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Jan 31, 2026 - Hands Off Venezuela - Hands Off Cuba!

When: Saturday Jan 31st, 3pm
Where: 24 Cecil St.

US intervention in the Caribbean threatens energy supplies, shipping lanes, trade routes and the livelihoods of millions across Latin America and the Caribbean. But it is also a deliberate assault on Cuba. During the first Trump administration, Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba were sanctioned to worsen shortages. Today, by attacking trade between Cuba and its closest regional partner, Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are pursuing their long-held objective: to isolate, economically strangle, and politically destabilise both Cuba and Venezuela.

Stand with Venezuela and Cuba against imperialist intervention and to defend peace, sovereignty, and the right of nations to determine their own futures.

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Jan 31, 2026 - Immigrants are Welcome Here

When: Saturday Jan 31st, 1pm
Where: Dentonia Park Clubhouse, 80 Thyra Ave

A growing climate of hate is being fuelled by policies attacking immigrants. Anti-immigrant rhetoric, Islamophobia, and Antisemitism have emboldened far-right groups in our neighbourhood to spread their hate. Please join this community discussion about the reality of life for newcomers, how we can overcome myths that seek to blame immigrants, and how we can build unity and diversity while opposing division and hatred.

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Jan 29, 2026 - World's Largest Nuclear Station in Port Hope

When: Thursday January 29th, 7pm

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is seeking permission to build the world's largest nuclear station in Port Hope, Ontario - the same community that is undergoing the largest environmental remediation project in Canada's history due to radioactive contamination from past nuclear projects. This nuclear megaproject will cost at least $230 billion and will lead to a dramatic rise in Ontario's electricity rates and/or taxes. New nuclear reactors are the highest cost option to meet our electricity needs: up to 10 times higher than energy efficiency, and 2 to 8 times higher than new wind and solar energy. What are the alternatives to this project? And how can we engage?

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Jan 29, 2026 - Lea Ypi: Indignity, A Life Reimagined

When: January 29th, 7pm
Where: Toronto Public Library, Bram and Bluma Appel Salon

Political theorist and author Lea Ypi discusses her new book Indignity and discusses how political systems shape individual lives.

TPL and Toronto Metropolitan University present acclaimed political theorist and author Lea Ypi in conversation with Sanjay Ruparelia at the Toronto Reference Library's Appel Salon.

As Professor of Political Theory at the London School of Economics and author of the international bestseller Free, Lea Ypi brings a unique perspective to understanding democracy's fragility - one forged through her childhood in communist Albania - and her scholarly work on freedom, citizenship, and political transformation.

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Jan 29, 2026 - Higher Education Organizing Meeting

When: January 29th, 6:30pm
Where: College Street United Church, 502 Bathurst St

Building on our first successful meeting in November, we're forging ahead with our sectoral-wide organizing strategy in the higher education sector. Our second organizing meeting, which will be held on January 15th, is focused on creating a Solidarity Pact for higher education workers. Sean Smith - a former activist and organizer with the Toronto Airport Workers Council - will be joining us to discuss what a solidarity pact is, how Toronto Airport Workers used it as an organizing tool, and how we can develop something similar to build our collective power across the education sector.

The purpose of January's meeting is threefold: (1) understanding what a Solidarity Pact is and how it can help us develop unity across the sector; (2) begin constructing our own Solidarity Pact; and (3) strategize ways we can use our Solidarity Pact as an organizing tool across the higher education sector.

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