It has been 26 years since Hugo Chávez first assumed the presidency of Venezuela in 1999. Since then, Venezuela has gone through enormous ups and downs, and mostly downs since Nicolas Maduro took over from Chavez following his death in 2013. Given Venezuela's current challenging situation, what lessons can be drawn from the Bolivarian Revolution … Keep reading »

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to present L’Argent (1983) as the first installment in our special series of film screenings on the topic of money. A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent … Keep reading »

A Ten Week Course for Union and Community Activists Facilitated by John Clarke, Former Organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). Unions and social movements today are operating in a very challenging situation. There is great economic uncertainty, the worsening impact of climate change and a global situation marked by the growing threat of … Keep reading »

We invite participants to compare Marxist and non-Marxist approaches to a wide range of issues, and to articulate how being informed by a Marxist approach can produce a unique, important, and essential analysis of pressing political, social, or ecological issues that are generally missing outside of Marxism Proposals will be reviewed by the Conference Committee … Keep reading »