CSJ Newsletter
February 26, 2026
CALLS TO ACTION
No Support for Foreign MilitaryAccording to CRA policy, charities are not allowed to support foreign military. It is also a crime in Canada to, not only recruit anyone for a foreign military, but to aid and abet such recruitment by offering incentives and encouraging any person to serve in a foreign military.
Yet, there are countless examples of Canadian charities supporting the Israeli military.
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EVENTS
Cut Canadian Ties to ICE
When: Thursday February 26th, 12noon
Where: Hootsuite Toronto HQ, 200 Wellington St W
Canadian companies like Hootsuite, GardaWorld, and Roshel are arming and enabling ICE's raids, kidnappings, killings and detention camps in the US. Meanwhile in Canada, PM Carney is pushing ahead Bill C-12, which would let the government cancel immigration status for entire groups overnight and deny rights to refugees. Join us for an emergency lunch-time rally. Migrants on both sides of the border need us in the streets.
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Trump, America, and Rupturing the World Order
When: February 26th, 3pm
Discussion with Jeffrey Sachs.
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zoom.us
Hands Off Iran!
When: February 26th, 7pm
While the US government continues their dangerous threats of war on Iran and military buildup in the region, join the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network to discuss the importance of Iran's sovereignty and self-determination in the face of imperialist aggression.
Organized by Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network (CWPJN).
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Oil, Capitalism, and Climate
When: Friday February 27th, 7pm
Where: College Street United Church, 454 College St
All are invited to join us for the annual Leo Panitch Winter Lecture! We are honoured to welcome esteemed author and academic Adam Hanieh back to Toronto to deliver this year's talk. This event marks the fourth edition of the school's annual lecture, held in the memory of the late Leo Panitch.
Adam Hanieh will discuss how understanding oil's place in world capitalism is key to grasping geopolitical dynamics and global finance, reviving vital climate struggles, and challenging the structural interests underpinning the system itself. He will also explore the connections between our fossil-fuel centred world and the contemporary politics of Palestine and the wider Middle East.
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Scarborough Tenant School
When: Saturday, February 28th, 10am to 4pm
Join us to learn about your rights under the law, meet other tenant leaders and strategize to take action against bad landlords!
This is an intensive training with classes taught by lawyers and community advocates.
The school is hybrid: there are both zoom and in-person workshops.
torontotenants.org
Coldest Day of the Year Ride 2026!
When: Saturday, February 28th, 10am
Where: Sugar Beach Park, 11 Dockside Dr
The Coldest Day of the Year Ride is an annual ride organized by Cycle Toronto in partnership with the City of Toronto and Bike Share Toronto to celebrate and support winter cycling for Bike Winter.
Join us in this all-ages-and-abilities annual celebration of winter cycling. The ride starts and ends at Sugar Beach Park where we'll finish up with some hot chocolate and light snacks!
cycleto.ca/cdoyr_2026
[Hamilton] Making Sense of Carney's Austerity and Trump's Terror
When: Saturday February 28th, 1pm
Where: Solidarity Place - Worker Education Centre, 51 Adair St. South, Hamilton
Join the Hamilton & District Labour Council Education Committee and community activists for a discussion about the austerity agenda of the Carney Liberals in a time of Trump's tariffs and terror.
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Toronto Climate Film Festival
When: February 28th, 6:30pm
Where: Friend's House, 60 Lowther
Climate Fast and the Toronto Climate Film Festival are excited to present a trio of short films centered on the renewable energy transition. The event is being co-sponsored by Toronto East Residents for Renewable Energy. Films to be screened:
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The Great Transition (2025–2050), Part I - A glimpse into our energy future (2025)
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Power Play: Transforming Australia's Biggest Climate Polluter (2022)
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Power to the People E8 "Six Nations"
Light refreshments will be provided. Raffle for
Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization by Bill McKibben.
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#DisruptPDAC 2026
When: Sunday March 1st, 1pm
Where: Simcoe Park (across from 255 Front St W)
The world's largest mining convention is coming to Toronto again this year, to sell their vision of a future of war, environmental destruction and greed. Join us outside of their convention to show your support for the future we want and need. Land back. Defend land defenders. No more war.
mininginjustice.org
Abolition of War
When: March 2nd, 5pm
Where: Friends House, 60 Lowther
45 years ago, Gene Sharp contended, in this award-winning article, that war can realistically be abolished - if societies prepare for a credible, civilian-based nonviolent defense system capable of deterring and defeating aggression. Today, however, we are no closer to the abolition of war than in 1980. Is Sharp's notion of civilian-based defence defective? Can we modify Sharp's approach to make this abolition a realistic goal?
scienceforpeace.org |
zoom.us
Rise of Youth Precariat in South Korea
When: March 3rd, 10am
This talk examines how South Korea's compressed welfare state development, designed around standard employment relationships, has failed to adapt to today's "melting labour"—work characterized by blurred boundaries of traditional employment. Despite rapid welfare expansion, over one-third of young workers in Korea experience persistent precarity, creating severe polarization within the younger generation. Welfare state "drift" excludes precarious workers from social protection, disproportionately affecting young men who exhibit declining expectations for upward mobility and deepening distrust of institutions, ultimately undermining intergenerational solidarity in Korea.
yorku.ca
Hands Off Our Education
When: March 4th, 12:30pm
Where: Queen's Park
The Ford government's decision to open the floodgates to tuition increases AND the decimation of OSAP will destroy what's left of education in Ontario. Enough is enough – it's time to take to the streets and flex the true power of students in the province.
We call on students of all levels, instructors, parents, and community members alike – join us as we take on Queen's Park on March 4th at 12:30pm.
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Higher Education Organizing: Power Mapping
When: March 5th, 6:30pm
Where: College St UC, 502 Bathurst St
All working in and around a university or college campus are invited to the third open organizing meeting for higher education! This meeting will be focused on power mapping the higher education sector, including a presentation of a sectoral collective bargaining tracker to see where the upcoming contract fights are happening and presentations on the state of organizing at a number of GTA campuses.
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IWD 2026
When: March 7th, 11am
Where: OISE Auditorium
March with thousands at North America's largest International Women's Day (IWD) event — since 1978.
iwdtoronto.ca
ARTICLES
AI and the Economy: A Losing Bet for Working People
By Martin Hart-Landsberg
Tech billionaires and the Trump administration, with the apparent support of most of the capitalist class, are betting big on artificial intelligence (AI). In fact, AI investments have become the primary driver of US economic growth. But this is a losing bet for us. The AI boom is not sustainable. And because it is delivering little of value, unbalancing our economy, intensifying our ecological crisis, and threatening the quality and responsiveness of our social institutions, the longer it goes on, the greater the harm done, and the more difficult will be the task of economic and social renewal.
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The Bullet No. 3264
Organizing Amazon
Amazon workers in Coventry, England have won breakthrough wage gains through years of strikes and organizing at the global giant. Now, a new book documents these achievements, and the militant, grassroots methods the workers and their GMB union employed to build worker power.
Organizing Amazon: Building Worker Power Under Conditions of Fragmentation, Precarity and Regimentation, Bristol University Press (2025), offers a rich case study of the factors contributing to the union's successes and setbacks. It provides a practical organizing model applicable beyond Amazon, offering strategies to engage the workforce, sustain support and develop leadership.
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EMPLOYMENT
Director of Operations
The Toronto & York Region Labour Council is seeking a Director, Operations & Strategy, to lead its small and dynamic staff team. This is a new position within the organization. Interested candidates should apply by sending a resume and a short cover letter to smcmurray@labourcouncil.ca.
The starting rate for the position is $120,000 annually and a generous benefits package is provided.
Apply by sending a resume and a short cover letter by Monday, March 16th, 2026 at 12:00 noon to jhuang@labourcouncil.ca.
labourcouncil.ca