Book launch: Free Public Transit

June 21, 2018

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Book launch: Free Public Transit

June 21, 2018

When: Thursday, June 21st, 6pm Where: A Different Booklist, 777 Bathurst St Join us for the Toronto launch of a unique book: Free Public Transit – And Why We Don’t Pay to Ride Elevators, edited by Judith Dellheim of Germany’s Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Jason Prince, of Concordia University in Montreal. It is a collaborative result of an international network of scholars and activists working for fare-free public transit. The book includes overall analysis of public transportation and describes and discusses various efforts in cities around the world to build movements for decommodified and accessible public transport. Examples include Toronto, Montreal, Bologna, Hasselt, Tallinn Stockholm and others. socialistproject.ca/event/book-launch-free-public-transit


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