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Apr 23, 2025 - Theory of Water

When: Wednesday April 23rd, 7pm
Where: Toronto Reference Library, Bram & Bluma Appel Salon

Acclaimed Nishnaabeg writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson discusses her new book, which takes a revolutionary look at that most elemental force, water, and suggests a powerful path for the future.

Theory of Water is the culmination of Leanne's quest to discover, understand and trace the historical and cultural interactions of Indigenous peoples with water in all its forms. In it, she shows how a "Theory of Water" might lead to a radical rethinking of relationships between beings and forces in the world today.

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Apr 24, 2025 - A Left Program for the Future of Labour

When: Thursday April 24th, 3pm
Where: Room 140, HNES Building Keele Campus, York University

Raquel Varela is a social historian and researcher in global labour history. She is an assistant professor at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Autonomous Section on Education and General Training). She is the President of the Observatory for Living and Working Conditions and coordinator of Social Data/Nova Sustainability. Her area of research pertains to social sciences and humanities, with an emphasis on the subjects of history of revolutions and the labour movement, history and global sociology of work, and a global perspective on education and work. She is the author of A People's History of the Portuguese Revolution and A People's History of Europe From World War I to Today (Pluto Press).

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Apr 24, 2025 - The World Under Capitalism

When: Thursday April 24th, 7pm
Where: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St

TPL and Toronto Metropolitan University present Serbian-American economist and Senior Scholar at the City University in New York, Branko Milanovic, in conversation with Sanjay Ruparelia at the Toronto Reference Library's Appel Salon.

As a leading economist best known for his work on income distribution and inequality, Branko Milanovic holds a profound understanding of how economic theory and history are intertwined.

We live in a world defined by capitalism. Historically, it has delivered general prosperity through a variety of systems, from liberal market economies to progressive social democracies. However, capitalism always comes with moral costs. It often celebrates material success at the expense of growing economic inequalities and generates political instability.

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Apr 24, 2025 - Freedom Fete

When: April 24th, 7pm
Where: Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave
Tickets are sliding scale from $20-50

Raise money for the Toronto Community Justice Fund.

Supporting the legal costs of all 100+ people arrested across the GTA for solidarity with Palestine.

Live music with DJ Heebiejabi and DJ Zehra!

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