CONTENTS

1. CALLS TO ACTION
2. EVENTS
3. ARTICLES

Reverse transit cuts and fund a better TTC

There will be a federal by-election in Scarborough Southwest and University-Rosedale on April 13, 2026. Add your name to urge MP candidates to invest in public transit to keep Toronto running.

The Federal Government has slashed funding from public services (like transit) to fund the military and cut taxes for the rich.

The Federal Budget terminated the Canada Public Transit Fund before it even began, folding it into the “Building Communities Strong” Fund. As part of the move, $5-billion has been cut from public transit funding. By moving our dedicated federal transit funding into a more generalized funding pot with competing needs for different kinds of infrastructure, this leaves less money on the table for urgent transit repairs and much-needed transit projects in Toronto – including funding the repair backlog to address subway slow zones, or funding new LRT and subway projects to address congestion.

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Rally to Defend Our Land and Water

When: Thursday March 26th, 12noon – 1pm
Where: Queens Park Lawn (University and College), Toronto

Join GASP (Grandmothers Act to Save the Planet) to tell Doug Ford that our land and water are not resources to destroy, but legacies to protect.

gasp4change.org

Filmscreening: The Vow From Hiroshima

When: March 26th, 4pm
Where: Trinity College, 6 Hoskin Ave

A moving documentary that reveals the horrors of the atomic bombings in Japan through the lens of a survivor.

scienceforpeace.org

50 Years After the Military Coup D’etat

When: March 26th, 6pm
Where: OISE, Room 12-130

Argentinians commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1976 military coup, a turning point in the country’s history, under conditions that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. In the 1970s, the military responded to the emergence of progressive movements contesting the roots of inequality in the country with torture, forced disappearance, and extrajudicial killings targeting thousands of trade unionists, political activists, students, and community organizers. Terror also silenced or forced thousands more into exile. Democracy returned in 1983, but the legacies of the dictatorship have remained tangible limits to what has been politically and economically viable for the country.

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Wage Theft Panel @ Labour Fair 26

When: Thursday, March 26th, 6pm

Join us online with the Workers’ Action Centre and Brock University for a panel on wage theft in Ontario.

Hosted by George Brown Labour Fair 2026 and co-sponsored by Brock’s Department of Labour Studies, this panel will bring together real stories, research and insights into how you can stand up against unfair pay practices.

workersactioncentre.org

Class Strength in North America Today

When: March 26th, 6:30pm

Join us for a virtual panel discussion between Jay Youngdahl, Sam Gindin, and Adolf Reed Jr. on contemporary issues of class division and strength in North America.

The trio will discuss: where do divisions in the working class come from and who benefits from them? How can solidarity be built between workers across sectors today?

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Why is Palestine a Labour Issue?

When: March 26th, 6:30pm

Join this session at the 21st Israeli Apartheid Week for a panel discussion on “Global Labour Solidarity: Why is Palestine a Labour Issue?”

Presenters: Pamela Arancibia, Katherine Nastovski, and Chris Webb.

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Better Medicare Health Summit

When: March 27th, 9am-5pm
Where: Cecil Community Centre, 58 Cecil St

We’re excited to announce the Better Medicare Health Summit: one look back and twenty leaps forward, as CDM celebrates 20 years of strengthening and preserving Canada’s publicly funded health care system.

At the Better Medicare Health Summit, we will explore the future of Medicare in Canada, scalable solutions to transform primary care, the growing risks posed by for-profit care and the private insurance industry, public solutions to address health care wait times, the importance of enforcing the Canada Health Act, and much more.

canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca

50th Anniversary of the brutal ‘regime change’ in Argentina

When: March 27th, 7pm
Where: USW, 25 Cecil St
Tickets: $20

Tango, Theatre, and Memory: An Evening for Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo.

Fundraiser event in support of the search for the stolen grandchildren and their pursue of justice.

neveragain.crd.co

Unity in Struggle Forum

When: March 28th – 29th

Last year, the Forum brought together over 500 attendees across two days, featuring 8 panels, 2 breakout sessions, workshops, and 23 speakers. We are deeply grateful to everyone who helped make the event such a success. This year’s Toronto-based, two-day gathering will once again people together to strengthen solidarity, share knowledge from struggles across the world, and collectively imagine what liberation can look like.

Rooted in shared learning and action, this forum is about building power together.

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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

When: Saturday, March 28th, 11:30am
Where: Dentonia Park, corner of Dentonia Park Ave. and Thyra Ave (Victoria Park subway station)

A rising climate of hate – racism, Islamophobia and antisemitism – threatens the safety and unity of our communities. We refuse division and stand together in solidarity, not hate. Join us in building a city rooted in justice, dignity and collective care. Organised by Toronto East Anti-hate Mobilization (TEAM).

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Data into Action for Palestine

When: March 28th, 2pm

A collaborative Virtual Brainstorm Workshop to build a mutual aid network designed by advocates, for advocates. Where your career isn’t on the line for standing for what’s right! Come brainstorm how to turn data into actionable projects.

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Rally for Cuba

When: March 29th, 1pm
Where: 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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Support Grassy Narrows

When: March 30th, 8:30am
Where: Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front St. W (across from Union Station)

While Premier Ford meets with municipal leaders attending the “Good Roads Conference” at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Grassy Narrows leadership, community members and allies will be there to bring their call for justice directly to him so he cannot ignore them.

On Monday March 30th Join Grassy Narrows Chief, Council, grassroots community members, and allies to demand that Premier Ford compensate the community for the ongoing mercury crisis.

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Public Grocery option

When: Monday March 30th, 3:15pm

With special guests:
– Dr. Michael Classens, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream School of the Environment, University of Toronto

– Aaron Vansintjan, Policy Manager, Food Secure Canada

– Jade Guthrie, Community Learning and Engagement Manager, Foodshare Toronto

This seminar is part of the course: CSES342 Theory and Praxis in Food Security(Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity, New College, University of Toronto)

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Addressing the Housing Crisis

When: March 31st, 1pm

In this webinar, we’ll be joined by Lisa Freeman, Senior Researcher with the CLC’s Social and Economic Policy Department and our in-house expert housing, and Michèle Biss, Executive Director of the National Right to Housing Network.

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Fund Our Schools

When: Tuesday, March 31st, 7pm
Where: 18 Wynford Drive, Suite 201

As a student, parent, caregiver, educator, or community member, what do you want our publicly funded schools to look like? Let’s shape our community together!

fundourschools.ca | actionnetwork.org

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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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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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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MAGA Aesthetics and Fascist Power: Spectacles of White Supremacy

By Henry A. Giroux

The United States is not merely awash in brutalizing and murderous acts of state-sanctioned violence. It is being restructured by them. The killings of Rachel Good and Alex Pretti are not aberrations or tragic mistakes; they belong to a longer and darker history that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) once named with chilling precision. In earlier periods of American turmoil, such killings were called lynchings, acts “carried out by lawless mobs, although police officers did participate, under the pretext of justice.” Today, this violence extends well beyond the bullet and the baton.

Source: The Bullet No. 3272

Geometry of US Imperial Aggression on Venezuela

By Paramjit Singh

US President Donald Trump has made it increasingly explicit that his administration governs in the interests of the US industrial-financial-military complex rather than the well-being of ordinary Americans. His open assertions of US claims over territories and strategic assets signal a deliberate abandonment of diplomatic ambiguity in favour of overt imperial assertion. The recent US military assault on Venezuela represents the most concrete manifestation of this turn, constituting the most dramatic escalation of US intervention in the region since the 1989 invasion of Panama.

Source: The Bullet No. 3273

Lenin’s Comintern Revisited

John Riddell’s new book Lenin’s Comintern Revisited is a highly readable account of the Communist International (Comintern) under Lenin. The book also serves as an introduction to the 11 volumes of the Comintern Publishing Project series prepared under Riddell’s direction. Of special value for today’s readers, this book places the Comintern’s history in the context of contemporary global anti-imperialist struggles, world movements for social and economic justice, and the perspective of building a socialist society free of the threat of imperialist war and of environmental devastation due to climate change.

Participants: John Riddell, Mike Taber, Sebastian Budgen, Daria Dyakonova, Lars Lih, Paul Le Blanc, Rianne Subijanto, and Greg Albo.

Source: LeftStreamed