Category: Social Movements
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The Building Storm Against the TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the one of the most recent of the neoliberal trade agreements being proposed. The final proposal was signed off in February 2016 in Auckland, New … Watch video »
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Canadian Mining Corporations in Latin America: Solidarity Rally
Toronto — 14 October 2016. Trade agreements are a weapon against communities! Community consent over corporate bullying! La lucha sigue; the struggle continues! In 2008, after years of violence, conflict, … Watch video »
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Razem: New Left in Poland
Marcelina Zawisza and Maciej Konieczny interviewed by Lorenzo Marsili “We are not the old Left. It is more than clear if you look at our faces, our age, the way we … Keep reading »
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Palestinian Solidarity Struggles
The state of Israel was just served notice by Black Lives Matter (BLM) in a big way. The human rights movement pummeled Israel for its decades long oppression of the … Watch video »
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Thousands to Meet in Montreal for World Social Forum
Thousands of people from over 95 countries are expected to gather in Montreal on August 9-14 for a social movement summit called the World Social Forum (WSF). Participants will spend … Keep reading »
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Before ’68: The Left, Activism and Social Movements in the Long 1960s
Norwich — 13 February 2016. Ernest Tate and Phil Hearse present Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s and 1960s. Ernest Tate’s memoir is an important contribution to the history of the … Watch video »
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Low Waged Work, Social Reproduction and the Promises/Perils of Participatory Budgeting
Toronto — 18 March 2016. Earlier this year, the journal Alternate Routes organized a conference on the theme “Sub/Urbanizing Austerity: Impacts and Alternatives.” The following presentation is from panel three … Watch video »
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Trudeau Climate Plan Challenged at Toronto ‘Town Halls’
The first two public consultations on climate action organized by Canada’s national government in Toronto, gave strong support to the demands of the People’s Climate Plan (PCP), an alternative to … Keep reading »
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Canada Since 1960: A People’s History
Canadian Dimension Toronto Book Launch: Toronto — 7 June 2016. Canadian Dimension magazine (CD) is this country’s oldest Left publication. In this new book, Canada Since 1960: A People’s History, 25 … Watch video »
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Who Earns Minimum Wage?
Minimum wages have been getting a lot of attention lately. And for good reason. Workers earning minimum wage often struggle to get enough hours, don’t have predictable schedules or advance … Keep reading »
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Joan Sangster, Bryan Palmer and Gaetan Heroux – Class Struggles, TO – Women and the Poor in the City’s History
A panel of activists and historians on the struggles of women and the poor in the city’s history. Watch video »
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The BJP and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy in India
Since the election of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in May 2014, there has been an unprecedented onslaught on workers’ rights along with a well-planned assault on democratic institutions, academic-cultural centres, intellectuals, left, progressive and secular groups, religious minorities, women and marginalized sections across India. Watch video »