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# Centre for Social Justice

The Centre for Social Justice strengthens the struggle for social justice with community research, education and advocacy that narrows the gap in income, wealth and power, and enhances democracy, peace and human security.

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://www.socialjustice.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-jun-18/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 18 to June 25, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-jun-22/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 22 to June 29, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-jul-9/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 9 to 16, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-jul-2/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 2 to 9, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-jun-25/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 25 to July 2, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-jun-11/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 11 to 18, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-jun-4/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 4 to 11, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-may-28/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 28 to June 4, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-may-21/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 21 to 28, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-may-14/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 14 to 21, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-may-7/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 7 to 14, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-apr-30/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 30 to to May 7, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-apr-23/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 23 to 30, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-apr-16/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 16 to 23, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-apr-9/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 9 to 16, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-apr-2/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 2 to 9, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-mar-26/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 26 to April 2, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-mar-19/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 19 to 26, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-mar-12/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 12 to 19, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-mar-5/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 5 to 12, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-feb-26/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 26 to March 5, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-feb-19/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 17 to 26, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-feb-12/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 12 to 19, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-feb-5/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 5 to February 12, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-jan-29/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 29 to February 5, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-jan-22/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 22 to 29, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-jan-15/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 15 to 22, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-jan-8/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 8 to 15, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2026-jan-1/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 1 to 8, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-dec-25/) - Social Justice community newsletter for December 25 to January, 2026.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-dec-18/) - Social Justice community newsletter for December 18 to 25, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-dec-4/) - Social Justice community newsletter for December 4 to 11, 2025.
- [Donation Letter 2025](https://www.socialjustice.org/donation-letter/) - Dear donor, Your generous support f the Centre for Social Justice in the past is deeply appreciated. Your contribution is of vital importance to the struggle for a peaceful world and social justice in Ontario and Canada. Unfortunately, the world today is far from at peace, with a war in Ukraine dragging on with a
- [Donation Letter 2024](https://www.socialjustice.org/donation-letter-24/) - Dear donor, Your generous support of the Centre for Social Justice in the past is deeply appreciated. Your contribution is of vital importance to the struggle for a peaceful world, and social and ecological justice in Ontario and Canada. Unfortunately, the world today is far from at peace, with a war in Ukraine pushing towards
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-nov-27/) - Social Justice community newsletter for November 27 to December 4, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-nov-20/) - Social Justice community newsletter for November 20 to 27, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-nov-13/) - Social Justice community newsletter for November 13 to November 20, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-nov-6/) - Social Justice community newsletter for November 6 to 13, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-oct-30/) - Social Justice community newsletter for October 30 to November 6, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-oct-23/) - Social Justice community newsletter for October 23 to October 30, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-oct-16/) - Social Justice community newsletter for October 16 to October 23, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-oct-9/) - Social Justice community newsletter for October 9 to 16, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-oct-2/) - Social Justice community newsletter for October 2 to 9, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-sep-25/) - Social Justice community newsletter for September 25 to October 2, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-sep-18/) - Social Justice community newsletter for September 18 to 25, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-sep-11/) - Social Justice community newsletter for Sepember 11 to 18, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-sep-4/) - Social Justice community newsletter for September 4 to 11, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-aug-28/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 28 to September 4, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-aug-21/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 21 to August 28, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-aug-14/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 14 to 21, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-aug-7/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 7 to 14, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jul-31/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 31 to August 7, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jul-24/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 24 to 31, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jul-17/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 17 to July 24, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jul-10/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 10 to July 17, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jul-3/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 3 to July 10, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jun-26/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 26 to July 3, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jun-19/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 19 to June 26, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jun-12/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 12 to June 19, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jun-5/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 5 to June 12, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-may-29/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 29 to June 5, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-may-22/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 22 to May 29, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-may-15/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 15 to May 22, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-may-8/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 8 to May 15, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-may-1/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 1 to May 8, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-apr-24/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 24 to May 1, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-apr-17/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 17 to 24, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-apr-10/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 10 to 17, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-apr-3/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 3 to 10, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-mar-27/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 27 to April 3, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-mar-20/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 20 to 27, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-mar-13/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 13 to 20, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-mar-6/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 6 to 13, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-feb-27/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 27 to March 6, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-feb-20/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 20 to 27, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-feb-13/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 13 to 20, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-feb-6/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 6 to 13, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jan-30/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 30 to February 6, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jan-23/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 23 to 30, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jan-16/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 16 to 23, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jan-9/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 9 to 16, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2025-jan-2/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 2 to 9, 2025.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-dec-12/) - Social Justice community newsletter for December 12 to 19, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-nov-28/) - Social Justice community newsletter for November 28 to December 5, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-dec-5/) - Social Justice community newsletter for December 5 to 12, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-nov-21/) - Social Justice community newsletter for November 21 to November 28, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-nov-14/) - Social Justice community newsletter for November 14 to November 21, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-nov-7/) - Social Justice community newsletter for November 7 to November 14, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-oct-31/) - Social Justice community newsletter for October 31 to November 7, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-oct-24/) - Social Justice community newsletter for October 24 to 31, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-oct-17/) - Social Justice community newsletter for October 17 to 24, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-oct-10/) - Social Justice community newsletter for October 10 to 17, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-oct-3/) - Social Justice community newsletter for October 3 to 10, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-sep-26/) - Social Justice community newsletter for September 26 to October 3, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-sep-19/) - Social Justice community newsletter for September 19 to 26, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-sep-12/) - Social Justice community newsletter for September 12 to 19, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-sep-5/) - Social Justice community newsletter for September 5 to 12, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-aug-29/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 29 to September 5, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-aug-22/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 22 to 29, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-aug-15/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 15 to 22, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-aug-8/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 8 to 15, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-aug-1/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 1 to 8, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-jul-25/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 25 to August 1, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-jul-18/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 18 to July 25, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-jul-11/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 11 to July 18, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-jul-4/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 4 to July 11, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-jun-27/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 27 to July 4, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-jun-20/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 20 to June 27, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-jun-13/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 13 to June 20, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-jun-6/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 6 to June 13, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-may-30/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 30 to June 6, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-may-23/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 23 to May 30, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-may-16/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 16 to May 23, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-may-9/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 9 to May 16, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-may-2/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 2 to May 9, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-apr-25/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 25 to May 2, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-apr-18/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 18 to 25, 2024.
- [CSJ Nesletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-apr-11/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 11 to 18, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-apr-4/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 4 to 11, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-mar-28/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 28 to April 4, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-mar-21/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 21 to 28, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-mar-14/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 14 to 21, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-mar-7/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 7 to 14, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-feb-29/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 29 to March 7, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-feb-22/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 22 to 29, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-feb-15/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 15 to 22, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-feb-8/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 8 to 15, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-feb-1/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 1 to 8, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-jan-25/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 25 to 31, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-jan-18/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 18 to 25, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-jan-11/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 11 to 18, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2024-jan-4/) - Social Justice community newsletter for January 4 to 11, 2024.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-dec-21/) - Social Justice community newsletter for December 21 to December 28, 2023.
- [Donation Letter 2022](https://www.socialjustice.org/donation-letter-22/) - Dear donor, Your generous support of the Centre for Social Justice in the past is deeply appreciated. Your contribution is of vital importance to the struggle for social and ecological justice in Ontario and Canada. Although Donald Trump’s presidency in the US is now in the past, the hard-right political forces he enabled remain a
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-dec-7/) - Social Justice community newsletter for December 7 to December 14, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-nov-30/) - Social Justice community newsletter for November 30 to December 7, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-nov-23/) - Social Justice community newsletter for November 23 to 30, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-nov-16/) - Social Justice community newsletter for November 16 to 23, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-nov-9/) - Social Justice community newsletter for November 9 to 16, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-nov-2/) - Social Justice community newsletter for November 2 to 9, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-oct-26/) - Social Justice community newsletter for October 26 to November 2, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-oct-19/) - Social Justice community newsletter for October 19 to 26, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-oct-12/) - Social Justice community newsletter for October 12 to 19, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-sep-21/) - Social Justice community newsletter for September 21 to 28, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-sep-14/) - Social Justice community newsletter for September 14 to 21, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-sep-7/) - Social Justice community newsletter for September 7 to September 14, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-aug-31/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 31 to September 7, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-aug-24/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 24 to August 31, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-aug-17/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 17 to August 24, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-aug-10/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 10 to August 17, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-aug-3/) - Social Justice community newsletter for August 3 to August 10, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-jul-27/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 27 to August 3, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-jul-20/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 20 to July 27, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-jul-13/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 13 to July 20, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-jul-6/) - Social Justice community newsletter for July 6 to July 13, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-jun-8/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 8 to June 15, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-jun-1/) - Social Justice community newsletter for June 1 to June 8, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-may-25/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 25 to June 1, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-may-18/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 18 to May 25, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-may-11/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 11 to May 18, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-may-4/) - Social Justice community newsletter for May 4 to May 11, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-apr-27/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 27 to May 4, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-apr-20/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 20 to 27, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-apr-6/) - Social Justice community newsletter for April 6 to 13, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-mar-23/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 23 to 30, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-mar-16/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 16 to 23, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-mar-9/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 9 to 16, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-mar-2/) - Social Justice community newsletter for March 2 to 9, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-feb-23/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 23 to March 2, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-feb-16/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 16 to 23, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-feb-9/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 9 to 16, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2023-feb-2/) - Social Justice community newsletter for February 2 to 9, 2023.
- [CSJ Newsletter](https://www.socialjustice.org/csj-news-2022-dec-8/) - Social Justice community newsletter for December 8 to 15, 2022.
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- [No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/no-shortcuts-organizing-for-power-in-the-new-gilded-age/) - When: Thursday, December 1st, 7pm Where: United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto Income inequality has reached levels not seen since the 1920s. Labor unions’ membership is in decline, and popular opinion has turned against them. Promising movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter lack an organized base, and therefore are unable to
- [The France of Macron, the 'New' Neoliberal Reforms and the Left](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/the-france-of-macron-the-new-neoliberal-reforms/) - When: Tuesday, August 22nd, 7pm Where: A Different Booklist Cultural Centre, 777 Bathurst St. (South of Bathurst subway stop) Analyses and Reportbacks from the 2017 Election with Stefan Kipfer and Nathan Rao The 2017 Presidential and Parliamentary elections produced a paradoxical result: the victory of a youngish Emmanuel Macron who is a pure product of
- [Book Launch: The Contradictions of Pension Fund Capitalism](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/book-launch-the-contradictions-of-pension-fund-capitalism/) - When: Thursday, March 29th, 7pm Where: Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street Kevin Skerrett (Research Officer for the Canadian Union of Public Employees) and Chris Roberts (National Director of Social and Economic Policy for the Canadian Labour of Congress) discuss the significance of their edited book, The Contradictions of Pension Fund Capitalism (Cornell University Press, 2018).
- [Moving Beyond Ford: The Transportation We Want](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/moving-beyond-ford-the-transportation-we-want/) - When: Friday, March 1st, 6:30pm Where: 60 Lowther Avenue (St. George Subway station) In Toronto and beyond, campaigns are underway to confront the Ford government’s initiative to take the Toronto subway system from the TTC in order reorganize, further automobilize and possibly privatize transit and transportation across the Toronto region. This and other Ford Government
- [Book launch: Free Public Transit](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/book-launch-free-public-transit/) - 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
- [Nationalize General Motors: Oshawa's Green New Deal](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/nationalize-general-motors-oshawas-green-new-deal/) - Where: IBEW Hall, 1001 Ritson Rd S. Oshawa Join in a discussion on unexplored alternatives: how we could nationalize GM under Democratic workers' and community control while implementing a Green New Deal for Oshawa. The Green New Deal is a plan to create millions of jobs, while taking on climate change, building stronger communities, and
- [Book Launch: Puerto Montt](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/book-launch-puerto-montt/) - When: Friday October 5th, 7pm Where: A Different Booklist, 777 Bathurst St Join us for the Toronto book launch of Graeme Krupinski’s premier novel, Puerto Montt. A short reading by the author, discussion by Matt Tracey and audience Q&A. socialistproject.ca
- [Corbynism and the Labour Party](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/corbynism-and-the-labour-party/) - Where: WAC (second floor), 720 Spadina Ave, Toronto The leadership of the UK Labour Party by Jeremy Corbyn continues to enjoy enormous popularity across the UK. This even despite continual attacks from the corporate press, the Conservative Party, and opposition from within the Parliamentary Labour Party itself. Indeed, under Corbyn’s leadership, the Labour Party has
- [Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/global-warming-and-the-sweetness-of-life/) - When: Wednesday November 7th, 6:30pm Where: A Different Booklist, 777 Bathurst St A book launch, reading and discussion, with Matt Hern and Shiri Pasternak. Matt Hern is a community organizer, independent scholar, writer and activist based in East Vancouver, British Columbia, who is known for his work in radical urbanism, community development, ecology, and alternative
- [Digital Games: A Canary in the Coal Mine of Capital](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/digital-games-a-canary-in-the-coal-mine-of-capital/) - Where: Workers Action Center, 2nd floor, 720 Spadina Ave. Not everyone plays digital games, but with the rise of casual, mobile-based gaming, we all know someone who does. With global sales revenues that far exceed global Hollywood’s annual box office, the digital games industry is a leading and fast-growing sector of digital capitalism, and the
- [General Strike: Cabaret 1919](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/general-strike-cabaret-1919/) - When: May 14th, 7pm Where: Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. An exciting cabaret evening of theatre, music and poetry on the centenary of the Winnipeg General Strike will celebrate its historical importance and enduring relevance to a diverse range of contemporary struggles. Featuring: * Remembering the Winnipeg General - an original play by Thomas McKechnie,
- [The Use and Abuse of Identity in Public Life](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/the-use-and-abuse-of-identity-in-public-life/) - Where: A Different Booklist, 779 Bathurst Street The question of identity has become urgent for activism in the West though the issue has been important in many other parts of the world as well in a variety of forms. Political Identities form in opposition to oppression (or, reactively, as perceived victimization) and demand recognition, rights,
- [Pension fund capitalism and the campaign to 'Make Revera Public'](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/pension-fund-capitalism-and-the-campaign-to-make-revera-public/) - When: Sunday, October 4th, 1:30pm We welcome you to join us for Pension fund capitalism and the campaign to 'Make Revera Public', a public talk by Kevin Skerrett, co-editor of The Contradictions of Pension Fund Capitalism (Cornell University Press, 2018), Senior Research Officer assigned to pensions for CUPE, and a visiting professor at Carleton University's
- [Book Launch: <i>The Trudeau Formula</i> by Martin Lukacs](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/book-launch-the-trudeau-formula/) - Where: Workers’ Action Centre, 720 Spadina Ave., second floor. Book launch and Q&A with The Trudeau Formula author Martin Lukacs, in conversation with Judy Rebick and Russ Diabo, and moderator, Sharmeen Khan. After a decade of Stephen Harper, the arrival of Justin Trudeau felt like a relief. But as Canadians reckon with the gulf between
- [Lower Fares, More Service! Public Transit Struggles In and After the Pandemic](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/lower-fares-more-service-public-transit-pandemic/) - When: Sunday December 13th, 2pm A second wave of the pandemic is raging across the country, and Toronto and other cities are again in lockdown. Austerity for social provisioning including public transit is high on the agenda for city governments across North America. In Toronto, both the city government and the Toronto Transit Commission are
- [<i>Canada in the World</i>](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/canada-in-the-world/) - Join us on Thursday, September 17th, for the launch of Canada in the World: Settler Capitalism and the Colonial Imagination (Fernwood Books, 2020), with author Tyler Shipley, as well as Sara Jaffri, Cassandra Kislenko and Veldon Coburn. Join the event on Zoom at 6:50pm, Thursday, September 17th, and get your Eventbrite ticket.
- [Socialist Register 21: Beyond Digital Capitalism](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/socialist-register-21-beyond-digital-capitalism/) - Join us on Wednesday February 10th for the launch of Socialist Register 21: Beyond Digital Capitalism (Merlin Press, 2020), with presentations by Greg Albo, Sam Gindin, Bryan Palmer, Joan Sangster, Stephen Maher, Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, Tanner Mirrlees, and Derek Hrynyshyn.
- [Chinese Workers' Uprising](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/chinese-workers-uprising/) - Where: Beit Zatoun Cultural Centre, 612 Markham Street, Toronto China has been the fastest growing major economy in the world for three decades. It is also home to some of the largest, most incendiary, and most underreported labor struggles of our time. But under China’s labor management system, independent unionism is severely restricted, and the
- [Hearts and Mines: The US Empire's Culture Industry](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/hearts-and-mines-the-us-empires-culture-industry/) - Where: Beit Zatoun Cultural Centre, 612 Markham Street, Toronto with: * Tanner Mirrlees, Assistant Professor of Communication and Digital Media Studies, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, and * Scott Forsyth, Associate Professor of Cinema & Media Arts, York University. From Katy Perry training alongside US Marines in a music video, to the global box-office
- [Understanding the 'Gig Economy'](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/understanding-the-gig-economy/) - Where: York University, 4700 Keele Street, York Lanes 280N, Toronto The Global Labour Research Centre (York University), the Socialist Project, and the Centre for Social Justice are pleased to host a talk on "Understanding the 'Gig Economy': the Political Economy of Platform Capitalism." with Ursula Huws, Professor of Labour and Globalisation, University of Hertfordshire. The
- [Europe's Crisis and the Rise of the Right: Challenges for the Left](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/europes-crisis-and-the-rise-of-the-right-challenges-for-the-left/) - Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St, Toronto With: * Liz Fekete, Institute of Race Relations, UK * Richard Seymour, Blogger, Lenin's Tomb * G.M. Tamas, Hungary's dissident philosopher, ex-MP * Geoff Eley, Historian, U Michigan Moderated by Greg Albo and Leo Panitch, co-editors of the Socialist Register. Sponsored by Socialist Register, Centre for Social Justice,
- [Endless War? The Middle East and Canada's New Militarism](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/endless-war-the-middle-east-and-canadas-new-militarism/) - Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto In 2003, the U.S. and its allies invaded Iraq on false pretenses and left the country in ruins almost a decade later, creating the conditions for ISIL's ascension in the region. Now the U.S. is spearheading a campaign to return to Iraq and enter Syria to fight off
- [Alternatives to Capitalism Workshop](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/alternatives-capitalism-workshop/) - Where: Centre for Social Justice, CSI -- 720 Bathurst St. Ground Floor Lounge, Room 6, Toronto One of the central tasks of remaking socialism for the 21st century is insisting upon and exploring alternatives to capitalism. This involves assessment of the historical debates and experiences of the 20th century; examining contemporary attempts to pursue social
- [The Rise and Fall of the Welfare State](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-welfare-state/) - Where: Ryerson University, Room 508, 285 Victoria Street, Toronto In an age of government imposed austerity, and after 30 years of neoliberal restructuring, the future of the welfare state looks increasingly uncertain. Asbjørn Wahl offers an accessible analysis of the situation across Europe, identifies the most important challenges and presents practical proposals for combating the
- [The Fight to Improve and Rebuild Public Healthcare](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/the-fight-to-improve-and-rebuild-public-healthcare/) - Where: Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil St. On the campaign trail to the 2018 Ontario election, Doug Ford raised problems with the provincial health care system and promised his constituents that 'help is on the way'. Now that Ford is Ontario’s conservative Premier, he is not helping the health care system, but putting it 'and this
- [Book Launch: The Bloomsbury Companion to Marx](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/book-launch-the-bloomsbury-companion-to-marx/) - Where: A Different Booklist, 779 Bathurst Street Featuring: Andrew Pendakis, Imre Szeman, Dhruv Jain and James Penney. There are very few figures in history that have exerted as much and as varied an influence as Karl Marx. Edited by Jeff Diamanti, Andrew Pendakis and Imre Szeman, and with 74 chapters by significant Marx scholars from
- [Launching the Socialist Register 2019](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/launching-the-socialist-register-2019/) - Where: Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St W (near Dufferin) The World Turned Upside Down – a panel discussion with Nicole Aschoff, Sam Gindin, Colin Leys and Leo Panitch, chaired by Greg Albo. SR 2019 poses two overarching questions for the new period opened by the Trump election and the continued growth of right-wing nationalisms. Is
- [Rebellion: A Climate Change Protest Sign-Making Workshop](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/rebellion-a-climate-change-protest-sign-making-workshop/) - When: Saturday June 15, 6pm Where: Fabarnak, 519 Church St. NUIT ROSE is a free, annual, late night festival of queer art and performance, showcasing provocative, contemporary work by local and international artists. This year, we are pleased to work in participation with NUIT ROSE to present REBELLION, a Climate Change protest sign-making workshop led
- [Stop the Attacks on Our Schools](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/stop-the-attacks-on-our-schools/) - When: May 11th, 6pm Where: Downsview Public Library, 2793 Keele St. It’s no secret that the education the city provides for the wealthy is different from what working class families get. Schools in rich neighbourhoods have new buildings, new technology, and offer fancy field trips. Meanwhile, schools in working class neighbourhoods, like those along Keele
- [Booklaunch: The People's Republic of Walmart](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/booklaunch-the-peoples-republic-of-walmart/) - When: Monday April 8th, 6pm Where: Burdock Music Hall, 1184 Bloor St W Since the demise of the USSR, the mantle of the largest planned economies in the world has been taken up by the likes of Walmart, Amazon and other multinational corporations. For the left and the right, major multinational companies are held up
- [An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/an-indigenous-peoples-history-of-the-united-states/) - When: Tuesday October 6th, 1:30pm Where: Moot Court Rm 1005, Osgoode Hall, York University, 4700 Keele Street The Culture of Conquest and the Doctrine of Discovery: The U.S. as a Colonial Settler-State Featuring author Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (California State University). Chaired by Lee Maracle (University of Toronto). With discussants: Boyd Cothran (History, York), Bonita Lawrence (Equity
- [Toronto's Housing Crisis](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/toronto-housing-crisis/) - When: Friday December 1st, 7pm Where: Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave. Free or PWYC Why it's happening and what to do about it. Presentations by: * Simon Wallace - The Parkdale Rent Strike * Niko Block - Why Housing Costs are Skyrocketing Organized by the Socialist Project, co-sponsored by Centre for Social Justice | Facebook
- [The Problem of Labour Imperialism](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/the-problem-of-labour-imperialism/) - Challenges in Building International Labour Solidarity When: Sunday, April 21st -- 1:00 -3:00 pm Where: Centre for Social Innovation, ING Room, 720 Bathurst St. (Just South of Bathurst Station, West Side of the street) Join us for an afternoon with Kim Scipes, Associate Professor of Sociology at Purdue University North Central, long time labor activist,
- [Boom, Bust and Crisis](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/boom-bust-and-crisis/) - BOOM, BUST and CRISIS Labour, Corporate Power and Politics in Canada edited by John Peters Labour in Canada Series Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 7:30 pm Centre for Social Innovation, Main Floor Cafe, 720 Bathurst Street (South of Bloor), Toronto Published by Fernwood Publishing Co-sponsored by the Centre for Social Justice. This is a free event.
- [Alternatives to Capitalism Workshop](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/alternatives-to-capitalism-workshop-2/) - Presenters: Manuel Larrabure and Thomas Ponniah When: Thursday, December 13th -- 6:30pm Where: Centre for Social Justice/CSI Annex, Second Floor, Meeting Room #1, 720 Bathurst Street, Toronto One of the central tasks of remaking socialism for the 21st century is insisting upon and exploring alternatives to capitalism. This has been the importance of the Venezuelan
- [Reading Henryk Grossman's Law of Accumulation](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/reading-henryk-grossman/) - Friday, November 16th, starting at 6pm CSI/Centre for Social Justice, 720 Bathurst St. Second Floor, Room One, Toronto A meeting for a textual discussion of Grossman's major work in classical Marxian crisis theory. Readings: * Grossmann, H. The Law of Accumulation and Breakdown of the Capitalist System: Being Also a Theory of Crises. London: Pluto
- [Social Democracy After the Cold War](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/social-democracy-after-the-cold-war/) - Edited by Bryan Evans and Ingo Schmidt. Guest speaker: Leo Panitch Wednesday September 19th, 6:30pm CMA Student Lounge Room 1-003 (7th floor) Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University 55 Dundas Street West Sponsored by the Centre for Labour Management Relations at Ryerson University and the Centre for Social Justice.
- [The Challenges of the Greek Left After the Election](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/challenges-of-the-greek-left/) - An Assessment and Report-Back Leo Panitch Editor, Socialist Register Professor of Political Economy, York University After two years of anti-austerity street battles, Greece is in the midst of a highly polarized electoral battle, with voting set for Sunday June 17th. There is a good possibility that Syriza, the Coalition of the Radical Left, will emerge
- [Website Development with WordPress](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/website-development-with-wordpress/) - This is a tutorial/workshop that will work with all five languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL), but mainly focus on a practical hands-on approach on how to develop and maintain a website using the most popular content management software (CMS) - WordPress. It will also touch on other related issues like images, colors, fonts...
- [Political Evening with Isaac Silver](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/political-evening-with-isaac-silver/) - Isaac Silver, a member of the US socialist, feminist and anti-racist political organization Solidarity will be giving an informal talk on the Chicago Teachers Struggle and Immigrant Organizing on Sunday evening, August 5th, at 7:00pm at the Centre for Social Innovation, 720 Bathurst Street. This session will be informal and you are all welcome to
- [Reading Grossman's Law of Accumulation](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/reading-grossmans-law-of-accumulation/) - Graduate students and faculty at York University reading Henryk Grossman's major work. Readings: * Grossmann, H. The Law of Accumulation and Breakdown of the Capitalist System: Being Also a Theory of Crises. London: Pluto Press, 1992. * Kuhn, R. "Grossman on Class Struggle, Beyond Exegesis: A Response." Science and Society, vol. 61 no. 2 (Summer,
- [Flash Animation for the Movement](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/flash-animation-for-the-movement/) - Making animations to zap your website and juice up your PowerPoint snoozers. This free workshop has 2 sessions of three hours each: Oct 14: Introduction to animation, Flash timelines and tools demo, story-board building. Oct 21: Student's story-boards critiqued and rendered in Flash. The time in between sessions should be used by students to mess
- [South Africa, a Dream Betrayed](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/south-africa-a-dream-betrayed/) - When: Thursday April 20th, 7pm Where: A Different Booklist Cultural Centre, 777 Bathurst Street Understanding the Political Crisis in South Africa Since 1994, the political leaders of South Africa have attempted to solve the national question through the ‘de-racialisation’ of the economy and society. How to remake the state without addressing the benefits and misfortunes
- [Facing the Anthropocene, Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/facing-the-anthropocene-fossil-capitalism-and-the-crisis-of-the-earth-system/) - When: Sunday September 25th, 2pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St., Toronto Science tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary evolution has begun, the Anthropocene, a time of rising temperatures, extreme weather, rising oceans, and mass species extinctions. Humanity faces not just more pollution or warmer weather, but a crisis of the
- [Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/southern-insurgency-the-coming-of-the-global-working-class/) - When: Thursday, September 8th, 7pm Where: United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St., Toronto Immanuel Ness, City University of New York Discussants: * Sam Gindin, York University * Viviana Patroni, York University * Kyla Sankey, University of Toronto Co-sponsors: Centre for Social Justice, Department of Social Science, York University, Socialist Project | PDF poster | Facebook
- [Labour and the Political Economy of Peripheralisation](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/labour-and-the-political-economy-of-peripheralisation/) - When: Thursday, August 18th, 7pm Where: Centre for Social Innovation, 720 Bathurst Street, Room #4 The Global Labour Research Centre (York University), the Centre for Social Justice, and the Socialist Project are pleased to host a talk on: Labour and the Political Economy of Peripheralisation: The Case of Ukraine and the European Union with: *
- [Confronting Injustice](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/confronting-injustice/) - When: Friday April 22nd, 7pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St., Toronto Confronting Injustice: Social Activism in the Age of Individualism by Umair Muhammad. A new generation of activists working for economic and environmental justice, and against war and poverty, confronts critical questions. Why is the world so unjust and crisis-prone? What kind of world
- [The BRICS: An Anti-Capitalist Critique](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/the-brics-an-anti-capitalist-critique/) - When: Thursday March 31st, 7pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St., Toronto The relative economic decline of the United States, Europe and Japan is often linked to the rise of an ‘emerging’ bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa demanding ‘a seat at the table’. Yet as many of the world’s leading left
- [France: The Radical Left in the Maelstrom](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/france-the-radical-left-in-the-maelstrom/) - When: Sunday, January 10th, 2pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street With the November 13th terrorist attacks, the strong showing of the far-Right Front National in regional elections, and the COP21 climate conference in Paris, France has been in the headlines a great deal in recent weeks. Yet we rarely hear about how the radical
- [Building Power in Our Communities](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/building-power-in-our-communities/) - When: Friday, October 30th, 6-8 pm Where: Seneca @ Yorkgate Mall, 1 Yorkgate Blvd (Jane and Finch), Rooms 218/219 All are welcome. Admission is free. Child care will be provided. The Fight for Racial and Economic Justice With Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson and presentations by Jane Finch Action Against Poverty (JFAAP) and Network for
- [Climate Crisis and Climate Realism](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/climate-crisis-and-climate-realism/) - When: Thursday Oct 29th, 7pm Where: Friends House, 60 Lowther Avenue, Toronto Mass migration, civil war, banditry, imperial military adventures -- all these are current responses to the climate crisis. These and other impending dislocations from climate change intersect with the already-existing crises of poverty and violence in “catastrophic convergence” that demands immediate action and
- [Russia in the Global Crisis: Geopolitical Dilemmas, Strategic Responses](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/russia-in-the-global-crisis-geopolitical-dilemmas-strategic-responses/) - When: Thursday, October 1, 7:30pm - 9:30pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St. (Bathurst and Bloor) Admission is free. Donations welcome. Space is accessible by mobile ramp. Washrooms are downstairs and not accessible. Geopolitical conflict produced by NATO expansion is a product of an economic and social process taking place in Europe. In fact, it
- [Linda McQuaig is Right: Keep the Tar Sands in the Ground!](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/linda-mcquaig-is-right-keep-the-tar-sands-in-the-ground!/) - When: Tuesday, September 29th, 7pm Where: United Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street At the beginning of the federal election campaign, Toronto Centre NDP candidate and respected author Linda McQuaig stated a simple fact: "a lot of people recognize that a lot of the oil sands oil may need to stay in the ground if we're
- [Ayotzinapa: Chronicle of a State Crime](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/ayotzinapa-chronicle-of-a-state-crime/) - When: Saturday, September 26th 1pm - Events begin 2pm - Screening of “Ayotzinapa: Chronicle of a State Crime” 3:30pm - Live music Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto 5pm - Procession to Alexandra Park (275 Bathurst St) Live music, a screening of the documentary film “Ayotzinapa: Chronicle of a State Crime,” public lectures, and
- [Chris Hedges: The Great Unraveling](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/chris-hedges-the-great-unraveling/) - When: Thursday, September 3rd, 7pm Where: United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St, Toronto General Admission: $25.00 (this is a fundraiser for Canadian Dimension magazine) Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins us for an evening in Toronto to speak about "The Great Unraveling." Revolutions come in waves and cycles. We are again riding the crest of
- [Public Transit Struggles in London and Toronto](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/public-transit-struggles-in-london-and-toronto/) - When: Sunday, August 9th, 1pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto P3s, Transit Workers and Alternatives You are invited to a discussion on struggles over public transit in London, England and in Toronto, over P3s, privatization, funding public transit, and posing alternatives, such as reduced fares, free transit and increased accessibility. We are at
- [Capitalism vs. Ecology: We Need to Change Everything! Resistance and Alternatives](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/capitalism-vs.-ecology-we-need-to-change-everything!-resistance-and-alternatives/) - When: Sunday, June 21st, 2pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St (Bathurst & Boor) It is no longer plausible to propose incremental solutions to the ecological crises of our time. The numbers are clear: to avoid a trillion metric tons of cumulative carbon emissions by 2039, and an increase in global average temperatures of 2°C,
- [Nuclear Precipice: Ukraine, Russia, and patterns of U.S. Hegemony](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/nuclear-precipice-ukraine-russia-and-patterns-of-u.s.-hegemony/) - When: Friday, June 12th, 7pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St (Bathurst & Boor) What is the background of the ethnic conflict in Ukraine? Can the Ukraine situation lead to a Russia/US confrontation involving nuclear weapons? According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the world is again at a precipice with threats of nuclear war.
- [Carbon Markets and Neoliberal Capitalism](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/carbon-markets-and-neoliberal-capitalism/) - When: Sunday, May 24th, 1pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St, Toronto In April it was announced that Ontario would be joining Quebec in implementing a cap and trade system on carbon emissions. While the Ontario government has presented this development as a positive step for the climate, critics of cap and trade point out
- [Green Cities Against Neoliberal Urbanism: Urban Planning and Toronto Politics](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/green-cities-against-neoliberal-urbanism-urban-planning-and-toronto-politics/) - When: Sunday, April 12th, 2pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St, Toronto (Bathurst & Bloor) Canada's municipalities are collapsing, from both fiscal austerity and ecological pressures. Toronto, in particular, has been dealing with the enormous challenges of rapid population growth, amalgamation, crumbling infrastructure, and the federal and provincial offloading of costs. The chronic underfunding of
- [The Historic Feminist Victories of the 1980s on Reproductive Rights and Pay Equity](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/the-historic-feminist-victories-of-the-1980s-on-reproductive-rights-and-pay-equity/) - When: Tuesday, March 31, 7pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St, Toronto (Bathurst and Bloor) The talk is free. The space is accessible by mobile ramp upon request in advance. Washrooms are downstairs and not accessible. Looking Back and Forward This public meeting commemorates two of the greatest achievements of the modern Canadian feminist movement,
- [Labour Pains, Capital Gains](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/labour-pains-capital-gains/) - When: Friday March 27, 2015 | Registration: 8:30 - 9am | Conference: 9am - 4:15pm Where: Ryerson University, 350 Victoria St, Toronto Reception: 6pm at the Imperial Pub This conference will explore how precarious labour market arrangements and changes to social policy have exacerbated low-waged and no-waged work. Presentations will advance or challenge theoretical approaches,
- [Neoliberal Violence and the Mexican state: Emerging community and class struggles](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/neoliberal-violence-and-the-mexican-state-emerging-community-and-class-struggles/) - When: Friday, March 20th 7pm Where: Kerr Hall South, Room 369, Ryerson University, 50 Gould Street (corner of (or near) Bond Street (Gould is one street north of Dundas and runs East-West. Bond is 2 streets east of Yonge and runs North-South) Speakers: * Maria de la Luz Arriaga Lemus, professor in the Faculty of
- [Climate Change Impacts on the Global South and Inadequate UN Agreements](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/climate-change-impacts-on-the-global-south-and-inadequate-un-agreements/) - When: Sunday, March 15th, 2pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St, Toronto. Climate change is already catastrophic for countless people around the world, especially in parts of the Global South. Some residents of low-lying Island States in the Pacific Ocean are already having to move to other countries as a result of rising sea levels.
- [Green Jobs: The Newest Challenge for Workers and Unions](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/green-jobs-the-newest-challenge-for-workers-and-unions/) - When: Sunday, February 22nd, 2pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St, Toronto We cannot develop an ecologically-responsible and just economy without considering the consequences for work and employment. But what is the meaning of 'green work' in capitalist societies of endless production and consumption for the purposes of profits? If we scale back on tar
- [The Historic Victory of Greek Left: What Now?](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/the-historic-victory-of-greek-left-what-now?/) - When: Sunday, February 8th, 2:30pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St, Toronto On January 25 2015, Greece elected a new government representative of a range of radical and left forces after years of protests and street battles against the extreme policies of austerity imposed by the so-called Troika composed of the European Commission, European Central
- [Environmental Justice, the Tar Sands, and Indigenous Rights](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/environmental-justice-the-tar-sands-and-indigenous-rights/) - When: Sunday, February 1st, 2pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St, Toronto Tar Sands extraction projects, located primarily in Treaty 6 and 8, have radically damaged and contaminated a huge area of land in so-called Alberta, and poisoned the Athabasca watershed. As a result of the toxic operations, some Indigenous communities are experiencing unusually high
- [Global Pacification System: Israel and Canada](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/global-pacification-system-israel-and-canada/) - When: Thursday, January 22nd, 7pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto Suggested Entrance donation of $10 but no one turned away for lack of funds There will also be a free will offering to support the work of ICAHD. With the recent events in Ferguson MO (as in G20 in Toronto in summer 2010)
- [Launching the Socialist Register 2015](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/launching-the-socialist-register-2015/) - When: Thursday Jan 15th, 7:15pm (doors open at 6:30 -- food and refreshments) Where: Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St West "Transforming Classes" with: * Sue Ferguson, David McNally, John McCullough and Adolph Reed * Moderated by Leo Panitch and Greg Albo Sponsored by Centre for Social Justice, Socialist Project, and The Socialist Register | Facebook
- [This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/this-changes-everything-capitalism-vs-the-climate/) - When: Sunday, January 11th, 3pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St, Toronto Discussion of Naomi Klein's new book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate. The Lima Conference should have been a milestone that marked out how governments will take urgent action to tackle climate change and to support vulnerable people across the world to
- [Partners in Crime: The Mexican state, North American Capitalism, and the 43 Missing Students](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/partners-in-crime-the-mexican-state-north-american-capitalism-and-the-43-missing-students/) - When: Friday, December 12th, 7pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St., Toronto The signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement came with the promise of prosperity and jobs for all and the extension of human rights. These are, it needs hardly saying, promises unkept. On September 26th 2014, over 100 students from a rural
- [A Line in the Tar Sands](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/a-line-in-the-tar-sands/) - When: Saturday November 29th, 1pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St. , Toronto Join contributors, an editor, and Line 9 activists for a celebration of A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice. Tar sands "development" comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents -- fighting a powerful international
- [The Maidan Uprising and Civil War in the Ukraine: Questions for the Left](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/the-maidan-uprising-and-civil-war-in-the-ukraine-questions-for-the-left/) - When: Sunday, November 2nd, 2:30pm Where: Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil St., Toronto Last year's events marked not only a turning point in Ukraine's history. It also posed a number of difficult questions for progressive movements and left critical theory. Volodymyr Ishchenko, a sociologist and leftist commentator, will present his perspective on the Ukrainian Maidan and
- [Beyond the Gridlock](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/beyond-the-gridlock/) - When: Thursday, October 9th, 7pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St, Toronto Public Transit Struggles from across Europe and North America Struggles to expand public transport and to block privatization are central to overturning neoliberalism and addressing climate justice. This forum brings together some of the leading public transit activists in Europe and North America.
- [Neoliberalism and the Far Right](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/neoliberalism-and-the-far-right/) - When: Wed, September 24th, 7pm Where: Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto * Bill Fletcher Jr is co-author of Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor * Greg Albo is co-editor of Socialist Register. Sponsored by Labour Committee of the GTWA, Centre for Social Justice, Socialist Project, Global Labour Research Centre | PDF poster |
- [Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s & 60s](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/revolutionary-activism-in-the-1950s-&-60s/) - When: 6:30pm, Wednesday June 11, 2014 Where: Pauper's Pub (second flr), 539 Bloor St. West, Toronto. You're invited to celebrate the launch of: Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s & 60s: Volume 1: Canada 1955-1965; Volume 2: Britain 1965-1970 Meet the author, Ernest Tate. And special guests Bryan Palmer, Chris Schenk and Richard Fidler. Books will
- [Neoliberalism and Politics](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/neoliberalism-and-politics/) - When: Monday May 26th, 7pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto Neoliberalism and Politics: Reflections on the recent elections in India Prabhat Patnaik is a highly distinguished and internationally renowned critical scholar. He holds a D.Phil in Economics from the University of Oxford, UK, and in 2012, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science
- [The Forecast on Climate Change](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/the-forecast-on-climate-change/) - 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
- [Ecology as Politics: The Origins of Ecosocialism](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/ecology-as-politics-the-origins-of-ecosocialism/) - 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
- [Pension Funds, Unions, and Working Class Strategies](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/pension-funds-unions-and-working-class-strategies/) - 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
- [The Hidden History of Workplace Resistance](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/the-hidden-history-of-workplace-resistance/) - 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
- [How Tar Sands Threaten Our Communities](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/how-tar-sands-threaten-our-communities/) - 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
- [France: One year after the Sarkozy defeat](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/france-one-year-after-the-sarkozy-defeat/) - When: Thursday August 8 -- 6:30pm Where: CSI/CSJ, 720 Bathurst Street, Toronto. François Hollande and his Socialist Party came to power following presidential and legislative elections in May-June 2012. While the defeat of hard-Right president Nicolas Sarkozy and his UMP party certainly came as a huge relief, Hollande and his government have essentially pursued the
- [Has the Giant Awoken?](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/has-the-giant-awoken?/) - Understanding the Mass Protest Movement in Brazil When: Thursday, July 11 -- 7pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto Brazil is currently witnessing the largest mass protests to hit the country in over 20 years. Originally organized by the Free Fare Movement (MPL) in Sao Paulo against a planned 10 cent public transit fare
- [Democracy Against Capitalism](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/democracy-against-capitalism/) - A discussion with Brian Roper, author of The History of Democracy - A Marxist Interpretation. When: Monday, June 24 from 7-9 PM Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto Brian Roper is a long-time activist on the socialist left in New Zealand and an Associate Professor in Politics at the University of Otago. He is
- [Chapuling in Turkey](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/chapuling-in-turkey/) - Occupy Gezi and Reflections from the Turkish Left When: Sunday, June 23 -- 3:30pm Where: Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St, Toronto Since the end of May, Turkey has seen the rise of a social movement that has serious implications, both for freedom and democracy within the Turkish state as well as broader geopolitical ramifications. The
- [Human Rights and Community Resilience](https://www.socialjustice.org/event/) - Human Rights Class with Josephine Grey and Community Resilience with Laura Kolnick have combined their powers to bring you one amazing course: open, direct, and hopeful. This class is a space for discussion exploring and managing alternatives in communities. We will look at preparation and adaption at the local level in light of significant changes

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- [Gender Inequality](https://www.socialjustice.org/issues/gender-inequality/) - The gender gap is much wider than is commonly believed - women’s incomes are 61% of men’s, despite years of trying to close the gender gap. Two decades of women’s progress has resulted in marginal improvements. Women’s average incomes have risen by less than $3,000 – significant perhaps, but still far short of men’s. In
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- [Democracy & Corporate Power](https://www.socialjustice.org/issues/democracy-corporate-power/) - All around the world there has been a flurry of protest in the last couple of years as a new generation of activists challenge the transnational corporations and the governments that represent them. Why is there this backlash against globalization, which was supposed to generate peace and prosperity? Why is this happening in Canada, designated
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