CONTENTS

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

Stop the War on Iran

While SfP supports the movement for democracy and women’s rights in Iran, we oppose military action against the regime, which is causing massive civilian suffering. Such action will prove counterproductive by entrenching hardliners and marginalizing further democracy advocates in Iran.

We are hoping our supporters and co-thinkers will sign Parliamentary Petition e-7252, urging our Prime Minister to refrain from any support for this war, both materially and diplomatically.

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Activism and Mental Health

When: Every Wednesday at 6:30pm, April 1 to May 13

Capitalism Can’t Be Fixed – political education series.

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[Hamilton] Mapping Labour and Race in Hamilton

When: April 2nd, 12pm
Where: Workers Arts & Heritage Centre

We are excited to unveil the second edition of the interactive mapping project, Off the Beaten Path, crafted by the students from the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University.

This is an ongoing project and you can catch up on last year’s projects by heading to their interactive map. Or come by WAHC to see the stories for yourself!

An opening reception and presentations of this year’s works will take place Thursday, April 2nd, from 12pm at WAHC. This event is open to the public as well as those affiliated with McMaster.

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Getting into Fights with Data Centres

When: April 2nd, 1pm

As a wave of new data centres threatens to reshape the Canadian landscape, join us for a timely conversation with Anne Pasek. The Trent University professor’s work challenges common assumptions about the carbon footprint of the internet, and she is the author of the widely-shared zine Getting Into Fights With Data Centers. Pasek draws our attention to the infrastructure that makes AI but also much of the online infrastructure we use day to day and its impacts on climate and water.

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PHP4P Community Meeting

When: April 2nd, 7pm

PH4P is hosting their next community meeting! Connect with your neighbors to discuss new and ongoing solidarity initiatives for Palestine in Parkdale – High Park. All are welcome – tell your neighbours and bring a friend!

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Livestream on Cuba

When: April 4th, 12pm

Join us online for Gabriel Rockhill’s interview of Helen Yaffe about the history of the Cuban socialist project and the intensification of the imperialist effort to destroy it.

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SURJ public meeting

When: Saturday, April 4th, 12pm
Where: Workers’ Action Centre, 720 Spadina Ave

SURJ is a grassroots group in the GTA. We are accountable to Black, Indigenous, and racialized organizers, and focus on moving white people to take action against white supremacy and colonialism. We will support you to learn, develop skills, deepen your political understanding, build accountable relationships, and redistribute resources to Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities.

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Empires die, but the cedars remain

When: April 6th, 6pm
Where: Downtown Toronto. Address will be sent to attendees upon successful registration
Tickets: $10 Admission fee (or more if you wish to donate further) or Pay-What-You-Can

Join us to learn more about Lebanon’s natural history, the flora and fauna that have inspired writers and poets for centuries, and the impact of colonialism on the land and wildlife.

We will also dive deep into Lebanon’s cultural impact on the writing stage and discuss how poetry intertwines with the land. At the end, participants are encouraged to contribute original poetry or reflections to be assembled into a zine for electronic distribution post-event.

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DSC Orientation

When: April 6th, 7pm

In this one-hour session, you will listen to a brief presentation outlining the DSC’s mission, structure, and activities, and learn how to get involved in your local Chapter and/or on a National level. Following the presentation, we will have a discussion period and the organizers will answer any questions you may have.

democraticsocialists.ca

Resisting Healthcare Privatization

When: April 7th, 11am

Private capital and financial interests have undermined health systems in England, France, and Sweden, offering lessons on the impacts of privatization and strategies to resist its expansion for our struggle against healthcare privatization in Canada.

Come learn with us on how to strengthen local collective responses to these global forces while advancing health systems centred on people’s well-being.

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Kill Bill C5

When: April 7th, 7pm

In the name of pushing through ‘Projects of National Interest’ (PONIs), Carney’s ‘Building Canada Act’ – (Bill C-5) contains measures that violate Indigenous rights and sovereignty, as well as the civic rights and well-being of all people living in so-called Canada.

Join us to hear how federal Bill C5 and its provincial copycat bills compromise the integrity of our lands and the health of our people in the interest of ramming through even more extractive fossil fuel infrastructure and dirty mining projects, aimed at feeding the military-industrial complex.

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Amnesty International Toronto Regional Meeting

When: Saturday, April 18, 2026, 10:00am – 5:30pm
Where: Oakham House, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), 63 Gould St
Tickets: $25 (lunch provided)

Join Amnesty International Toronto Organization (AITO) for our upcoming Regional Meeting on Saturday, April 18, 2026. It’ll be an informative, energizing day with opportunities to learn more about human rights issues, take action, network, and more!

Our keynote speaker will be Alex Neve, former Amnesty International Canada – English Section Secretary General and 2025 Massey Lecturer. We’ll have panel discussions with special guests, Chief Na’Moks and Jesse Stoeppler, Wet’suwet’en First Nation, on land defence and Indigenous rights; and Murray Klippenstein and Cory Wanless, sharing the incredible story of the successful, precedent-setting lawsuits against Hudbay Minerals; a play reading of “The Last Walk of Adolfo Ich”; and lots of petitions and actions.

Registration is now open. The deadline to register is March 28, 2026. Tickets are limited, so don’t wait!

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Ellen Meiksins lecture /w Bhaskar Sunkara

When: April 22nd, 6pm
Where: TMU, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church St

Bhaskar Sunkara is the 2026 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecturer. Ellen Meiksins Wood believed deeply in the importance of encouraging a new generation’s rethinking of socialism, keyed to the class and social movements of the time. As the founding editor of Jacobin, president of The Nation, and publisher of Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy, Sunkara helped lay the intellectual foundations for this generation’s socialist movements, including the movement behind Zohran Mamdani’s historic campaign for Mayor of New York City.

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Statement on the US and Israeli Attacks on Iran

Climate Action Network unequivocally condemns the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran and calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. This is an illegal act of aggression that violates Iran’s sovereignty, international law, Iran’s sovereignty, the fundamental human rights protections it is meant to uphold, and risks dragging an already devastated region into a wider war.

Source: The Bullet No. 3274

Ontario Budgets are Highly Misleading

By Doug Allan

In the lead up to the Ontario provincial Budget, it’s useful to flag just how unreliable they have become as a guide to public spending and provincial deficits in recent years under the Ford government. The government has shown a significant ability to increase funding for public programs and healthcare programs if the public demands it. The Public Accounts report that total provincial government program expenses for 2024-25 increased by $16.9-billion or 8.7 per cent over the previous fiscal year. That is an increase from $195.2-billion in the previous fiscal year to $212.1-billion in 2024/25.

Source: The Bullet No. 3275

Radical Socialism and Liberal Socialism – Revisiting G.A. Cohen

Marxism and analytical philosophy seem like a strange mix. But the philosopher G.A. Cohen understood how they needed one another. This book launch for Analytical Marxism and Democratic Socialism in the 21st Century discusses the relevance of Cohen’s work in the era of Trump, AOC, Avi Lewis, and Zohran Mamdani. It includes discussions by editors Ben Burgis and Matt McManus and contributors Christine Sypnowich and Lesley Jacobs.

Source: LeftStreamed

G.A Cohen (1941-2009) – short video

G.A Cohen (1941-2009) – short bio

G.A. Cohen was born in Montreal Canada in 1941, and taught at Oxford University. Comments by Matt McManus and Christine Sypnowich.

Source: LeftStreamed short

Rooming House Organizer

The Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations is hiring two (2x) Permanent ROOMING HOUSE TENANT ORGANIZERS.

OBJECTIVE: To help tenants, tenant groups and/or tenant associations to organize, build capacity, to settle disputes with their landlord; to educate tenants about their rights as a rooming house tenant; to help prevent the illegal eviction of tenants, illegal demolition of rooming houses; to help ensure the safety and dignity of rooming house tenants

HOURS OF WORK: 35 paid hours / week
BASE SALARY: $47,797.79 (subject to change upon ratification of new collective agreement) includes a comprehensive health insurance package

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