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Here are 16 progressive present and donation suggestions for the holiday season and beyond. Please spread the good cheer and add your own suggestions and links to our comment section at the bottom of the page!

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Redeye
Redeye

The problem with charity

January 5, 2012
| Every year in December the CBC holds an all-day fundraising event for the Food Bank. This year, poor people showed up in force at the event to share their thoughts on charity.

17:34 minutes (16.09 MB)
People's Health Radio
People's Health Radio

Charity vs. Justice: Can the charity industry save us from capitalism?

December 22, 2011
| A discussion of charity vs. justice looking at both international 'philanthrocapitalism' and the charity industry in Canada.

57:52 minutes (52.98 MB)

Pink Ribbons, Inc.

Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Feb 3 2012 - 12:00pm
Feb 12 2012 - 12:00pm

Location

Carlton Cinema
20 CARLTON ST,
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 39' 41.5656" N, 79° 22' 53.94" W
See map: Google Maps

Pink Ribbons, Inc. looks at the pervasive impact of breast cancer fundraising. Every year, millions of dollars are raised, but where does all the money go, and what is actually achieved? The film offers a completely different take on the pink ribbon “success” story that has overtaken North America, with insight from leading doctors, activists and social critics, as well as women diagnosed with breast cancer.

 

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A number is never just a number: Season of giving

• 55

Percentage of Canadians who plan to pay straight cash when gift buying this holiday season. (Source) 

• 37

Percentage of Canadians who plan to put their gift purchases on their credit card. (Source) 

• $640

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Aalya Ahmad

Big Charity: Who gets turned away at United Way?

By Aalya Ahmad
| November 26, 2011

When I was much younger and used to canvass for union-buster extraordinaire Greenpeace, we all quickly learned that the holiday season was the time to rock those door-to-door donations. The United Way has long known this and 'tis the season for those United Way workplace fundraising drives. Chances are your workplace has one getting started right about now.

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Harper plays at neoliberal social engineering

The Harper government's announcement that it will change the laws regarding capital gains taxes to encourage more charitable giving strikes an ominous note for the country's political culture. Harper is mimicking -- through tax incentives -- the Conservatives in Britain who are trying to pull the same trick with what they call the Big Society initiative: promoting the privatization of social services through increased private giving. Both efforts smack of social engineering from the right. When Harper stated that he we would not recognize the country after he was through, this is in part what he was talking about.

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New Philanthropy in conservative times

You may have noticed that the Globe and Mail invented charity last weekend in response to various irritations: economic chaos, rage-inducing social inequality, declining living standards, loss of hope. Their answer is the New Philanthropy though, in fact, it isn't really new and isn't philanthropy either. I'll get to that.

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Slavoj Zizek on the ethics of charity

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In this short animation by The Royal Society of Arts, philosopher Slavoj Zizek investigates the ethical implications of charitable giving.

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Forgive me if this is a topic that has been discussed before, but I only came across this recently, and to be perfectly honest, I was stunned by the conclusions of the author.

Twestival

Twestival, or Twitter Festival, is a unique initiative that attempts to unite digital life with that of the real. On this day, thousands of individuals from online Twitter communities unite offline to raise money and awareness for a choice cause.

Essentially, Twestival works by using the platform of pre-existing social media -- primarily through Twitter but also via Facebook -- to raise awareness for social causes. Twestival’s aim, according to the event’s organizers, is to harness the power of social media for social good.

 In September 2008, the groundwork for Twestival was established.

http://www.twestival.com/

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People's Health Radio
People's Health Radio

Partners in Health: solidarity versus charity in health care

March 2, 2011
| We feature an interview with Donna Barry, Director of Advocacy for Partners in Health; a Boston-based non-profit health care organization providing a preferential option for the poor.

56:49 minutes (65.02 MB)
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