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EVENTS
Court support: Breathing Lands
When: December 18th, 9amWhere: Ontario Superior Court, 330 University Ave
Ontario has filed a Motion to Strike in response to the claim filed by several Treaty No. 9 First Nations, supported by RAVEN through the Breathing Lands campaign. Ontario’s view is that they have complete authority over Treaty 9 territory, and the Treaty No. 9 Nations have no jurisdiction over the land and waters that they have governed and stewarded since time immemorial. Ontario’s position risks rendering historic treaties like Treaty 9 as empty promises. Show the Treaty No. 9 Nations you’re with them in protecting the Breathing Lands.
Facebook event
International Day of Migrant Workers
When: December 18th, 6pmWhere: 9 Blue Jays Way
Vigil and Community Action at the Chinese Railroad Workers Memorial in Toronto.
Facebook event
CUPW Rally to Strike Back
When: December 20th, 11amWhere: 800 Bay St
Join CUPW for a rally to mark the one year anniversary of the Section 107 & 108 attacks on CUPW.
Featuring speakers from a variety of unions who have had their bargaining rights attacked by the government.
Cuba Rising!
When: December 20th, 3pmWhere: 24 Cecil St
The devastating effects of HURRICANE MELISSA are still being felt across eastern Cuba. Thanks to the relocation of 750,000 people, no lives were lost! But the devastation and need are immense. JOIN US IN SOLIDARITY! Hearty hearts are needed in times of need!
The event will feature a cultural program, raffle of Cohiba Cigars and more!
forumoncuba.com
Cuban Revolution
When: January 3rd, 7pmWhere: 25 Cecil St
Tickets: $20
Guest speaker: Victor Manuel Garcia Sanchez, Consul General for Cuba
Live music: Cassava, Life to Liberation
Facebook event
ARTICLES
Dissent, Reason, or Reasoned Dissent: Trumpism Amidst Mamdani
By Paramjit SinghAcross the world, neoliberalism has exhausted the moral and material foundations of the liberal order that once began as a promise of equality, justice, prosperity, efficiency, and freedom. In practice, it has produced deep inequality, widespread dispossession, ecological devastation, and the disintegration of collective life. However, neoliberalism’s most enduring damage lies not only in its economic consequences but also in its epistemic effects. It has weakened the categories through which societies understand justice, equality, community, and reason. The rationality that once carried an emancipatory promise has been confined to instrumentality, and dissent, once regarded as the moral voice of reason, has increasingly taken the form of resentment, evident in populist backlashes that convert structural grievances into affective antagonism.
Source: The Bullet No. 3232
The Many Faces of (In)Equality
By Sam GindinAdolph Reed Jr. and Ken Warren, two of the most prominent participants in the race-vs-class saga haunting the left, return here to deepen their case and do so with great clarity. Along the way they provide an exemplary illustration of how to seriously think – analytically, historically, and politically – about transformative social change. This makes their new book, Black Studies, Cultural Politics, and the Evasion of Inequality, (Routledge, 2026), a must-read whether the reader is looking to find the holes in Reed and Warren’s reasoning, confirm his/her sympathy with the authors, or is as yet undecided.
Source: The Bullet No. 3233
The Fight for Housing in Toronto’s Downtown East
By John Clarke and Gaetan Heroux230 Fightback is locked in a struggle to ensure that social housing will be built at 214-230 Sherbourne instead of yet another luxury condo development. In this, we are up against the greed and power of the developers and the complicity of the politicians at every level of government, who act as their agents. Indeed, as we continue with this fight, we are very well aware that it is but one part of a battle to decide whether housing will be provided in the interests of profit-hungry developers, investors, and corporate landlords or in order to meet the needs of our communities. In this regard, the campaign we have taken up in the heart of Toronto’s poor working-class Downtown East is an important part of the fight for housing justice.
Source: The Bullet No. 3235