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SUMMARY:Booklaunch: Organizing Amazon
DESCRIPTION:Amazon workers in Coventry\, England have won breakthrough wage gains through years of strikes and organizing at the global giant. Now\, a new book documents these achievements\, and the militant\, grassroots methods the workers and their GMB union employed to build worker power. \nOrganizing Amazon: Building Worker Power Under Conditions of Fragmentation\, Precarity and Regimentation offers a rich case study of the factors contributing to the union’s successes and setbacks. It provides a practical organizing model applicable beyond Amazon\, offering strategies to engage the workforce\, sustain support and develop leadership. \nWe are incredibly honoured to host the author of the book Tom Vickers\, and longtime labour activist Jonathan Rosenblum\, as well as two workers from the Coventry facility for the first stop on their North American organizing tour. The evening will feature a discussion of the lessons to be learned from the campaign in Coventry and what strategies will be needed for the Canadian labour movement to begin challenging the Amazon behemoth.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/organizing-amazon/
LOCATION:College United Church\, 502 Bathurst St\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the launch of Notes Toward a Digital Workers Inquiry\, a brand new book full of first-hand accounts from the tech sector’s resurgent labor movement as artificial intelligence gains ground in every facet of our lives.  \nAs tech billionaires align with Trump\, they are also launching a renewed assault on labor through artificial intelligence and alienating tactics. But for now\, it still takes workers to make fortunes for the bosses\, and collective action is again on the rise. Previously thought to be “unorganizable\,” these workers are part of a North American movement that is reaffirming faith in collective revolutionary action through new methods of organizing\, new ways of association\, and a new synthesis of traditional labor activities with original research.  \nTo capture this growing class consciousness\, the Capacitor Collective has conducted ten illuminating interviews with platform workers and organizers whose efforts align traditional motives with new tactics in a text that shakes up the worker inquiry tradition and imagines new ways to produce knowledge with and for the movement.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/digital-inquiry/
LOCATION:Friends House\, 60 Lowther Avenue\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 1C7\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Socialism
DESCRIPTION:Curious about socialism? Interested about if it is really possible and taking a sober look at the problems it will face? Want to discuss how to begin affecting change right now? \nIn these uncertain and dangerous times\, The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is a space to listen\, discuss and challenge the contemporary relevancy of socialism. \nThe School’s flagship course\, Introduction to Socialism\, is designed for both those experienced activists always looking to learn more\, and those newer to socialist ideas and full of questions. It will not only provide a unique venue for collectively tackling important topics\, but also a welcoming space where any question relevant to socialist organizing\, no matter how basic or advanced\, can be raised and discussed. \nInstead of providing precise definitions and historical readings\, the course will focus on understanding the structures of capitalism in order to challenge it and begin building a better world. We will rely on the ideas and lived experience of participants to enhance the presentations\, examples\, and collective discussions that make up each session. \nOver 8 weeks we’ll explore topics such as what and who is the working class\, what makes socialism different\, how we can overcome political barriers\, how socialists can approach elections and winning reforms in the existing state\, what role trade unions and political parties have played for working class struggles\, and much more!
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/intro-socialism/
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SUMMARY:FilmSocial: The Organizer
DESCRIPTION:The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to present The Organizer (1963) as the next film in the FilmSocial series of socialist film screenings.  \nSet in Turin\, Italy at the turn of the 20th century\, the story follows the workers of a textile factory\, one of whom suffers a serious injury caused by exhaustion at the end of 14-hour shift. When workers stage a walk out after the factory owners refuse to shorten the work day\, determination wanes as they begin to fear for their jobs and return to their work benches. It’s not until a labour activist (Marcello Mastroianni) on the run from Genoan police appears and passionately shares from past organizing experience that the workers are emboldened to go on strike\, and in the process begin to understand the sacrifices that come with holding their ground.  \nWhen: Wednesday February 25th @6:45pm\nWhere: Eyesore Cinema\, 1176 Bloor St W\, Toronto\nWho: All are welcome! Free registration is recommended.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/filmsocial-the-organizer/
LOCATION:Eyesore Cinema\, 1176 Bloor Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6H1N1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Oil\, Capitalism\, and Climate
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to join us for the annual Leo Panitch Winter Lecture! We are honoured to welcome esteemed author and academic Adam Hanieh back to Toronto to deliver this year’s talk.  \nThis event marks the fourth edition of the school’s annual lecture\, held in the memory of the late Leo Panitch.  \nAdam Hanieh will discuss how understanding oil’s place in world capitalism is key to grasping geopolitical dynamics and global finance\, reviving vital climate struggles\, and challenging the structural interests underpinning the system itself. He will also explore the connections between our fossil-fuel centred world and the contemporary politics of Palestine and the wider Middle East. \nAt a time when the world’s attention is being pulled in myriad directions by ongoing genocide\, threats of war\, economic instability\, and rising authoritarianism\, the role that resources such as oil play in global politics often go under-noticed. Amidst this chaos\, governments and capital are massively expanding fossil fuel investment\, leaving us to face a worldwide ecological crisis that is set to only hasten in the coming years.  \nOil itself is woven into the fabric of this  modern world in obvious but also surprising ways. Much more than an energy source or transport fuel\, oil has a foundational place in all aspects of contemporary life – no challenge to the fossil fuel industry can be effective without taking this fact seriously. Oil greases the wheels of global capitalism. The world’s oil and gas trade is also rapidly changing\, bringing with it shifting economic interdependencies across the Middle East and East Asia.  \nWhen – Friday 27 February – doors open: 6:30pm\, talk starts 7pm\, social to follow\nWhere – College Street United Church – 454 College Street\, Toronto ON\nHow – Advance registration required. Free/PWYC
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LOCATION:College United Church\, 502 Bathurst St\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
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