nanoethics
From Utopian Dreams and Apocalyptic Nightmares towards a more Balanced View
By Bert Gordijn, 12 pages

BILL C-17 
House of Commons of Canada (2003), 118 pages
"An Act to amend certain Acts of Canada, and to enact measures for implementing the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, in order to enhance public safety"

Bioinformatics: Patenting the Bridge Between Information Technology and the Life Sciences
Charles Vorndran, Ph.D. and Robert L. Florence (2002), 40 pages
In IDEA — The Journal of Law and Technology

Biotechnology Q&A
All about Biotechnology Ranging from GM Food to the Environment
By the Japan Biotechnology Association (2000), 78 pages

Canada and Beyond: Post 9-11
Human Security Roundtable
By Jennifer Deveney, British Columbia Council for International Cooperation. Sponsored by: The Department of Foreign Affairs; The Centre for Foreign Policy Development; and The Canadian International Development Agency. (2002), 61 pages.

Compassionate Listening
An Exploratory Sourcebook About Conflict Transformation
By Gene Knudsen Hoffman, Cynthia Monroe, and Leah Green (2001), 32 pages. Edited by and with an introduction by Dennis Rivers.

Creating a Merit-Based Music Economy:
Compulsory or Blanket Licensing for Interactive Subscription Services
By Dan Krimm (2001, Updated 2003), 49 Pages.

The Dirty Dozen: Partners in Mass Destruction
By the Arms Trade Resource Center and Reaching Critical Will, 25 pages
The Reaching Critical Will project of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom has made an effort to renew and strengthen connections between the peace and disarmament movement and other key social justice communities focused around globalization, indigenous, health, women's rights, environmental and legal issues through a series of fact sheets. WILPF and the ATRC have joined forces to research and produce profiles of thirteen (a baker’s dozen) U.S. and international corporations that are deeply involved in nuclear weapons and nuclear power research, development and manufacturing.

The Earth Charter
"The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society in the 21st century." 4 pages

Economic Agenda of the 21th Century
Review of International Economics
Guest Editor: Karl Aiginger, Assistant Guest Editor: Marianne Uitz (2003), 227 Pages.

Freedom of the Press in Australia
By Chris Nash, Director, Australian Centre for Independent Journalism. (2003), 10 pages 

Free Trade: What Now?
By Jagdish Bhagwati (1998), 19 pages 

From Virtual Commons To Virtual Enclosures:
Revolution and Counter-Revolution In The Information Age
By James W. Lindenschmidt, JWL.Freakwitch.net. (2004), 20 pages
In The Commoner N.9 Summer/Spring 2004

Gangs of America
The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy 
By Ted Nace (2003), 307 pages
The author and publisher have made the entire book freely downloadable so you can read the book on your computer.

Historical Perspectives on Invention and Creativity
This draft document comprises the complete report of a workshop held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in March, 2003, as part of a larger study on invention and inventiveness. 58 pages

How to Make Public Broadcasting Accountable to Your Community
A Manual for Activists
By Jerold M. Starr, Executive Director
Citizens for Independent Public Broadcasting. (2000) 46 pages

International Sustainable Energy Foundation
Proposed Model Statute
By GRACE (2001), 34 Pages

Iraq on the Record
The Bush Administration's Public Statements on Iraq
Prepared for Rep. Henry A. Waxman (2004), 36 pages
This report, which was prepared at the request of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, is a comprehensive examination of the statements made by the five Administration officials most responsible for providing public information and shaping public opinion on Iraq: President George Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. It finds that the five officials made misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq in 125 public appearances. The report and an accompanying database identify 237 specific misleading statements by the five officials.

Lessons from community-based initiatives in solid waste
Dr Mansoor Ali and Dr Marielle Snel (1999), 29 pages 

LGBT history
March - Women's History Month
By the Safe Schools Coalition (2005), 5 pages  

Life, Lineage and Sustenance
Indigenous Peoples and Genetic Engineering: Threats to Food, Agriculture, and the Environment
By Stephanie Howard (2001), 54 pages.
Edited by Debra Harry & Brett Lee Shelton, Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism.

Listen To Us!
A Dialogue for Solidarity with Lawrence Sampson, American Indian Movement Spokesperson
By Richard Kahn and Anthony J. Nocella II, 8 pages  

Lobbying Toolkit
By the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits Advocacy (2003), 3 pages

Mobilization of Software Developers: The Free Software Movement
By Margaret S. Elliott & Walt Scacchi (2002), 35 pages
This document analyses  the Free  Software Movement  (FSM),  a  20 year-old social movement whose purpose is to promote  the  use of free software instead of proprietary software. 

Movement Action Plan
A Strategic Framework Describing The Eight Stages of Successful Social Movements
By Bill Moyer (1987), 41 pages

The National Security Strategy of the United States of America
Introduction By George W. Bush (2002), 35 pages 

The Net Repertoire:
Global Activist Networks and Open Publishing
By Heather E. Gorgura (2003), 48 pages 

Network-Centric Advocacy
By Marty Kearns, Co-Founder / Executive Director, Green Media Toolshed. 11 pages 

Noncommercial Email Lists:
Collateral Damage in the Fight Against Spam
By Cindy Cohn and Annalee Newitz, 15 pages 

Resurrecting The Revolutionary Heart Of Judaism
An Interview with Rabbi Michael Lerner in Sun magazine (2004) 4 pages.

The Second Enclosure Movement and the Construction of the Public Domain
By James Boyle (2003), 42 pages 
Extensive and insightful analysis of the issues surrounding the commons and intellectual property rights, including patents on human genes. Boyle is a Professor of Law at Duke University.

The Seven Challenges
A Workbook and Reader About Communicating More Cooperatively
By Dennis Rivers, M.A. (2004), 104 pages
A structured, intensive exploration of seven challenging skills
for a lifetime of better communication in work, family, friendship & community.

Side By Side
Protecting and encouraging threatened activists with unarmed international accompaniment
By Liam Mahony, edited by Nancy L. Pearson (2004), 24 pages
A Tactical Notebook published by the New Tactics Project of the Center for Victims of Torture.

Teaching peace
A Guide for the Classroom & Everyday Life
By. Leah C. Wells (2003), 84 pages
This curriculum was written as a stand-alone guide to teaching peace that can be infused into existing classroom material, used for workshops or as a compendium to the book compiled by Colman McCarthy at the Center for Teaching Peace entitled “Solutions to Violence”.

Taking Action: Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women
By Caren Grown, Geeta Rao Gupta, and Aslihan Kes (2005), 280 pages
UN Millenium Project - Task Force on Education and Gender Equality

A Teen Activist's Guide to Factory Farms
By the GRACE Factory Farm Project, 24 pages  

The Politics of Metaphor
Biotechnology and Biodiversity in the Media
By Iina Hellsten (2002), 167 pages

Porto Alegre & Beyond:
Following up on the World Social Forum
By the Interhemispheric Resource Center (2002), 32 pages 

The Second Superpower Rears its Beautiful Head
By James F. Moore (2003), 9 Pages

Social Movements:
A summary of what works
By Charles Dobson (2001), 10 pages 

Star Wars and the Global War System
By the Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (2002), 8 pages 

Student Activism
Resource Handbook
By Glenn Omatsu (2002), 18 pages 

Theoretical Understandings of Citizen Engagement
By Lynda M. Lukasik, PhD (2003), 19 Pages
Prepared for Hamilton Community Foundation

Twenty One Tips to Transit
Common-Sense Principals for Difficult Times
By Bruce Conway (2005), 15 pages
As we enter a time that many believe to be one of great chaosand profound global transformation, it makes sense for us to live ourlives in rational and sustainable ways in order to survive the comingchanges. The following 21 Tips illustrate this common sense approach.

Using the Internet For Outreach and Organizing
A Virtual Activist Training Reader
By NetAction (1996), 26 pages

Vision for 2020
By US Space Command (1997), 17 pages
US Military plan to "dominate" the earth in order "to protect US interests and investment" through "Full Spectrum Dominance". 

Which would you rather: Seattle or Porto Alegre?
By Dorothy Kidd (2002), 27 Pages. A Presentation for “Our Media, Not Theirs”

Who Decides?
The Struggle for Abortion Rights
By Choice USA (2002), 10 pages 

Who Rules?
The Regulation of Globalization
By Daniel W. Drezner (2004), 305 Pages

Women in India
How Free? How Equal?
By Kalyani Menon-Sen and A K Shiva Kumar (2001), 22 pages. For the United Nations Development Program.

Youth as E-Citizens: Engaging the Digital Generation
By Kathryn Montgomery, Ph.D., Barbara Gottlieb-Robles, and Gary O. Larson, Ph.D. (2004) 158 Pages.

Enclosures of the Mind: Intellectual Monopolies
A Resource Kit on Community Knowledge, Biodiversity and Intellectual Property. Prepared for the Community Biodiversity Development and Conservation Program by The Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI), now known as the ETC Group (88 pages).

The Laws of Life: Another Development and the New Biotechnologies
By Gary Fowler, Eva Lachkovics, Pat Mooney and Hope Shand. Published by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (1988), 350 pages.

Biodiversity Loss Threatens Human Well-Being
by Sandra Díaz, Joseph Fargione, F. Stuart Chapin III, David Tilman - PlOS Biology journal, Volume 4, Issue 8, August 2006.

U.S. National Space Policy - October 6, 2006
Prepared by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) - published October 6, 2006 - superseding the September 1996 version of the directive. President Bush signed off on the new space policy on August 31, 2006.