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SUMMARY:George Elliott Clarke Presents 5 Poets Breaking into Songs
DESCRIPTION:A night with poetry\, music and songs by 5 poets\, 4 composers and 2 singers with former Canadian Poet Laureate and wide audience! \nCo-hosts George Elliott Clarke and Ms. Yang Wang\, of the East and West Learning Connections\, will be pleased to bring you 5 fine poets: \n\nAyesha Chatterjee\nGiovanna Riccio\nLisa Richter\nAndrea Thompson\nAnna Yin\n\nAll of whom will recite poetry and then have a song or songs performed by singers and a pianist: They are poets become songwriters! \nRegister for zoom link. JPG poster.
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SUMMARY:Far From Over: Class Struggle and Union Organizing at Amazon
DESCRIPTION:A presentation and roundtable discussion on class struggle and union organizing at Amazon warehouses with Alessandro Delfanti and Amazon workers and organizers Ira and Fathia. \nA central political challenge for the Left today is to organize gig workers across the sectors of digital capitalism into unions. High-tech corporations such as Amazon\, Google\, Apple\, and Facebook have quickly become one of – if not the – most powerful sectors of contemporary capitalism\, and these and other companies have been equally creative and vicious in keeping their operations all but free of unions. The struggle to organize and unionize workers in “Big Tech” has recently become concentrated on Amazon\, the pivotal company in the new logistics of distribution and retail\, and now one of the largest employers on the planet\, next to Wal-Mart and US Department of Defense. Significant class struggles have emerged in response to the brutal conditions of work and labour in Amazon warehouses\, from Italy to Germany\, from Bessemer\, Alabama\, to Brampton\, Ontario. It was widely hoped that the pitched battle for union recognition at Bessemer would be a turning point in this struggle\, setting off a series of unions being formed elsewhere. If lessons are learned and new strategies taken up from the failed vote\, it still may be. If there is to be a renewal of the union movement and working-class politics in North America and beyond\, Amazon is surely at the centre of the firms of digital capitalism that must be conquered. \nPlease register for the event on Eventbrite\, and we will send you the link to the ZOOM room. \nThe event includes a 20-minute presentation on Amazon\, capitalism\, and class struggle by Alessandro\, and followed by a 60-minute roundtable discussion with Alessandro\, Ira and Fathia. Moderated by Jessica Ireland and Paul Gray. \n– \nAlessandro Delfanti teaches at the Institute of Communication\, Culture\, Information and Technology at the University of Toronto. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Warehouse: Workers and Robots at Amazon (Pluto Press). \nIra lives in Queens\, the best borough of the best city in the world with his partner and three cats. Ira has worked at an Amazon delivery station for over a year and a half is a cofounder of Amazonians United NYC and is a communist who believes that the working class should call the shots. \nFathia has been an Amazon worker in Maryland for 6 months and is in the process of forming an organizing committee with her coworkers to organize around issues in their workplace. She is a queer woman of color with a background in worker and student organizing. She is committed to building worker solidarity across identities and borders and taking our power back from the greedy bosses who seem to think it’s theirs.
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SUMMARY:No Life Like It:  A Tribute to the Revolutionary Activism of Ernie Tate
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a tribute to the life\, activism and legacy of Ernie Tate (1934-2021) \nWe warmly welcome you to join us for a tribute to the life\, activism and legacy of Ernie Tate.  \nErnie Tate believed capitalism is a cruel and unjust system that has to be changed.  Ernie was born in Belfast\, Northern Ireland in 1934 and emigrated to Canada in 1955. As a Marxist\, union activist and revolutionary\, Ernie spent his life working to achieve that in organizing against the war in Vietnam\, in union struggles at Toronto Hydro\, for protecting universal healthcare and living wages\, and much else. Ernie\, along with Tariq Ali\, was a leading organizer of the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign in Britain\, worked for Bertrand Russell’s International War Crimes Tribunal and was a founding member of the International Marxist Group in Britain.’ In 2014\, Ernie published a memoir of his life on the far left in Canada and Great Britain called Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s and 1960s. This two volume memoir is an important resource for anyone interested in a gritty account of mid-20th century revolutionary movements. It has been a source of information for the 2020-2021 Undercover Policing Inquiry hearings\, taking place in England\, in which the illegal and immoral activities of police agents in infiltrating the left have been laid bare. \nErnie died on February 5th this year. Please join us to reflect upon and celebrate Ernie’s life\, activism and legacy with many of his comrades and friends from around the world\, including: Tariq Ali and Phil Hearse (England)\, Richie Venton (Scotland)\, Barry Sheppard and Suzanne Weiss (USA)\, Pam Frache\, Judy Rebick\, Carolyn Egan\, Sam Gindin\, Bryan Palmer\, Rob Fairley\, and John Riddell (Canada)\, and Patrick Bond (South Africa). \nThe event will be online\, on ZOOM. Please register for your free ticket on Eventbrite. After you register on Eventbrite\, the link to the ZOOM room will be emailed to you a few times in advance of the event. \nHosted by Socialist Project\, Centre for Social Justice\, Spring\, Resistance\, Green Left Weekly\, Socialist Viewpoint
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/no-life-like-it-a-tribute-to-the-revolutionary-activism-of-ernie-tate/
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