Raquel Varela is a social historian and researcher in global labour history. She is an assistant professor at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Autonomous Section on Education and General Training). She is the President of the Observatory for Living and Working Conditions and coordinator of Social Data/Nova Sustainability. Her area of research pertains to social sciences … Keep reading »

US President Trump’s tariffs and trade policies represent a fundamental attack on Canadian working people. In our workplaces and communities,we are faced with layoffs, intensified attacks on social programs and rights, job security and potentially deep economic recession. Given Canada’s integration and trade dependence with the US, working class, left, and environmental organizations have to … Keep reading »

A coalition made up of neighbourhood groups including 230 Fightback, York-South Weston Tenant Group, and others, are inviting the community of housing advocates to convene for a People's Assembly on Housing Justice with the goal of networking, educating, and mobilizing. When: Friday April 25th, 6:30pm to 8:30pm (panel discussion) When: Saturday April 26th, 10:00am to … Keep reading »

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 »