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FilmSocial: Poverty and the Welfare State, Then and Now

Ken Loach’s award winning newest film I, Daniel Blake (2016), brilliantly exposes the discipline, humiliation and frustration which people who rely on welfare benefits are subjected to in contemporary Britain. To coincide with its Toronto release, we are showing Cathy Come Home (1966), Loach’s first great film on this subject, made exactly 50 years earlier. Cathy Come Home is the … Keep reading »

Art vs Alt: How We Challenge the Right

Steelworkers Hall 25 Cecil, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Art vs Alt is a day of conversations and a platform for presentations of work by concerned artists, a day to come together to work out how to collectively confront the dramatic rise of the right. The conference is open to anyone interested in the culture and politics of the left. Discussions and plenaries on … Keep reading »