CONTENTS

1. CALLS TO ACTION
2. EVENTS
3. ARTICLES

Save Our Waterfront

Public space is important to Torontonians. It’s why we’ve invested billions in re-making the waterfront as a place for residents and families to gather and spend their time. In the winter we skate. In the summer we attend festivals and sample delicious food. Waterfront activities attract 17 million visits per year.

An expanded Island Airport with jets will ruin all of this.

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OSAP Student Strike

When: June 18th, 3-5pm
Where: UTSU Student Commons, 230 College St, 5th Flr

Welcoming all to an educational about the OSAP cuts and the tactics we’ve used to fight against them! Learn the arguments for a student strike to reverse the OSAP cuts.

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Booklaunch: Renovictions

When: June 18th, 6:30pm
Where: Queen Books, 914 Queen St E

Countering the narrative that the renovicting landlords are just a few bad apples acting in bad faith, this book exposes the structures of displacement enabled by the state and perpetuated by rental housing reforms.

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Water Privatization?

When: June 18th, 6:30pm
Where: Vic Johnston Comm. Centre, 335 Church St, Mississauga

Join KeepWaterPublic.ca in Mississauga for a town hall on the future of Ontario’s water. Hear directly from experts about how new legislation could impact public control of our water systems.

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People’s Debrief – War

When: June 18th, 6:30pm
Where: Christie Pits (by gazebo)

North Star – Southern Ontario – would like to extend our invitation to join us at our People’s Debrief – this debrief’s theme is about the phenomenon of diasporas supporting imperialist wars against their home countries.

In general, our debriefs are spaces for casual political discussion for anyone interested in participating, including but not limited to: labour and housing organizers, union members, other journalists, or anyone who seeks a space to discuss class-centric politics.

ETT at Ford Fest

When: June 19th, 5pm
Where: Thomson Memorial Park (meet at main parking lot, near Brimley and Dorcot)

Join your coworkers in crashing FordFest, Ford’s yearly attempt to distract from his horrible track record of austerity and constant scandals.

Students are feeling Ford’s cuts in our schools every day, and teachers notice. This report card season, let’s tell Ford our assessment: he’s once again Failed as Ontario’s Premier.

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Policing, Borders, Militarization, and Abolition

When: June 19th, 7pm

Join this Teach-in on “Policing, Borders, Militarization, and Abolition” in the context of queer and trans struggles under war and imperialism. This session brings together leading voices to unpack how systems of policing and militarization impact queer and trans communities globally and how we move toward abolition and collective liberation.

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Organizer Social

When: June 20th, 1pm
Where: Christie Pits Park (in case of rain – Trinity St. Paul Church)

Please RSVP for the Organizer Social hosted by Anti Imperialist Front + friends. This is a casual potluck gathering for organizers across the city to connect, relax, and build relationships. Bring food, chairs/blankets, games, instruments, etc.

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Colonialism, Capitalism, and Canada

When: June 20th, 7pm
Where: College Street United Church

The Leo Panitch School is thrilled to host renowned historian and author Bryan Palmer for a celebration of his three-volume history of Canada, Capitalism, and Colonialism!

This monumental work offers readers access to a clear-eyed understanding of Canada’s past, explaining how recently-acknowledged dark facts about our history are tied to the creation of a richly endowed, wealthy but very unequal first world country.

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Riders’ Summit

When: June 21st, 11am
Where: Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Dr

There’s an election coming up in Fall, and transit riders are a constituency that cannot be ignored. Let’s make sure that all City Councillor and Mayoral candidates support better public transit! This year, let’s win change for a transit system for all, one that we can all afford and rely on.

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Crash Course on Colonialism, Capitalism, and the History of Canada

When: Sundays at 2pm, June 21 to July 12

In this introductory course, we will be engaging critically with these and many other aspects of colonialism and Canadian history. The history of colonialism and modern injustice against indigenous people is rightly a motivating issue for many. The structures and systems that led to such monumental injustices must be understood, especially by those who believe that a fundamentally better world is possible. So, too, it is crucial to understand the exploitation and oppression endured by working people as Canada became an advanced capitalist nation state.

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Climate Solutions Innovation Forum

When: June 24th, 1pm

Three presenters – spanning Indigenous leadership, Wise Practice facilitation, and the catalyzing research that helped weave it all together – will bring different voices to one shared story. Together they will address questions at the heart of the CSIF: How do you build trust with communities whose experience of institutions has been harmful? How do you professionalize without losing your grassroots roots? What does it look like to advance work in a good way inside a movement that is itself still becoming?

sustainabilitynetwork.ca

Unlocking Plug-in Solar

When: June 24th, 8pm

Join Climate Reality Project Canada, the Calgary Climate Hub, and Volta Home for a conversation about plug-in solar: a simple, affordable clean energy solution that could help households lower bills and generate their own power. We’ll dig into what plug-in solar is, why outdated provincial rules are still standing in the way, and what we can learn from U.S. states that are already moving ahead. Plug-in solar could open the door to broader public support for clean energy, energy independence, and common-sense policy change across Canada.

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Health Research Conference

When: June 25th, 9am
Cost: $100 (Full day access + conference materials)

Featuring: Expert speakers from Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), political researchers, corporate researchers, health policy researchers, journalists and authors, and more.

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Know Your Rights At Work

When: Thursday, June 25th, 6pm
Where: The Hub, 2660 Eglinton Ave E

Do you know and understand your labour rights? Are you being paid properly at work? Are you being treated unfairly at work?

Join us for a free and confidential workshop to learn about your rights and how to protect them. Refreshments will be provided.

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Climate Crisis Deepens

By John Clarke

As ever more evidence emerges about the devastating and intensifying impacts of global heating, climate scientists are suggesting that the world could experience far more disastrous consequences than previously anticipated if pre-industrial temperatures increase by even 2°C. With increases well beyond this level during this century entirely possible, these findings are enormously worrying, with dire implications for humanity.

Source: The Bullet No. 3298

The 2026 World Cup: Inclusivity, Peace, Unity, and Other FIFA Myths

By Sanjana P. Rahman

According to the International Association Football Federation (FIFA), the 2026 World Cup is all about inclusivity, peace, and unity. Like many things associated with FIFA, however, those promises become considerably less convincing upon closer inspection. Across Canada, the World Cup is costing taxpayers an estimated $1.1-billion, working out to approximately $82-million per game in government funding. In other words, fans of the game are invested in the event both literally and figuratively. So, what does the World Cup look like from where we, the ordinary fans, are standing?

Source: The Bullet No. 3299

Stella and Michel – A Revolutionary Love Story

By T.S. Davis

My mother-in-law was a big reader and bought most of her books second-hand at the local Salvation Army for $.25 to $1.00 each. Over the decades she amassed a huge library. She kept a journal with brief notations about each book: whether she liked it or not, its main theme, and details about the author, with quotes or salient points from the book. She was always generous, offering to the family any book we wished to read. When we visited her, I usually came home with a handful.

Source: The Bullet No. 3300