CONTENTS

1. CALLS TO ACTION
2. EVENTS
3. ARTICLES
4. EMPLOYMENT

Reject Drone Warfare Testing in Downtown Ottawa

Ottawa and other Canadian towns and cities should never be used for drone warfare testing. Yet from November 24 to 28, the Canadian military, RCMP, and American officials are planning to use downtown Ottawa to test the kinds of killer drones wreaking terror now in Gaza, Ukraine, Somalia, Lebanon, and elsewhere.

We demand that these drone warfare tests be stopped and not rescheduled. We call on the Government of Canada and Ottawa City Council to end this planning for war and devote public resources to peaceful means of conflict resolution.

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Booklaunch: Women United

When: Nov 13th, 4pm
Where: 55 Dundas St W

Based on the firsthand stories of dozens of women leaders in the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), Women United examines what workplaces were like for women, how they became involved in the union, and the challenges women faced, sometimes at great personal cost. From struggles for representation in their union to their fight for affirmative action and childcare, and work against gender-based violence and harassment, Peggy Nash and Julie White make an important contribution to feminist, labour, and social history.

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Imperialism, the War Economy, and the Youth Fightback

When: Thursday, November 13th, 7pm
Where: OISE, 252 Bloor St. W, Room 2286

Please join the YCL-LJC Toronto for our educational panel on imperialism, the Carney government’s war budget, and the youth and student fightback. We will be joined by friends at the Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance, Toronto Association for Peace and Solidarity, Communist Party of Canada, and others.

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Support Ontario Nurses on Strike

When: Friday, November 14th, 10am
Where: Ontario Health office, 525 University Ave.

Primary care workers at North York Family Health Team (NYFHT) are on strike, fighting for their first-ever collective agreement so that they can continue providing the care our community needs.

Join a picket line in your community to show support for striking members. Picket details may be subject to change so check back here for the most up-to-date information.

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US Climate Policy in the Age of Trump

When: Friday Nov. 14th, 2pm

The arrival of the second Trump administration has had a deeply destabilizing effect on US climate and energy policies. The administration is moving forward with large-scale environmental policy rollbacks, including efforts to block implementation of President Biden’s signature climate laws and to withdraw from and even undermine international climate initiatives. State and local governments are again being thrust to centre stage as the key actors in US climate policy. The long-term outlook for climate action in the US remains uncertain at this point. Join us for a discussion of these developments and their implications for Canadian and global climate policy.

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OFL Human Rights Summit

When: November 15th, 9am–4pm
Where: 123 Queen St W

Join the OFL’s Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Summit for a day of learning, healing, and mobilizing. Gain tools to challenge hate, build inclusive workplaces and communities, and take collective action for justice. This one-day event will centre intersectional voices and experiences, offering space to learn, heal, connect, and mobilize. From bystander intervention and protest safety, to bargaining for equity, sustaining mental health in activism, and creative resistance through zine-making, the summit aims to equip attendees to resist harm, challenge division, and build inclusive movements.

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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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Celebrate Gazawi Businesses

When: Saturday, November 15th, 3pm
Where: Tawheed Community Centre, 5585 McAdam Rd, Mississauga

We invite you to join us for a vibrant community market uplifting the spirit, resilience, and creativity of Gazawi-owned small businesses in our community.

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CLiFF Toronto

When: November 15th, 5pm
Where: Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave

9 powerful shorts on work, justice & protest. Real stories, real voices. CLiFF 2025 – cinema with a conscience. Free and open to all!

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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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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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Booklaunch: Razing Palestine

When: Nov 17th, 6:30pm
Where; Another Story Bookshop, 468 Queen St W

Join us for the double launch of Razing Palestine, edited by Leila Marshy; and Batool Abu Akleen, Sondos Sabra, Nahil Mohana, and Ala’a Obaid’s Voices of Resistance. Hosted by Samira Mohyeddin. With contributors Sheima Benembarek, Thoby King, Iman Kassam, Anna Zalik, Katherine Grzejszczak, Dr Yipeng Ge and more.

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What Canadians Should Learn From Zohran’s Win in NYC

When: Wednesday, November 19th, 6:30pm

This call isn’t about celebrating an American win. It’s about asking why the NDP, Ontario Liberals, and Toronto’s progressive councillors refuse to learn from victories like Mamdani’s, Obama 2008, AOC 2018, or Stacey Abrams’ organizing blueprint. We’ll connect the dots between what works elsewhere and what’s broken here: the consultant class that profits from losing, the bias against learning from organizers of color, and the strategic laziness dressed up as “pragmatism.”

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The Case for Sectoral Bargaining

When: Nov 19th, 7:30pm

This webinar examines whether expanding bargaining sector-wide can rebuild working-class power. Featuring Dr. Adam King and Dr. Sara Slinn.

In an era of multinational corporations, fissured workplaces, and gig economies, we ask if bargaining workplace by workplace is enough. Canadian unions, though resilient, remain fragmented, waging isolated battles. Elsewhere, sectoral bargaining sets robust standards across entire industries. This webinar examines what role expanding bargaining to the sector-wide level could play in rebuilding working-class power.

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Crisis and Resistance

When: November 20th, 7pm

Ontario’s higher education sector faces a perfect storm of austerity, rising precarity, and eroding academic freedom. This has provoked a sustained wave of resistance, marked by near-continuous faculty, staff, and student-worker strikes over recent years, exemplified by the recent OPSEU support staff strike.

Learning from these Ontario struggles and from successful militant unionism in the United States, this event argues for a new strategic direction. We will explore the structural challenges and strategic issues that higher education workers face and consider the potential for a path forward based on commitments to wall-to-wall organization and new forms of sectoral solidarity and joint action.

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Britain’s Left-Wing and Experiments in Democracy

By Tomaš Hucko

The biggest left-wing event in Great Britain – The World Transformed – was held regularly under the patronage of the Labour Party from 2016 onward. Since the party under the leadership of Keir Starmer adopted far-right rhetoric, the festival organisers have distanced themselves from Labour and this year organised the event in Manchester independently, in collaboration with several independent organisations. What does the festival reveal about the future of the British and, ultimately, the global left?

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The WSIB ‘Surplus’: A Political Slush Fund

By Chris Grawey and Bonnie Heath

The corporate lobby is misleading the public when it suggests that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) of Ontario is over-funded and that the money should be “returned” to business. Why? Because injured workers have been under-compensated by the WSIB in the billions of dollars. When “times are tough” at the WSIB, it is on the literal and figurative backs of injured and ill workers that the Board restores its financial health.

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Harvesting Olives Under the Occupation

By Uri Weltmann

It is the olive harvest season. Palestinian communities are preparing for it, as they have for generations. This is not only economically vital, but also a practice rooted in their history, culture, and traditions. However, not all Palestinian farmers can simply go to the family plot and collect the olives growing on the trees. In dozens of villages across the Occupied West Bank, Palestinians face harassment, beatings, and sometimes even fatal attacks, carried out by extremist Israeli settlers.

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Catherine Connolly Wins: An historic victory for the Irish left

By Paul Murphy

Catherine Connolly’s resounding victory in the Irish presidential election is a watershed moment. It is the first time that the left has won a majority of votes in a national election. This was not a narrow victory either; Catherine won the largest percentage (63%) and largest total vote (914k) of any presidential candidate in history. The combined forces of the political and media establishment threw everything they could at Connolly to try to stop the momentum behind her campaign.

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Political Sovereignty and Elbows Up

By Harry Glasbeek

How lucky were the Liberals when the last federal election season began? Very. Twin perceived threats came to their assistance.
Like all parties in trouble, they dumped their leader, Justin Trudeau, and selected another, Mark Carney. They crafted an image of Carney as a man who had dined and wined with the rich and makers and shakers of the world, as a canny businessman having served on the boards of several major corporations, and as a sound economist who had contributed to the public good when he served in the prestigious roles of governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England.

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Latin America Program Coordinator

MiningWatch is Looking for an Interim Latin America Program Coordinator.

The Latin America Program Coordinator will lead and coordinate MiningWatch’s work in Latin America, supporting Indigenous peoples and communities affected by Canadian mining operations and advancing advocacy, research, and movement-building efforts across the region.

Compensation: We offer a competitive salary of $67,000 plus 5% in lieu of pension and a generous health benefits package.

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