Uber-Capitalism: Platform Mobility/Mobilizing Workers
After launching almost a decade ago, the transportation network corporations Uber and Lyft rapidly expanded their operations into cities around the world, disrupting taxi unions, degrading labour rights and diminishing public transit ridership. In this session of The Capitalism Workshop, Bronwyn Frey examines some of the worker organizational strategies emerging within Indonesia’s vast informal transportation sector.
General Strike: Cabaret 1919
Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, AZ, CanadaAn exciting cabaret evening of theatre, music and poetry on the centenary of the Winnipeg General Strike will celebrate its historical importance and enduring relevance to a diverse range of contemporary struggles.
The 1919 Winnipeg Strike
UJPO 585 Cranbrooke Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe Story of Jewish Involvement in the 1919 Winnipeg Strike, with Roz Usiskin and Harriet Zaidman. Leo Panitch of The Socialist Project will moderate.
Art show: Piranha
Propeller Art Gallery 30 Abell Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe Union Art Service will be exhibiting new work at Propeller Gallery. Opening: Saturday September 21, 2019. 2 - 5pm. Show runs to Sept 29, 2019. The Union Art Service is a co-operative of political cartoonists and graphic artists operating since 1977. The show features the work of Mike Constable, John Williams, Jerry Lee Miller, … Keep reading »
Poetry Night w/Giovanna Riccio and Alvin Wong
Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, AZ, CanadaToronto’s most diverse and brave poetry reading and open mic series. Featured poets are Giovanna Riccio and Alvin Wong.
Take the Plant, Save the Planet: Creating Good Jobs, Making Sustainable Products, Challenging Climate Change
Steelworkers Hall 25 Cecil, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMake Public Ownership of the Oshawa Plant an Election Issue. Support #GreenJobsOshawa
Oshawa: A History of Local 222
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery 72 Queen Street, Oshawa, Ontario, CanadaThis exhibition presents the photo series Oshawa: A History of Local 222 (1982-83), a comprehensive body of work that traces the history of the autoworkers union in Oshawa from its formation in 1937 through to the mid-1980s.
FilmSocial Presents: Soylent Green
Eyesore Cinema 1176 Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaFilmSocial screens the dystopian cult classic Soylent Green. Saturday, November 30th @ 7:30pm at Eyesore Cinema (1176 Bloor, back room). Soylent Green (1973) brings us to New York in the year 2022. Rising global temperatures combined with food and water shortages only serve to exacerbate capitalism's pathological excess. Charlton Heston stars in this classic sci-fi/police procedural … Keep reading »
Winter Social
East of Brunswick Pub and Kitchen 720 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, CanadaJoin friends and old, new and emerging comrades for some winter social and cheer!
Protest for Green Jobs in Oshawa
GM Oshawa Park Rd South and Malaga Rd, Oshawa, Ontario, CanadaWe Build it, We Own It: Stand With Communities, Not Corporations! Rally at outside the (soon to be former) GM Oshawa facility.