When: Sunday May 4th, 12pm Where: Centre for Social Innovation/Centre for Social Justice, Second Floor, Room # 1, 720 Bathurst St. Capitalism and the IPCC Report on Global Warming There are many discussions on the Left occurring over climate change. Some of these have been occurring about a ‘just transition’ in the labour movement to […] Learn More
When: Sunday, April 13th, 1:30pm Where: CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst Street (Room #1), Toronto The sources for eco-socialism are many but Andre Gorz’s Ecology as Politics remains one of the most important texts. It first connected the ecological movement to larger struggles of the labour and socialist movements. He began to develop these themes in […] Learn More
We are pleased to invite participation in an open workshop series focused on the role of Canadian workers’ pension funds in the larger national and global economy. One of the key features of the continuing deep economic crisis facing Canadian workers is the attack on long established pension and retirement benefits, which are now dismissed […] Learn More
When: Saturday Oct 26 – 1pm Where: Steelworkers’ Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto The Hidden History of Workplace Resistance U.S. Autoworkers Speak Out Three prominent uaw shop floor activists describe current life on American assembly lines and keeping resistance alive. * At the height of the recent economic crisis auto companies were bailed out while […] Learn More
When: Sunday, August 25 — 2pm Where: East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Ave., Toronto Featured speaker: Ben Powless, Mohawk environmental advocate organizing Ottawa’s community campaign against tar sands pipeline. Ben works extensively with the Indigenous Environmental Networks on climate policy. … along with East End Toronto community voices. Meeting begins with a short video […] Learn More