Hospital Emergency Town Hall Meetings in Ontario
All across Ontario people have banded together for a century or more to build up our local public hospitals. Many have volunteered, fundraised and donated from their pay cheques because these are vital services for our communities. The Ford government’s plan would dismantle our local public hospitals, taking the profitable services out to for-profit corporations, robbing them … Keep reading »
Reinventing Work with Mike Yates
The Socialist Project is proud to present Reinventing Work, a launch event for Work, Work, Work: Labor, Alienation, and Class Struggle, the insightful new book by Mike Yates. Please join us for this special online event, featuring a presentation from Mike on the book’s perspective and its relevance to today's moment, as well as opportunities … Keep reading »
Book Launch: Worlds at Stake
Queen Books 914 Queen St E, TorontoJoin Fernwood Publishing and Queen Books for the launch of Worlds At Stake by Aaron Saad, in conversation with Lana Goldberg. This venue is wheelchair accessible. Light refreshments will be served and masks are strongly encouraged. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Aaron Saad is a writer and professor focusing on the politics of climate justice and the … Keep reading »
Peace Initiatives
Demonstrations, conferences, grassroots activities and other organized by peace organizations in Europe to stop the war and build the peace. Across Europe, 24 - 26 February, 2023.
Carceral Food Systems Summit
Bridging Food Justice and Prisoner Justice A two-day gathering bringing people together to connect and learn the ways in which food and carceral systems interconnect. On March 31st and April 1st, Carceral Food Systems is hosting a gathering to bring together individuals and organizations working within food justice and prisoner justice contexts and spaces. We … Keep reading »
Resurgence of the Mexican Labour Movement
519 Kaneff Tower, York University Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOver the past year, thousands of workers in factories across Mexico producing goods for multinational corporations from GM to 3M, have joined or formed independent unions, displacing the old pro-employer “protection contract” unions. These struggles have emerged in the context of important changes to Mexican labour law and mechanisms in the new CUSMA/T-MEC/USMCA that penalize … Keep reading »
FilmSocial Presents: BACURAU
Eyesore Cinema 1176 Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada“Bacurau, a settlement in rural Brazil, is shaken by its matriarch’s death. But something strange is happening, the water supply has been cut off, and the village has disappeared from satellite maps completely. Under threat from an unknown enemy, Bacurau braces itself for a brutal fight for survival.” The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education … Keep reading »
Rally for Fair Rent
On Saturday, July 15, at 11.30am we are going to march down Weston Road to our MPPs and MPs offices, to demand that they enforce Fair Rents for all of us. We will follow the march with a free community bbq in support of the rent strikes. WHEN: July 15, 2023, 11:30 am WHERE: 33 … Keep reading »
System Change
CSI Spadina 192 Spadina Ave, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe 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 … Keep reading »
FilmSocial Presents: The Killing Floor
Eyesore Cinema 1176 Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDuring World War I, Frank Custer, a black sharecropper from Mississippi, lands a job in a meatpacking plant in Chicago. Frank succeeds in bring his family up north, but when he decides to support the union cause, his best friends from the South, distrustful of the white-led union, turn against him. The Leo Panitch School … Keep reading »