The Crisis and the Left:
Where Does Occupy Lead Now?

Toronto — 6 May 2012.

Launch of the 2012 Socialist Register. Moderated by Leo Panitch.

Frances Fox Piven, author of Who's Afraid of Frances Fox Piven?
David McNally, York University, author of Global Slump.
Greg Albo, York University, co-author of In and Out of Crisis.

These presentations were made at the “Left Words” Festival of Books and Ideas, Toronto, 6 May 2012.

A Triumph of Failed Ideas:

European models of capitalism in the crisis

Toronto — 25 April 2012.

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Steffen Lehndorff speaks about the book, A Triumph of Failed Ideas: European models of capitalism in the crisis (Brussels: European Trade Union Institute, 2012) (available for download).

Steffen Lehndorff is Senior Researcher at the Working Time and Work Organization Department at IAQ, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

The current crisis in Europe is being labelled, in mainstream media and politics, as a ‘public debt crisis.’ The present book draws a markedly different picture. What is happening now is rooted, in a variety of different ways, in the destabilization of national models of capitalism due to the predominance of neoliberalism since the demise of the post-war ‘golden age.’ Ten country analyses provide insights into national ways of coping – or failing to cope – with the ongoing crisis. They reveal the extent to which the respective socio-economic development models are unsustainable, either for the country in question, or for other countries.

Public Finance, Pensions and P3s

Toronto — 23 March 2012.

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Toby Sanger, Canadian Union of Public Employees: “Unfinished Business: Economic Repercussions of Austerity”
Joel Harden, Labour College of Canada: “Transcending Neoliberalism, One Story at a Time”
Heather Whiteside, Simon Fraser University: “Stabilizing Dispossession”

These presentations were made at the “Global Economic Crisis and Canadian Austerity” conference, Ryerson University, Toronto, 23 March 2012.

LS #	Date	Title
139.	May 13, 2012	The Crisis and the Left
Launch of the 2012 Socialist Register - The Crisis and the Left: Where Does Occupy Lead Now? with Frances Fox Piven, David McNally and co-editors of the Register Greg Albo and Leo Panitch. Recorded 6 May 2012 in Toronto.
138.	May 6, 2012	A Triumph of Failed Ideas	Lehndorff, Steffen
Steffen Lehndorff speaks about the book, A Triumph of Failed Ideas: European models of capitalism in the crisis. The current crisis in Europe is being labelled, in mainstream media and politics, as a 'public debt crisis.' The present book draws a markedly different picture. What is happening now is rooted, in a variety of different ways, in the destabilization of national models of capitalism due to the predominance of neoliberalism since the demise of the post-war 'golden age.'
137.	April 29, 2012	Public Finance, Pensions and P3s	Sanger, Toby; Joel Harden; Heather Whiteside
With presentations by Toby Sanger (Canadian Union of Public Employees); Joel Harden (Labour College of Canada) and Heather Whiteside (Simon Fraser University). Recorded 23 March 2012, Ryerson University, Toronto.
136.	April 28, 2012	#may1to Revolution 2012
Getting ready for May Day 2012, Spread the word! Join Occupy Toronto and the 99% as we celebrate May Day - the International Workers' Day. Recorded April 25, downtown Toronto.
135.	April 22, 2012	The "New Age" of Austerity	Albo, Greg et al
Presentations by Greg Albo; Tamara Krawchenko, Chris Stoney; Sheila Block. Recorded 23 March 2012, Toronto, part of the "Global Economic Crisis and Canadian Austerity" conference at Ryerson University.
134.	April 21, 2012	Occupy Toronto: Subway Mic Check
Getting ready for May Day 2012, Occupy Toronto takes to transit to spread the word! Join Occupy Toronto and the 99% as we celebrate May Day - the International Workers' Day. Recorded in Toronto, 17 April 2012.
133.	April 15, 2012	Renewing Working Class Politics, Rebuilding Canadian Labour
Presentations by Mark P. Thomas and Steve Tufts; Herman Rosenfeld; Sam Gindin. Recorded 23 March 2012, Toronto, part of the "Global Economic Crisis and Canadian Austerity" conference at Ryerson University.
132.	April 1, 2012	Global Economic Crisis and Canadian Austerity	Stanford, Jim; Carlo Fanelli and Bryan Evans
It is now broadly recognized that the global economic crisis that struck in late 2007 is by far the most significant and wide-ranging since the Depression years of the 1930s. Given fears of an ongoing recession, particularly as a result of Europe's sovereign debt crisis and a record level U.S. budget deficit, the global recession that struck in 2007 is by no means over. "Canadian (Non)Exceptionalism: Crisis, Recovery, Austerity" presented by Jim Stanford.
131.	March 11, 2012	Transit Forum 2012
Which Way Forward for the Transit Movement in Toronto? Recorded 3 March 2012 in Toronto.
130.	March 4, 2012	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.
129.	February 5, 2012	Debunking Anti-Union Myths
In this exciting new series, Dr. Stephanie Ross of York University decimates the right-wing media spin about organized labour in North America. While many pundits tell us that unions are a thing of the past, in reality, their presence is desperately needed in a majority non-union workforce.
128.	January 29, 2012	Occupy Talks: What Gravy Train?
Austerity, Finance, and the Polarization of Wealth. 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. Presentations by: Jim Stanford, Nathan Okonta, Linda McQuaig and Sam Gindin.
127.	January 22, 2012	Strategizing the Resistance: A Conversation with Manny Ness
Immanuel Ness is the author of several books on workers' organizing and resistance. He is a trade union organizer and labour activist and co-founded with Keith Brooks of the New York Unemployed Committee (1990-1993), which successfully organized jobless workers at New York State unemployment centers. 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.
126.	January 1, 2012	Contracorriente - discussion with Michael Lebowitz
Michael Lebowitz is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Some of his recent books include Beyond Capital, Build it Now and Socialist Alternative.
125.	December 25, 2011	Deutscher Prize Lecture 2011
The 2010 Deutscher Memorial Prize was awarded to David Harvey for his book The Enigma of Capital and the Crises of Capitalism. The lecture is entitled: "History versus Theory: a Commentary on Marx's Method of Capital."
124.	December 18, 2011	Uniting Struggles: Critical Social Research In Critical Times
The thirty-fifth anniversary edition of Alternate Routes. Presentations by Randall Germain, Priscillia Lefebvre and Richard Fidler. Recorded in Ottawa, 2 December 2011.
123.	December 16, 2011	Novotel Mic Check
Supporters of the Novotel Ottawa workers OCCUPIED the main restaurant and management had no choice but to shut down the restaurant and give the coffee for free. Supporters then gathered in the front of the hotel and marched and chanted "Solidarity Forever."
122.	December 11, 2011	CUPE National: Move Your War Room To Toronto Now
In 1981, Ronald Reagan took on and smashed PATCO, the Air Traffic Controllers. The American labour movement expressed outrage but did nothing. This sealed the fate of American workers for over three decades. Toronto's mayor, Rob Ford, has declared war on city-workers. He intends to smash unions. This is our PATCO moment.
121.	December 8, 2011	Toronto Emergency Public Warning
This is a message from the Emergency Public Warning System. This is not a test. Open class war will break out in Toronto in early 2012. Produced by Sindicalista TV for rabbletv.
120.	December 7, 2011	#OccupyTTC
A group of people from OccupyToronto paid their fare and rode the subway cars of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). They engaged with riders using the people's mic - about the state of the TTC and the city's budgetary cutbacks.
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LS #

Date

Title

139.

May 13, 2012

The Crisis and the Left

Launch of the 2012 Socialist Register - The Crisis and the Left: Where Does Occupy Lead Now? with Frances Fox Piven, David McNally and co-editors of the Register Greg Albo and Leo Panitch. Recorded 6 May 2012 in Toronto.

138.

May 6, 2012

A Triumph of Failed Ideas

Lehndorff, Steffen

Steffen Lehndorff speaks about the book, A Triumph of Failed Ideas: European models of capitalism in the crisis. The current crisis in Europe is being labelled, in mainstream media and politics, as a 'public debt crisis.' The present book draws a markedly different picture. What is happening now is rooted, in a variety of different ways, in the destabilization of national models of capitalism due to the predominance of neoliberalism since the demise of the post-war 'golden age.'

137.

April 29, 2012

Public Finance, Pensions and P3s

Sanger, Toby; Joel Harden; Heather Whiteside

With presentations by Toby Sanger (Canadian Union of Public Employees); Joel Harden (Labour College of Canada) and Heather Whiteside (Simon Fraser University). Recorded 23 March 2012, Ryerson University, Toronto.

136.

April 28, 2012

#may1to Revolution 2012

Getting ready for May Day 2012, Spread the word! Join Occupy Toronto and the 99% as we celebrate May Day - the International Workers' Day. Recorded April 25, downtown Toronto.

135.

April 22, 2012

The "New Age" of Austerity

Albo, Greg et al

Presentations by Greg Albo; Tamara Krawchenko, Chris Stoney; Sheila Block. Recorded 23 March 2012, Toronto, part of the "Global Economic Crisis and Canadian Austerity" conference at Ryerson University.

134.

April 21, 2012

Occupy Toronto: Subway Mic Check

Getting ready for May Day 2012, Occupy Toronto takes to transit to spread the word! Join Occupy Toronto and the 99% as we celebrate May Day - the International Workers' Day. Recorded in Toronto, 17 April 2012.

133.

April 15, 2012

Renewing Working Class Politics, Rebuilding Canadian Labour

Presentations by Mark P. Thomas and Steve Tufts; Herman Rosenfeld; Sam Gindin. Recorded 23 March 2012, Toronto, part of the "Global Economic Crisis and Canadian Austerity" conference at Ryerson University.

132.

April 1, 2012

Global Economic Crisis and Canadian Austerity

Stanford, Jim; Carlo Fanelli and Bryan Evans

It is now broadly recognized that the global economic crisis that struck in late 2007 is by far the most significant and wide-ranging since the Depression years of the 1930s. Given fears of an ongoing recession, particularly as a result of Europe's sovereign debt crisis and a record level U.S. budget deficit, the global recession that struck in 2007 is by no means over. "Canadian (Non)Exceptionalism: Crisis, Recovery, Austerity" presented by Jim Stanford.

131.

March 11, 2012

Transit Forum 2012

Which Way Forward for the Transit Movement in Toronto? Recorded 3 March 2012 in Toronto.

130.

March 4, 2012

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.

129.

February 5, 2012

Debunking Anti-Union Myths

In this exciting new series, Dr. Stephanie Ross of York University decimates the right-wing media spin about organized labour in North America. While many pundits tell us that unions are a thing of the past, in reality, their presence is desperately needed in a majority non-union workforce.

128.

January 29, 2012

Occupy Talks: What Gravy Train?

Austerity, Finance, and the Polarization of Wealth. 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. Presentations by: Jim Stanford, Nathan Okonta, Linda McQuaig and Sam Gindin.

127.

January 22, 2012

Strategizing the Resistance: A Conversation with Manny Ness

Immanuel Ness is the author of several books on workers' organizing and resistance. He is a trade union organizer and labour activist and co-founded with Keith Brooks of the New York Unemployed Committee (1990-1993), which successfully organized jobless workers at New York State unemployment centers. 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.

126.

January 1, 2012

Contracorriente - discussion with Michael Lebowitz

Michael Lebowitz is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Some of his recent books include Beyond Capital, Build it Now and Socialist Alternative.

125.

December 25, 2011

Deutscher Prize Lecture 2011

The 2010 Deutscher Memorial Prize was awarded to David Harvey for his book The Enigma of Capital and the Crises of Capitalism. The lecture is entitled: "History versus Theory: a Commentary on Marx's Method of Capital."

124.

December 18, 2011

Uniting Struggles: Critical Social Research In Critical Times

The thirty-fifth anniversary edition of Alternate Routes. Presentations by Randall Germain, Priscillia Lefebvre and Richard Fidler. Recorded in Ottawa, 2 December 2011.

123.

December 16, 2011

Novotel Mic Check

Supporters of the Novotel Ottawa workers OCCUPIED the main restaurant and management had no choice but to shut down the restaurant and give the coffee for free. Supporters then gathered in the front of the hotel and marched and chanted "Solidarity Forever."

122.

December 11, 2011

CUPE National: Move Your War Room To Toronto Now

In 1981, Ronald Reagan took on and smashed PATCO, the Air Traffic Controllers. The American labour movement expressed outrage but did nothing. This sealed the fate of American workers for over three decades. Toronto's mayor, Rob Ford, has declared war on city-workers. He intends to smash unions. This is our PATCO moment.

121.

December 8, 2011

Toronto Emergency Public Warning

This is a message from the Emergency Public Warning System. This is not a test. Open class war will break out in Toronto in early 2012. Produced by Sindicalista TV for rabbletv.

120.

December 7, 2011

#OccupyTTC

A group of people from OccupyToronto paid their fare and rode the subway cars of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). They engaged with riders using the people's mic - about the state of the TTC and the city's budgetary cutbacks.

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Where Does Occupy Lead Now?

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