CONTENTS

1. CALLS TO ACTION
2. EVENTS
3. ARTICLES

Canada – Defy Trump

Canada: Defy Trump. Sell oil, food, and medicine to Cuba!

Donald Trump is seeking to starve Cuba into submission. Please take a minute to call on the Canadian government to defy this flagrant violation of international law by selling oil, food and medicine to the Caribbean nation.

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No Embargo Against Cuba!

When: Thursday April 9th, 6pm
Where: Student Centre 313 York University

Public educational about Cuba and the blockade.

Hosted by Young Communist League (YCL) threads.com

Higher Education Organizing: Power Mapping

When: April 9th, 6:30pm
Where: College St UC, 502 Bathurst St

All working in and around a university or college campus are invited to the third open organizing meeting for higher education! This meeting will be focused on power mapping the higher education sector, including a presentation of a sectoral collective bargaining tracker to see where the upcoming contract fights are happening and presentations on the state of organizing at a number of GTA campuses.

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Gang of Four Artshow

When: April 11 to 26 (reception April 11th, 3pm)
Where: 136 Brooklyn Ave

Gagne Contemporary Projects presents Gang Of Four – Group Art Show: Opening reception: Saturday April 11th, 3-8pm. AL Runt, RGLgalleries, Michael Zaharuk, Vince Vaitiekunas.

Group Art Show: April 11th- 26th.

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Songs of Resistance

When: Saturday April 11th, doors 6:15pm, concert 7pm
Where: Holy Trinity Church – 10 Trinity Square

The Elementary Teachers of Toronto Choir is joining the Common Thread Community Chorus for a powerful evening of music, storytelling, and solidarity called Songs of Resistance.

This special concert will feature selections from Common Thread’s repertoire alongside a set of original songs written by Toronto teachers, titled Voices from the Frontlines.

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TTCriders Book Club

When: April 12th, 2pm
Where: CSI Spadina, 192 Spadina Ave

Every two months, we’ll read a different book about transit, and get a chance to meet new and familiar faces. Each Book Club will start with a brief recap of the book followed by questions and discussion. Everyone is welcome to join! We encourage you to come even if you haven’t completed the reading!

We’ll be reading Jarrett Walker’s Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking About Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives. Physical and digital copies are available at the Toronto Public Library.

The TTCriders Book Club is a friendly place to learn more about transit and from each other so we can better organize for public transit.

ttcriders.ca

Against War on Iran and in solidarity with the Iranian People

When: Sunday April 12th, 3pm
Where: Across from the US Consulate, 361 University Ave

The devastating US-Israeli war on Iran has killed countless innocents and destroyed schools, hospitals, universities, and vital civil infrastructure. It has drastically set the Iranian people’s struggle for liberation back and led to regional instability. We denounce this war and stand in solidarity with Iranian, Lebanese, Palestinian, and all peoples in the region facing imperialist violence and authoritarianism.

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Learn to play BILLIONAIRES & GUILLOTINES

When: April 12th, 6pm
Where: Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Ave

Join designer Max Haiven to learn to play the board game Billionaires & Guillotines, the billionaire simulator you’ve been waiting for!

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Equal Pay Day

When: April 14th, 12:15pm
Where: 361 University Ave at the Pillars of Justice.

On Equal Pay Day, women across Ontario will take action to demand that the Ontario government protect and expand child care services for parents and ensure child care workers are paid a pay-equity-compliant fair wage.

equalpaycoalition.org

Gig work?

When: April 14th, 7:30pm

Will you have a secure job, a salary, benefits, and a pension? Or will you be contracted by the hour? Will your employer be an app?

Join us for an overview of the gig economy, some lessons learned by gig workers trying to unite and organize, how more sectors are being “gigified”, what this means for the future of work and what we can do about it.

Panelists: Jim Stanford, Jennifer Scott, Deena Newaz, Jessica Bell.

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Art Build and Film Screening

When: April 15th, 5:30pm
Where: Worker’s Action Centre, 720 Spadina Ave, Unit 206

Let’s come together to make art for our celebration of International Workers’ Day (May 1st), and then we’ll watch the film Harlan County USA (1976).

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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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Workers’ Justice

When: Every Thursday – April 16 or April 23 (final date will be confirmed with registered participants)

Free, in-person course for workers and community members in Jane-Finch, Rexdale, and Northwest Toronto.

Participants who attend at least 6 of the 8 sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion from the Global Labour Research Centre at York University.

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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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Cuba Resists

When: Saturday April 18th, 3pm
Where: 24 Cecil St

Join us for a political/cultural event.

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BBQ and Party: May Day 2026

When: Friday May 1st, 1pm
Where: Christie Pits Park, 750 Bloor St. W. (near the firepit/ basketball courts)

Let’s come together on May 1st to celebrate International Workers’ Day 2026!

Did you know that internationally the 1st of May is a national public holiday, and is known as “International Workers’ Day”?! The government of Canada made the first Monday in September “Labour Day,” but let’s also keep the more radical May Day spirit alive!

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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

A Socialist Political Earthquake Strikes Seattle

By Yuly Chan

In recent years, municipal politics has emerged as an essential and viable arena for building socialist leadership and movements. In 2013, a group of socialists built an electoral strategy and a working-class-led movement to take on the corporate structure in Seattle, which is home to some of America’s largest corporations, including Amazon, Boeing, Microsoft, and Starbucks. Jonathan Rosenblum’s book, We’re Coming for You and Your Rotten System: How Socialists Beat Amazon and Upended Big-City Politics (OR Books 2025) examines how this movement disrupted the political terrain in Seattle and raised the bar for what the Left can achieve, even under the most seemingly difficult times.

Source: The Bullet No. 3276