Refusenik speaking tour March 2025
Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) is proud to announce that we will be hosting an Anti-Zionist Refusenik Speaking Tour! Starting March 4th, Israeli conscientious objectors Tal Mitnick and Einat Gerlitz will be traveling across the country, speaking about their experiences resisting genocide and why they refused to serve in the Israeli military. Mitnick and Gerlitz will … Keep reading »
FilmSocial presents: Kneecap
Eyesore Cinema 1176 Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to present the award winning movie KNEECAP as the latest installment in the ongoing FilmSocial series. In keeping with the work of the Leo Panitch School, this film is a riveting political story of the fight for Indigenous language rights, for justice and against occupation. … Keep reading »
Ford More Years: What Comes Next?
Post-Election Panel and Book Discussion Join us on Thursday March 20 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at York University (Kaneff Tower - Room 519) to discuss the results of Ontario's 2025 general election. The event will feature panelists from the newly released book, Against the People: How Ford Nation is Dismantling Ontario. Light refreshments … Keep reading »
AI’s Hidden Abode of Production: Labour, Capital, Conflict
This talk dispels the myth that generative AI is an autonomous force with a will of its own. Focusing in on the AI industry's hidden abode of production, the talk centers on how AI is designed, built, and maintained by workers—both waged and unwaged—employed by big tech giants and a vast international network of contractors … Keep reading »
Land Day
Yonge-Dundas Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto, ON, CanadaJoin us on March 29th in a protest to reaffirm our commitment to our land and struggle. Yom al-Ard (يوم الأرض), or Land Day, recalls the events of March 30, 1976 when six unarmed Palestinians were killed during protests against Israel’s theft of Palestinian land. Israel had ordered the confiscation of approximately 5,000 acres of … Keep reading »
Book Launch: Against the Crisis
CSI Annex 720 Bathurst St, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is honoured to welcome Ståle Holgersen for the Toronto launch of his new book Against the Crisis: Economy and Ecology in a Burning World! If crisis defines our era, we need a coherent socialist policy in response. Today's economic and ecological crises are not exceptions to an otherwise … Keep reading »
Organizing 101 /w IWW
The IWW's Organizer Training 101 (OT101) is a skill-based training that will teach you how to organize a union at your job, take action and win better working conditions for you and your coworkers. Location: Toronto, Ontario Date: April 26 - 27 (Saturday and Sunday) Time: 9am - 5pm The training consists of two 8 … Keep reading »
FilmSocial presents: Brazil
The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to present BRAZIL as the latest installment in the ongoing FilmSocial series. Written and directed by Terry Gilliam, the movie is set in a dystopian world where the main character, Sam Lowry, starts to wake up to the reality of his techno-bureaucratic society when he … Keep reading »
The Power of Marxist Thought
519 Kaneff Tower, York University Toronto, Ontario, CanadaWe invite participants to compare Marxist and non-Marxist approaches to a wide range of issues, and to articulate how being informed by a Marxist approach can produce a unique, important, and essential analysis of pressing political, social, or ecological issues that are generally missing outside of Marxism Proposals will be reviewed by the Conference Committee … Keep reading »