CSJ Newsletter
October 9, 2025
CALLS TO ACTION
The clock is ticking on $10aDay!The $10aDay child care plan has been a game changer for Ontario families and a boost to Ontario's economy. But without a new agreement, this program is at risk.
Use our e-action to tell Premier Ford and Prime Minister Carney, Ministers Hajdu and Calandra, and your MP and MPP that we need the $10aDay child care agreement signed immediately. Governments must commit to strengthening and expanding early learning and child care for our children, families, communities, and the economy.
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EVENTS
Energy Transition
When: October 9th, 2:30pm
Where: South Ross 638A, York University
Andreas Malm in conversation with Stefan Kipfer.
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Women in Black
When: October 9th, 3pm
Where: Yonge and Bloor
The horror in Gaza continues. Our conscience does not permit us to look on passively, wringing our hands, while thousands are starved and slaughtered. Please come out, once again, to show Toronto, Canada and the world that there is growing protest against Israel's actions and that we want our government to stop supporting Israel's war! We are so moved by the outpouring of support for Women in Black …. we are letting Toronto know that it is just and right to express our opposition to wanton killing.
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Our Schools, Our Voices - Unmasking Bill 33
When: Thursday October 9th, 6:30pm
Where: German Mills Community Centre, 80 German Mills Rd, Thornhill
Special guests include:
- Ahnaaf Hassas – TDSB Student Trustee (Moderator)
- Manna Wong – Elected TDSB Trustee, Ward 20
- Chandra Pasma – NDP MPP and Education Critic
- John Fraser – Liberal MPP and Education Critic
- Kate Dudley-Logue – Ontario Autism Coalition, Education Committee Co-Chair
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Toronto Association for Peace
When: October 9th, 7pm
Where: OPSEU Regional Office, 31 Wellesley St E
The Toronto Association for Peace and Solidarity (TAPS) strives to agitate, educate and organize, in the Greater Toronto Area, for a world without war and oppression, from an anti-imperialist perspective and to cooperate and build solidarity with other progressive organizations and struggles which share our goals.
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Booklaunch: Slavery and Capitalism
When: October 9th, 7pm
Where: Society Clubhouse, 967 College St
Join us for the launch of
Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History by David McNally. With Himani Bannerji and Pablo Idahosa.
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Rally @Israeli Consulate
When: Every Friday, 3-6pm
Where: Bloor-Yonge
Come show your support for Palestinians every Friday between 3 pm and 6 pm. Come anytime for as long as you like. Most people come at 5 pm. The location is the Israel Consulate, located at 2 Bloor Street East, on the northeast corner of Yonge and Bloor Streets. Stand up for Human Rights. Raise your voice to say that the elimination of 50,000 people, including 18,000 children, is NOT okay. Will it only stop when another 2.2 million people are eradicated?
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Booklaunch: Squat the City
When: October 10th, 7pm
Where: Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Ave
Join us for the launch of Norman Nawrocki's
SQUAT THE CITY, with speakers from local community groups!
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BDS Leafletting
When: Every Saturday, 1-2pm
Where: Dufferin Mall, 900 Dufferin St (south entrance by Marshalls)
End the Occupation! Build the Boycott! This is your friendly reminder of D4P's weekly BDS leafleting taking place every Saturday from 1 to 2 pm at Dufferin Mall. Meet outside south entrance to mall, 900 Dufferin Street by Marshalls. No prior experience necessary! We can buddy you up if it's your first time.
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Cuba's Independence Day
When: October 11th, 5pm
Where: 24 Cecil St
The struggle of the Cuban people for independence from Spanish colonial rule began on October 10, 1868 and finally materialized on January 1, 1959 with the victory of the Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro!
The genocidal U.S. economic, financial, and trade blockade of Cuba, together with the ongoing genocide in Gaza/Palestine by the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime, exemplify how imperialist and Zionist barbarity seeks to crush the aspirations of nations striving for independence and peace with dignity among peoples.
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Gaza Square
When: Every Sunday, 11am to 1pm
Where: 371 Wallace Ave
We'll be at Gaza square once again this Sunday morning with hot chocolate and coffee, buttons and posters, lawn signs and colourful chalk! Come say hi and meet your fellow neighbours/organizers as we make our presence known and continue to build safety in our community!
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Weekly Phone-zap for Palestine
When: Mondays at 12:30pm
Week after week, we're keeping the momentum going with our Monday lunchtime zaps.
Our collective action is making waves, but we need to ensure our elected officials continue to feel the pressure until real change happens.
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Canadian Foreign Policy Hour with Yves Engler
When: Mondays at 6pm
Join author Yves Engler on Mondays for a weekly news roundup and interactive discussion about Canada's role abroad. This weekly session will delve into the latest developments on subjects ranging from military affairs and Canada's role in Ukraine to its contribution to Palestinian dispossession, and the exploitation of African resources. Join Yves for a critical take on Canada's foreign policy. Questions, comments, and criticisms are all welcome.
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Speak up for better transit
When: October 14th, 7pm
Where: St Lawrence Market North, 92 Front St E
City Councillors want to know which public services you want to see more investment in as they craft the City Budget for 2026. RSVP if you're interested in speaking up for more investment in frequent, reliable, and affordable transit!
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English at Work
When: Tuesday October 14th, 7pm
Join us for an evening to reflect on a fascinating project in developing English-language skills in the workplace in Toronto in the 1980s.
In 1984, North York Board of Education hired Deborah Barndt and ESL teacher Mary Ellen Belfiore to produce a kit for teachers in the English in the Workplace Program (EWP). They were given rare access to seven workplaces to interview and photograph immigrant workers at their jobs, and in communication with their supervisors and fellow workers.
The result was English At Work: A Tool Kit for Teachers, a multimedia collection of five media tools.
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Wednesdays for Palestine
When: Every Wednesday, 5pm
Where: Danforth Ave. and Pape St.
Join thousands of Canadians across the country to protest Israel's genocidal violence and Canada's complicity.
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Troublemakers School
When: Saturday, October 18th, 9am to 4pm
Where: East End United Church, 310 Danforth Ave
Registration: $28 / $55
Troublemakers Schools are day-long mini-conferences that cover organizing skills and highlight real-world examples of taking on the boss, and winning!
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Fundraiser for Medical Aid in Gaza
When: Friday October 24th 6:30pm
Where: 58 Cecil St
Tickets: $100
Join us for an evening of solidarity and support. All proceeds will go to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to provide lifesaving care in Gaza.
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ARTICLES
How to Reduce the Hidden Environmental Costs of Supply Chains
By Benjamin Selwyn
Global supply chains account for 70% of world trade. They are the arteries of global capitalism, moving goods and services across borders multiple times before reaching consumers. Since the early 1990s – as part of economic globalisation – these networks have enabled mass consumption by delivering cheap goods made using cheap labour and shipped globally at minimal cost. But this convenience comes at a catastrophic environmental price.
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AI and Education: The Kids are in Danger
By Martin Hart-Landsberg
Big tech, ever on the hunt for new markets for their generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems, are pushing hard to get them into public schools as well as colleges and universities. Their interest goes beyond short-term profits – it is also about “grooming” a new generation to accept, if not embrace, the world big tech seeks to shape and dominate. We need to expose and resist this effort – their success would be a disaster for our youth and a major setback in the struggle to build a just, sustainable, and democratic society.
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Building a Party /w Sotiris and Gramsci
The relation between theory and practice becomes even closer the more the conception is vitally and radically innovatory and opposed to old ways of thinking. For this reason one can say that the parties are the elaborators of new integral and all encompassing intellectuals and the crucibles where the unification of theory and practice, understood as a real historical process takes place.
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