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| 1:00pm, Saturday April 21, 2012 Queen's Park, Toronto. Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
Rally: Ontario Day of Action Against Cuts At 1:00 pm on Saturday, April 21, 2012, the labour movement and community groups will hold a mass Day of Action against austerity cuts at Queen's Park in Toronto. The province continues to hand out billions of dollars in corporate tax cuts through the front door while public and private sector jobs are disappearing through the back door. The Ontario government is preparing to table a slash-and-burn budget in late March or early April that will be guided by the hundreds of cuts that former TD Bank Economist Don Drummond is expected to propose later this month. Take these extra steps to help make the Day of Action against cuts a success: * Pass an emergency motion at your meeting to support the April 21 Day of Action; * Appoint a staff member too coordinate the mobilization of your union, labour council or organization; * Outreach to community allies, in particular any local Occupy Activists, to connect our issues in fight for equity and social justice; * Bring your own signs, banners and union flags to show support; and * Secure funding from your union, labour council or organization for buses from your community. Labour Councils should approach affiliates for support in funding buses to Toronto. However, in circumstances where financial resources are lacking, the OFL can be approached to provide financial support. However, all subsidized buses must be filled! Questions about mobilizing and logistics should be directed to: Laurie Hardwick, Director of Organization Services 416-571-3087 or lhardwick@ofl.ca Buses should be registered with the OFL: Carrol Anne Sceviour (416) 443-7670 or csceviour@ofl.ca It is time to mobilize a province-wide opposition to cuts that will put people at the centre of the provinces' strategy for economic recovery. Ontario Federation of Labour |
| March 16 - March 18, 2012 Pace University, 1 Pace Plaza, New York. Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
: Left Forum 2012 #Occupy the System: Confronting Global Capitalism A unique phenomenon in the U.S. and the world, Left Forum convenes the largest annual conference of a broad spectrum of left and progressive intellectuals, activists, academics, organizations and the interested public. Conference participants come together to engage a wide range of critical perspectives on the world, to discuss differences, commonalities, and alternatives to current predicaments, and to share ideas for understanding and transforming the world. The conference is held each spring in New York City. Early Registration Discounts End on Jan 18th www.leftforum.org |
| 2:00pm, Sunday March 4, 2012 Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto. Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
GTWA Coffeehouse: Sex Worker Solidarity Panellists: Kathryn Payne, Keisha Scott, Phoenix Kat, Kyisha Williams and Victoria Love Moderator: Emily van der Meulen Sex workers in Toronto have been organizing for improved labour and social rights for over 30 years. And yet, we have witnessed an intensification of criminal law sanctions against sex workers' labour activities since the mid-1980s. Despite their ongoing efforts to change social views, sex-work continues to be seen by many as illegitimate, dangerous, exploitive, and valueless. Sex workers have identified criminalization, and its resulting stigma and discrimination, as central to the problems they face. Therefore, labour organizing for better protections is inseparable from the fight for decriminalization. This GTWA coffeehouse discussion will address how acting in solidarity with sex worker rights organizations, and supporting sex workers in their efforts to improve their working conditions and end criminalization, are important in the movement towards expanding labour rights for all. A Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly Coffeehouse | Facebook event |
| 9:00am, Saturday March 3, 2012 Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto. $10 Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
: IWD Mary Spratt Breakfast Proceeds go to local women's shelters. Sponsored by the Toronto and York Region Labour Council | PDF poster |
| January 19 - February 26, 2012 Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor Street West, Toronto. Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
Art Exhibit: Scene Otherwise An exhibition of recent work by Carole Conde + Karl Beveridge Please join us Thursday, January 19th 6-9pm for an opening reception Scene Otherwise takes a number of artistic conventions and images and re-imagines them in terms of contemporary concerns. The first exhibition of the work of Condé + Beveridge in Toronto in over eight years, it brings together a number of projects that address issues of the environment, economics and politics. Facebook event |
| 7:00pm, Friday February 17, 2012 Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto. Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
Forum: Haiti: Solidarity and Social Justice Updates on the ongoing legal efforts to try Jean Claude Duvalier for human rights abuses against the Haitian people and the strong legal action against the United Nations on behalf of 5,000 victims of cholera for its role in the introduction of cholera into Haiti. • Evaluation of the aid and recovery effort in Haiti, two years following the earthquake. Has it met the expectations of the Haitian people, and if not, why not? • What is Canada’s role in aid and recovery in Haiti? • The future of the United Nations police and military occupation force in Haiti. SPEAKERS: • Nicole Phillips, staff attorney for the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, adjunct professor at University of San Francisco and assistant director for Haiti programs at the university. • Roger Annis, coordinator of the Canada Haiti Action Network in Vancouver and director of a ten-day fact-finding and solidarity mission to Haiti in June, 2011 Hosted by: Internal Education and Political Development Committee and the International Solidarity Committee of the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly; Toronto Haiti Action Committee; and Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Network | Facebook event |
| 12:00pm, Friday February 17, 2012 32 Grenville St ., Toronto. Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
Rally: Family Day action to demand justice for migrant farmworker deaths As Ontarians prepare to celebrate Family Day, Justicia for Migrant Workers is urging community allies to join us to demand justice for the families of Ralston White and Paul Roach. We will also be remembering the lives tragically lost in the recent crash that killed ten migrant workers just outside London, ON. Ten migrant workers employed as chicken catchers and the driver of a transport truck died on February 6, 2012. Mr Roach and Mr. White were two Jamaican migrant workers who were killed in a confined space accident at work in September of 2010. All charges were recently dropped against three people who operated Filsinger Farms where these deaths occurred. A plea bargain resulted in a guilty plea for one supervisor of a minor charge of failing to provide proper precautions against confined spaces and a miniscule fine of $22,500 for both deaths. This is believed to be one of lowest fines issued for a workplace death in the history of Ontario. On Friday February 17th, 2012 at 12:00 pm, Justicia for Migrant Workers will be gathering at the Office of the Chief Coroner (32 Grenville St) to renew our demand for an inquest into the deaths of brothers Roach and White and to call for an inquest into the recent deaths of farmworkers outside London. While there have been several tragedies involving migrant workers, there has never been an Coroner’s Inquest in Ontario examining the death of a migrant worker employed under the temporary foreign workers program. From there we will march to the Ministry of Labour to demand that the Ministry step up to protect the rights of migrant farmworkers. In the face of this terrible tragedy, the Ministry of Labour must take immediate action to ensure that migrant workers have protection at work and that basic employment standards and health and safety laws are being enforced. Justice for Migrant Workers |
| 7:00pm, Thursday February 16, 2012 OISE, Rm 2212, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto. Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
Forum: Stop Canada's Environmental Injustice Building for the Future Speakers include Ben Powless, Indigenous Environmental Network; Raúl Burbano from Common Frontiers, Brent Patterson, Council of Canadians (National Office), both just returned from the world Thematic Social Forum: Capitalist Crisis, Social and Environmental Justice in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Kim Kerridge, Greenpeace; Dave Vasey, Environmental Justice Toronto; Andrea Peloso, Code Pink; Challenges to Harper’s plans for more pipelines to export dirty Canadian tar-sands oil; opposition to mining injustice; protection of Ontario farmland from mega quarry destruction, safeguarding secure public water supplies, and more: environmentalists are active in many fields. Yet Canada’s government remains among the worst promoters of environmental injustice. As we approach the June 2012 Rio+20 world conference on sustainable development, how can we best link and advance our common struggle for environmental and climate justice in Canada and internationally. Organizers: Common Frontiers, Toronto Bolivia Solidarity (action group of OPIRG Toronto) | Facebook event Sponsors: Latin American Caribbean Solidarity Network, Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly International Solidarity Committee |
| 7:00pm, Thursday February 16, 2012 Sandford Fleming Building, Room 1101, 10 King's College Circle, Toronto. Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
Forum: Living the Limit Criminalization, Incarceration and the Law A panel discussion to celebrate the double book launch of: Dean Spade’s Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law and David Gilbert’s Love and Struggle: My Life in SDS, the Weather Underground and Beyond. Participants: Dean Spade is an attorney, educator, and trans activist who has taught classes on sexual orientation, gender identity, poverty and law at the City University of New York (CUNY), Seattle University, Columbia University, and Harvard University. In 2002 he founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a collective that provides free legal services and works to build trans resistance rooted in racial and economic justice. Christa Big Canoe, is a First Nation woman, mother and lawyer, who aspires to increase access to justice for Aboriginal people. She is known as a passionate advocate for First Nation children and women's rights, as well as rights for equal access to education and care. She is currently the Legal Advocacy Director of Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto AJ Withers is a Toronto-based anti-poverty and disability justice organizer and author. They have worked with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) for many years and their book Disability Politics and Theory will be out this spring through Fernwook Publishing. Sponsored by OPIRG-Toronto | Facebook event |
| 12:00pm, Thursday February 16, 2012 College and Bay St, Toronto. Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
Rally: Solidarity Against Austerity On March 16, 2012 FIGHT POVERTY AND DEMAND: A LIVING INCOME! HOUSING! QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES FOR ALL! Friday, March 16, 2012 Rally and March - 12noon College and Bay St, Toronto (Outside the Ministry of Housing) Join the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) and allies for a march and rally on Friday, March 16th, in the lead up to the 2012 Provincial Budget. The McGuinty government has hired former head of the TD bank, Don Drummond, to propose and provide the basis for massive social cutbacks in their 2012 budget. It is being drafted as the Provincial component of the austerity agenda that is gathering force across Canada and internationally. City Hall, Queen`s Park and Ottawa are delivering austerity, but clearly it is being cooked-up on Bay Street by bankers like Drummond to the benefit of their rich friends. We have to stop the cuts and fight for what poor and working people need! The measures they intend to hit us with will fall on top of the losses we have already faced: -Social assistance rates have lost at least 55% of their spending power since the days of the Harris Tories; the base amount for welfare today is a despicable $599/month -The minimum wage has been reduced in real terms and more and more workers are forced into low wage jobs with E.I, employment standards and protection for workers being steadily eroded -The fastest growing numbers amongst the poor in Ontario are racialized people without status; forced in to an economy that benefits from their massively underpaid and exploited labour, but fails to provide even basic services -Waiting lists for social housing across this province are decades long while people are priced out of the private housing market and homeless shelters are overcrowded -Access to affordable childcare is almost non-existent while thousands wait for limited subsidy spaces. For poor people and workers in this province, it has been a constant state of crisis. McGuinty is now preparing to make this situation much worse. On March 16, we will be rallying at an Ontario Government location but taking our march to Toronto`s financial centre where the real decisions are being made by and for the '1%'. We will be marching to oppose austerity measures but also to demand the reversing of previous cutbacks, the right to a living income, the right to affordable and accessible housing, and for good quality public services for all! We will be marching against the kind of society Drummond and the rich are creating, and for one that meets the needs and improves the lives of all of us! GET IN TOUCH: Ontario Coalition Against Poverty ocap@tao.ca/416-925-6939 Visit:www.ocap.ca On Facebook: facebook.com/groups/OntarioCoalitionAgainstPoverty | Twitter: @OCAPtoronto |
| October 15 - February 15, 2012 City Hall, 100 Queen St W, Toronto. Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
Protest: Occupy Toronto Market Exchange General Assemblies at 7pm at Nathan Phillips Square - staying in touch | regular committee mtgs Jan 6-8 - Occupy Toronto - Regrouping Weekend: "Retreat, Regroup, Reoccupy!" at 25 Cecil Street. Friday 7-10pm; Saturday 11-7pm; Sunday 11-6pm. Jan 20-22 - Occupy Toronto - Activist Assembly at OISE. Friday 7-10pm; Saturday 12-4pm; Sunday 12-6pm. www.occupyto.org | Facebook - Occupy Toronto | Occupy TV |
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| 6:00pm, Friday February 10, 2012 40 College St, Toronto. |
Rally: Justice for Victims of Cops Come out to Police HQ, Today & Tuesday: Justice for Victims of Cops, Justice for Murdered Indigenous Women Justice for Michael Eligon & other victims of Toronto Police brutality 6 PM in front of police headquarters, 40 College St between Bay & Yonge Streets. One week ago today, yet another person was shot dead by the police. Micheal Eligon was wearing a hospital gown and holding a knife. To quote the man who called the police and now regrets doing so- “... this was uncalled for. There was no need to shoot him...” Come out and demand justice for Michael, and all the other victims of police violence! OCAP |
| 1:30pm, Friday February 10, 2012 York Univ., Verney Room, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto. |
Seminar: The Failure of Capitalist Production Prof. Andrew Kliman will be speaking on campus about his new book The Failure of Capitalist Production: Underlying Causes of the Great Recession, published this year by Pluto. Geoffrey McCormack, a Ph.D student in Social and Political Thought, and John Simoulidis, who teaches in Business and Society, will be discussants. Hope you can join us for this seminar on competing interpretations of the crisis, crisis theory in radical political economy, and their political implications! Facebook event | PDF poster |
| 5:00pm, Monday February 6, 2012 171 George Street, Ottawa. |
Rally: Support the Workers at Salvation Army It was on Jan 6, a month ago, that the workers at the Salvation Army walked out the job. We are trying to rally supporters on Feb 6 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. After a month it is time to take a stand and let the employer know that time has come to return to the table with a fair offer. If you cannot come at that time strikers will be glad to see you at any time of the day. Come alone or with a friend and congratulates them for a great month of struggle. C'était le 6 janvier à 15 h, il y a un mois aujourd'hui, que les travailleuses et travailleurs de l'Armée du Salut sont sortis en grève. Nous tentons d'organiser un rassemblement de nos alliés entre 17 h et 19 h le 6 février. Notre message à l'employeur après un mois est: assez c'est assez, le moment est venu de retourner à la table de négociation avec une offre juste. Si vous ne pouvez venir à ce moment de la journée les grévistes seront heureux de vous voir à un autre moment. Passez les féliciter pour ce mois de lutte et pour leur détermination. |
| 5:30pm, Sunday February 5, 2012 Jack Purcell Community Centre, Elgin and Lewis, Ottawa. |
Community dinner: From the Belly to the Heart A FREE community dinner and night of bilingual story sharing from the forefront of some of Ottawa's current worker struggles. ALL ARE WELCOME but space is limited! With artistic performances by: Three Little Birds & Poetic Speed With Stories from the workers of the: * Museums of Science & Technology, Aviation and Agriculture, * Novotel Hotel and * Salvation Army If you are donating, or have any questions, please feel free to call: 613-262-3658 or email: Fonseca@psac-afpc.com Organized and sponsored by: Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) National Capital Region: PSAC Local 73100 – Salvation Army Booth Centre: PSAC Local 70401- Canadian Museum of Science and Technology Corporation: Occupy Ottawa Labour Outreach Committee: The Socialist Project: SEIU Local 2: CUPE 2204 | Facebook event | PDF poster |
| 5:00pm, Saturday February 4, 2012 Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave, Toronto. |
Forum: Celebrate 13th year of Venezuela's Revolution Inaugurating the Latin American Solidarity Network's month of solidarity. The louis riel bolivarian circle & hands off venezuela invite you to our celebration of the 13th year of the bolivarian revolution * to see an excellent short video "the compass points south" and, to enjoy good music, dance, and food with us on this joyous occasion! Sponsors: CBLR-Bolivarian Circle Louis Riel, Hands Off Venezuela, LACSN | More information: cblriel@sympatico.ca | PDF poster |
| 2:00pm, Saturday February 4, 2012 Dundas Square, Toronto. |
Rally: Stop the Drive to War Against Iran and Syria! Almost exactly 9 years ago, many of us were preparing for massive mobilizations against a US-led invasion of Iraq. Underneath all of the political speeches and media panic about weapons of mass destruction, we knew the real reason behind the war drive: oil. Now, in the case of Syria and Iran, we are confronted by the same speeches about WMD, the same portraits of megalomaniacal dictators, the same efforts to soften public opinion in favour of war. And, again, we are confronted by the same underlying issue: oil. We need to show our solidarity with the people of Syria and Iran by doing what we can to prevent a US and NATO-led aggression. We must stand up and protest this drive to war. The Toronto Association for Peace and Solidarity (TAPS) and the Committee for the Defense of the Iranian People's Rights (CODIR) are holding a rally this Saturday, February 4, at Dundas Square at 2 pm. Please join us and raise your voice against war, and for a Canadian foreign policy that is based on peace. |
| 12:00pm, Saturday February 4, 2012 35 St George street, Toronto. |
Conference: Occupy Strike Resist How do we beat the 1%? One-day conference With every passing day, the capitalist system spins deeper into crisis. Politicians, bankers and bosses are trying to force us to pay for their mess by slashing jobs, pensions and wages. Across the globe, people are fighting back. The Arab Spring has inspired new possiblities of resistance, general strikes have rocked Europe, and the call to #Occupy and resist was taken up in over 1,700 cities. Millions of people are beginning to question the logic of the capitalist system. Join us for this one-day conference as we discuss and debate these ideas and talk about the way forward. For schedule, suggested readings, and to register: www.occupystrikeresist.com |
| 11:00am, Wednesday February 1, 2012 Student Centre - Ryerson University, 55 Gould Street, Toronto. |
Rally: National Day of Action to Drop Fees! ALL OUT FEB 1st **Talk to your professors about academic accommodations *** In less than a week, students from across Canada will come together in coordinated rallies and marches to demand action to drop fees, drop student debt and increase education funding. Here in Toronto thousands of us will take to the street in a series of feeder marches that will converge at the University of Toronto and then head to Queen's Park to make our demands clear. This is a crucial time for students to take action. With the highest fees in Canada, the lowest per-student funding and record levels of student debt, education is getting farther out of reach. By taking action and hitting the streets, we've won some important victories but there's more to be done. How you can help:
ALL OUT! FEB 1st! |
| 7:00pm, Tuesday January 31, 2012 Ottawa District Labour Council Board Room, 280 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa. |
Forum: Solidarity vs. Austerity OCAP's Raise the Rates Campaign - Film Screening & Panel Discussion Join other workers in discussing why trade unionists need to join the fight for increased social assistance rates and a decent income for all! * Free snacks & refreshments provided * Child friendly space * Wheelchair accessible * No one turned away for lack of funds, $5-10 donation suggested It has been more than 16 long years since Mike Harris cut welfare and froze disability. McGuinty's Liberals have been in power for half that time and done nothing to deal with poverty. In fact people are worse off today. It would take a 55% increase to bring benefits to pre-Harris levels. If benefit levels were restored to the same level of spending power as we had in 1994, a single person on Ontario Works would receive $904 a month instead of the miserable $593 now being issued. The fight for a decent income and 55% increase in social assistance rates is one that workers need to be involved in. Come find out how you can get involved. UNITED WE EAT, DIVIDED WE STARVE! Featured Panel Discussion with: * John Clarke - Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) John is a political activist and a founder of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. In the 1980s he was a factory worker and, upon becoming unemployed, he founded the Unemployed Workers Union which ultimately led to the creation of OCAP. * Cindi Foreman - Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Cindi is 2nd National Vice-President with CUPW. She is a long-time postal worker and union activist, who was previously involved in Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty (SCAP) in Sudbury. Film Screening of “Raise the Rates & the Special Diet” A joint project between OCAP & Ontario Council of Hospital Unions on ‘Raise the Rates and the Special Diet’. The film highlights the impact of the aggressive and continuing cuts to welfare, and the growing grassroots fight to Raise the Rates and reinstate the Special Diet Program. MC'd by Dan Sawyer from Ottawa's Under Pressure | Facebook event |
| 11:00am, Tuesday January 31, 2012 Salvation Army, 171 George Street, Ottawa. |
Rally: Support the Workers at Salvation Army Despite its reputation of caring for people in need, when it comes to negotiating with its employees, the Salvation Army likes to play dirty. During a strike most employers maintain the Benefit Plan for their employees: some continue paying the premiums, others pass the bill to the union. It doesn't really matter who pays; what matters is that strikers continue to have access to their medication while exercising their right to strike. The PSAC has offered to reimburse the Salvation Army for premiums paid to its employees Benefit Plan during the strike, but the Salvation Army has said "NO". Instead, the Army is choosing to cut its employees' Benifit Plan on January 31st. This is an extremely rare occurence during a strike, and is an abhorrent manner for an employer to treat its workers. Thanks to OPSEU, however, the PSAC has been able to make alternative benefits arrangements for the strikers. Help us denounce this employer's tactic by coming to show support at our press conference on January 31st, 11:00 a.m.. 11 a.m. on a weekday is not an easy time to gather large groups. In order to show the Salvation Army that other unions and organizations are as appalled as we are by this employer's most recent tactic, we are hoping many of you will be able to send a delegation with a flag that will show the media your organization's support for the strikers of the Salvation Army. |
| 4:00pm, Sunday January 29, 2012 OISE - 8th floor, 252 Bloor St. West, Toronto. |
Forum: Eurozone from Greece to Germany – Explaining the Crisis Karl Marx talked about the contradictions between the forces of production and the relations of production as the basic impediment to human progress under capitalism. We are seeing this playing out in real time in the unfolding crisis in Europe. This talk will focus on these contradictions, not from the standpoint solely of the Eurozone’s weakest economy, Greece, but also from that of its strongest, Germany. The European Union, and the Eurozone within it, are just the most recent forms in which capitalism in Germany has attempted to overcome the contradictions outlined by Marx. The talk will trace these attempts, from Bismarckian imperialism in the 19th century, to the two world wars in the 20th century, and finally look at today’s crisis. All of these attempts at finding a “spatial fix” to crises in capital accumulation have occurred undemocratically, have fostered chauvinism and racism, and have remained trapped in the fetishized forms which are the curse of private property. These superstructural impediments have become prisons, holding back social development in Germany and throughout Europe. Paul Kellogg is a political economist who teaches in the graduate program at Athabasca University. For more information, email ideasleftout@gmail.com | Facebook event |
| 7:00pm, Friday January 27, 2012 Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto. |
GTWA Coffeehouse: Occupy Debrief 2011 - maybe it wasn't quite 1968 but it was a year of great social upheaval. With 2011 behind us, the GTWA is holding the first in what will be a new series of Coffeehouses to discuss where we are as a movement, with this particular one featuring two local activists who were very involved in Occupy Toronto, and in particular building links between the Occupy movement and the labour movement. Is this the beginning of a new community/labour coalition that we've been waiting for? Will the Occupy movement be able to sustain itself and help awaken a dormant labour movement? How did the Occupy Toronto experience measure up with other Occupations? These and other issues will be topics of comradely discussion. Speakers: Brendan Bruce, Lana Goldberg, Megan Kinch and Paul Gray Organized by the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly Internal Education and Political Development Committee (IEPD) | Facebook event |
| 7:00pm, Thursday January 26, 2012 Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd., Montreal. |
Book Launch: Too Many People? Population, Immigration and the Environmental Crisis You are invited to attend a book launch and public discussion with ecosocialist and climate justice activist Ian Angus in conversation with Canadian author and dissident, Yves Engler. The United Nations designated October 31, 2011, as the "Day of 7 Billion," when the global population reached seven billion people. Many environmentalists now argue that overpopulation is the greatest threat to the environment today, but Ian Angus exposes the serious dangers of this argument in his latest book, Too Many People? Join Ian Angus and Yves Engler at the Concordia Greenhouse to celebrate the Montreal book launch of Too Many People? This event is unfortunately not accessible by wheelchair. Space is limited so please come early to get a good spot! For more details email: brett.matthew@yahoo.ca |
| 12:45pm, Tuesday January 24, 2012 York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto. |
: Poverty, Austerity and Resistance Amina Ali, OCAP organizer in Etobicoke John Clarke, OCAP organizer David McNally, Department of Political Science, York University A panel of speakers on approaches to resisting poverty in this City in the context of post 2008 austerity. It will deal with the impacts of this agenda in the life and struggles of the Somali Community in Etobicoke and show how the fight for increases in social assistance rates and against Rob Ford's cuts are being taken up by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty OCAP. It will explore ways that faculty, workers and students at York can show support and solidarity with the resistance that is being built in low income communities. * Amina Ali is OCAP's organizer within Etobicoke's Somali Community. As such, she confronts, on a daily challenge basis, intrusive social assistance offices and neglectful public housing managements. She is a leading activist in a community that faces poverty and racism but that fights back. * John Clarke is an organizer with OCAP and has been part of the organization since its formation in 1990. He became active in anti poverty struggles in the early 1980s when he was laid off from his job in the Westinghouse Plant in London, Ontario. * David McNally is an activist, author and Professor at the Department of Political Science at York University. HNES (Health, Nursing and Environmental Studies) 140 |
| 5:30pm, Monday January 23, 2012 171 George Street, Ottawa. |
Rally: Support the Workers at Salvation Army Management at the Salvation Army has been showing disrespect to its employees for years so it is not surprising that they would show total disrespect to their picket lines when they decide to stand up for their rights. Our problem here is that there are many entrances and not enough of us to have a real presence at each door. This is getting to be quite frustrating! We need help to make a clear statement. We need people to help us form a human barrier in front of each entrance - Monday (Jan 23) @ 5:30 pm at 171 George St. All we are asking is a show of respect for the picket line by waiting 20 minutes. If we could form a human barrier maybe they will at least stop to hear our request for a bit of respect. PSAC |
| 11:00am, Saturday January 21, 2012 Victoria Park, Wellington and Dufferin, London. |
Rally: STOP CATERPILLAR! London Day of Action Against Corporate Greed It is time to stop Caterpillar Inc. from bulldozing Canadian jobs! Electro-Motive Canada, a subsidiary of U.S. industrial giant Caterpillar Inc., wants to strong-arm workers into a pay cut of over 50%, dropping hourly wages from $35 to $16.50. It has also levelled devastating cuts to benefits and pensions at the members of CAW Local 27 even though the company has enjoyed billions in profit and a 20 percent boost to production over the last year. The labour movement must come together to defend these workers and stop Caterpillar dead in its tracks. It’s time that organized labour began to militantly push back against every greedy employer – whether in the private or public sector – that is attacking good jobs and retirement security for current and future workers. Facebook event | OFL | Occupy London |
| 7:00pm, Friday January 20, 2012 Palmerston Library Theatre, 560 Palmerston, Toronto. |
Forum: Commemorating the Third Anniversary of the War on Gaza This past December 27th marked the third anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, the Israeli assault on Gaza that left over 1400 dead and another 5000 wounded. Over the course of twenty-two days, 4000 buildings were destroyed and 20,000 were severely damaged, and 50,000 were left homeless while 400,000 were made to do without running water. Speakers: Jon Elmer - Jon is a photojournalist and writer specializing in the Middle East and Canadian foreign and military policy. He has lived in and reported extensively from the West Bank and Gaza Strip – covering such topics as the al-Aqsa intifada, the ‘disengagement’ and siege on the Gaza Strip, the sanctions regime and factional strife in Gaza, and the creation and consequences of the Dayton Army in the West Bank. For more information on Jon, please visit: http://jonelmer.ca/ Monira Kitmitto - Monira is a Palestinian activist and member of CAIA. She has worked in Palestinian refugee camps Lebanon and was an active member in the Union of Palestinian Women. Hammam Farah - Hammam is a York University graduate (Psychology and Political Science) from Gaza where his family currently resides. He is an active member of Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) @ York University and is currently studying psychoanalysis at the Centre for Training in Psychotherapy in Toronto. Presented by CAIA | Facebook event |
| 12:00pm, Friday January 20, 2012 Department of Justice, 275 Sparks Street, Ottawa. |
Rally: Justice Minister Nicholson Must Refuse the Extradition of Hassan Diab! On Friday January 20, join Hassan Diab’s supporters to deliver a petition to Justice MinisterRob Nicholson, signed by over 500 organizations and individuals, demandingthat he refuse the extradition of Hassan Diab. Under extradition law, Mr.Nicholson has the discretion to stop extradition proceedings at any point.Moreover, the law obliges Mr. Nicholson to refuse to order an “unjust andoppressive” extradition. If you haven’t done so already, pleasesign the petition at stopextradition.diabpetition.org, and encourage others you know to do so as well, BEFORE January 18. |
| 7:00pm, Wednesday January 18, 2012 Friends of Quakers, 60 Lowther Ave., Toronto. |
Forum: Occupy Talks: What Gravy Train? Austerity, Finance, and the Polarization of Wealth As Ford & Toronto City Council meet to discuss and vote on massive budget cuts, we will explore the underlying structures that lead to such backward decisions with renowned speakers: * Linda McQuaig is an acclaimed Canadian journalist and best-selling author. She currently writes an op-ed column for the Toronto Star and has written eight books on politics and economics, including It's the Crude, Dude, and most recently, The Trouble With Billionaires. * Jim Stanford is one of Canada’s best-known economists. He is the founder of the Progressive Economics Forum and writes a regular column for the Globe and Mail. He has written seven books, including his latest, Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism. * Sam Gindin is a respected academic and intellectual. Until recently he was a professor of political economy at York University. He regularly publishes in academic journals and has written numerous books. His latest is In and Out of Crisis: The Global Financial Meltdown and Left Alternatives. Over the last several decades, inequality has been steadily increasing, with the 1% enjoying ever higher concentrations of wealth, while members of the 99% experience greater poverty. What are the underlying factors that lead to this polarization of wealth? How do our economic and financial policies favour capital over ordinary people? How has the situation worsened since the financial meltdown? Who is paying the price and why? These are the questions our speakers will address in this critical panel discussion. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from Canada’s brightest minds and participate in this exciting discussion! The event is FREE! Donations are welcome :) Facebook event |
| 5:30pm, Tuesday January 17, 2012 City Hall, Toronto. |
Rally: Final Budget Showdown Toronto vs Ford! On January 17th-19th, City Council will vote on the 2012 budget. Ford and his buddies want to cut nearly $90 million in services, even though the city has a surplus of at least $140 million. They plan to slash services, hike fares and user fees, and lockout or layoff workers when there is actually enough money to improve life in this city. Toronto Stop the Cuts has been organizing in neighbourhoods across the city to build powerful resistance against Ford and his cuts. On January 17th, we are all coming together for a Final Budget Showdown - a rally and actions to oppose the cuts and demand an expansion of city services for all! ------------------- Join OCAP and the Downtown East Committee as we meet up and march together to City Hall: 4:30 pm at Moss Park (Queen and Sherbourne) ------------------ Join us - together we can Stop the Cuts! | Facebook |
| 2:30pm, Tuesday January 17, 2012 York Univ., Ross South 6th floor, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto. |
Forum: Hegel and Marx on State and Civil Society Talk by Norman Levine Prof. Norman Levine wrote his doctoral dissertation in the field of German historiography and received his PH.D. from New Yorkk University in 1965. Presented by the Department of Political Science at York University. |
| 7:00pm, Monday January 16, 2012 Carleton (Porter Hall), 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa. |
Town Hall: Public Services & Tax Fairness A Democratic Opportunity for Public Input in Response to Looming Cuts to Health Care, Education, Social Services The McGuinty government is planning painful cuts to health care, education, and social services (as high as 33 percent in some Ministries). From the smallest women’s shelter to the largest hospital, no public service is safe. Under these mounting attacks, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) approached a national advocacy group called the Public Services Foundation of Canada (PSFC) to hold a Commission on Quality Public Services and Tax Fairness. Last September, the PSFC agreed to work with OPSEU to hold province-wide hearings to hear from people who value public services and tax fairness as a way to pay for preserving those services our communities rely on. www.standupontario.org |
| 9:00am, Sunday January 15, 2012 Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto. |
GTWA Assembly: Solidarity Resistance Change in 2012 The next General Assembly of the GTWA will be held on Sunday January15, 2012. All members and supporters are encouraged to attend. Members and supporters are welcome to bring guests. We also welcome observers. Members and supporters are encouraged to register as soon as possible so as to help us plan for the event (food and materials). Registration prior to the Assembly is mandatory for observers. Registration information can be found on the bottom of this post. If you are attending as an observer and want to find out more about the GTWA check out our website or drop us a note. Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly | Facebook event |
| 7:00pm, Friday January 13, 2012 Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto. $5 minimum requested donation |
Forum: Occupation, Eviction, Urbanization Race and Space Struggles in Palestine, the Americas, and Europe Wanting to encourage a broader dialogue about the Palestinian struggle in relation to questions of race, space and power, Faculty for Palestine brings together a panel of academics to review spatial and racial struggles in a variety of contexts to cover such questions as: - Which spatial forms have been used to further state racism in various national settings? - What modes of resistance have been used to challenge racialized spatial governing practices? - What is the relationship between different spatial politics across national settings? - How does urbanization figure into these dynamics? Aiming to foster maximum discussion, brief presentations will be made by each panelist followed by a short commentary by Cynthia Wright (York University). The balance of the evening is a moderated question and answer period. Presenters are: Abigail Bakan (Queen's University), Kanishka Goonewardena (University of Toronto), Stefan Kipfer (York University), Karen Murray(York University), and Vannina Sztainbok (University of Toronto). Presented by Faculty for Palestine | Facebook event |
| 6:00pm, Friday January 13, 2012 Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto. |
GTWA Forum: Strategizing the Resistance A Conversation with Manny Ness In 2012 workers in Toronto face a large coordinated attack on jobs and services. We must resist, again, as workers have resisted throughout history. In order to develop creative, innovative resistant strategies as we fight to win, we can look to our own history - and present - of class struggle to see what others have done and how we can learn from them. Immanuel Ness is the author of several books on workers' organising and resistance. He is a trade union organiser and labour activist and co-founded with Keith Brooks the New York Unemployed Committee (1990–1993), which successfully organised jobless workers at New York State unemployment centers. Ness has done extensive research on social and revolutionary movements, labor militancy and migrant worker resistance, and class struggles. And has published recent books on new worker organizations. He recently co-edited a collection called "Ours to Master and to Own" which details 22 cases of workers' councils, assemblies and occupations from the Paris Commune to the present. His political focus has been on mobilizing the working class through rank and file self-activity, including through workers' assemblies, workers' councils, and cooperatives. He calls for working class democracy rooted in new forms of worker organizing that he has called the "parallel unions" of democratic organisation. On Friday, January 13th come meet with Immanuel Ness for an evening of conversation wherein we learn of militant worker histories - and of militant worker organising in the present! - and begin to develop our own class struggle in Toronto today. This Friday evening discussion will provide an excellent way to prepare for Sunday January 15th GTWA winter Assembly where we will work on developing a coherent fightback strategy for Toronto in 2012. Check out Assembly details Facebook event |
| 7:30pm, Wednesday January 11, 2012 Medical Sciences Bldg, room 3135, 1 Kings College Circle, Toronto. |
Lecture: Finkelstein: How to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict? To start 2012 off right, CJPME is delighted to welcome back American scholar Norman Finkelstein on an exciting speaking tour in Eastern Canada on Jan. 11-14. Mr. Finkelstein's lecture will focus on practical approaches to resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict and is entitled:How to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict? Finkelstein was awarded his doctorate by Princeton University in 1988, and has subsequently taught at Rutgers, New York University, Brooklyn College, Hunter College and DePaul University (Chicago). His academic research has concentrated on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its representation in political discourse. Mr. Finkelstein has devoted much of his adult life to the achievement of a just peace between Israel and Palestine. Jan 11, 4pm York Univ Jan 11, 7:30 U of T Jan 12, Ottawa Jan 13, Montreal Jan 14, Moncton CJPME |
| 12:30pm, Wednesday January 11, 2012 626 York Research Tower, Toronto. |
Lecture: Whose (DE)Fault is it Anyway? The EU Crisis in Historical and Comparative Perspective American Crisis/Global Crisis: Can the empire of globalization contain the spirits it has called up from the deep? With Professor Leo Panitch. European Union Centre of Excellence | PDF poster |
| 2:30pm, Monday January 9, 2012 York Univ., Ross South 674, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto. |
: Reinventing Democracy Through Resistance Social Movement Activism in South Africa, 2000-2010 A talk by Marcelle Dawson - senior researcher South African Research Chair in Social Change, University of Johannesburg. |
| January 6 - January 8, 2012 Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto. |
: Occupy Toronto - Regrouping Weekend "Retreat, Regroup, Reoccupy" A weekend of reflection, coordination, structuring and regrouping for activists involved in Occupy Toronto committees. This weekend conference will serve as a chance for the committees to communicate with each other, coordinate, and restructure if necessary. It is primarily intended for the members of the Occupy Toronto Committees but totally open to the public and all are welcome. Schedule: Friday 7:00-10:00 - Facilitated Debriefing Session. A facilitated group activity session that will encourage individuals to identify group strengths and weaknesses, and develop interpersonal relationships. Saturday 12:00-4:00 Committees each take a turn debriefing. Every committee interested in participating must come up with a short (10-15 minute) presentation, and a 15 minute open discussion will follow each committee's debrief Sunday 12:00 - 2:45 Open, facilitated discussion on our decision making process. Various decision making alternatives will be presented followed by a group discussion. 3:00 - 6:00 Visioning Session using the Open Space method of facilitation. Facebook event |
| 3:00pm, Friday January 6, 2012 Salvation Army, 170 George Street, Ottawa. |
: Solidarity With Salvation Army Workers... PSAC members working at the Booth Centre of the Salvation Army will walk out the job and begin their strike on Friday January 6 at 3:00 pm. If you can spare the time and bare the cold, please be there at 3:00 pm to let them know they are not alone in their struggle against an employer who claims to fight poverty but refuses to give its own employees a living wage. www.salvationarmydispute.ca |
| 12:00pm, Friday January 6, 2012 Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa. |
: Mobilization against program cuts & layoffs If you can stop by and show your support (primarily moral support, since most of these folks will be engaging in their first union activity), it would be greatly appreciated. PSAC will fight against layoffs |
| 11:00am, Friday December 23, 2011 KPMG, 333 Bay Street, Toronto. |
Rally: Stop Handing the Keys to KPMG! Calling all supporters!!! Injured workers and their supporters are outraged by the recent KPMG report for the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). KPMG’s report advocates that a successful workers compensation system is one that stops compensating injured workers. Once again, our government institutions have asked KPMG to recommend devastating changes that will result in poverty and injustice for people across Ontario. This is part of an austerity agenda where services are being cut across the province, while activists and unions resisting are criminalized and corporations get massive tax breaks. This is no way to treat people who risk their health doing the most dangerous, dirty and deadly jobs in Ontario! The Ministry of Labour and the WSIB must publicly denounce KPMG’s recommendations and ensure injured workers are treated with fairness and respect! OCAP | Facebook event |
| 5:00pm, Monday December 19, 2011 Yonge-Dundas Square, 200 Victoria Street, Toronto. |
Rally: Protest Military Rule in Egypt Join the global solidarity protests against military rule in Egypt. In the last few days, the Egyptian military has brutally attacked peaceful demonstrators in Tahrir Square in Cairo and across Egypt. The images of soldiers beating and disrobing protesters have sent shockwaves around the world. Bring homemade placards and banners. At the protest, we will distribute information leaflets to passersby and ask them to sign the solidarity petition, which will be faxed to the Egyptian Embassy in Ottawa. Facebook event |
| 5:00pm, Sunday December 18, 2011 Chinese Railway Workers' Memorial, Blue Jays Way and Navy Wharf, Toronto. |
Vigil: Celebrate Migrant Workers Flowers, food, fruits and wine are the markers of the holiday season - grown, packaged, shipped, cooked by migrant workers across this country. As people begin to plan festivities, the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, is calling on migrant workers, undocumented people and their allies to join us at the Chinese Railway Workers' Memorial at 5pm in a vigil of somber reflection and to reiterate the need for immediate, urgent action to ensure justice, dignity and status for all migrants. The monument is located south of Spadina and Front (across from the Rogers Centre, Blue Jays Way and Navy Warf Ct.) Facebook event |
| 12:00pm, Thursday December 15, 2011 10 Peel Centre Drive, Brampton. |
: CUPE 966 Solidarity Rally and Assembly This incredible Local needs our full support as they have been advised the Region is planning to privatize the Region's publicly owned long term care homes and "crush" the Local's Collective Agreements. If people would like to go to the rally, there will be a bus (provided by the flyingsquad of CUPE 966) at Kipling station at 11am. It is best that you email a request to tocommunity-labour.bus@hotmail.com in order to assure that there is a seat for you. The rally will start at noon, and the assembly should be done between 1:15 and 1:30pm. The bus will be returning to Kipling Station at around 2pm. Bus pickup: Kipling Station at 11am. At the kiss & ride pick up spot (exit the station on the bottom level and look for the big pink bus). Facebook page |
| 3:00pm, Saturday December 10, 2011 St.James Park, Toronto. |
March: No Prison Expansion – March Against Bill C-10! No Prison Expansion March and Noisy Demonstration Bring noise makers, family and friends On December 10, 2011, we will gather at St James park, the past site of Occupy Toronto. From there, we will march to the Don Jail in order to express our hatred of prisons and our contempt for the Criminal (In)Justice System. Harper's Crime Bill is an attempt to lock more of us away for petty crimes- to fill Canadian jails with drug users and people struggling with mental health issues. Facebook event |
| 11:00am, Friday December 9, 2011 Ministry of Labour, 400 University Avenue, Toronto. |
: Injured Workers' Demonstration This is the 20th Annual Christmas Demonstration Justice - not Poverty for Injured Workers Join us for Good Cheer and other surprises. Minister Jeffrey is invited… refreshments provided Ontario Network of Injured Workers' Groups | Toronto Injured Workers’ Advocacy Group | PDF poster |
| 9:30am, Thursday December 8, 2011 City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto. |
: Confront the Grinch Who Stole Childcare Join us Thursday, December 8th 9:30 am (sharp please!) as we deliver a holiday message to Rob Ford (a.k.a. THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHILDCARE) Our kids aren’t gravy! In the midst of an affordable daycare crisis, Rob Ford and his followers are insisting on slashing childcare services – cutting 2000 desperately-needed subsidies, closing childcare centres, and even considering cuts to quality control inspections and family resource centres. On top of these proposals are a myriad of other cuts, such as those to nutrition programs and affordable housing, that hurt our families and communities. This is not the kind of city we want to raise our children in. Don’t let the Grinch shrug his shoulders and blame the province while he pushes through policies that hurt kids and force parents out of work. Join us, our kids, and our Grinch. This demonstration is organized in association with the Toronto “Stop the Cuts!” Coalition. |
| 10:00am, Tuesday December 6, 2011 Parliament Hill, Ottawa. |
Rally: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women • First Nations Drummers • Nycole Turmel, Leader of the Official Opposition, NDP MP for Hull-Aylmer • Maria Mourani, Bloc Québécois MP • Wendy Cukier, President, Coalition for Gun Control • Suzanne Laplante-Edward (mother of Anne-Marie Edward, École Polytechnique victim) • Rose Ceremony, Roll Call of École Polytechnique victims | PDF poster |
| 2:30pm, Monday December 5, 2011 Verney Room, Ross Bldg South, 6th Floor, York University, Toronto. |
Forum: Why could Marx not complete Capital? The department of Political Science presents a talk by Michael R. Kratke Michael R. Krätke is Professor / Chair of Political Economy at the Universityof Lancaster, UK, and Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies. He is a collaborator of the MEGA (The complete works of Marx and Engels) and of the Historical Critical Dictionary of Marxism. His major research interests are Marxology, the theory and history of crisis, history and theory of modern capitalism and the state, public finance in modern capitalism and the history of Marxian / Marxist political economy. His major publications include Crisis and capitalism in Marx (1975), Trade unions and economic policy (1978), Critique of public finance (1984), Marxism as a Social Science (1996) and A short history of capitalism (2006). Recently, he has worked on the unpublished writings of Rosa Luxemburg, Otto Bauer, Natalie Moszkowska and Rudolf Hilferding. | PDF poster |
| 1:00pm, Saturday December 3, 2011 Don Montgomery Community Centre, 2467 Eglinton Ave East, Toronto. |
Forum: Respect Scarborough What does the new city budget mean for us? More cuts in Scarborough? Low wage future for the next generation? Public Forum: find out how the city budget will affect us and our communities. www.Facebook.com/RespectScarborough | PDF poster |
| 1:00pm, Saturday December 3, 2011 489 College Street. 3rd floor, Toronto. |
Membership Meeting: of the Greater Toronto Workers Assembly It is important for us to engage in discussions about the goals, plans and politics of the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly in between General Assemblies. As such, it is important that you attend if you are available. The hope is that resolutions about future action will come from this GMM as motions to be proposed at the next General Assembly in January (14th). Part of the GMM will be used to continue the discussion about the Solidarity Platform and to discuss how the Platform should be used by the Assembly. |
| 10:00am, Saturday December 3, 2011 63 Gould Street, Toronto. |
Meeting: Global Day of Action on Climate Change Join us in solidarity with synchronized demonstrations around the world calling on world leaders to take urgent action on climate change. These demonstrations coincide with the annual United Nations Climate Talks taking place in Durban, South Africa. At 10 am we will hear speakers from Toronto and see supporting videos. We have a growing number of people on the ground in Durban who will give live updates. Discussion of action going forward will ensue. We close the day off on a high note as we march with Occupy Toronto at 2 pm. Facebook event |
| 7:00pm, Thursday December 1, 2011 Wilson Hall, 1016, 40 Willcocks Street, Toronto. |
 Forum: Public Dialogue Situations The Left's Responses to the Crisis in Europe and North America Leo Panitch, Stephanie Ross, Albert Scharenberg, Bill Fletcher Sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, the Centre for Social Justice, and the Socialist Project. Facebook event |
| 9:00am, Monday November 28, 2011 City Hall, Toronto. |
Rally: Ford's Budget Launch On Monday, November 28th, the 2012 city budget will be released. At this meeting, the Budget Committee will reveal its plans to gut city services and attack public sector workers. Join Stop the Cuts at 9am, at City Hall to confront Ford and his buddies on the Budget Committee. Together we will show them that we are here to fight back every step of the way! toronto stop the cuts.com | Facebook event |
| 7:00pm, Saturday November 26, 2011 Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto. |
Film: Labour and the Occupy Movement What is the connection between Labour and the Occupy Movement? Come and join a discussion at CLiFF Toronto with Jesse McLaren – doctor, socialist, and activist, who has been an active participant among the organizers at Occupy Toronto. labourfilms.ca |
| 12:00pm, Saturday November 26, 2011 Parliament Hill, Ottawa. |
Rally: What: A march against the Conservatives' dangerous Bill C-10. Who: Occupy Ottawa, Elizabeth Fry, John Howard Society and allies When: 26 November, 12:00 pm Where: Starting at Parliament Hill, marching to Supreme Court |
| 6:00pm, Monday November 21, 2011 Room #3.5 (Metro Beadry), 1710 Beaudry, Montreal. |
: Call for an Organizing Assembly Join together to Resist the Conservative Agenda! The Conservative government in Canada is promising four years of anti-immigrant, anti-poor, anti-worker, anti-Queer, anti-woman, anti-environment, pro-surveillance, pro-prison, pro-military, and pro-Big-Oil policies. At the same time, inspired by uprisings across the Arab world, a new spirit of resistance is again moving in North America. Join us to help build a grassroots network to oppose the Conservative government's plans and build a society based on global economic justice and self-determination. Over the summer, several open assemblies were held to discuss how to respond to the Conservative agenda. These meetings were attended by individuals and members of groups working on a variety of social justice campaigns and struggles for justice and freedom. Out of those meetings, we came up with a basis of unity (below) and several ideas for action. Please join us on November 21st to brainstorm strategy and action and to get involved in organizing a mass teach-in, a pan-Canadian day of economic disruption, and a direct-action convergence. Come with your own suggestions for ongoing popular education, radio broadcasts, public forums, and actions ... let's use all means to fight the Harper agenda and the capitalist systems in which it is embedded. * Free food, free childcare on site * Meeting will be bilingual, with EN-FR translation available For more information: prenonslacapitale@riseup.net | Facebook event |
| November 18 - November 20, 2011 University of Alberta, Edmonton. |
Conference: Class Dismissed Capital's war on workers and democracy The conference will explore the current attack on workers and unions seen in places like the United States and Britain, and look at the warning signs that this anti-public sector worker wave is already on its way to Alberta and Canada. We will also explore the accompanying attack on democracy and how capital is working to hinder real action to protect our common environment. As always, we will look at hopeful examples of resistance from places like Wisconsin and North Africa, and see how we in Alberta can learn from those experiences. Parkland Fall Conference 2011 |
| 12:00pm, Friday November 18, 2011 Wychwood Barns Community Gallery, 601 Christie St, Toronto. |
Art Exhibit: Some of Our Beeswax Friday, November 18th 12-9pm - Opening Reception is 6-9pm Saturday, November 19th 9-5pm Sunday, November 20th 10-4pm | PDF poster |
| 7:00pm, Tuesday November 15, 2011 Carleton University, Arts Lounge, 2017 Dunton Tower, Ottawa. |
Panel Discussion: Seeing Through Capitalist Culture The Occupy Movement has sprung up around the world to protest the excesses of global capitalism, including here in Ottawa. But capitalism is more than just banks and financing. Its logic permeates all aspects of our lives, and its effects can be hard to see. Join us for an interactive discussion about the cultural effects of capitalism, and how it shapes the way we understand everything from education, to food systems, to the financial system itself. Short presentations from academics and Occupiers, followed by a facilitated discussion. Refreshments will be served! Co-sponsored by the Occupy Ottawa Outreach Committee and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. |
| 8:00pm, Friday November 11, 2011 Bike Pirates, 1292 Bloor St West, Toronto. |
Launch: Upping the Anti Issue 13 Come out on Friday, November 11th to launch our latest issue of the journal, lucky issue 13! We're launching at Bike Pirates. $10 gets you in and a copy of the journal. As always, subscribers and sustainers get in for free. Upping the Anti 13 includes: - Erica Meiners, Liam Michaud, Josh Pavan, and Bridget Simpson on queer responses to sexual offender registries - Sunera Thobani on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 - Nick Dyer-Witheford on the circulation of the commons - Interview with Joaquin Cienfuegos on CopWatch LA - Interview with Mikhail Bjorges on CUPW's 2011 strike - Interview with Jesse Rosenfeld on Palestine solidarity and the Freedom Flotilla II - Interview with Neil Smith on revolutionary ambition under austerity - Roundtable with members of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid Book reviews and more... Putting out this issue was quite the labour of love, so please come out and help us celebrate its launch in style with DJ b# and DJ Nik Red | Facebook event |
| 12:00pm, Friday November 11, 2011 3469 Commercial St., Vancouver. $10 suggested donation |
Teach-in: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Another World is Possible - But How Do We Get There? The shocking truth behind those Ruby Slippers! The subversive sub-text of the Wizard of Oz! We’ll show the film, Veda Hille will play some of the songs and a couple of speakers will deconstruct what was really behind the curtain that masked the reality of the world monetary system and capitalism! peaceforumteachin.org |
| 3:30pm, Sunday October 30, 2011 People's Plaza, Montreal. |
Fourth Popular Forum: Join together to Resist the Conservative Agenda! A nasty agenda has taken power in Canada: an anti-immigrant, anti-poor, anti-worker, anti-Queer, anti-woman, anti-environment, pro-surveillance, pro-prison, pro-military, and pro-Big-Oil agenda! On the other hand, inspired by uprisings across the Arab world, a new spirit of resistance is again moving in North America. Please join us to help build a grassroots network opposing the Conservative government's agenda from our long-term perspective of creating a society based on global economic justice and self-determination. Over the summer, several meetings were held to discuss how to move forward together here in Montreal. These meetings were attended by individuals and members of groups working on a variety of social justice campaigns and struggles for justice and freedom. Out of those meetings, we came up with a basis of unity. Please join us on October 30 to hear a report-back from Montrealers at Occupy Wall Street, brainstorm strategy and action (a Four Year Plan!), and get involved in organizing a mass teach-in, a pan-Canadian day of economic disruption, and a direct-action convergence. Come with your own suggestions for ongoing popular education, radio broadcasts, public forums, and actions ... let's use all means to fight the Harper agenda and the capitalist systems in which it is embedded. For more information: prenonslacapitale@riseup.net |
| 3:00pm, Wednesday October 26, 2011 Confederation Park/Occupy Ottawa, Ottawa. |
Protest: Union Busting Occupy Ottawa's direct action committee has endorsed a solidarity rally against union busting at Novotel. We have been organizing for a union for over 2 years now and management has fired at least 5 people for being union activists and then lied about it. Despite this we still have majority support on union Cards. We have filed a number of charges against the company at the labour board but this process can take years, YEARS!, meanwhile the company continues to harass and fire union supporters, in flagrant violation of the law. The union organizing committee is way passed being scared by this intimidation and is angry about the violation of our rights! On Wednnesday workers and community supporters will rally against the firing of housekeeper Esperance Umwizaninde a housekeeper who is quoted in the leaflet linked to below. UniteHERE | Facebook event |
| October 21 - October 22, 2011 Montreal. |
Conference: Indignez-Vous! Hope in Resistance Join us, in solidarity with the conference Indignez-Vous! Hope in Resistance, for a discussion about strategy to defend our rights to dissent, advocacy and democratic space in Canada. Defending advocacy and dissent: a long-term strategy Joingnez-vous à nous, en solidarité avec la conférence Indignez-Vous!, pour une discussion sur des stratégies à long-terme pour défendre nos droits à la contestation, le plaidoyer, et l'espace démocratique. Agenda |
| October 15 - October 22, 2011 Confederation Square, Ottawa. |
: Occupy Ottawa Dear Friends, Allies, Supporters, With just under 6 days until the Global Day of Action in Solidarity with ‘Occupy Wall St.’ and a lot of organizing and coordinating to do, we are making incredible progress. Sorry about how long of an email this is but there is a lot of things that need to get covered! First! Our ‘1st General Assembly of the Occupation of Ottawa’ will take place on Saturday, October 15th, 12:00 pm noon at Confederation Park (Laurier & Elgin, across from City Hall) to be followed by the formation of a tent-city once the General Assembly is concluded. Second! 20 Working Groups of the Occupy Ottawa Organizing Committee have been formed and are now organizing meetings to develop mandates for each working group and moving forward on the various tasks that the group identifies as needing to take on. occupyottawa.org | facebook.com/occupy.ottawa |
| October 17 - October 20, 2011 Palais des congrès, 201 Viger Ave. West, Montreal. |
: International Forum on the Social and Solidarity Economy This forum is intended as a meeting place for people and ideas. All the activities in which participants will take part will be facilitated using a participatory and interactive approach. Just like the methods that it seeks to promote, this forum will work in the spirit of co-construction and dialogue. Event objectives: - To bring together key players in the social and solidarity economy from countries across the North and South and their partners in government, labour movements, research institutes and international organizations. - To help strengthen partnerships between civil society and government that support the social and solidarity economy in the various participating countries. - To highlight successful partnerships, particularly in the development of public policy. - To encourage the exchange of ideas around the theme of the social and solidarity economy at the international and inter-regional level. For more info and to register |
| 7:00pm, Wednesday October 19, 2011 Dunton Tower, Room 2203, Carleton University, Ottawa. |
Forum: Hassan Diab: Extradition Law on Trial video Speakers: * Donald Bayne, Partner at the law firm Bayne Sellar Boxall * Nathalie Des Rosiers, General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association Moderator: * Bill Skidmore, Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (Human Rights) at Carleton University Join us for a discussion of legal, factual and political questions in the case against Hassan Diab, a former Carleton and University of Ottawa professor. Find out: Why exonerating evidence was not allowed in court How Canada’s extradition law is fundamentally unfair Why a fair trial in France is unlikely Sponsored by: The Departments of Law, Sociology and Anthropology and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (Human Rights) at Carleton University; CUPE Local 4600; and the Canadian Association of University Teachers. |
| 7:00pm, Friday October 7, 2011 Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto. |
GTWA Coffeehouse: Harper's Hat-Trick?: The provincial election hangover The outcome of the provincial election is uncertain, but there is a strong possibility of change at Queen’s Park. This coffee house will provide an opportunity to reflect on the impact of provincial politics the day after the election. Important questions addressed will include: How will the outcome of the election deepen austerity measures in Ontario?, How will Left resistance to provincial austerity measures be shaped by any change in government?, and What are the implications for conservatism if Harper scores (or fails to score) his ‘hat-trick’ in the GTA with the insertion of municipal, provincial and federal right-wing governments? We do hope you will join our discussion. Confirmed Speakers include: * Murray Cooke * Matt Fodor Additional speakers to be confirmed. Facebook event | Steve H talks about the hat trick |
| 6:30pm, Monday October 3, 2011 UQAM, 405 Sainte-Catherine Street East, Montreal. |
: Fourth Popular Forum to Resist the Conservatives In the first three assemblies, ideas have been exchanged on how to build a popular movement against the Conservative agenda that is anti-capitalist and long-term in vision, looking beyond the immediate urgency of this Conservative regime. In early September, the 3rd forum adopted a Basis of Unity for the network that you will find below. The network aims to challenge the Conservative government through a series of actions over the course of the next four years. From organizing a popular teach-in this spring in support of the many struggles targetted by the Harper government, to a pan-Canadian day of action and economic disruption in June, to a direct-action convergence next fall, to ongoing popular education, radio broadcasts, and public forums, we'll use all means to fight the Harper agenda and the capitalist systems in which it is embedded. Only together in solidarity and on the streets can we become a real challenge to this government and help bring about real change. For more information or to receive previous minutes, email prenonslacapitale@riseup.net Quatrième forum contre les conservateurs Lundi 3 Octobre 18:30 au J-M770 (au sous-sol du pavillon Judith Jasmin de l'UQAM (405 rue Sainte-Catherine Est)) on part de là pour aller dans un local qui sera alloué entre temps. |
| 12:00pm, Wednesday July 6, 2011 Dundas Square, Yonge and Dundas, Toronto. |
Rally and March: No TTC Fares on Smog and Heat Alert Days! During Extreme Heat Alerts, the City of Toronto counsels people to seek shelter and opens cooling centres across the City. People are at risk of death during these alerts – particularly pregnant women, senior citizens, people living with disabilities and chronic illnesses and people living in substandard housing. We need TTC to be FREE on Extreme Heat and Smog Alert Days so that people can access cooling centres and stay safe during the summer heat and smog. Facebook event | PDF poster |
| 10:00am, Saturday June 4, 2011 Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, 51 Stuart Street, Hamilton. |
Bookfair: Hamilton Anarchist Bookfair 2011 We are pleased to announce the 4th annual Hamilton Anarchist Bookfair. Please spread the word! The bookfair will be a one day event with anti-capitalist, anarchist and social justice oriented publishers, vendors and organizations from across the region gathering to share literature and ideas. A series of workshops through out the day are also planned, details will be available shortly. hamiltonanarchistbookfair.wordpress.com |
| 2:00pm, Thursday June 2, 2011 Univ. of New Brunswick, Wu Centre Auditorium, 6 Duffie Drive, Fredericton. |
Public Lecture: Society for Socialist Studies presents their 2011 keynote address: "American Empire, Capitalist Crisis, and the Global South" by Leo Panitch. Professor Panitch is the York University Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy. His work examines the role that the American state and corporations have played and are playing in global capitalism. NB Media Co-Op | Congress 2011 program |
| 5:00pm, Thursday May 12, 2011 W2 Media Cafe, 111 West Hastings, Vancouver. |
Forum: Post-election round table discussion rabble.ca, Mayworks and The Georgia Straight present: The morning after (the 2011 federal elections) There has been a lot of talk about the post election blues. Was this election hot and cold for you? Good and bad? Do you wake elated for a moment, then with dread? Join in a post-election discussion in Vancouver to make sense of what the new Canadian political landscape is and to strategize for what comes next. Speakers include: - Libby Davies (Vancouver East MP, NDP Deputy Leader) - Jamie Biggar (Leadnow.ca) - Derrick O'Keefe (StopWar) - Duncan Cameron (rabble.ca board president and columnist) Moderated by: Charlie Smith, Editor, The Straight The round table discussion will aim to make sense of what the new Canadian political landscape is and strategize for what comes next. For those not in Vancouver -- watch the livestream on rabbletv. You won't want to miss it! Facebook event |
| 6:00pm, Sunday May 1, 2011 Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto. |
Celebration: May Day 2011: Political and Cultural Evening Entertainment begins at 6:30 and includes a number of spoken word artists and musicians... Speakers, food & refreshments and a great cultural program including: Voces Poéticas – Maneli Jamal – Salimah Valiani – Mohammad Ali Aumeer - Charles Roach – Lisa Makarchuk – Omer Mansour Sponsored by: United May Day Committee JPEG poster | PDF poster | Facebook event |
| 5:00pm, Sunday May 1, 2011 Avant Garde Bar, 135 Besserer, Ottawa. |
Party: Celebration & Benefit for USWA 1005 Guest performers - The May Day Singers, Faye Estrella - activist/spoken word artist United Steel Workers local 1005 have been locked out of their Hamilton factory by their employer U.S. Steel since November 7, 2010. US Steel has demanded pension cuts including an end to the indexing of pension payments for its 9,000 retired workers. Adding insult to injury, US Steel only three years ago made extravagant promises to workers that its acquisition of Stelco would not affect their livelihoods. This is part of a larger campaign by employers to use the economic crisis as a pretext to erode essential benefits and wages. This is a struggle that impacts all of us. Hosted by the Socialist Project, Co-sponsorsed with the Workers History Museum & Communist Party of Canada. | PDF poster |
| 1:00pm, Sunday May 1, 2011 Christie Pits Park, Bloor and Christie, Toronto. |
Rally: May Day International Workers' Day Rally & March 1:00PM – Rally - two starting points: * Queen St. W & Jameson St. (Parkdale) - ‘Status for All’ May Day of Action organized by No One is Illegal |Facebook event * Christie Pits Park - May 1st Movement 1:30PM – March 4:00PM – converge at Dufferin Grove Park. On the eve of the election, as the Canadian Government bombs yet another country, as communities are displaced and poisoned by mining firms, as families continue to be ripped apart by deportations, as every level of government follows through on plans to cuts social programs and privatize services, as climate change continues to cause havoc in the World… JOIN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ON INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY! LETS UNITE WITH WORKING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD RESISTING THIS AGENDA AND FIGHTING FOR TRUE PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE! BASICS News | May 1st Movement | No One is Illegal |
| 6:30pm, Wednesday March 30, 2011 Trane Studio, 964 Bathurst Street, Toronto. |
Film/Discussion: CKLN Jazz Zone Presents Paul Robeson Documentary “HEAR I STAND” Program includes a panel discussion featuring Professor Lee Lorch from 6:45-7:45 pm and a performance by singer Henry Nowick at 7:45 pm. Screening at 8 pm. Hosted By Tien Providence. Donations accepted at the door. CKLN |
| 6:30pm, Thursday November 19, 2009 Centre for Social Justice, 489 College Street West, 3rd floor, Toronto. |
Lecture: Privatization of Public Services and Consequences for Labour Experiences from Europe - with author and researcher Christoff Hermann, Working Life Research Centre, Vienna, Austria. Sponsored by Centre for Social Justice, Centre for Research on Work and Society (York University), Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, Socialist Project. PDF poster |
| 7:00pm, Friday October 2, 2009 Ryerson Student Centre, 55 Gould Street, Room 115, Toronto. |
Public forum: Organizing Working Class Communities
 Featuring Steve Williams Co-Director of the California based group People Organized to Win Employment Rights and co-author of the book Towards Land, Work and Power. Williams' presentation at Building Leadership for Change (March, 2009). Co-sponsored by Socialist Project and Centre for Social Justice. Endorsed by Black Action Defence Committee (BADC), No One Is Illegal-Toronto (NOII) and Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) | PDF poster | Facebook |
| 7:30pm Saturday May 2, 2009. Eri Café - 953 Somerset Street West, Ottawa. |
 Join the Socialist Project in Celebrating MAY DAYRob Ryan & Friends International Songs of Struggle; Carlos Perez Poems from the struggle. Cash Bar and Ethiopian Food available | PDF poster |
| 7:00pm Tuesday March 10, 2009. POD 250, 380 Victoria St, Ryerson University, Toronto. |
2009 Phyllis Clarke Memorial Lecture: Still a Marxist After All: Lessons and Insights for our Time By Leo V. Panitch - Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy, York University and co-editor of the Socialist Register. For further information contact Bryan Evans at 416 979-5000 x4199 or e-mail: b1evans@ryerson.ca. To be broadcast as part of TVO’s Big Ideas series. PDF poster | Website | View video |
| 7:00pm, Saturday April 28. Victory Cafe, 581 Markham Street, Toronto. |
May Day 2007: the red party Join the International Socialists, New Socialist Group and Socialist Project for a May Day celebration on Saturday, April 28th. May Day is a celebration of workers struggles and victories worldwide. Hear short campaign updates from social movements involved in supporting the rights of precarious workers. Come and meet other socialists and allies who are committed to the cause of workers rights and freedom. Have a beer, win some prizes, and share ideas for a stronger revolutionary workers' movement. PDF flyer |
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