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SUMMARY:Solidarity Rally with the People of Iran
DESCRIPTION:Join Our Solidarity Rally with the People of Iran and Against the U.S.-Israeli War on Iran! \nAs the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran continues and people bear its devastating consequences\, we invite all community members and allies to join us in demanding an immediate and permanent end to the war. \nJoin our community rally in solidarity with the people of Iran and against the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. \nWe call for an end to the imperialist war and stand with the people of Iran in their struggle for freedom\, equality\, justice\, and self-determination. \nCome raise your voice for peace and solidarity. \nSunday\, August 9\, 2026\n4:00–5:30 PM\nNathan Phillips Square\, Toronto \nPlease note: Flags of the United States\, Israel\, the Islamic Republic of Iran\, as well as the Lion and Sun flag and SAVAK symbols\, are not welcome at this rally. \nOrganized by: Iranian Collective for Peace and Justice – Canada and Feminists for Jina – Toronto.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/solidarity-with-people-iran/
LOCATION:Nathan Phillips Square\, Bay and Queen West\, Toronto\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Mass Incarceration in El Salvador
DESCRIPTION:What is going on in El Salvador and how does this matter to Canada?  \nIn March 2022 the Nayib Bukele administration in El Salvador invoked an emergency measure called a “state of exception” in reaction to a spike in gang violence. \nUnder the pretext of protecting public order\, this measure suspends freedoms of assembly\, association\, and expression\, as well as fundamental rights surrounding arrest and detention. These include the right of habeas corpus\, the right to be informed of the reasons for detention\, access to legal assistance\, and numerous guarantees of due process. \nThough the Constitution allows for such exceptional measures on a temporary basis\, the state of exception has been renewed continuously on a monthly basis\, making it a permanent security policy. It is also wielded as a tool of repression against environmental defenders\, human rights workers\, lawyers\, journalists\, political opposition members\, and others. \nOver 91\,000 people have been imprisoned under the emergency regime\, making El Salvador’s incarceration rate the highest in the world at 2% of the population. \nThere has been a dramatic drop in gang-perpetrated murders\, but at the cost of a human rights catastrophe. National and international organizations have documented dismaying patterns such as arrests for alleged gang membership with no evidence\, often in poor communities\, persecution and arrest of courageous defenders of human rights\, environment\, and democracy\, severe mistreatment in detention amounting to torture\, and preposterous and cruel collective trials of hundreds at a time on gang-related charges. According to the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) there have been 483 deaths in custody.  \nJoin us on August 10\, Prisoners’ Justice Day\, for a panel discussion and educational Q&A session on who is being affected by unjust imprisonment in El Salvador\, and Canada’s stake in the erosion of democracy and human rights in the country. \nOur featured speakers – Samuel Ramirez\, activist with the Movement for the Victims of the Regime in El Salvador (MOVIR) \nOther speakers to be announced.
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/mass-incarceration-el-salvador/
LOCATION:College United Church\, 502 Bathurst St\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
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SUMMARY:How to Organize your Workplace
DESCRIPTION:Having problems at work and are not sure what to do? Have you heard about unions and want to know how to get started? Do you lack the confidence to talk to your coworkers about forming a union? If you answered yes to any of these questions\, then the How to Organize Your Workplace course is for you! \nOver two days participants will learn what it takes to go from zero organization at work to a functioning committee of coworkers that can take on the boss and win! Together we will learn and practice the ideas\, methods\, and skills necessary to build power at work. The course will also feature a general discussion of unions: strengths and weaknesses\, potentials and limits\, and why organizing at work should be a top priority for those who want a better world. \nWhen: August 15-16 (morning until late afternoon)\nBreakfast and lunch to be provided.\nWhere: Toronto\, ON (Downtown – venue TBA)\nHow much: Free/by donation\nWho: Anyone curious about how to organize at work! \nRegistration deadline: August 8. We kindly ask that all participants register individually for this training. Coworkers and friends are welcome\, please just let us know!
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/how-organize-workplace/
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SUMMARY:Higher Education Organizing Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Having problems at work and are not sure what to do? Do you work at a College Or University and want to get connected to union struggles? Do you want to build worker power both in union and non-union parts of the higher education sector? If you answered yes to any of these questions\, then the How to Organize Your Workplace course is for you! \nThis edition of the workshop catered especially for people working at colleges and universities. All workers in the higher education sector are welcome\, including academic\, non-academic\, admin\,  custodial\, maintenance\, campus housing\, and student workers! Those who have worked in higher education in the past or are likely to again in the near future\, including students\, are also welcome! \nOver two days participants will learn what it takes to go from zero organization at work to a functioning committee of coworkers that can take on the boss and win! Together we will learn and practice the ideas\, methods\, and skills necessary to build power at work. The course will also feature a general discussion of unions: strengths and weaknesses\, potentials and limits\, and why organizing at work should be a top priority for those who want a better world. \nWhen: August 22-23 (morning until late afternoon)\nBreakfast and lunch to be provided.\nWhere: Toronto\, ON (Downtown – venue TBA)\nHow much: Free/by donation\nWho: Anyone who works in higher education and wants to organize at work!\nHow: Registration required – Register here
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/higher-ed/
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SUMMARY:FilmSocial presents: Memories of Underdevelopment
DESCRIPTION:The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to present Memories Of Underdevelopment (1968) as the second film in the new FilmSocial series on Cuba. It is more important than ever to keep attention on Cuba and the crisis it is going through from US aggression. \nMemories Of Underdevelopment was directed by the prolific Cuba director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. It is Gutiérrez Alea’s most famous work and arguably Cuba’s most acclaimed film. It was elected one of the best film’s of all time in the Sight & Sound 2012 poll. It follows Sergio\, a relatively wealthy writer\, who decides to stay in Cuba after the revolution while his wife and many of his friends choose to leave for Miami. Sergio looks back over the changes in Cuba and the effect of living in what he calls an underdeveloped country. \nGutiérrez Alea’s work is representative of the greater New Latin American Cinema movement occuring in the 1960s and 1970s. Memories Of Underdevelopment is specifically an example of “Imperfect Cinema” which rejected the “perfect” style of Hollywood movies and the “art cinema” of European movies. Imperfect cinema rejects elitism and focuses on the process over the product. The movement’s main goal was to make films where the viewer becomes an active participant. \nWhen: August 28 – Doors: 6:45pm\nWhere: College Street United Church\, Toronto
URL:https://socialistproject.ca/event/filmsocial-underdevelopment/
LOCATION:College United Church\, 502 Bathurst St\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
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