Socialist Register 2026
2026-05-28 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Toronto)
Building upon more than a half century of sustained analysis of the evolving political economy of contemporary capitalism – and in particular the challenges it poses to the left – Socialist Register 2026, Late-Stage Capitalism? Accumulation in the Ruins puzzles through the rubble left behind after decades of rampant neoliberalism.

What kind of world order is now emerging?
Is capitalism entering a terminal crisis, or being violently reconstituted?
How is American empire being reshaped from Palestine to New York?
And what possibilities remain for socialist politics in an age of ecological breakdown, geopolitical fracture, and resurgent authoritarianism?

Ibrahim Shikaki, Costas Lapavitsas and Paul Heideman, three contributors to this year’s Socialist Register volume, will consider these and other question in conversation with co-editor Steve Maher and the new editor of Monthly Review Press, Arun Kundnani.
Thursday May 28th, 5:30pm at the People’s Forum, New York.
Late-Stage Capitalism? Accumulation in the Ruins

Book Launch: Confronting the Resurgent Right
2026-05-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON, M5S 2M7, Canada
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.
With 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.
The 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.

Open Up 214-230 Sherbourne
2026-06-13 13:00 - 16:00
214-230 Sherbourne has sat vacant for 18 years. This is a disgrace in a neighbourhood that desperately needs housing. Kingsett Capital, a multi-billion dollar private equity company, intends to build yet another luxury condo on the site.
Social housing should be created on this land. To drive this home, right in the middle of the FIFA World Cup, 230 Fightback is going to march to 214-230 Sherbourne to use the site as a place where local people can gather and watch the match between Qatar and Switzerland at 3.00 PM.
Please come out on the day and join us.
Meet in Allan Gardens (Carlton & Sherbourne) Saturday June 13th at 1pm (Community Lunch Provided)
230fightback | Reclaim the Game

Colonialism, Capitalism, and Canada
2026-06-20 19:00 - 21:00 | College United Church, 502 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON, Canada
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!.
This 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.
Cost: Pay what you can
How: Registration required
The evening will feature remarks from Bryan Palmer, as well as a panel of celebrated activists, organizers, and academics.
Feel free to bring cash as discounted copies of the books as well as other reading material and merch will be available for purchase!
Featuring the following panel…

Bryan 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.
Chair – Deb Cowen is a Tkaronto-based geographer recognized for work exploring the intersections of circulation, settler colonial infrastructure, and political economy. Deb serves as a trustee of the Groundswell Community Justice Trust and an editor with Katherine McKittrick and Simone Browne of the Duke University Press book series Errantries.
George Elliott Clarke is a University of Toronto prof, and has taught at Duke and Harvard. He was Toronto’s 4th Poet Laureate and Canada’s 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate. George has been awarded the Bellagio Centre Fellowship (US), the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fellows Prize, the Governor-General’s Award for Poetry, and the Premiul Poesis (Romania).
John Clarke was a longtime organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) until 2018. He was the Packer Visitor in Social Justice and presently facilitates Fighting to Win, a course for union and community activists, with the support of the Leo Panitch school.
Russ Diabo is a highly respected policy analyst and advocate with decades of experience championing Indigenous rights and sovereignty in Canada. A member of the Kahnawake Mohawk Nation, Russ has specialized expertise in federal policies, legislation, and processes impacting First Nations, particularly in land and resource management.

A Crash Course on Colonialism, Capitalism, and the History of Canada
2026-06-21 14:00 - 2026-07-12 17:00
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?
What 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?
In 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.
All 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.
Each session will feature a lecture, followed by discussion and group exercises. No previous knowledge of the subject or formal education required!
When: Sunday afternoons at 2pm: June 21, June 28, July 5, and July 12.
Where: Downtown Toronto – Venue to be shared with registrants
Cost: Free – $10/session donation suggested
How: Registration required

Booklaunch: Out of the Impasse?
2026-07-17 19:00 - 21:00 | College United Church, 502 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON, Canada
The Leo Panitch School is proud to present the launch of Out of the Impasse? Debating Class Politics and Canadian Unions. It represents the latest in the long running series of pamphlets published by the Socialist Project. It features four pieces of striking analysis, all drawing from Rosenfeld’s decades of experience as an autoworker, educator, and socialist activist.
“These interventions remind us that worker power depends not only on shop-floor solidarity, but on building a capacity for independent collective political action by unions and workers…”
All are invited to join as we celebrate this new entry into the debates on Canadian socialism and working class politics!
About the author: Herman Rosenfeld is a Toronto-based socialist activist, educator, organizer, and writer. He is originally from Newark, New Jersey, and came to Canada in 1972. He is a retired national staff person with the Canadian Auto Workers (now Unifor) and worked in their Education Department. Before, he worked for 15 years in a General Motors Assembly Plant in Scarborough, on the assembly line and as an elected union committeeperson.
When: Friday July 17, doors open: 6:30pm, talk starts 7pm, social to follow
Where: College Street United Church – 502 Bathurst Street, Toronto ON
How: Advance registration required. Free – donations accepted with gratitude.
