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Nov 28, 2026 - On-to-Ottawa Trek

When: November 28th, 1pm
Where: Parliament Hill, Ottawa

Invited are all those who can represent organizations that advocate for patients, non-profits and NGOs, faith organizations, unions, seniors' organizations, social service and community groups, ethnocultural organizations, student groups, women's groups, anti-poverty organizations. Leaders at every level (local, provincial, national).

We have chartered VIA train cars from Toronto, Kingston and Montreal to Ottawa and return.

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Nov 12, 2026 - Fighting to Win

When: Nov 12 to Dec 2

Unions and social movements today are operating under incredibly dire circumstances. There is great economic uncertainty and we confront the worsening impact of climate change as well as a global situation marked by the growing threat of conflict and war. When workers strike or communities under attack take to the streets, it seems that victories are much harder to win and past gains more difficult to defend.

This course will grapple with these questions by looking at the forms of exploitation and oppression that exist in society and the means by which the power structure acts to limit and contain our struggles. The course will move towards a discussion of how our movements can overcome the factors that hold them back and fight to win!

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Nov 10, 2026 - Building Power in Construction

When: November 10th, 7pm

The 1996 mass drive to organize electrical workers in the housing sector of Greater Toronto made history. Local 353 achieved a level of electrician union density in housing that exists nowhere else in North America. Barry Stevens tells the story, and John Cartwright will provide background on the construction industry.

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Nov 10, 2026 - Confronting the Resurgent Right

When: Tuesday November 10th, 2:30pm
Where: McMaster Univ, 1280 Main St, Hamilton

join editor Miriam Edelson and chapter contributors Alex Silas, Riley Yesno and John Clarke for a conversation about the rise of the far right in Canada and the possibilities for collective resistance.

Taking the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" as a starting point, Confronting the Resurgent Right examines the deep roots of right-wing extremism and how its ideas shape Canadian politics and society. Bringing together perspectives from labour, Indigenous politics and community organizing, this discussion will explore how we can understand these movements and build solidarity to challenge them.

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Nov 10, 2026 - Reading Poulantzas in the Middle East

When: Tuesday, November 10th, 2:30pm
Where" York University, S638 Ross Building

Nicos Poulantzas' commitment to Marxism and his theoretical contributions to it were shaped by his active involvement in left-popular democratic and communist movements in Europe, as well as by the strategic questions posed to Marxism by these struggles. This then raises the question of the extent to which Poulantzas can speak to popular classes and the development of emancipatory political strategies in the Middle East, at a conjuncture in which the latest genocidal war on Palestine and its violent regional reverberations have posed new theoretical and strategic questions for Marxism. This is particularly significant because the question of war is not central to Poulantzas' work or, more precisely, is posed primarily in negative theoretical terms.

Nima Nakhaei's forthcoming book, Crises of the Neoliberal World Order and the Regionalization of the Post-Revolutionary State in Iran, examines how crises of neoliberal
imperialism have facilitated the regionalization of hegemonic struggles in Iran, materializing and condensing in a 'regional state formation'.