CONTENTS
CALLS TO ACTION
Protect Workers’ Right to Strike
Big corporations already have too much power. Now the federal government has introduced a bill that could give it new powers to end legal strikes and weaken workers’ bargaining power, making it easier for companies to keep wages low and harder for you to push back. Make your voice heard: Tell your MP to protect workers’ right to strike and stand together.workerstogether.ca
EVENTS
Hands Off Our Education
When: November 5th, 9amVarious locations
Join students across Ontario in walking out and demanding better rights for ALL. Students are taking a stand against unfair policies around OSAP cuts, higher tuition fees, threats to campus services, and increased policing in schools. Education and campus spaces are under attack, and students are fighting back. Bring a friend, build the movement.
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Stop the Privatization of Healthcare
When: November 5th, 12pmThere are lots of exciting things happening as we prepare the fightback to stop the privatization of Canada’s health system. In light of the direct and very serious attack on the essential core of public health care in Canada, we are doing everything we can to stop them and protect patients from user fees and U.S. for-profit health insurance corporations.
We are inviting all of our members and supporters to please join a brief meeting on Thursday November 5 at 12 p.m. for one hour.
Register here and Zoom will send you the link to the meeting.
Show Up for Our Democracy
When: November 5th, 12pmWhere: Queen’s Park
Over the past two years, the Ontario government has waged an unprecedented battle against accountability, transparency, the rule of law and human dignity. Freedom of information access has been severely restricted. Cabinet has been empowered to exempt companies it selects from laws it chooses. Homelessness has been met with enforcement instead of housing. And government-appointed supervisors have replaced elected school boards.
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Hong Kong Under Authoritarianism
When: Thursday November 5th, 2pmWhere: Labour Council Board room, 895 Don Mills Rd. Unit 730, Tower 2
Authoritarianism is sweeping the world. Hong Kong is not alone in this fight for labour rights and freedoms including the right to strike.
This roundtable discussion will be an opportunity for labour activists to have a more in-depth conversation about strategies on building international solidarity, connecting workers across borders in our collective fight against the exploitations of capitalism and authoritarianism, be it in HK and elsewhere.
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The State of Healthcare
When: Thursday, November 5th, 6pmWhere: Mississauga Valley Community Centre, LC Taylor Auditorium, 1275 Mississauga Valley Blvd
A chance for ordinary Ontarians to connect with each other to discuss the current state of healthcare and deliberate next steps.
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Booklaunch: Revolution on the Move
When: Thursday, November 5th, 6.30pmWhere: Workers’ Action Centre, 720 Spadina Avenue, 2nd Floor
This book gathers the unforgettable voices of Latin American feminist activists who joined together to confront entrenched power and along the way transformed Canada’s biggest city. Based on decades of grassroots feminist activism and engaged scholarship, R. Magaly San Martin offers a sweeping and deeply affecting account of the pivotal role racialized immigrant feminists have played in Toronto’s legendary social justice struggles.
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Fighting Airport Privatization Together
When: November 6th, 12pmAirport workers and their allies are planning a day of action in December against airport privatization.
At the Canada Investment Summit, Mark Carney announced to an audience of foreign investors his intention to sell off control of Canada’s four largest airports (Toronto’s Pearson, Montreal’s Trudeau, Calgary Int’l and Vancouver Int’l).
Everywhere it has been tried, airport privatization had led to soaring fees and ticket prices, attacks on working conditions, and under-investment in essential safety measures.
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Diagnosing the Threats to Public Care
When: November 6th, 7pmWhere: Owl’s Club, 847 Dovercourt Rd
Since its inception, Canadian healthcare has provided the vast majority of Canadians with medical services free at the point of care and provided by both public and private actors. However, this system has long faced compounding challenges, including: cost-containment, chronic human resource shortages, prolonged wait times and the rise of “hallway medicine”, and systemic racism in healthcare delivery.
Over the last few decades, these challenges have increased as federal and provincial governments have clawed back funding, laid off workers, and used new forms of private, corporate actors to fill gaps in care.
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Building Solidarity
When: November 6th, 7:30pmWhere: Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square
Produced in collaboration with the Voices of Palestine project, this series of four events feature acclaimed Palestinian and Indigenous scholars, journalists, theatre makers, and musicians. This project has been made possible in part by The Muslim Fund.
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Reports From the European Uprisings
When: Saturday November 7th, 2pmA roundtable of speakers presenting eyewitness accounts and first-hand analysis of the dramatic events unfolding as students, youth, and working people in France, Spain, Portugal, and elsewhere in Europe rise up against capitalist austerity, police brutality, and authoritarianism.
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No War on Iran
When: November 7th, 2pmWhere: 361 University Ave (across from the US Consulate)
The drums of war, once again, against Iran are being heard! Members of the Labour Council are invited to join Hands Off Iran and the Iranian Canadian Congress and community supporters in mobilizing to demand: NO WAR ON IRAN.
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Race and Imperialism
When: November 7th, 7pmJoin the Alliance of Workers and Students on Saturday, November 7 for a panel discussion at Seeds Beneath the Snow: An Anti-Imperialist Symposium.
Featuring:
– Tamanisha John – International political economist, whose research focuses on economic hegemonies and processes of underdevelopment, with regional expertise in the Caribbean on issues of development, sovereignty, politics, and economic imperialism. Presenting in person.
– Himani Bannerji – Author, sociologist, Professor Emerita, and senior scholar at York University whose work frequently explores race, gender, colonialism, and hegemony through Marxist, anti-racist, and feminist theories of development. Presenting virtually.
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Canadians Stand With Cuba
When: November 7th, 7pmWhere: Steelworkers’ Hall, 25 Cecil St
End the United States’ genocidal siege of the Cuban people!
From the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Leima Martinez Freire!
Free admission and light refreshments provided!
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Filmscreening: Edward Said: Between Worlds
When: November 7th, 7pmWhere: YWCA, 87 Elm St
Born in Jerusalem in 1935, academic Edward Said spent his life between Jerusalem, Cairo, and New York, becoming one of the 20th century’s most influential intellectuals: revered by many, among the sharpest critics of the West, and a fierce advocate for a liberated and self-determined Palestine. Built entirely from archival material, Edward Said: Between Worlds follows Said across seven decades, from his Jerusalem childhood to his death in New York in 2003. Moving through the Nakba of 1948 and the 1993 Oslo Accords, the film shows how a life lived in exile shaped his scholarship and his advocacy.
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Don’t Forget the DS in BDS!
When: Sunday November 8th, 12pmJoin us on Sunday November 8 for our webinar: Don’t Forget the DS in BDS: Why Divestment and Sanctions are critical in this moment!
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Filmscreening: NAZA
When: November 8th, 1pmWhere: Hot Docs
The directors behind the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land return with a searing film that turns its investigative lens to the systems behind Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Clandestinely filmed at night from rooftops in Tel Aviv, NAZA reveals testimony from Israeli military insiders, examining how technology and intelligence protocols have shaped the war. Building upon reporting done by The Guardian, +972 Magazine and Local Call, the film takes its title from a military acronym used to indicate the number of civilians expected to be killed in an airstrike. NAZA premiered in competition at Venice, where it received the Special Jury Prize.
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Documenting Life and Death in Gaza
When: Monday November 9th, 12pmWhere: 288 Church Street
Produced in collaboration with the Voices of Palestine project, this series of four events feature acclaimed Palestinian and Indigenous scholars, journalists, theatre makers, and musicians. This project has been made possible in part by The Muslim Fund.
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Reading Poulantzas in the Middle East
When: Tuesday, November 10th, 2:30pmWhere: York University, S638 Ross Building
Nicos Poulantzas’ commitment to Marxism and his theoretical contributions to it were shaped by his active involvement in left-popular democratic and communist movements in Europe, as well as by the strategic questions posed to Marxism by these struggles. This then raises the question of the extent to which Poulantzas can speak to popular classes and the development of emancipatory political strategies in the Middle East, at a conjuncture in which the latest genocidal war on Palestine and its violent regional reverberations have posed new theoretical and strategic questions for Marxism. This is particularly significant because the question of war is not central to Poulantzas’ work or, more precisely, is posed primarily in negative theoretical terms.
Nima Nakhaei’s forthcoming book, Crises of the Neoliberal World Order and the Regionalization of the Post-Revolutionary State in Iran, examines how crises of neoliberal imperialism have facilitated the regionalization of hegemonic struggles in Iran, materializing and condensing in a ‘regional state formation’.
Confronting the Resurgent Right
When: Tuesday November 10th, 2:30pmWhere: McMaster Univ, 1280 Main St, Hamilton
Join editor Miriam Edelson and chapter contributors Alex Silas, Riley Yesno and John Clarke for a conversation about the rise of the far right in Canada and the possibilities for collective resistance.
Taking the 2022 “Freedom Convoy” as a starting point, Confronting the Resurgent Right examines the deep roots of right-wing extremism and how its ideas shape Canadian politics and society. Bringing together perspectives from labour, Indigenous politics and community organizing, this discussion will explore how we can understand these movements and build solidarity to challenge them.
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Building Power in Construction
When: November 10th, 7pmThe 1996 mass drive to organize electrical workers in the housing sector of Greater Toronto made history. Local 353 achieved a level of electrician union density in housing that exists nowhere else in North America. Barry Stevens tells the story, and John Cartwright will provide background on the construction industry.
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Fighting to Win
When: Nov 12 to Dec 2Unions and social movements today are operating under incredibly dire circumstances. There is great economic uncertainty and we confront the worsening impact of climate change as well as a global situation marked by the growing threat of conflict and war. When workers strike or communities under attack take to the streets, it seems that victories are much harder to win and past gains more difficult to defend.
This course will grapple with these questions by looking at the forms of exploitation and oppression that exist in society and the means by which the power structure acts to limit and contain our struggles. The course will move towards a discussion of how our movements can overcome the factors that hold them back and fight to win!
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ARTICLES
Defeating Trump
Adolph Reed Jr. interviewed by Selcuk GultasliAs the United States approaches the November 3, 2026, midterm elections, fundamental questions persist about the political-economic foundations of Trumpism, the durability of authoritarian nationalism, and the declining capacity of the American left to articulate a transformative alternative. In this wide-ranging interview with the European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS), Adolph Reed Jr., Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke College, offers a historically grounded critique of Trumpism, neoliberalism, racial politics, and the erosion of working-class political organization.
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The UAW Needs a Strategy for the Future of Manufacturing
By Toly RinbergThe United Auto Workers (UAW) has a problem: the future of the auto industry. The crisis facing autoworkers is unfolding on many fronts. Beyond the chaotic corporate-led electric vehicle (EV) transition, there is also the ongoing restructuring toward non-union manufacturing in the South, continued labor-replacing reorganization, and growing international competition. Workers bear the brunt on every front, most recently weathering plant closures, mass layoffs, and cross-border supply chain shocks.
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