CONTENTS

1. CALLS TO ACTION
2. EVENTS
3. ARTICLES

Tell CPPIB to Stop Investing in Genocide

For the seventh consecutive year, we have analyzed the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s (CPPIB) investments. As of 31 March 2026 (fiscal year end 2025/2026), CPPIB had over $54 billion invested in 120 companies complicit in Israel’s genocide, war crimes, and apartheid. This represents 6.9% of CPPIB’s total holdings in 25/26.

The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is the Canadian national social insurance plan (with the exception of Quebec, which has CDPQ). CPP is funded through contributions from employees, employers, and self-employed individuals – aka, the residents of Canada. CPP “provides income replacement to contributors and their families in the event of retirement, disability or death.” CPP funds are managed by the CPP Investment Board (CPPIB), which focuses on “maximizing long-term returns without undue risk of loss.” In other words, CPPIB decides how to invest the contributions of millions of individuals in Canada.

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OPSEU Strike (week 17)

When: while the strike is on

Doug Ford has underfunded our community services to the point of crisis — and it’s pushing workers into poverty.

OPSEU members are now in the ninth week of their ongoing strike. These workers provide critical frontline services that our communities rely on. Stability, dignity, and decent wages for workers will mean better services for all.

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Meditation and Mindfulness for Changemakers

When: Tuesdays Sept 8 to 29, 7pm

For changemakers, caring deeply can be both beautiful and brutal. When the world is on fire, it’s easy to get swept into overwhelm, anger, grief, and a nervous system that never quite gets to exhale.

But over time, these patterns can get in the way of cultivating the very love, health, connection, and joy within yourself needed to build a more just, compassionate, and healthy world.

This 4-week online meditation and mindfulness course is to help people who care deeply to strengthen their resilience, focus, and openheartedness — so they can remain effective through these wildly difficult times.

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Art show: Gang of Five

When: September 9-27
Where: Propeller Gallery, 30 Abell St

The Gang of 5 art collective features multidisciplinary artists: Patrick Jenkins, Al Runt, Randal Gordy Lee, Vince Vaitiekunas and Michael Zaharuk. This eclectic group of artists have come together, uniting in their shared language of cartoons, whimsy and thought-provoking yet gritty storytelling. In this show, the group will be exhibiting original paintings, one-of-a-kind prints, comics, flip books, T-shirts, merch and much more.

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Understanding Capitalism

When: September 20th to November 8th
Free/recommended donation: $40

Frustrated with capitalism and its impacts on human beings and the planet? Do you believe that a more equitable, democratic, and liberatory society is possible?

Waking up from the capitalist nightmare requires a clear understanding of what we are up against: how we understand capitalism, how it works, and how it compels us to act in certain ways – these all shape what kinds of strategies will be needed to move beyond it.

This course will approach these questions and others through An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx’s Capital by Michael Heinrich, one of most approachable and understandable guides through Marx’s masterwork. Capital remains the most important work of critical analysis of capitalism in history, through its exploration of the economic principles that govern capitalism, and the problems faced by workers and society.

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Filmscreening: Earth’s Greatest Enemy

When: Thursday September 24th, 5–8pm
Where: George Brown Polytechnic, 200 King Street East, Room 128

Join us for a screening of Abby Martin’s documentary Earth’s Greatest Enemy, followed by a post-screening conversation and Q&A with Abby Martin.

The film examines the Pentagon’s environmental impact and the consequences of militarism for communities and ecosystems around the world.

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Workers’ Justice

When: Sept 24 – November 12
Where: Jane-Finch area

The third Workers’ Justice cohort will meet every Thursday from September 24 to November 12, 2026. Over eight weeks, workers and community members will come together to share their experiences, learn about workplace rights, and explore how collective action can create change in workplaces and communities.

The course is grounded in participants’ own knowledge and experiences. Sessions will combine practical information, group discussion, participatory activities, and collective problem-solving. Together, participants will examine why workplace injustices happen, who is most affected, and how workers can respond individually and collectively.

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[Brampton] The State of Healthcare

When: September 24th, 6:30pm
Where: 11 Sun Pac Boulevard, Brampton

Ontario’s healthcare system is at a critical crossroads. The State of Healthcare Town Hall brings healthcare leaders, advocates and community voices together featuring panels and audience Q&A on the future of healthcare in Ontario. We’ll discuss state of Ontario healthcare as it relates to privatization, long-term care, primary care, and senior healthcare. Join us for an open and constructive conversation about building a healthcare system that works for all Ontarians.

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The Billionaire Problem

When: September 24th, 7pm
Where: Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St W

The world’s twelve richest billionaires hold more wealth than the poorest half of humanity combined. The forty richest billionaires increased their fortunes by nearly $95-billion in one year, while millions face rising costs and growing economic pressures.

The rapidly widening divide between the ultra-rich and everybody else is reshaping Canadian life — from the price of homes and groceries to the future of our communities, economy, and democracy.

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Labour’s Antique Road Show

When: Friday September 25th, 6pm
Where: Steelworkers’ Hall, 25 Cecil St

Do you or your union have old objects from labour’s past kicking around your basement, attic, closet, or union office?

They could be labour banners, charters, pictures, books, pamphlets, newspapers, buttons, pins, mugs, T-shirts – anything that helps to tell the story of workers in this city.

It’s time to dig them out and show them off. So dig them out and contact us at cheron@yorku.ca. We’ll arrange to display them on the night of the celebration.

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Critical Mass Ride

When: Friday September 25th, 6pm, leave at 6:30pm
Where: High Park (front gates on Bloor St. West)

Critical Mass Ride for safe cycling infrastructure in Toronto and throughout Ontario.

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Filmscreening: 9 to 5

When: Friday, September 25th, Panel Discussion: 6:15pm, Movie Screening: 7pm
Where: 895 Don Mills Rd, Suite 600

Join us for a special screening of the classic 1980 workplace satire movie 9 to 5!

Before the film, we’ll host a powerful panel discussion addressing systemic sexism in the workplace, pay equity, harassment, child care, and women’s leadership in unions. Come for the conversation; stay for the laughs.

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Filmsocial: Che (part 1)

When: September 25th, 6:45pm
Where: College St. United Church, 502 Bathurst St

The Leo Panitch School is proud to present Che: Part One as the next entry in the special FilmSocial series showcasing films on Cuba.

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Solidarity Is Strength

When: September 26th, 10am
Where: College United Church, 502 Bathurst St

From the Ontario Days of Action to Building the Fight Against Ford.

All are invited to participate in Solidarity is Strength, an organizing event reflecting on a defining chapter of Ontario’s history and what lessons we can carry forward to fight today’s austerity agenda. The event will include a conversation with Paul Kellogg, author of Austerity and Resistance: the Ontario Days of Action, 1995-1998, as well other labour leaders, rank-and-file education workers, and prominent activists.

A big fight is brewing over public education, thanks to dedicated workers who’ve been reviving deep organizing methods. Education Workers’ see that their power and leverage is, as a province-wide, strategically situated and coordinated group, providing a highly valued public service.

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Take Back the Night

When: Saturday September 26th, 2 – 9pm
Where: 640 Dundas St. E, Regent Park Green Space

Take Back the Night is a community-based event that unites survivors and honours their stories as survivors of sexual violence, sexual assault, childhood sexual violence, domestic violence, and state violence – such as police brutality, racism, sexist oppression, and other forms of institutionalized violence and war. Hosted by Toronto Rape Crisis Centre.

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Counter Canada First rally

When: Sunday September 27th, 12pm
Where: Nathan Phillips Square

The hate group “Canada first” is once again trying to hold a hate rally in Nathan Phillips Square on September 27. Show up to let them know their bigotry is not welcome here!

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Rent Strike

When: September 29th, 5:30pm
Where: TBA

Tenants across the city are fighting back against their landlords, and winning! Come enjoy dinner and hear from Toronto Tenant Union organizers about how they’re doing it. Followed by a screening of scenes from a documentary on a powerful tenant organizing story: armed with community and courage, a diverse group of Toronto tenants take on powerful corporate landlords in a historic rent strike, sparking a movement for housing justice across the city and beyond.

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How do we stop the destruction of our public healthcare system?

When: September 29th, 7pm
Where: Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street

The all-out assault on public healthcare is epitomized by Alberta’s Bill 11, which came into effect September 1st, and Doug Ford’s ongoing and accelerating dismantling of public healthcare in Ontario. This Town Hall meeting will provide an overview of the scale of the threat we are facing. Speakers include Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, along with other special guests.

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Opening Night: PALESTINE 36

When: September 30th, 7pm

Part of the Toronto Palestine Film Festival – Sept. 30 to Oct. 9.

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Justice For Kaleym Solidarity Statement

By Socialist Project

In the early hours of August 6, 2026, Toronto police shot and killed a black 19-year-old named Kaleym Davy while he was driving a vehicle. Headlines announced his death with a widely repeated statement from Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) that the car was stolen. The chief of police has since clarified that the car was not, in fact, stolen but was rented by a family member. This is in line with the police pattern of initially releasing non-factual information that benefits their preferred narrative and downplays potential police abuse.

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Solidarity is Strength

By Herman Rosenfeld and Sam Gindin

We are living in a moment where working people are under attack in various ways: Trump’s tariffs, Prime Minister Carney’s military investments, pipelines, cuts to social spending, the sell-off of Canadian resources to wealthy investors, businesses laying off workers, and the increasing cost of living. In Ontario, the Ford government is seeking to maintain austerity and has been attacking public services and the workers who staff them.

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Palestine Unions: Global Call for Worker Action Against Genocide

By Palestinian Trade and Professional Unions

The Palestinian labour movement reiterates its solidarity with workers across the world resisting all forms of oppression and calls for global action to end complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide and apartheid from Friday, November 20th, leading up to the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on Sunday, November 29th, 2026. This coming November, we the undersigned Palestinian trade unions and federations urgently renew our call to unions around the world.

Source: The Bullet No. 3324