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SUMMARY:Webinar: COVID 19 & capitalism: Rights not repression
DESCRIPTION:Already\, there has been unprecedented state intervention to stablize the economic system as the impact of COVID-19 continues to unfold.\nMany progressively-minded people – and parties – are championing state measures that subsidize corporations and landlords without safeguarding the well-being of workers and renters.\n\nHow do we respond to the “solutions” and “demands” that are emerging in a way that builds the confidence and combativity of the working class?\nJoin us for this webinar to talk about the ways in which the state has responded to COVID-19 and about the economics that underpin this particular moment.\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\nSamuel Nithiananthan is an organizer with Peoples Defence\, a leader in Toronto’s Tamil community\, and an activist in the student and labour movements.\nAlex Hunsberger is a trade unionist and decent work activist based in Toronto. He is also a member of the Spring Socialist Network.\nSaman Tabasinejad is a member of the Executive Committee of the Iranian-Canadian Congress and an anti-war and anti-sanctions activist based in Toronto.\nElla Bedard is an activist with the Fight for $15 and Fairness and a member of the Spring Socialist Network.\n\n\n\nRSVP via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/242063980306369\n\nPlease email info@springmag.ca for the webinar link.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/webinar-covid-19-capitalism-rights-not-repression
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SUMMARY:Online reading group: The economy\, the pandemic and the state
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an on-line reading group on the economy\, the pandemic and state responses. We are facing an unprecedented economic crisis in the midst of a worldwide public health catastrophe. Already 929\,000 people filed for EI last week and this number is likely to rise. There will be much talk about shared sacrifice\, about how governments need to bailout businesses and so forth. We will be discussing the roots of the crisis\, how states are responding and the ways in which we can push for socialist alternatives.\n\nHere are a couple articles and a podcast to help our discussion:\n1) Canada and the crisis of capitalism: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/canada-and-the-crisis-of-capitalism\n2) Coronavirus\, the market and the state: https://www.counterfire.org/articles/analysis/21001-coronavirus-the-market-and-the-state\n3) The Dig Podcast: Coronavirus Economics: https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coronavirus-economics-with-grace-blakeley/\n\nRSVP via Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/332203141069893\n\nThe reading club will take place via zoom: Link to be posted soon.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/online-reading-group-the-economy-the-pandemic-and-the-state
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SUMMARY:Reading group: Capitalism\, the State & Socialist Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online discussion on capitalism\, the state and socialist strategy.\n\nWhat is the capitalist state? How does it function? And what does this mean for socialists in their fight for a more humane system?\nAmid the COVID-19 crisis\, whole industries are begging for public money\, governments are telling businesses what to make\, and central banks fire up the money-printing machines\, announcing there is no limit to what they’re willing to spend. This isn’t the capitalism we’re used to! Join us for some readings that will help us understand the role of the state under capitalism and what that means for socialist strategy and tactics.\n\nWebinar: email info@springmag.ca for zoom link \n\nSuggested reading and listening:\n-Podcast: Vivek Chibber on the state https://blubrry.com/thecallradio/38387253/episode-12-vivek-chibber-on-the-state/\n-The capitalist state and socialist strategy: https://rampantmag.com/2020/04/02/the-capitalist-state-and-socialist-strategy/\n-The state and revolution: http://socialistreview.org.uk/427/state-and-revolution\n-The Coronavirus and the crisis: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/04/coronavirus-crisis-covid-socialist-left-future-strategy \n\nClick here to RSVP via Facebook
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/reading-group-capitalism-the-state-socialist-strategy
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SUMMARY:How do we build tenant power during a pandemic?
DESCRIPTION:The economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions to lose their jobs or see their hours of work reduced. Workers are struggling to make ends meet and the emergency income relief put forward by the government is not enough.\nMillions are faced with prospect of being unable to pay their rent or having to direct almost all of their income support to their landlords. Join Spring Magazine for a discussion with tenant organizers about how to build tenant power in the midst of a pandemic.\nSpeakers:\n-Nat Lowe is a labour and community organizer and is a member of Chinatown Tenants Organization in Vancouver\, BC\n-Lisa Descary is active in the Vancouver Tenants Union and the Spring Socialist Network.\n-Paterson is a queer artist\, musician\, and community organizer. She is an organizer at her building in Parkdale.\n\nWebinar: email info@springmag.ca for zoom link \nClick here to RSVP via Facebook
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