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CALLS TO ACTION
Canada must maintain full economic relations with Cuba
The U.S. government is seeking to starve Cuba into submission and ‘regime change’. The Canadian government should denounce U.S. economic warfare (“sanctions”) towards Cuba, and maintain full economic relations with the tiny island country, including providing oil, food, and medicine immediately.– Letter writing campaign by: Justice Peace Advocates & Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
– Petition to Canadian parliament
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EVENTS
Hands Off Our Education!
When: February 19th, 11amThe Ford Government has made a number of announcements that actively make education even more inaccessible than it already is – both to students currently within Public School Education, and to students hoping to access it.
Join us this Thursday, February 19th at 11am for a province-wide call to learn about your provincial students’ union’s strategy on combatting these upcoming attacks on post-secondary education, build organizing capacity on campuses, and rally students across the province!
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Nuclear Is Not the Solution
When: February 19th, 7pmThe climate crisis has provided new cover for the promotion of nuclear power with the nuclear lobby claiming we already have the technology, ready to be perfected and deployed. But as M. V. Ramana argues in his recent book Nuclear is Not the Solution such thinking is not only naïve but dangerous. Beyond the horrific risk of severe accidents and the intractable problem of waste disposal, nuclear energy fails the two key tests for any climate solution: cost and time. More expensive than wind and solar, it is also far slower to bring online. Presentation followed by conversation with author M.V. Ramana.
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World Social Justice Day
When: February 20th, 5:30pmSocial justice is not an abstract ideal. It is lived and shaped through everyday systems such as health, food access, housing, education, climate action, and community care. In recognition of World Social Justice Day, this event brings together practitioners, advocates, and community leaders to explore how social justice shows up in real life, who is most affected by inequitable systems, and what meaningful action can look like beyond awareness.
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The Story of Regis Korchinski-Paquet
When: February 20th, 6pmWhere: 24 Cecil St
Join us in person for an eye-opening screening of The Story of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, followed by a thought-provoking panel discussion. We will serve a light nourishing meal before showing the documentary. It’s a chance to learn, reflect, and engage with others about police violence, wellness checks, and transformative justice. Don’t miss out on this meaningful event!
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Labour for Palestine
When: February 22nd, 1pmLabour Zionism and the struggle for Palestine in the labour movement – past and present.
Join labour activists and academics Katherine Nastovski and Kevin Skerrett to discuss the Canadian labour movement’s relationship with Zionism and the Histadrut, and strategies for building new relationships of genuine solidarity.
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Rally for Cuba
When: February 22nd, 1pmWhere: US Consulate, 361 University Ave
Join our rally to stand with Cuba against the cruel US blockade and Trump’s oil cut-off. End the embargo now!
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Introduction to Socialism
When: Sundays, February 22 to April 12Curious about socialism? Interested about if it is really possible and taking a sober look at the problems it will face? Want to discuss how to begin affecting change right now?
In these uncertain and dangerous times, The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is a space to listen, discuss and challenge the contemporary relevancy of socialism.
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Let Cuba Live!
When: February 22nd, 2:30pmWhere: 25 Cecil St
Please join us this SUNDAY for a People’s Tribunal in Toronto and via Live Stream! We, the people, charge the U.S. government with violations of Cuban sovereignty and universal human rights! LET CUBA LIVE!
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Trans Women and Other Difficult Subjects
When: February 25th (Doors open at 11:30am, event from 12-1:30pm.)Where: Daphne Cockwell Complex (DCC) Room 707, 288 Church St, TMU
Dr. Drew McEwan, a mad trans woman, scholar, poet, and Assistant Professor with TMU’s School of Disability Studies, will lead us in an exploration of “difficulty” as a category imposed on marginalized subjects. In this time of rising global fascism and violence, Dr. McEwan’s research on how the culturally and politically rendered “difficult trans woman” can justify the marginalization, political and social abandonment, and reduction of rights for all queer and trans persons is a crucial perspective.
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Resisting Erasure
When: February 25th, 6:30pm (doors 6pm)Where: William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcox St
Join us for the Toronto book launch of Resisting Erasure: Capitalism, Imperialism and Race in Palestine with authors Rafeef Ziadah and Adam Hanieh.
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FilmSocial: The Organizer
When: February 25th, 7pm (Doors open at 6:30pm.)Where: Eyesore Cinema, 1176 Bloor St W
The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to present The Organizer (1963) as the next film in the FilmSocial series of socialist film screenings.
Set in Turin, Italy at the turn of the 20th century, the story follows the workers of a textile factory, one of whom suffers a serious injury caused by exhaustion at the end of 14-hour shift. When workers stage a walk-out after the factory owners refuse to shorten the work day, determination wanes as they begin to fear for their jobs and return to their work benches. It’s not until a labour activist (Marcello Mastroianni) on the run from Genoan police appears and passionately shares from past organizing experience that the workers are emboldened to go on strike, and in the process, begin to understand the sacrifices that come with holding their ground.
Balancing humour with the realities of the economic climate at the onset of Italy’s industrial revolution, this historical drama directed by Mario Monicelli takes an honest look at early labour struggles. Adding to the film’s charm, the ensemble cast’s engrossing performances and the striking visual depictions by cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno make The Organizer a stirring portrayal of the strength of the unity but also the tolls of seeking justice.
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Trump, America, and Rupturing the World Order
When: February 26th, 3pmDiscussion with Jeffrey Sachs.
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Oil, Capitalism, and Climate
When: Friday February 27th, 7pmWhere: College Street United Church, 454 College St
All are invited to join us for the annual Leo Panitch Winter Lecture! We are honoured to welcome esteemed author and academic Adam Hanieh back to Toronto to deliver this year’s talk. This event marks the fourth edition of the school’s annual lecture, held in the memory of the late Leo Panitch.
Adam Hanieh will discuss how understanding oil’s place in world capitalism is key to grasping geopolitical dynamics and global finance, reviving vital climate struggles, and challenging the structural interests underpinning the system itself. He will also explore the connections between our fossil-fuel centred world and the contemporary politics of Palestine and the wider Middle East.
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ARTICLES
Defend Greenland Against US Aggression
By Socialistisk ArbejderpartiThe Donald Trump regime is still engaged in a fierce offensive for an imperialist US takeover of Greenland. All means have been used: political, economic, and even military threats. In this situation, the Greenlandic self-government, a united Inatsisartut, has quite understandably chosen to seek refuge in a tactical alliance with the former colonial power (Denmark), the EU, and the European NATO countries. At best, this alliance can stop Trump’s plans to formally take over power in Greenland here and now. However, neither the powers that be in Denmark nor the EU are reliable champions of the Greenlandic people’s right to self-determination – quite the contrary!
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Rethinking the ‘Indian International Student Crisis’
By Sheetala Bhat and Samuel NithiananthanIn downtown Toronto, whether it’s the chime of an app alert or the hum of two wheels weaving through rush-hour traffic, the faces you see delivering food, stocking shelves, and filling low-wage shifts are disproportionately South Asian migrants. What official discourse calls an “international student crisis” is not primarily a crisis of numbers but a crisis of labour: a structurally produced, politically managed supply of cheap, precarious workers that Canada’s universities, employers, and state have come to depend on. As federal policy has turned post-secondary education into a revenue engine, and work restrictions wax and wane with labour market needs, hundreds of thousands of international students have been funnelled into the gig economy, warehouses, kitchens, and service jobs that remain deeply undervalued, yet essential to the functioning of everyday life.
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The Wounds of Underdevelopment
By Saeed RahnemaUntil the astonishing imperialist assault by the United States on Venezuela and the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, news related to Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, Saudi Arabia’s attack on southern Yemen, and the agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland on the use of Red Sea ports were among the hot headlines on many global venues. The chaotic and miserable conditions of these three war-torn countries, and the poverty and displacement of these ancient nations, are the direct result of internal underdevelopment, colonial and imperialist interventions, and competition among major foreign powers. Moreover, for those sympathetic to the former Soviet Union, these three countries were once prominent examples of the “non-capitalist path of development” or a “socialist orientation.”
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EMPLOYMENT
Position in Canadian Politics
Located in downtown Toronto, the largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada and on the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Mississaugas of the Credit and the Wendat Peoples, the Department of Politics and Public Administration in the Faculty of Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University [www.torontomu.ca] invites applications for a Limited Term Faculty (LTF) position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of Canadian Politics. The appointment shall be effective July 1, 2026, for a one-year term, subject to final budgetary approval.The minimum salary for the Assistant Professor rank is $103,916.30 per annum.
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