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SUMMARY:Mayworks Festival
DESCRIPTION:Featuring…\nLive Music:\nParallel Play Collective\, whose music is a call to action and solidarity\, drawing inspiration from the revolutionary struggles of the Filipino people \nPanel Discussion:\nRaw materials\, goods\, capital\, and workers themselves are part of a network of global supply chains where each link is integral to the system of wealth distribution shaping our living and working conditions. \nThis panel discussion invites labour activists and organizers to address the movement of financial assets\, cargo and labour\, and the power we have to disrupt those supply chains. Speakers include Jody Chan (No Arms in the Arts)\, Mostafa Heneway (Immigrant Rights Network)\, Radhika Desai (Geopolitical Economy Research Group)\, moderated by Moe Alqasem (Labour for Palestine). \nDate/Time: Friday May 1\, 2026\, 6:30–9:00pm (doors open at 6pm)\nLocation: United Steelworkers Hall\, 25 Cecil St\, Toronto
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/mayworks/
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SUMMARY:FilmSocial Presents: Bread and Roses
DESCRIPTION:The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to present Bread and Roses (2000) as the next film in the FilmSocial series of socialist film screenings. This edition of FilmSocial is extra special as we celebrate with a May Day party following the film!  \nIn Los Angeles\, Mexican immigrant Maya (Pilar Padilla) finds work as a janitor through her sister\, Rosa (Elpidia Carrillo). However\, conditions at their non-union cleaning company are grim. After experiencing management abuse directed at herself and her fellow workers\, Maya is convinced by union organizer Sam Shapiro (Adrien Brody)\, to get involved in the campaign for safe working conditions\, higher wages\, and dignity at her workplace. What follows leads to tension and confrontation\, not only between workers and the company\, but between Maya and her own family.  \nDirected by well know socialist filmmaker\, Ken Loach\, Bread and Roses is based on the real-life Justice for Janitors campaign\, organized by the Service Employees’ International Union (SEIU). The campaign was a pivotal moment in the fight for improved working conditions for some of the most precarious workers in the United States and Canada. As portrayed in the film\, the campaign went beyond traditional business union methods\, utilizing militant direct actions and deep community-based organizing in order to win workers’ demands.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/filmsocial-bread-and-roses/
LOCATION:College United Church\, 502 Bathurst St\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
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SUMMARY:A Worker is a Worker — May Day Forum
DESCRIPTION:To mark International Workers’ Day\, we gather across New Brunswick to affirm a simple truth: a worker is a worker\, no matter where we come from or what immigration status we hold. \nAt a time when racism\, xenophobia\, and anti-migrant policies are being used to divide workers\, these May Day forums will bring together migrant justice organizers from Minneapolis and New Brunswick and you to name divide-and-rule strategies and organize against them. \nInstead of addressing rising rents\, low wages\, crumbling public services\, and deepening inequality\, politicians are turning to deportation\, enforcement\, and Trump-style immigration policies like Bill C-12. Migrants are being scapegoated so that the people most responsible for this crisis can escape accountability. We refuse that divide. \nFeaturing Aizar Cabrera from the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee\, who will speak about the ongoing fight for survival in Minneapolis and how migrant communities are building solidarity in the face of escalating attacks. \n\nFriday\, May 1\, 2026\, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM\nViscount Kitchen – Pinoy Fiesta\, 435 King St.\, Fredericton\nSaturday\, May 2\, 2026\, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM\nVenue/location: TBD\, Moncton
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/mayday-worker-is-worker/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260504T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260504T173000
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SUMMARY:Japanese Left Today
DESCRIPTION:The Japanese Left Today and the Return to Marx’s Capital \nThe world is facing war\, economic shocks\, deep inequalities\, and ecological crises; these challenges affect us all. Join Kazuo Shii for a compelling discussion on why our society’s dominant systems need a profound transformation\, and discover why Marx’s Capital is more relevant now than ever. \nKazuo Shii is the chairman of the Japanese Communist Party and served as its secretary-general for over twenty years. A member of the Japanese parliament from 1993 to 2026\, he has been one of the leading figures of the Japanese left for many decades and continues to influence contemporary political discourse. The author of numerous books\, his most recent publications include Communism and Freedom (2024)\, Das Kapital is Interesting Now (2025)\, and Free Time and “The Capital” (2026). \nMay 4\, 2026\, 15:30 – 17:00\n802 South Ross Building\, York University\, Toronto\nRefreshments will be served at 17:00
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/japanese-left-today/
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SUMMARY:Higher Education Organizing Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Higher Education Working Group of the Socialist Project invites you to join us for our next organizing meeting!  \nThe Ford government’s assault on higher education doesn’t stop at workers. The recently announced OSAP cuts are a direct attack on low-income and working-class students. These cuts further marketize education\, making a naked assertion that the only factors students should consider in their studies are the needs of potential future employers. We must defend public education for the public good. \nThe next Higher Education Labour Working Group meeting will focus on student struggle and student-worker alliances. We’ll hear from student speakers and explore how higher education workers can meaningfully support student organizing. We’ll discuss how workers can help students resisting OSAP cuts\, how student issues can be brought into bargaining demands\, and how we can better support student-worker unionization efforts. \nWhere: College Street United Church\, 502 Bathurst Street\, Toronto\nWhen: May 7th – Refreshments at 6:30pm\, meeting start at 7:00pm\nHow: Registration required – Register here \nIf you work at a college\, university\, or related workplace\, we want to see you there! We’re once again asking everyone in attendance to send this invitation along to colleagues and make sure to bring at least one along with you to the meeting!
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/higher-ed/
LOCATION:College United Church\, 502 Bathurst St\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Capitalism Can't Be Fixed
DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday at 6:30pm\, March 25 to May 13\, 2026. \nCapitalism Can’t Be Fixed \nActivism and Mental Health with Ashwin Shantha.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/capitalism-cant-be-fixed/
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SUMMARY:Organizing 101
DESCRIPTION: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. \nLocation: Toronto\, Ontario\nDate: Saturday and Sunday\, May 23 – 24\nTime: 9am – 5pm  \nThe training consists of two 8 hour sessions. We’ll contact you closer to the date with location details. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. \nTo offset some of the costs associated with this training\, we encourage participants to pay a registration fee of $15. No worker will be turned away for financial hardship\, so please contact us if you can’t make this contribution. \nThe training is being held by the IWW\, the SP is happy to help promote it.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/organizing-101/
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SUMMARY:Education Under Siege
DESCRIPTION:Ontario’s higher education sector is at a breaking point. From the systematic marketization of colleges and universities to the sustained attack on labour rights\, the provincial government’s strategy is clear: treat education as a commodity rather than a social good. \nJoin us for a political discussion as we analyze the Ford government’s maneuvers—including the devastating shift from OSAP grants to loans\, the manufactured “international student crisis\,” and the broader austerity agenda threatening social equality. \nWe will explore strategies for a labour and community-led response\, highlighting ongoing student and labour fightbacks and providing a direct opportunity for attendees to plug into the organizing work necessary to defend\, expand\, and decommodify our public institutions. \nThis event is open to all\, especially people who work or study at a college or university. The discussion is a part of the ongoing Higher Education Workers’ campaign of the Socialist Project. If you work at a higher education institution\, we’d love to get you involved in the campaign! \nThis event is being supported by the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education as a part of its ongoing series of educational discussions on current labour and political struggles.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/education-under-siege/
LOCATION:Friends House\, 60 Lowther Avenue\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 1C7\, Canada
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SUMMARY:FilmSocial: Finally Got the News
DESCRIPTION:Finally Got The News is a documentary that shows the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside and outside the auto factories of Detroit. Through interviews with the members of the movement\, footage shot in the auto plants\, and footage of leafleting and picketing actions\, the film documents their efforts to build an independent black labor organization that will respond to worker’s problems\, such as the assembly line speed-up and inadequate wages faced by both black and white workers in the industry. \nThe film was directed by members of Newsreel\, a radical filmmaking collective formed in New York City in 1967. The filmmakers were drawn to Detroit after hearing about DRUM (Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement)\, a group of revolutionary workers in the main Dodge factory. DRUM had carried out successful strikes and inspired similar groups in other factories. DRUM eventually merged with other groups to form the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. \nWhat makes Finally Got The News distinctive is that it makes explicit the message that it will be the working class that will make and lead the revolution. It was also one of the few films that was made under the direct control of working class black people with the purpose of radicalizing other black workers.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/filmsocial-finally-got-the-news/
LOCATION:Eyesore Cinema\, 1176 Bloor Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6H1N1\, Canada
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260528T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Confronting the Resurgent Right
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Confronting the Resurgent Right. Scholars and activists take Canada’s 2022 “Freedom Convoy” as a recent manifestation of deep-rooted extremism and provide intersectional commentary on the resurgence of the political right\, demonstrating how its ideology permeates and shapes the structures of our society. \nWith evidence-based research\, and careful analysis of the genesis and methods of the right\, contributors to this volume model pathways of resistance and charge us with our most urgent collective tasks: finding ways to work together\, building coalitions in civil society\, and exposing and countering the regressive forces that spew hate. \nThe evening features a panel discussion about the book’s themes with the editor\, Miriam Edelson\, and contributors Peter Smith\, Tim McCaskell\, Judy Rebick and John Cartwright followed by Q&A.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/booklaunch-confronting-resurgent-right/
LOCATION:Tranzac Club\, 292 Brunswick Ave\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S 2M7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260620T190000
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SUMMARY:Colonialism\, Capitalism\, and Canada
DESCRIPTION:The Leo Panitch School is thrilled to host renowned historian and author\, Bryan Palmer\, for a celebration of his three volume history of Canada\, Capitalism\, and Colonialism!. \nThis monumental work offers readers access to a clear-eyed understanding of Canada’s past\, explaining how recently-acknowledged dark facts about our history are tied to the creation of a richly endowed\, wealthy but very unequal first world country. \nCost: Pay what you can\nHow: Registration required \nThe evening will feature remarks from Bryan Palmer\, as well as a panel of celebrated activists\, organizers\, and academics. \nFeel free to bring cash as discounted copies of the books as well as other reading material and merch will be available for purchase! \nFeaturing…\nBryan D. Palmer is the author of Revolutionary Teamsters: The Minneapolis Truckers’ Strikes of 1934 (Chicago: Haymarket\, 2014)\, co-author of Toronto’s Poor: A Rebellious History (Between The Lines\, 2016)\, and a past editor of the journal\, Labour/Le Travail. He is Professor Emeritus\, Trent University\, Peterborough\, Ontario.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/colonialism-capitalism-canada/
LOCATION:College United Church\, 502 Bathurst St\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260621T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260712T170000
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SUMMARY:A Crash Course on Colonialism\, Capitalism\, and the History of Canada
DESCRIPTION:How and why did colonialism develop in the regions that became Canada? What role did capitalism play in the coming of colonialism? What effect did this have on indigenous peoples and in what was the role of anti-colonial struggle?  \nWhat can the history of these and other resistance movements tell us about the possibility of a better future? How did class struggles that challenged capitalism develop? What was their relationship to indigenous opposition to colonialism? \nIn this introductory course\, we will be engaging critically with these and many other aspects of colonialism and Canadian history. The history of colonialism and modern injustice against indigenous people is rightly a motivating issue for many. The structures and systems that led to such monumental injustices must be understood\, especially by those who believe that a fundamentally better world is possible. So\, too\, it is crucial to understand the exploitation and oppression endured by working people as Canada became an advanced capitalist nation state.  \nAll are warmly invited to join us for this special 4-part series\, led by renowned historian\, author\, and professor\, Bryan Palmer. The course will be largely based on Palmer’s recent three volume series examining colonialism\, capitalism\, and the legacy of Canada’s past. For an overview of the series\, please see this excellent interview with Palmer conducted by Adam King of the Maple.  \nEach session will feature a lecture\, followed by discussion and group exercises. No previous knowledge of the subject or formal education required! \nWhen: Sunday afternoons at 2pm: June 21\, June 28\, July 5\, and July 12.\nWhere: Downtown Toronto – Venue to be shared with registrants\nCost: Free – $10/session donation suggested\nHow: Registration required
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/course-colonialism-capitalism/
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