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Nov 26, 2019 - Community Discussions on the Climate Crisis

When: November 26th...., 7pm (bi-weekly event)
Where: OISE, 2nd floor, 252 Bloor St W. Room OI - 2296

We are facing a climate catastrophe and in the beginning of the world's 6th mass extinction event. What does it all actually mean? What are the risks? What can you do?

Join us for a discussion around the science with Extinction Rebellion + Science for Peace to get up to speed on the latest climate science and how we can prevent ecological + systems collapse.

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Nov 20, 2019 - What's next for the Kurds, Syria and Turkey

When: Wednesday November 20th, 7pm
Where: Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil St.

The US troop pull out from the Kurdish area of northern Syria in October prompted an immediate invasion by Turkey claiming self-protection and scapegoating Syrian refugees. But this attack on the Kurdish people is part of a long history of Kurdish repression. The Kurds are stateless but live in Syria, Turkey, Iran and Iraq. Their fight for self-determination has also produced a history of treachery by imperial powers offering protection for Kurdish support only to betraying them. Join us for this discussion.

Speakers:
* Gülay Kilicaslan, PhD student at York University, and a member of both the Kurdish Community Center and Rojava Solidarity Collective in Toronto.
* Canan Sahin, PhD student at Queens University, a member of the International Socialists, in Canada and her sister organization DSIP, Revolutionary Socialist Worker Party, in Turkey.

Hosted by the Toronto East and West branches of the International Socialists.

Nov 20, 2019 - All Out! No IDF on Campus

When: Wednesday, November 20th, 6:30pm
Where: Students Against Israeli Apartheid at York University - SAIA York, Vari Hall, Room C

On Nov 20th, Herut Canada with the permission of York University will be hosting an event from 7-9 pm in Vari Hall Room C.

The event will have IDF soldiers/reservists coming to speak to students on campus. This is a shameful moment for the York University administration, to be allowing the soldiers of a foreign military on our campus. The Israeli army is responsible for dozens of human rights violations, the killing of Palestinians on a daily basis, and the continued ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.

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Nov 19, 2019 - International Law and World Order

When: Tuesday November 19th, 7pm
Where: 15 King's College Circle, UC 144

Recently the bulletin of the atomic scientists set the doomsday clock to the closest point to midnight it has ever been. This was justified by the triple threats of nuclear war, climate change, and the decline of democracy. In this talk I would like to suggest a fourth justification for this reset: The precipitious decline in the effectiveness and respect for international law over the last two decades culminating with the election of Donald Trump.

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Nov 19, 2019 - Making the right choice for Pickering's waterfront

When: Tuesday November 19th, 7pm
Where: George Ashe Library & Community Centre, 470 Kingston Rd, Pickering

Join the discussion about revitalizing the 600-acre waterfront site currently occupied by the Pickering Nuclear Station.

The 53-year-old Pickering Nuclear Station with its 8 reactors is one of the world's oldest and largest nuclear stations. Just 30 km from the centre of Toronto, the plant is surrounded by 2.2 million people (within 30 km). It is scheduled to close in 2024.

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