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4th North-Atlantic Left Dialogue Seminar in Toronto December 1-4, 2011

Faiz — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:19:58 +0000

Public Dialogue
Situations: The Left’s Responses to the Crisis in Europe & North America

Leo Panitch, Stephanie Ross, Albert Scharenberg, Bill Fletcher

December 1, 7 PM
Wilson Hall, Room 1016

New College, University of Toronto
40 Willcocks Street, at the corner of Spadina.
Free admission

For info: northatlanticld@gmail.com
Left Dialogue Blog

Sponored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, the Centre for Social Justice, and the Socialist Project.

Nova Scotia Students: ALL OUT FEB 2!

Graham — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:51:27 +0000

–Join the Canadian Federation of Students’ in the streets of Nova Scotia for their Day of Action to reduce fees and drop debt on February 2nd!

Tell the Dexter government that the people of Nova Scotia deserve affordable post-secondary education — for the future of the province and its people.

OAKLAND, October 23rd 2010: PORT SHUT DOWN FOR OSCAR GRANT! | IBT

ac — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:10:33 +0000

“The day-long shutdown on the docks is supported by ILWU Local 10 (longshore), Local 34 (Clerks), and the port workers in SEIU Local 1021, who will also walk off the job on October 23rd. The rally for Oscar Grant has been supported unanimously by both San Francisco and Alameda County Labor Councils. Support has also come in from the Oakland Education Association (OEA – Oakland teachers), AFT Local 2121, UAW 2865, AFSCME 3299, and other unions. The ANSWER Coalition, Campaign To End the Death Penalty (CEDP), Code Pink, Barrio Unido, and numerous others also support this action.”

Invisible Indians in Incredible India

Jeff — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:05:58 +0000

This extraordinary act of trying to conceal an unpleasant reality instead of dealing with it and attempting to improve it may indeed seem incredible to the foreigners visiting the city during the Games. | Jayati Ghosh | MR Zine

‘Race, Class and Crisis: What New Possibilities for the US Left?’

Faiz — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:00:29 +0000

Adolph Reed is speaking in Toronto this Friday.

“The economic crisis that started in US housing markets in 2007 quickly swept across the world market. A long period of stagnation and austerity now seems to be the order of the day. While all working class people have felt the impact of the crisis on their lives and work, the crisis has also been a ‘black depression’ for African-Americans. Adolph Reed has been at the centre of political debates on the economic impact of the crisis and the limits and failings of the Obama Administration. He has long lamented the paralysis of the US left, arguing that the crisis of the US left is not one of ideas, but of organizing. The challenges have been to move away from the doctrine of support ‘for the lesser evil’, the left’s shift
to the right under Obama, and begin to explore new possibilities for the US left.”

Friday, September 24
7:30-9:30
Room a/b, Second Floor, Oakham House
63 Gould Street
(Church and Gould, one block north of Dundas)
Ryerson University, Toronto

Hands Off Venezuela statement on the 26th Sept. elections | Fightback

tracy — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:57:16 +0000

The National Assembly elections in Venezuela, which will take place on September 26, will mark a turning point for the Bolivarian revolution. What is at stake is not only who will have a majority in the National Assembly, but the future of the revolutionary process itself. Hands Off Venezuela is organizing an International Day of Action in support of the revolution for 17th-18th September. In Canada, there will be solidarity events in four cities–Fredericton, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. As well, please sign the petition of support at www.handsoffvenezuela.org .

The Battle of Toronto: Canada’s Autocratic Farce

Jeff — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:27:41 +0000

The weekend of June 26 and 27, 2010 will be remembered by Canadians as the day the federal Canadian government and Ontario provincial government, along with the police of Canada’s largest city, having failed to stop anarchist mayhem, instead acted in unison to thwart freedom of speech and assembly of its citizens as Toronto hosted the G20 meeting. | Maria Páez Victor | CounterPunch

As Canada’s Democracy Trembles, a New Global Architecture Emerges

Jeff — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:29:31 +0000

Nearly 600 people were arrested as global leaders and elites met behind a fortified perimeter during the G8 and G20 Summits in Huntsville and Toronto this weekend. | By Anthony Fenton | Znet

Naomi Klein: The Real Crime Scene Was Inside the G20 Summit

Jeff — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:00:07 +0000

Democracy Now!: As thousands protested in the streets of Toronto, inside the G20 summit, world leaders agreed to a controversial goal of cutting government deficits in half by 2013.

Esplanade Townhall: Peaceful Rally Faces Mass Arrests at Novotel

Geoff — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:29:34 +0000

Wednesday, June 30, 2010
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Windmill Line Co-op (125 Scadding Avenue)

After a week of protests and action by the labour movement and working class communities to the policies of the G20, one of the final battles raged in front of Novotel, a hotel in our community where workers were on strike. Police had already shown their willingness to brutalize peaceful protesters and ignore our civil liberties over the past days.

On Saturday evening, they arrested more than 300 peaceful protesters and bystanders, including many of our you as well as striking hotel workers during a peaceful rally on The Esplanade. This occurred while police forces stood back while black bloc vandals created havoc in the city of Toronto.

We, as the Esplanade community, will not accept such blatant disregard for our human well-being and our hard-fought civil rights. Working people have a right to protest increasing poverty, cuts to services and bailouts for the rich.

Join us on Wednesday, June 30th at 6:30 pm for an Esplanade community townhall. All are welcome and needed.

Townhall Will be Held at:
Location: Windmill Line Co-op on the 10th floor (125 Scadding Avenue)
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Map

Speakers:
Rik Hockley, shop steward representative of Novotel Hotel Workers, UNITE Here! Local 75
Mike Seaward, United Steelworkers and Executive member of the Ontario NDP
Farshad Azadian, co-founder of the Esplanade Community Group

Organized by:
Esplanade Community Group
Toronto Young New Democrats
UNITE Here! Local 75

Endorsed by:
Fightback
BASICS community Newsletter
Afghan-Iranian Youth Network
Hands Off Venezuela

Media contacts: Jennie Ernewein – (647)-218-0164. Farshad Azadian – (647)-204-5312

Email: esplanadegroup@gmail.com

Endorsement Are Welcome.

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Tasha Kheiriddin: Today’s anarchists are just cowards in black clothing | National Post Commentary

Jeff — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:12:39 +0000

A friend drew my attention to this op-ed. Opinions, responses? Click on “comment” and get the discussion going.

They took Toronto’s streets, but for what? | G&M

Jeff — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:54:38 +0000

It was a day like Toronto has never seen and hoped it never would — a day of smashed windows, burning police cars, police cavalry charges and, for the first time in our history, the whiff of tear gas in the air. | Marcus Gee
[Anyone up for answering Gee's question? Post comments here, copy and paste onto the Globe website.]

May Toronto’s G20 be the last

Jeff — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:45:26 +0000

It’s not just the $1bn policing; the failure to tackle the financial crisis or climate change exposes a forum without credibility | John Hilary | guardian.co.uk

G20 aims to shut down U of T campus and academic integrity

Jeff — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:57:32 +0000

Are corporate and government interests clamping down on democracy in our universities? | By Angela Regnier | rabble.ca

Fightback mobilization for the G20

Geoff — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:10:43 +0000

Fightback is fully mobilizing for the G20 and is sponsoring a series of events:

Latin America Challenges the G8: Danger of new conflicts
Sat June 20th: 10am – 12noon
Victoria Building, Room 209, Ryerson University, 285 Victoria Street

Iran: From Military Threat to Revolution
Sat June 20th: 4pm – 5pm
Victoria Building, Room 202, Ryerson University, 285 Victoria Street

Fight Back Against the G20
Sat June 26th: 7pm – 9pm
Imperial Pub, back room, 54 Dundas Street East

In addition to these events we will have a table at the People’s Summit for the weekend June 20th-21st 9am-5pm. Come by and see us at the “Community Commons” in the Hub Cafeteria, Ryerson University Podium Building, 350 Victoria Street.

On Saturday 26th July, the main day of protest against the G20, we will have a permanent tent set up at Queens Park 9am-5pm. Join us in our fight against the G20 agenda. We wont pay for the bosses’ crisis! For a socialist alternative to capitalist austerity!

fightback@marxist.ca
Fight Back Against the G20!

Ten reasons not to talk — or listen — to CSIS | rabble.ca

Jeff — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:21:39 +0000

By People’s Commission Network | In the run-up to the G8/G20 Summits, reports have multiplied of Canadian Security Intelligence Service visits to the homes and even workplaces of people working for social justice.

Why the French Hate Chomsky

Jeff — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:29:06 +0000

A Letter Which Grew Into an Article | By Diana Johnstone | CounterPunch.org
See Also: The Real Threat Aboard the Freedom Flotilla | By Noam Chomsky | Israel’s violent attack on the Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza shocked the world.

The Flotilla Raid Was Not “Bungled.” The IDF Detailed Its Violent Strategy In Advance. | Max Blumenthal

Jeff — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:06:09 +0000

Extra: 1) How Israel planned the Flotilla attack | The Real News
2) Naomi Klein speaks out against attack on Gaza Flotilla in Toronto, Canada – May 31, 2010

Join Emergency Rallies across Canada. Condemn the killing of peace activists in Gaza flotilla

ac — Mon, 31 May 2010 20:17:19 +0000

Event listings for Ottawa, Calgary, London Ontario, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver:

- For global events listings please see the Gaza Freedom March website.

Marxism 2010: What’s on at the conference

ac — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:45:16 +0000

“More people around the world are questioning the logic of a system that puts corporate profits ahead of everything else — including the very survival of the planet.

Achieving meaningful reforms under capitalism is increasingly difficult. And sometimes the sheer magnitude of the problems facing the world can make us feel small, isolated and beyond the capacity to make a difference.

But nothing could be further from the truth, and that’s why this year’s annual Marxism conference in Toronto — with the theme “A planet to save, a world to win” — is so important. Organized by the International Socialists, we hope the conference can be a place where we link struggles and share ideas. With over 40 talks in three days this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Marxism 2010 covers a wide range of issues.”

-Marxism 2010. May 28, 29, 30.