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Apr 25, 2025 - People's Assembly for Housing Justice

When: April 25th, 6:30pm and April 26th 10am
Where: Toronto PWA Foundation, 4th floor, 163 Queen St E

Building a powerful movement for #housingjustice in Toronto.

A coalition made up of neighbourhood groups including 230 Fightback, York-South Weston Tenant Group, and others, are inviting the community of housing advocates to convene for a People's Assembly on Housing Justice with the goal of networking, educating, and mobilizing.

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Apr 25, 2025 - Day of Action for Gaza

When: April 25th, 6pm
Where: Yonge-Dundas Square

Join us in answering the global call to action for April 25th from journalists, doctors and civil society of Gaza. For 18 months, the Palestinian people of Gaza have been subject to a horrific genocide carried out by Israel with the partnership and complete support of the United States.

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Apr 25, 2025 - Walrus Talks: Tariffs

When: Friday April 25th, 12pm

The "America First" policies of the new Trump administration have dramatically altered long-standing US trade relationships. Despite our status as a trusted ally and major trade partner, Canada has been a target in the brewing global trade war. The on-again-off-again nature of the tariff attacks makes it more difficult to develop a strong and sound response.

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Apr 24, 2025 - The World Under Capitalism

When: Thursday April 24th, 7pm
Where: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St

TPL and Toronto Metropolitan University present Serbian-American economist and Senior Scholar at the City University in New York, Branko Milanovic, in conversation with Sanjay Ruparelia at the Toronto Reference Library's Appel Salon.

As a leading economist best known for his work on income distribution and inequality, Branko Milanovic holds a profound understanding of how economic theory and history are intertwined.

We live in a world defined by capitalism. Historically, it has delivered general prosperity through a variety of systems, from liberal market economies to progressive social democracies. However, capitalism always comes with moral costs. It often celebrates material success at the expense of growing economic inequalities and generates political instability.

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Apr 24, 2025 - Trump’s Tariffs: Building a Working-Class Response

When: Thursday April 24th, 7pm
Where: College Street United Church, 502 Bathurst St

US President Trump's tariffs and trade policies represent a fundamental attack on Canadian working people. In our workplaces and communities,we are faced with layoffs, intensified attacks on social programs and rights, job security and potentially deep economic recession.

Given Canada's integration and trade dependence with the US, working class, left, and environmental organizations have to find ways to debate collective strategies, share our analyses, defend working people, and build a challenge to business and business-oriented governments.

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