CONTENTS
CALLS TO ACTION
Call on Canada to recognize femicide
Since 2020, there have been at least 580 women and girls killed by men in acts of gender-related violence across Canada. This is called femicide. We, the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability (CFOJA), are calling on the Canadian Federal Government to officially recognize femicide and to work toward including femicide in the Criminal Code of Canada.To spotlight the scale of this crisis, we created Too True Crime, a 580-episode podcast series sharing the real stories of every woman and girl we know of who has been killed by femicide in Canada since 2020. Each episode honours a life taken, revealing the relentless regularity of femicide in this country. All 580 episodes are available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
We urge the Canadian Federal Government to take definitive and decisive action by officially recognizing femicide and to work toward including femicide in the Criminal Code of Canada. This is the first step in preventing violence against women and girls.
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EVENTS
23rd Annual Regent Park Film Festival!
When: November 27 – 30Where: Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St E
Free films, workshops, artist talks, and community events. From bold new voices to seasoned filmmakers, this year’s roster contains 43 films that encompass the everyday acts of care that sustain us and our communities, even as the world moves through both joy and loss.
Regent Park Film Festival (RPFF) is a community-based, longest-running FREE film festival. RPFF amplifies and centers marginalized communities and their stories, while opening up access to the film and television industry through year-round programming.
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Pathways to Energy Equity
When: November 28th, 9amWhere: 3359 Mississauga Rd
A one-day conference focusing on the climate crisis and how we can alter its course, hosted by Iron & Earth and U of T Mississauga MScSM.
Featuring workshops, speakers, and panels on various topics and perspectives, hear from some of Canada’s leading climate advocates about ongoing efforts across the country, what actions are needed next, and what you can do to help. Topics will include renewable energy projects, climate policy, energy efficiency, green jobs, youth perspectives and initiative, and much more. This event is hosted in partnership with the U of T Master of Science in Sustainability Management (MScSM) as well as the Sustainability Office.
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Arms Embargo Now
When: November 28th, 6:30pmWhere: Mississauga
Canada has long downplayed its role in arming Israel, claiming it only issues a limited number of export permits, permits the government now says it has suspended. But this report exposes a far deeper complicity: Canada is a critical enabler of the United States’ billions of dollars in military aid and sales to Israel annually.
For the first time, this report exposes a pipeline of military goods flowing from Canada to Israel via the US, facilitated by a deadly loophole in Canadian law.
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Film screening: Palestine 36
When: November 28th, 7:30pmWhere: 25 Cecil St
Free film screening and discussion in recognition of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colonial rule, Yusuf navigates between his work in Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire.
The film will be followed by a conversation about labour and ‘hot cargo’ with Labour for Palestine GTA.
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TransformTO 2026 – 2030
When: November 29th, 10amWhere: Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave
On November 29th, TCAN will be hosting a workshop on the City’s TransformTO 2026 – 2030 Climate Strategy. The strategy will be made public on November 27th, one week before it is discussed and voted on at the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on December 4th.
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Watermelon Square
When: Saturday, November 29th, 11am to 1pmWhere 1: David Crombie park, George St S. and The Esplanade
Where 2: Trinity Bellwoods park
In honour of Lebanese Independence Day and Lebanese Heritage Month, this month’s proceeds will support children facing both cancer and genocide in Lebanon, which Izzy has been attacking daily for over a year. Baked goods, homemade crafts, books, pins and other unique finds will be on display. Meet your neighbours, learn about Palestinian liberation together, and build community!
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BDS Leafletting
When: Every Saturday, 1-2pmWhere: 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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Rally to Stop Wage Theft
When: Saturday November 29th, 1pmWhere: Ministry of Labour, 400 University Ave
Join workers fighting for unpaid wages. Members of the Workers’ Action Centre who are owed over $400,000 in unpaid wages will be calling on the government to do their job! Protect workers from employers who steal their wages.
Over 60% of workers face wage theft. Just in the last ten years, the Ministry of Labour assessed employers owed $200-million to workers. We know that this is just a small fraction of wages owed as many don’t know how to file a complaint or just have to try to get another job so bills can get paid.
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International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
When: November 29th, 2pmWhere: Bay and Front St
The people of the world have stood with Palestine for over two years, and we’re not stopping. Since the ceasefire announcement, Israel has massacred hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza, attacked the West Bank, and continued its abuse, torture and killing of Palestinian prisoners.
A two-way arms embargo is our movement’s unchanged demand, the only guarantee of ending Israel’s mass murder of Palestinians and systematic theft of our land.
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Canada, First Nations, Mexico and the US
When: Wednesday October 29th, 7pmHow Do We Resist a War on Good Jobs?
Great speakers from CUPW, Attiwapiskat First Nation, Mexico and US labour movements. How can we fight to defend ourselves and build solidarity and unity?
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Gaza Square
When: Every Sunday, 11am to 1pmWhere: 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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Rally for Cuba
When: Last Sunday of month – November 30th, 1pmWhere: 361 University Ave
Join our monthly protests to end the immoral US blockade and take Cuba off the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list.
Canadian Foreign Policy Hour with Yves Engler
When: Mondays at 6pmJoin 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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Arms Embargo Now
When: December 1st, 6:30pmWhere: Toronto
Canada has long downplayed its role in arming Israel, claiming it only issues a limited number of export permits, permits the government now says it has suspended. But this report exposes a far deeper complicity: Canada is a critical enabler of the United States’ billions of dollars in military aid and sales to Israel annually.
For the first time, this report exposes a pipeline of military goods flowing from Canada to Israel via the US, facilitated by a deadly loophole in Canadian law.
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PYM Course on Imperialism
When: December 2nd to 11th, 6:30pmFrom December 2-11, PYM will host a hybrid course on US imperialism at the People’s Forum. This course, America’s Forever Wars in the Middle East, will equip participants with an essential understanding of US imperialism, Israel’s role within it, and its consequences for working people in the US and around the world.
Over the course of 4 sessions, we will illuminate how it is the imperialist system, and not just the ideological positions of any one politician in office, that keeps America at war and invested in genocide and the destabilization of the Middle East.
Without understanding the imperialist system that underlies the ongoing drive for war, and that has attempted to destroy the Palestinian people and those who stand with them, we cannot understand how to confront it.
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Film screening: Bodies in Crisis
When: Wednesday December 3rd, 5pmWhere: Toronto Metropolitan Univ, 288 Church St, Room 707/709
Please join the Office of Social Innovation at Toronto Metropolitan University as we mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities with a free public screening of Bodies in Crisis, a feature-length documentary by Maria Teresa Larrain.
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Lessons two years after the Indigo raids
When: Wednesday, December 3rd, 6pmWhere: It’s OK* Studios• 468 Queen St W
Two years ago police raided the homes of the Indigo 11, attempting to scare all those organizing for a free Palestine. Two years later, we’re still fighting and we’ve learned a lot along the way!
Join us for a night of festivities and reflection. First we’ll have a roundtable to share what we’ve learned from these two years of struggle, and then we’ll dance! All proceeds go to the Toronto Community Justice Fund, supporting all those arrested for Palestine solidarity activism.
The roundtable discussion will include lessons on the policing of protest, organizing amidst repression, and the struggle for a free Palestine. Then we’ll hand the stage over to the DJs and dance the night away!
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De-Google Your Digital Life
When: December 5thWe are thrilled to share that the Digital Defense Fund (DDF) is supporting these sessions and is confirming live Spanish-English interpretation for the December 5 session.
– Platform: This session will be held on Zoom, with support from the Digital Defense Fund.
– No-AI Policy: We maintain a strict no-AI policy for all participants, meaning the use of AI tools for recording, transcribing, or analyzing the session is prohibited.
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ARTICLES
Three Dimensions of Militarism in the Climate Crisis
By Patrick BiggerWar, famously, is the pursuit of politics by other means. Cliche though it may be, the impacts of war and militarism are often overlooked by social movements focusing on formal political processes. And this is understandable: we cannot always have our minds on military spending and the structural conditions that reinforce the highly militarized, violent realities we are collectively living through. So many of us are already stretched thin by struggles for affordable housing, climate action, racial justice, criminal punishment reform, equitable healthcare, improved public transportation, and countless other issues.
Source: The Bullet No. 3224
$50-bn in Subsidies has Failed to Secure EV Jobs
By Doug NesbittOn October 16, 2023, it was all smiles for the cameras in Loyalist Township where politicians and corporate executives gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony to build a new $2.761-billion Electric Vehicle battery parts plant. Loyalist Township, located next door to the Kingston, Ontario, is named after the Loyalists who, 250 years ago, sided with the British King against the American Revolution and crossed the St. Lawrence River to settle in Upper Canada.
Source: The Bullet No. 3225
What We Forgot About Socialism
By Kristen R. GhodseeTwenty years ago in November of 2005, Duke University Press published my first book: The Red Riviera: Gender, Tourism, and Postsocialism on the Black Sea. Produced in the wake of socialism’s global collapse and the riot of Western triumphalism that ensued, I deployed both qualitative and quantitative methods to advance a simple, but unpopular, argument: for most people in the former Soviet bloc, capitalism sucked.
Source: The Bullet No. 3226
Labour’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership
By Vinnie CollinsZohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general election on November 4th has provided a dose of hope to a Left seeking a path forward amid a dire political landscape. His campaign succeeded by offering real solutions to working-class concerns – including on climate policy and its connection to New Yorkers’ material conditions.
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Lessons from the Zapatistas
The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is proud to host Lia Pinheiro Barbosa and Peter Rosset for the online launch of their new book Lessons from the Zapatistas: From Armed Insurgency to People’s Autonomy (Fernwood Publishing).Lessons from the Zapatistas is essential reading for anyone interested in liberation, democracy and radical social transformation. It tells the story of the Zapatista insurgency, including the contemporary breadth and depth of their territorial autonomy, tracing how an Indigenous uprising burst forth from southern Mexico’s Lacandon Jungle to stage the 21st century’s first and most electrifying example of autonomy in action.
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