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Feb 1, 2026 - The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine

When: February 1st and 7th, 6pm

Join the Toronto Chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement for a special 2-part book club on Ghassan Kanafani's The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine. This interactive book club will take place in-person over two evening on Sunday February 1 and Saturday Feb 7.

The first session aims to provide relevant context and background for understanding Palestinian revolutionary history and the second session builds upon these learnings as it applies to the Revolt period itself. Both sessions are interactive with breakout group discussions and planned activities.

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Jan 31, 2026 - FilmSocial: The Day Iceland Stood Still

When: January 31st, 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm)

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to present a special screening of "The Day Iceland Stood Still."

What if every woman simply took the day off? The Day Iceland Stood Still is a film that answers that question. In Iceland, on October 24, 1975, women walked out and stopped working. 90% of the women of Iceland refused to work, cook, or take care of the children. They brought their country to a standstill and catapulted Iceland to the "best place in the world to be a woman" today.

We're also honoured to have longtime activist Judy Rebick join us as a very special guest!

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Jan 29, 2026 - Lea Ypi: Indignity, A Life Reimagined

When: January 29th, 7pm
Where: Toronto Public Library, Bram and Bluma Appel Salon

Political theorist and author Lea Ypi discusses her new book Indignity and discusses how political systems shape individual lives.

TPL and Toronto Metropolitan University present acclaimed political theorist and author Lea Ypi in conversation with Sanjay Ruparelia at the Toronto Reference Library's Appel Salon.

As Professor of Political Theory at the London School of Economics and author of the international bestseller Free, Lea Ypi brings a unique perspective to understanding democracy's fragility - one forged through her childhood in communist Albania - and her scholarly work on freedom, citizenship, and political transformation.

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Jan 29, 2026 - World's Largest Nuclear Station in Port Hope

When: Thursday January 29th, 7pm

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is seeking permission to build the world's largest nuclear station in Port Hope, Ontario - the same community that is undergoing the largest environmental remediation project in Canada's history due to radioactive contamination from past nuclear projects. This nuclear megaproject will cost at least $230 billion and will lead to a dramatic rise in Ontario's electricity rates and/or taxes. New nuclear reactors are the highest cost option to meet our electricity needs: up to 10 times higher than energy efficiency, and 2 to 8 times higher than new wind and solar energy. What are the alternatives to this project? And how can we engage?

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Jan 29, 2026 - Climate Disinformation is getting smarter

When: Thursday Jan 29th, 3pm

Climate mis/disinformation is no longer confined to social media or fringe corners of the internet. From coordinated marketing campaigns to AI-assisted messaging designed to sound local, reasonable, and grassroots, it's showing up across Canada and in its city halls. The result? Delayed climate action and growing distrust in democratic institutions. Join panelists to examine how climate mis/disinformation is spreading, why local politicians are increasingly vulnerable, and what can be done to respond, online or off. Hosted by Canada's National Observer.

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Jan 29, 2026 - Community Care on Campus

When: January 29th, 11:30am
Where: 288 Church St, Room 707/709, Toronto Metropolitan University

Featuring disability justice scholar and care collective organizer, Dr. Loree Erickson, and collective care artist-researcher and TMU ComCult alum, L. Morris, this conversation and workshop will take up how we care for one another in university.

This session will animate Loree's long-standing and revolutionary work with care collectives and L's practices of collective care, mutual aid, and harm reduction. We will open with a conversation between Loree and L on collective care, mutual aid, and abolition. We will then have small group discussions and maker circles where participants will reflect on their own care practices and networks, consider tensions between state-supported care and community-led care, and imagine concrete ways to build and sustain care on campus. We will engage these topics through conversation and collage.

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Jan 28, 2026 - 101 on AI Data Centres

When: Wednesday January 28th, 7pm

What are the environmental, social, and community-level impacts of AI data centres and their status in Ontario? Two guest speakers will join ClimateFast to explain what AI data centres are and how they work.

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Jan 28, 2026 - Disability Without Poverty

When: January 28th, 1pm

In our continued effort to build a national advocacy community and deepen personal advocacy skills, we would love to hear from you about our direction.

We must continue to pressure the Liberal government and its opposition to increase the amount of CDB and streamline the application process.

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