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SUMMARY:Climate Change is a Class Issue
DESCRIPTION:The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is honoured to host Sarah Glynn and John Clarke to launch their book Climate Change is a Class Issue as the first installment in the school’s brand new webinar series! \nThe capitalist system\, which sees everything in terms of profit\, is exploiting the planet to destruction with the same ruthless logic that it exploits workers. The threat from climate change\, and from capitalism’s treatment of the planet as an infinite resource\, is so large that our societies seem afraid to confront it; but when we understand that this threat comes from the same capitalist forces that dominate our everyday lives\, the way forward becomes clear. The fight against the system that is destroying our planet\, is the same as the fight against the system that is producing ever more mind-boggling inequalities. \nThis small book – or booklet – is addressed\, primarily\, to a working-class audience because most books on climate change ignore working-class concerns; because the working class will be affected first and worst\, despite being least responsible; and because the people most responsible for climate change are too vested in the current system to countenance significant disruption\, while the combined power of the working class is the force that can bring the world to its senses. \nAll are welcome to join us for this special online book launch as we hear from the authors and discuss the pressing issues raised by the book. A free e-book is available now via climateandclass.net.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/climate-change-class-issue/
LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:The Truth About the ’37 Oshawa GM Strike
DESCRIPTION:How did autoworkers at the GM plant in Oshawa in 1937 beat a rabidly anti-union government\, a hostile press\, and the world’s largest corporation? The conventional wisdom popularized by academic Irving Abella has obscured the truth about the ’37 strike for 50 years. Abella claimed the international UAW was a hindrance\, not a help. He downplayed the role of both reds and rank and file workers. And Abella completely ignored the role of women strikers\, stewards and bargainers. \nTony Leah reveals what actually took place at the Oshawa GM plant in 1937 through the voices and actions of rank-and-file workers and shop-floor activists that have been covered up for decades. We need to study the lessons of the ’37 strike; it can provide a guidepost for workers today who are striving to revive a fighting labour movement that can win. \nTony Leah is a long-time union activist with experience in bargaining\, shop-floor representation\, labour education\, and political mobilization. A maintenance and construction welder with GM\, Oshawa for nearly 40 years\, he has held many positions at Local 222 and with the national union. He holds an MA in Labour Studies (2023) from McMaster University and lives in Toronto. \nOshawa Book Launch\nThursday\, December 5\, 2024 from 7-9 pm\n44 Bond St. E.\, Oshawa\n(This building was built by the union and was the UAW/CAW Union Hall from 1951 to 1990.)
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/37-oshawa-strike/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241103T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
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SUMMARY:How to Unionize Your Workplace
DESCRIPTION: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 Unionize Your Workplace course is for you! \nOver two days participants will learn what it takes to go from zero organization at work to a functioning committee of coworkers that can take on the boss and win! Together we will learn and practice the ideas\, methods\, and skills necessary to build power at work. The course will also feature a general discussion of unions: strengths and weaknesses\, potential and limits\, and why organizing at work should still matter for those who want a better world. \nWhen: November 2-3 (mid-morning until late afternoon)\nBreakfast and lunch to be provided.\nWhere: Toronto\, ON (Downtown – venue TBA)\nHow much: free/PWYC\nWho: Anyone curious about how to organize at work! \nRegistration deadline: Friday October 4. \nPlease note that we are currently asking potential participants to register their interest. Space for this pilot version of the course will be limited and selections may be made to ensure a diversity of backgrounds and experience. \nIf you have questions or you’re unsure if this course is right for you\, we’d be happy to answer any questions via info@leopanitchschool.ca
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/how-to-unionize-your-workplace/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241030T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241030T210000
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SUMMARY:FilmSocial Presents: La Llarona
DESCRIPTION:The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education and the Socialist Project present La Llorona as the next film in our ongoing FilmSocial series. \nLa Llorona (Guatemala\, 2019.) is the modern re-imagining of the Mexican and Central American folktale about a vengeful ghost who roams near bodies of water mourning her dead children whom she killed after discovering her unfaithful husband. Director and screenwriter Jayro Bustamante places the legend inside contemporary Guatemala at a particularly turbulent time. Retired Guatemalan general Enrique Monteverde is being tried for orchestrating a brutal genocide against native Mayans in the 1980s. Now elderly and ailing he lives comfortably with his wife\, daughter\, and granddaughter\, but is haunted by his past. \nThis is the third film in our special series exploring the topic of imperialism. Jayro Bustamante uses La Llorona as a way to explore Guatemala’s violent and racist history. The ramifications of the Spanish colonization of Guatemala is still felt today in its race and class struggles. The movie is based on the real events surrounding the presidency of José Efraín Ríos Montt from 1982 to 1983 where he oversaw one of the bloodiest periods in the Guatemalan Civil War. Efraín Ríos Montt was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity in 2013 for the systematic massacre of indigenous communities under the guise of fighting communist insurgents. The verdict was overturned days later. \nThe film will be followed by a short presentation and general discussion on the politics and implications of the film’s subject today.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/filmsocial-llarona/
LOCATION:Eyesore Cinema\, 1176 Bloor Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6H1N1\, Canada
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241002T113000
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SUMMARY:Rebuilding Cities and Citizens
DESCRIPTION:In Vienna after WWI and Berlin after WWII\, the provision of mass housing not only was a response to a dire social need but also served as a key lever for building variants of socialism and liberalism. Zooming into the interplay between political ideologies and the production of space\, this book shows that ideologies\, understood as political beliefs that underpin everyday life\, are never simply ‘written’ into space but that their meaning is made and re-made\, negotiated and contested\, and sometimes cunningly subverted in and through space. \nHow people live was – and continues to be – a profoundly political question that involves negotiations of\, and decisions on\, norms and ideals of citizenship\, freedom\, equality\, property\, democracy\, gender\, and family life – negotiations and decisions that come with legacies that shape the present. What these legacies are in light of the current return of the housing question as a social and ecological question will be the focus of the presentation. \nMargaret Haderer holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto. Currently\, she works at TU Wien at the Institute of Spatial Planning. The politics underpinning the built environment as well as the latter’s transformation towards greater sustainability are her two key research foci. \nSponsored by: Department of Politics Seminar Series Graduate Diploma in European Studies The City Institute at York University.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/rebuilding-cities-and-citizens/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240924T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240924T160000
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SUMMARY:South Africa’s 2024 Elections
DESCRIPTION:South Africa’s 2024 elections\, which saw the ruling African National Congress (ANC) lose its governing majority for the first time since independence 30 years ago\, represents a milestone in the long trajectory of South Africa’s post-apartheid democratic transition. Yet its implications for popular participation and new paths forward remain contradictory and uncertain.  \nDale McKinley assesses the ANC’s political-ideological and electoral journey since 1994\, and explores what the results of the 2024 elections and subsequent formation of a ‘Government of National Unity’ tell us about both South Africa and the ANC. Is South Africa at a new point of transition – or are we likely to see more of the same uneven and disappointing liberation movement leadership? McKinley reflects on the new Government of National Unity and identifies emerging challenges for South Africa’s popular sector. \nDale McKinley holds a PhD in International Political Economy/African Studies from UNC Chapel Hill\, and is a long-time political activist who has been involved in social movement\, community and liberation organisations and struggles in Southern Africa for four decades. \nTUESDAY\, SEPTEMBER 24\, 2024\, 2:30 PM EST\nVERNEY ROOM\, SOUTH ROSS 638 – DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS\, York University
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/sa-election-24/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240919T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240919T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240917T135726Z
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SUMMARY:100% Tariffs on China’s EVs
DESCRIPTION:The Liberal government recently imposed a 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles.  What’s at stake in this move? Is this simply another attempt to cozy up to America’s new cold war against China? Is it an attempt to gain support from autoworkers in the leadup to the next federal election? EVs may not be the only answer to the climate catastrophe we face today\, but are they part of the solution? Join us for this special webinar on Canada-China relations and the environment. \nSam Gindin is co-author (with the late Leo Panitch) of The Making of Global Capitalism (Verso) and the former research director of the Canadian Auto Workers from 1974-2000. He currently works with the Socialist Project in Toronto. \nElizabeth May is the co-leader of the Green Party and represents the Vancouver Island riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands on the territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation. She has worked as a lawyer and government policy advisor and was the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada for 17 years.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/100-percent-tariffs/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240918T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240918T150000
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SUMMARY:Grassy Narrows River Run 2024
DESCRIPTION:On September 18th\, 2024 we invite you to walk with Grassy Narrows youth and community members to show that we are with them on their path to achieve mercury justice and freedom! \nGrassy Narrows people are powerful leaders in the movement for Indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice. They have shown that together we can fight for justice against all odds and make real gains. But so much is still needed to right the wrong of mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows. \nRSVP here to say that you will show up in solidarity and walk with them in their fight for justice. RSVP is intended to help us plan for the day but is not mandatory to attend the event. Grange Park\, Toronto\, 12pm.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/grassy-narrows/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240915T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240915T150000
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SUMMARY:March Against Racism
DESCRIPTION:At this crucial moment\, their voices will be invaluable to our collective call for action and change. Right now\, we’re witnessing a disturbing trend in anti-immigrant sentiment. Just this week\, provincial politicians across the country have scapegoated refugee claimants to distract from their own failures. \nPrime Minister Trudeau promised a regularization program for migrants. Instead of ensuring more rights for migrants\, the federal government is adding fuel to the fire of growing anti-migrant sentiment with its policies; it has capped study permits\, barred most study permit holders from bringing their families\, limited permanent residency\, slashed work permits\, refused to renew permits for graduated international students\, imposed visas on Mexico\, and increased visa denials. These actions betray the promises made and undermine the rights of migrants across the country. \nNow is the time to take action against migrant exclusion and push for permanent resident status for all. \nAs Parliament returns next week\, it’s crucial that we show up on the street in the thousands. \nDate: Sunday\, September 15\nTime: 1:00 PM\nLocation: City Hall (corner of Queen and Bay)
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/march-against-racism/
LOCATION:Toronto City Hall\, 100 Queen St W\, Toronto\, ON\, M5H 2N2\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240911T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240911T210000
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CREATED:20240818T172044Z
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SUMMARY:Film: Love and Justice
DESCRIPTION:Casa Salvador Allende Toronto (CASAT) commemorates the 51st anniversary of the Chilean coup on Wednesday\, September 11\, 2024\, at 7:00 PM at the Royal Theatre with a special screening of Love and Justice: In The Footsteps of Beethoven’s Rebel Opera. This 83-minute documentary by Kerry Candaele\, filmed in Valparaíso\, Chile\, weaves together Beethoven’s Fidelio with the story of composer Jorge Peña Hen\, who was executed during the 1973 coup. The film\, a poetic tribute to the victims\, will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker\, who will be a special guest at the screening. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/enough-is-enough/
LOCATION:Royal Cinema\, 608 College St\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Transforming the City: Municipal Politics\, Socialist Strategy\, and Organizing to Win
DESCRIPTION:The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is pleased to be presenting “Transforming the City\,” a discussion of municipal politics\, socialist strategy\, and organizing to win. \nFrom unprecedented Palestine solidarity actions and struggles against police violence to massive climate strikes and marches against healthcare privatization\, recent years have seen a growing number of people taking to the streets\, causing Toronto to re-emerge as a site of popular struggle. \nThe buildings\, roads\, and sidewalks of the city itself are what’s seen in news coverage and by those on the ground\, but what of the institutions and municipalities that often go less noticed? What makes city hall different from provincial or federal governments\, and does this change how we organize for transformational change? How should the socialist movement relate to electoral politics at the municipal level? \nAll are welcome to join us as we discuss these topics and many others that have often tripped up and confounded socialist activists throughout the years. \nSpeakers: \n\nJonathan Rosenblum is a Seattle-based union and community organizer\, and the author of Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers\, Faith Activists\, and the Revival of the Labor Movement (Beacon Press\, 2017). He worked as a community organizer for Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant and has a forthcoming book on the 10-year Seattle experience of Marxist political struggle inside the modern-day capitalist state (OR Books\, to be published in 2025). More about him and his work can be found at jonathanrosenblum.org.\nShelagh Pizey-Allen is the executive director of TTCriders\, a membership based organization of transit users.\nSteven Tufts is an Associate Professor of Geography in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. His recent research focuses on the links among organized labour\,urban economic development\, and populism.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/transforming-the-city/
LOCATION:CSI Annex\, 720 Bathurst St\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 2R4\, Canada
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240704T210000
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CREATED:20240621T180007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240621T181643Z
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SUMMARY:From Genocide in Gaza to Decolonizing Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Toward A Democratic State For All Between the River And The Sea \nJULY 4\, 7PM\nFRIENDS’ HOUSE\, 60 LOWTHER AVE.\nAlso on zoom! \nWhile our attention and hearts are focused on Gaza\, civil society cannot abandon the wider fight for Palestinian rights and a better future for everyone between the River and the Sea. \nJeff Halper is a Jewish Israeli-American peace activist and author\, co-founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions\, and a founding member of the Palestinian-led One Democratic State Campaign. \nSPONSORS:\nScience for Peace\, Socialist Project\, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. \nENDORSERS:\nIndependent Jewish Voices\, Jewish Faculty Network\, United Jewish Peoples’ Order\, Action for Palestine\, Canada Palestine Mental Health Network\, Palestine Network – Shining Waters Region (United Church of Canada). \nREGISTER: Zoom | In person.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/from-genocide-in-gaza-to-decolonizing-palestine/
LOCATION:Friends House\, 60 Lowther Avenue\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 1C7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240623T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240623T160000
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SUMMARY:Pelicula | Israelism
DESCRIPTION:A powerful 2023 documentary “Israelism\,” directed by Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen. This eye-opening film follows two young American Jews as they travel to Israel\, confronting challenging truths that transform their perspectives and spark a movement to redefine their community’s relationship with Israel. Featuring interviews with leading academics and activists\, “Israelism” sheds light on overlooked narratives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Despite controversy and attempts at censorship\, this award-winning documentary continues to inspire important conversations about justice\, identity\, and truth. \nTickets: $10ea\, Students: $5ea.\nVenue: Back Lane Studio\, 9 Neepawa Ave\, Toronto.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/israelism/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240615T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240615T130000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20240601T180010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240601T185609Z
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SUMMARY:We Need Social Housing
DESCRIPTION:For nearly a year and a half\, 230 Fightback has been working to prevent the owners of the land at 214-230 Sherbourne\, KingSett Capital\, from building a luxury condo and we have pressed for social housing that meets the needs of the community to be created instead. \nKingSett is now ready to sell the site to the City but is holding out for a price that will cover the costs of speculating on the property. We are calling on City Hall to increase the pressure on KingSett to sell by taking a no business as usual approach with the developer. In the meantime\, the site sits empty in the middle of a housing crisis\, which is a shame and a disgrace. \nDundas and Sherbourne is in the heart of the Downtown East and Mayor Olivia Chow and the rest of City Council have to understand what a disaster it would be for the local community if expensive luxury housing were built there. They also need to appreciate how great the need is for social housing in the immediate area.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/we-need-social-housing/
LOCATION:Allan Gardens\, 160 Gerard St E\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240530T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240530T140000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20240512T160020Z
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SUMMARY:Stop the Privatization of Our Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:Tell the Ford government to stop the privatization of our healthcare \nThe goal is to hold a very large protest and march in Toronto starting at Nathan Phillips Square and going to the Ontario Legislature which will be in session with Members of Provincial Parliament there from across Ontario. For those regions that are too far to bus in to Toronto to join the event culminating at the Ontario Legislature\, there will be a few large regional events as follows. \nGather at noon at the south side of Nathan Phillips Square across from the Sheraton\, 123 Queen St. W. We will march to the Ontario Legislature at Queen’s Park.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/online-global-assembly/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240427T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240427T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
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SUMMARY:The Fall and Rise of American Finance
DESCRIPTION:The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is proud to present the Toronto launch of the new book from Scott Aquanno and Steve Maher: The Fall and Rise of American Finance: From J.P. Morgan to Blackrock (Verso. 2024). \nToday\, it is all but taken for granted that finance is parasitic on industry. Financialization\, in this view\, amounts to financial institutions capturing the state\, hollowing out the “real” economy\, and hastening the decline of capitalism. Stephen Maher and Scott Aquanno challenge these arguments in their new book. They insist that\, despite the costs to workers and the middle class over the last decades\, financialization has boosted competitiveness and strengthened capital – all with the support of an ever stronger and more authoritarian state. \nAll are warmly invited to join us for the Toronto launch of this insightful and timely book. As global left and progressive forces search for ways to meaningfully confront the ever-evolving capitalism of today\, works such as The Fall and Rise of American Finance are a vital tool in understanding the shifting economic landscape we face. \nAll are welcome to stay following the end of the evening’s program for light refreshments. Copies of the book will also be available for purchase.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/fall-rise-american-finance/
LOCATION:CSI Annex\, 720 Bathurst St\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 2R4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240325T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240325T133000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
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SUMMARY:Keep Cops Off Our Pickets
DESCRIPTION:Rank-and-file members of CUPE 3903 in collaboration with Scholar Strike Canada and No Pride in Policing Canada are organizing a rally to combat the policing of our picket lines! \nWhen: March 25th\, 12pm\nWhere: Sentinel Rd\, York University
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/keep-cops-off-our-pickets/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240302T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240302T150000
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SUMMARY:International Women’s Day Toronto 2024
DESCRIPTION:No One Is Free\, Until We’re All Free! \nRally: 11:00 am at OISE Auditorium (252 Bloor St. W)\nMarch: 1:00 pm just outside OISE \nOrganized by Women Working With Immigrant Women and the IWD Toronto Organizing Committee.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/iwd-toronto-2024/
LOCATION:OISE\, 252 Bloor St. West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1V6\, Canada
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240401
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20240228T234505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T000134Z
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SUMMARY:IAW 2024: March for Palestine
DESCRIPTION:This year\, Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) comes weeks after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) dealt apartheid Israel a historic defeat by finding that Israel is plausibly perpetrating genocide against the 2.3 million Palestinians in the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip. This decision triggers legal responsibilities for all states to end all complicity and to prevent genocide. Though the World Court has ordered Israel to stop all genocidal acts\, including the killing and harming of Palestinians\, apartheid Israel continues to massacre Palestinian civilians\, destroy infrastructure\, including the last functioning hospitals\, and aggravate the encroaching famine and the spread of infectious diseases among Palestinians in Gaza\, openly defying the Court’s orders. \nWith effective grassroots campaigning\, we can build people power to end this genocide and dismantle its root causes – Israel’s regime of settler colonialism and apartheid.  \nJoin us by building campaign milestones or mobilizing for new campaigns! This IAW let’s not just educate about Israeli apartheid! Let’s escalate BDS campaigning in all fields and take meaningful steps towards supporting the ongoing Palestinian struggle to dismantle it.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/iaw-2024/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240213T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240213T140000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20240208T140010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T140335Z
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SUMMARY:Lessons from Law and Labour
DESCRIPTION:Join Labour for Palestine & ACEP-CAPE for Palestine for a webinar featuring South Africa’s High Commissioner to Canada Riaz Moe Shaik; former UN Special Rapporteur Dr. Michael Lynk\, and Dr. Katherine Nastovski on international solidarity\, labor activism\, and civil society resistance for the Palestinian liberation movement.  \nOur esteemed speakers will cover a range of topics to empower us in our activism. Professor Lynk will share what is going on in Gaza and Palestine right now\, drawing on his decades of expertise in labour and Palestine as a lawyer\, academic\, and Special Rapporteur.  \nDr. Nastovski will discuss labour activism for Palestine then and now; what’s worked in the past\, what’s changed\, and how we can move forward in this moment in time.  \nThe High Commissioner will speak on the ongoing ICJ case against Israel\, providing an overview of what’s unfolded in the courts\, and how we can apply it to our own labour activism.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/lessons-law-and-labour/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240210T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240210T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20240114T143052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240114T145349Z
UID:13166-1707573600-1707580800@socialistproject.ca
SUMMARY:The Fall and Rise of American Finance
DESCRIPTION:Public event at The People’s Forum featuring authors Stephen Maher and Scott Aquanno. \nIt is today all but taken for granted by critical political economists – and by political figures from Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders – that finance is parasitic on industry. Financialization\, in this view\, amounts to financial institutions capturing the state\, hollowing out the “real” economy\,  and thereby hastening the decline of capitalism. But Stephen Maher and Scott Aquanno pose a bold challenge to this hypothesis in their new book\, The Fall and Rise of American Finance: From J.P. Morgan to Blackrock. Surveying the last century of capitalist development\, they insist that\, despite the costs to workers and the middle class\, financialization has boosted competitiveness and strengthened capital – all with the support of an ever stronger and more authoritarian state. This has culminated since the 2008 crisis in a new economic regime – “a new finance capital” – marked by unprecedented concentration and centralization in the hands of the “Big Three” asset management firms (BlackRock\, Vanguard\, Fidelity).
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/feb1024/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240209T213000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20240102T144548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240121T165328Z
UID:16718-1707505200-1707514200@socialistproject.ca
SUMMARY:The Fascist Threat and What it Means for Working Class Politics
DESCRIPTION:“We as a left must build a politics of broad\, working-class solidarity to defeat fascism either now or farther down the road than we can currently envision.” \nAmidst unfolding environmental disaster\, ongoing genocide\, and a lack of faith in public institutions\, fascist and anti-democratic movements continue to gain political ground\, both at home and abroad. How can working class movements respond to these fundamental threats? How can we build a real alternative that can challenge the dominant politics of division and distrust? \nTo speak to this pressing topic\, The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is thrilled to host Adolph Reed Jr. for his re-scheduled special guest lecture\, THE FASCIST THREAT: What it Means for Working Class Politics.  \nAdolph Reed Jr. has been involved in working class politics for half a century. He is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the editor and author of several books on the relationship between class and racism. His writing and opinion pieces have appeared in academic journals and popular magazines including The Progressive\, The Village Voice\, The New Republic\, The Nation\, Dissent\, and nonsite.org. His latest book are The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives\, and No Politics but Class Politics (Eris Press\, 2023)\, co-authored with Walter Benn Michaels. Both books will be available for sale at the event. \nFacebook event | Instagram
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/lpsse-fascist-threat/
LOCATION:Eastminster\, 310 Danforth Ave\, Toronto\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240113T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240113T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20231229T153000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231229T155436Z
UID:13136-1705154400-1705161600@socialistproject.ca
SUMMARY:The role of unions in fighting Israeli apartheid
DESCRIPTION:Join Labour for Palestine Canada for panel presentations and discussion with labour activists and organizers from Palestine\, Europe\, US and Canada on building a worker-led movement against Israeli apartheid. \nzoom.us
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/fighting-israeli-apartheid/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231212T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231212T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20231203T150052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231203T153351Z
UID:4568-1702406700-1702413000@socialistproject.ca
SUMMARY:A Classic Palestinian Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education and the Socialist Project proudly present Fertile Memory as the next movie shown in our ongoing FilmSocial series. \nAs a way to shine a light on the current tragedies occurring in Palestine and to explore the history of the decades long occupation we have chosen to screen Fertile Memory. Fertile Memory is the feature debut by Michel Khleifi and the first full length film shot within the occupied West Bank “Green Line”. \nIn Fertile Memory\, Michel Khleifi expertly blends both documentary and dramatic narrative. Released in 1981 and set against the backdrop of Israeli occupation in the West Bank\, the film explores the lives of two Palestinian women: Farah\, an aging factory worker\, and Sahar\, a middle class writer. They live quite different lives\, but both women are deeply affected by the oppressive Israeli regime and the patriarchal society they live in. \nFollowing the film\, there will be an open discussion on the broader context of the film and some of the key questions raised by it. \nRegister at tickettailor to save your seat.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/classic-palestinian-film-screening/
LOCATION:Eyesore Cinema\, 1176 Bloor Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6H1N1\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231129T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231129T140000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20231128T140048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231128T140143Z
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SUMMARY:International Day of  Solidarity with Palestine
DESCRIPTION:When: November 29th\, 1 pm\nWhere: Meet outside Sidney Smith Hall \nWHAT TO EXPECT: Participants will march collectively to a predetermined sit-in location. The objective is to amplify Palestinian voices and advocate for change at U of T. To express your support and view our demand list\, please refer to this letter. \nTo stay updated/in the know re: any changes or additional information\, please follow @studentsforpalestinetoronto on Instagram.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/international-day-solidarity-palestine/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231022T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231022T150000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20231009T122048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231009T122638Z
UID:16944-1697979600-1697986800@socialistproject.ca
SUMMARY:Your Power at Work
DESCRIPTION:Underpaid? Overworked? Unsafe on the job? Do you hate your job and want it to be better? \nYou have power at work. \nThis fall\, learn the basics of labour organizing over 4 sessions with Climate Justice Toronto and People’s Labour Project. We’ll discuss – and practice – how to talk to your co-workers about workplace issues\, plan a union drive\, and take on management to win better wages and the dignified working conditions that everyone deserves. \nYour Power at Work is a series of 4 biweekly workshops\, every other Sunday from 1-3pm. Join us and put your power to work on the following dates: October 8\, October 22\, November 5\, November 19.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/your-power-at-work/
LOCATION:CSI Spadina\, 192 Spadina Ave\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5T 2C2\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230927T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230927T150000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20230823T200003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T200436Z
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SUMMARY:March for the Land
DESCRIPTION:Grassy Narrow and four allied nations are coming to Toronto to march against mining on their land without their consent.  \nIt is a concrete example of the ongoing colonialism\, and Indigenous resistance\, and an opportunity for settlers to be on the right side of history by supporting that resistance. \nAt 12 pm\, Wednesday\, September 27th\, 2023 five First Nations from Northern Ontario will come to Grange Park\, Toronto to lead a march calling on Premier Ford to end unwanted mining activity on their Territories. \nThese five strong First Nations have formed a historic alliance to protect their lands and waters from increased encroachment by mining companies who have been enabled by the Ford Government. \nThis is a family-friendly event. Rain or shine! \nBACKGROUND \nProspectors have staked thousands of new claims on these First Nations’ territories since Ford came to power. They are exploiting Ontario’s antiquated “free entry” mining system that allows companies and individuals to stake mining claims on First Nations lands from the comfort of their offices\, without gaining the consent of the Indigenous people who live there.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/march-for-the-land/
LOCATION:Grange Park\, Beverly and McCaul St\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5T 2W7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230925T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230925T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20230907T153037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230907T153318Z
UID:15020-1695643200-1695657600@socialistproject.ca
SUMMARY:Stop the Ford Government’s Privatization of Our Public Hospitals’ Core Services
DESCRIPTION:Make a major show of strength to set the tone for the reopening of the Ontario Legislature. \nWe are not going away.  \nWe are unalterably opposed to the privatization of our public hospitals. \nWe paid for them. We built them. They do not belong to the Ford government to run them into crisis\, gut their core services and privatize them. \nWe demand that the Ford government: \n\nStop the privatization of our public hospitals\nStop creating a crisis in our public hospitals by underfunding them\, cutting and closing services\, and trying to roll back wages of nurses\, health professionals & support staff\,\nExpand the use of existing ORs in our public hospitals\, and\nExpand capacity in our public hospitals & restore closed services.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/stop-ford-privatization/
LOCATION:Queen’s Park\, South Lawn\, Toronto\, Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230917T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230917T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20230907T150018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230907T152456Z
UID:13791-1694959200-1694966400@socialistproject.ca
SUMMARY:Regularize Everyone: It’s time.
DESCRIPTION:Bills are skyrocketing\, rent is beyond reach\, forests are ablaze\, and healthcare is being privatized. We are in the midst of an inequality crisis\, with migrants who grow the food\, care for the sick\, build the homes\, and keep us going bearing some of the heaviest burden. Lack of permanent resident status leaves them without basic rights and protections; yet without them\, society would grind to a halt. Combating climate change and ending the affordability crisis also requires regularizing all undocumented people. Achieving justice and equality for all requires permanent resident status for all.  \nOn September 17\, 2023\, the day before Parliament returns\, let’s unite in massive cross-country actions. Prime Minister Trudeau keeps stalling and we cannot keep waiting. The time for change is now. \nIn Toronto: Sunday\, September 17\, 2023 • 2:00 PM  • Bloor and Yonge intersection
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/regularize-everyone/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230912T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230912T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T045723
CREATED:20230828T143042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230828T144350Z
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SUMMARY:System Change
DESCRIPTION:The worst wildfire season in Canadian history\, worsening environmental degradation\, and the hottest week ever recorded. Amid the consequences of human impact on our planet becoming increasingly dire\, large corporations – including the fossil fuel industry – continue to hold enormous sway over environmental policy and enjoy record levels of profit. Despite numerous international climate agreements and corporate pledges\, market-based solutions have failed at every stage to offer a credible way out of our current crisis. \nIt’s in this moment that many in the environmental and climate justice movements are turning away from initiatives based on assumed economic growth and increased profits\, and toward a reorganization of the economy able to adequately address the crisis in ways the status quo cannot. \nAll are welcome to join us for a discussion of these topics and others at System Change: An ecosocialist discussion on environmental crisis\, presented by the Socialist Project and the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education. \nFeaturing a fantastic panel of organizers active in both the labour and climate justice movements\, including: \n\nTiffany Balducci – Green Jobs Oshawa and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)\nVinnie Collins – Socialist Project\nAniket – Climate Justice Toronto (CJTO)\nSharmini Peries (moderator) – Socialist Project\n\nRegistration required. Please visit the Ticket Tailor page for more details.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/system-change-ecosocialist-discussion/
LOCATION:CSI Spadina\, 192 Spadina Ave\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5T 2C2\, Canada
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