Events
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FilmSocial: Finally Got the News
Eyesore Cinema 1176 Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaFinally Got The News is a documentary that shows the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside and outside the auto factories of Detroit. Through interviews with the members of the movement, footage shot in the auto plants, and footage of leafleting and picketing actions, the film documents their efforts to build an … Keep reading »
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Socialist Register 2026
Building upon more than a half century of sustained analysis of the evolving political economy of contemporary capitalism – and in particular the challenges it poses to the left – Socialist Register 2026, Late-Stage Capitalism? Accumulation in the Ruins puzzles through the rubble left behind after decades of rampant neoliberalism. What kind of world order … Keep reading »
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Book Launch: Confronting the Resurgent Right
Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON, CanadaJoin us for the launch of Confronting the Resurgent Right. Scholars and activists take Canada’s 2022 “Freedom Convoy” as a recent manifestation of deep-rooted extremism and provide intersectional commentary on the resurgence of the political right, demonstrating how its ideology permeates and shapes the structures of our society. With evidence-based research, and careful analysis of … Keep reading »
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Colonialism, Capitalism, and Canada
College United Church 502 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe Leo Panitch School is thrilled to host renowned historian and author, Bryan Palmer, for a celebration of his three volume history of Canada, Capitalism, and Colonialism!. This monumental work offers readers access to a clear-eyed understanding of Canada’s past, explaining how recently-acknowledged dark facts about our history are tied to the creation of a … Keep reading »
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A Crash Course on Colonialism, Capitalism, and the History of Canada
How and why did colonialism develop in the regions that became Canada? What role did capitalism play in the coming of colonialism? What effect did this have on indigenous peoples and in what was the role of anti-colonial struggle? What can the history of these and other resistance movements tell us about the possibility of … Keep reading »
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Responding to the Trump Challenge
A talk and discussion led by Herman Rosenfeld, a long-time Socialist Project (Toronto) member. The talk and discussion with SPFredericton members will focus on the current set of challenges facing working people, driven by Trump and the US on the one side, and the responses by Carney, Labour, popular movements and the left (including the … Keep reading »
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Booklaunch: Out of the Impasse?
College United Church 502 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe Leo Panitch School is proud to present the launch of Out of the Impasse? Debating Class Politics and Canadian Unions. It represents the latest in the long running series of pamphlets published by the Socialist Project. It features four pieces of striking analysis, all drawing from Rosenfeld’s decades of experience as an autoworker, educator, … Keep reading »
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FilmSocial: I Am Cuba
College United Church 502 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to present I Am Cuba (1964) as the first entry in the FilmSocial series showcasing films on Cuba. It is more important than ever to keep attention on Cuba and the suffering experienced by the Cuban people due to US aggression. I Am Cuba was … Keep reading »
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Mass Incarceration in El Salvador
College United Church 502 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON, CanadaWhat is going on in El Salvador and how does this matter to Canada? In March 2022 the Nayib Bukele administration in El Salvador invoked an emergency measure called a "state of exception" in reaction to a spike in gang violence. Under the pretext of protecting public order, this measure suspends freedoms of assembly, association, … Keep reading »
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How to Organize your Workplace
Having problems at work and are not sure what to do? Have you heard about unions and want to know how to get started? Do you lack the confidence to talk to your coworkers about forming a union? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then the How to Organize Your Workplace course … Keep reading »
