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 »

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 »

For 77 years, the Palestinian people have endured genocide, sieges, dispossession, and forced displacement at the hands of the Zionist colonial project. And for 77 years – they have resisted. Palestinians continue to fight for their land, their freedom, and their return. As the genocide in Gaza intensifies, violence in the West Bank escalates, and … Keep reading »

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to present La Tierra Prometida (The Promised Land) as the latest installment in the ongoing FilmSocial series. During the Great Depression, Chile was one of the countries that was hit the hardest. It was a turbulent period marked by political instability, social unrest, and internal … Keep reading »

The contemporary moment is defined by profound threats to collective life: from intensifying genocidal projects in Palestine, Sudan, and the Congo, to a resurgent fascism and militarism across the globe, to the undermining of Black and Indigenous life in shifting practices of racial and colonial domination, to capitalism’s broader threat to the ecological conditions of … Keep reading »

Peoples’ March for Housing Justice AGAINST GREEDY LANDLORDS AND DEVELOPERS When: June 14th 2025 at 1:00pm Where: 214-230 Sherbourne St (Dundas & Sherbourne) Community rally, lunch, and march! Join us as we rally together for housing justice. We will meet for lunch at Dundas & Sherbourne, the site of a long fought battle for social … Keep reading »

A group of organisations and activists, united in the Counter Summit Coalition for Peace and Justice, is organising a demonstration and counter summit against NATO in The Hague on 21 and 22 June. In the weekend preceding the NATO summit, the coalition wants to make its voice heard. The counter-summit will feature panel discussions, workshops … Keep reading »

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is honoured to host the Toronto launch of Health and Healthcare Inequities by author and healthcare worker Arnel Borras. The book provides an in-depth examination of health and healthcare inequities, delving into the interplay between power dynamics, policy advocacy, evidence-based research, and political economy. It uniquely integrates document … Keep reading »

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to present Smiley Face as the latest installment in the ongoing FilmSocial series. Not very often do stoner comedies bring in The Communist Manifesto, but there also aren't very many directors like Gregg Araki, who is able to successfully combine the absurd with the political. … Keep reading »

Amidst the ongoing genocide in Gaza and continued Israeli attacks across the region, much of the world’s attention has been diverted away from the worsening situation in the West Bank. Palestinians across the West Bank have experienced increased violence, demolitions, and displacement from settlers and Israeli Occupation Forces. Toronto based activist Anna Lippman has recently … Keep reading »