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SUMMARY:Afghanistan: 20 years of war\, occupation and resistance
DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 will mark the 20-year anniversary of the start of the US-led bombing campaign of Afghanistan\, which led to two decades of war and occupation. In recent weeks\, the US and its allies were driven out of Afghanistan in an unprecedented defeat for US imperialism. \nJoin Spring socialists for a panel discussion\, as we assess the impact of the war\, including Canada’s 13-year mission\, and nearly two decades of anti-war organizing in Canada and internationally. \nTopics will include:\n* US imperialism\, then and now\n* Canada’s role in Afghanistan and the War on Terror\n* What the anti-war movement accomplished\, and how to rebuild it\n* The ongoing fight against Islamophobia and to defend civil liberties\n* Building solidarity with the people of Afghanistan \nSpeakers: \n* Angela Joya is a former Afghan refugee and a scholar of the Middle East and North Africa. She has published on recent developments in the region\, including on Afghanistan. She has been part of the anti war movement since 2001 and was a contributor to Empire’s Ally: Canada and the War in Afghanistan\, co-edited by Jerome Klassen and Greg Albo. \n* James Clark is a founding member of the Toronto Coalition to Stop the War and a steering committee member of the Canadian Peace Alliance. Since 2001\, he has been active in anti-war organizing around Afghanistan\, Iraq\, and Palestine. \nPlease join and share on Facebook. \nThis meeting will take place on Zoom. Email info@springmag.ca for Zoom registration link.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/afghanistan-20-years-of-war-occupation-and-resistance
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SUMMARY:Tamil Eelam\, National Liberation\, and Socialism: A Conversation with Tamil and Sinhalese Activists
DESCRIPTION:12 years after the historic Tamil protests in Toronto\, Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka live under the military occupation of the Sri Lankan state. Tamils who survived the 2009 genocide remain dispossessed as the state builds Sinhalese settlements through the Tamil homeland. What are the prospects for freedom and building a movement for Tamil self-determination? What is the role of socialists inside and outside the island in supporting Tamil resistance? \nJoin a conversation with Tamil and Sinhalese activists as they tackle these questions.\n-Viraj Mendez (International Human Rights Association\, Bremen)\n-Bashana Abeywardene (Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka)\n-Mithilen Mathipalan and Jenny Selluthurai from the Tamil Freedom Coalition (TFC) and Isai Priya from Tamil Solidarity (TS)\n-Krisna Saravanamuttu (Spring Socialist Network) \nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwufumoqzorGdICTPZ48YQtsz8sjwbwJXu2
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/tamil-eelam-national-liberation-and-socialism-a-conversation-with-tamil-and-sinhalese-activists
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210325T190000
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SUMMARY:Revolutionary Journalism
DESCRIPTION:The distribution of information is crucial to socialist organization. Through journalism socialists can connect “principles\, experience\, and the tasks of the moment”\, not only sharing ideas but delivering the necessary information people need to do something. For the Spring Socialist Network\, our magazine is the centerpiece of our organizing efforts to build movements and our organization. \nJoin us for this session\, we will explore the principles of socialist writing\, what that looks like in the 21st century\, the importance of ideas and debates to our movement\, and how writing enables us to effect social change. \nFind the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/330281545083936 \nTo register for the event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtde2spjIvH9JeR3Mtn_t4lfF4B2z74ELO
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/revolutionary-journalism
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210228T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210228T170000
DTSTAMP:20260609T211812
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SUMMARY:Farmers' Protest: Resistance & Repression in India
DESCRIPTION:Millions of people have been moved into action as farmers in India resist the far right BJP government of Narendra Modi. Last year\, Modi pushed through 3 agricultural laws that will further impoverish India’s farmers and farming communities. \nThe laws remove the minimum price farmers receive for their crops\, remove the requirement of state support for farming communities\, and further shift the balance of power away from farmers to big corporations and tech firms. \nJoin us for this group discussion as we draw inspiration from the mass movement\, assess the political terrain\, and share lessons. \nSpeakers: \n-Navi Aujla is a leader in the Fight for $15 and Fairness and a community organizer based in Brampton.\n-Sarah Nafisa Shahid is a freelance writer based in Toronto\, mainly writing about film\, culture\, and art with a particular interest in the political and social implications of visual media.\n-Garry Sran is an Economist and a Senior Research Advisor at the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees. He lives in Edmonton. \nFind the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/700662770626289 \nClick here to register to attend the meeting on Zoom
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/farmers-protest-resistance-repression-in-india
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210218T190000
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SUMMARY:Getting organized for revolution
DESCRIPTION:Marxist economics provides an invaluable framework for understanding our world. However\, as Marx famously said\, “the point [of interpretation]… is to change it”. To actualize the possibility of socialism\, forces must collectively unite in order to be strong enough to confront the problems of capitalism. It is organization that provides the means for doing so. \nIn this session\, we will discuss the value of joining a socialist organization specifically and the strategy involved in building the movements that will overthrow capitalism. Through movements we struggle for reforms to the capitalist system with revolution as our aim. \nJoin us for the discussion. \nFind the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/490522649014030 \nGetting organized for revolution\nFeb 18\, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83222435878?pwd=ejcyd0hUOWZpZm5uSWNuSjNvdFlrdz09 \nMeeting ID: 832 2243 5878\nPasscode: 183768\nOne tap mobile\n+15873281099\,\,83222435878#\,\,\,\,*183768# Canada\n+16473744685\,\,83222435878#\,\,\,\,*183768# Canada \nDial by your location\n+1 587 328 1099 Canada\n+1 647 374 4685 Canada\n+1 647 558 0588 Canada\n+1 778 907 2071 Canada\n+1 204 272 7920 Canada\n+1 438 809 7799 Canada\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\nMeeting ID: 832 2243 5878\nPasscode: 183768\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kclfnOzZOw
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/getting-organized-for-revolution
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Socialists and Elections: What Brings Change?
DESCRIPTION:Where does the power of the working class reside\, the ballot box or the streets? How should socialists understand where social change comes from. And does this relate to elections? \nIn 2021 we are likely to face a federal election and many provincial elections. Join Spring for a discussion about how socialists should approach elections and the project of building working class power. \nFind the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/414243043334615 \nSuggested reading: \nBeyond the New Democratic Party: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/beyond-the-new-democratic-party \nZoom Link: \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81574584186?pwd=SWt3YzVKK3ViT1U1Z1RIVjl2OXpZQT09 \nMeeting ID: 815 7458 4186\nPasscode: 578276\nOne tap mobile\n+12042727920\,\,81574584186#\,\,\,\,*578276# Canada\n+14388097799\,\,81574584186#\,\,\,\,*578276# Canada \nDial by your location\n+1 204 272 7920 Canada\n+1 438 809 7799 Canada\n+1 587 328 1099 Canada\n+1 647 374 4685 Canada\n+1 647 558 0588 Canada\n+1 778 907 2071 Canada\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\nMeeting ID: 815 7458 4186\nPasscode: 578276\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdj4ImBglM
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/socialists-and-elections-what-brings-change
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210128T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210128T203000
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SUMMARY:Building power: Centering anti-racism and anti-oppression practice
DESCRIPTION:Capitalism’s contradictions necessitate inequality\, injustice\, and social division. Be it by race\, gender\, sexuality\, ability\, religion\, nationality\, or age\, people struggle unequally under a system that mandates their oppression. \nMarxist organization provides a framework for understanding exploitation\, strengthening fights against different forms of oppression\, and requires the centering of different oppressions in order to be effective. Learn in this class the relationship between capitalism and racism\, capitalism and other forms of oppression\, and how Marxism empowers those fighting inequality and injustice to fight back. \nFind the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/228561755550008 \nReadings: \n\nKeeanga-Yamahtta Taylor:  https://socia7listworker.org/2011/01/04/race-class-and-marxism  \nClaudia Jones: https://palmm.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A4865/datastream/OBJ/download/An_end_to_the_neglect_of_the_problems_of_the_Negro_woman_.pdf \nEsma Choonara: http://isj.org.uk/racism-institutional-structural/\n\nZoom Link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89893532788?pwd=dDRvRWg0UUt6ZGRZeUJjNkpqY0NtUT09 \nMeeting ID: 898 9353 2788\nPasscode: 766092\nOne tap mobile\n+15873281099\,\,89893532788#\,\,\,\,*766092# Canada\n+16473744685\,\,89893532788#\,\,\,\,*766092# Canada \nDial by your location\n+1 587 328 1099 Canada\n+1 647 374 4685 Canada\n+1 647 558 0588 Canada\n+1 778 907 2071 Canada\n+1 204 272 7920 Canada\n+1 438 809 7799 Canada\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\nMeeting ID: 898 9353 2788\nPasscode: 766092\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kOwcAvrpW
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/building-power-centering-anti-racism-and-anti-oppression-practice
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210124T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210124T160000
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SUMMARY:Ten years after the Egyptian Revolution
DESCRIPTION:January 25\, 2021 marks the ten-year anniversary of the start of the Egyptian Revolution. Join us to hear Egyptian socialist and revolutionary\, Wassim Wagdy\, talk about the origins of the revolution\, its impact across the region and around the world\, and the lessons it offers other revolutionary movements today. \nA discussion will follow Wassim’s talk. \nFind the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/741361499852846 \nZoom link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81837263926?pwd=eGNoMlppRHZJT3R2dk5WeDJIYjdsUT09 \nMeeting ID: 818 3726 3926\nPasscode: 810007\nOne tap mobile\n+15873281099\,\,81837263926#\,\,\,\,*810007# Canada\n+16473744685\,\,81837263926#\,\,\,\,*810007# Canada \nDial by your location\n        +1 587 328 1099 Canada\n        +1 647 374 4685 Canada\n        +1 647 558 0588 Canada\n        +1 778 907 2071 Canada\n        +1 204 272 7920 Canada\n        +1 438 809 7799 Canada\n        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\nMeeting ID: 818 3726 3926\nPasscode: 810007\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdhpJVlSxM
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/ten-years-after-the-egyptian-revolution
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210106T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210106T120000
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SUMMARY:Reading group: Crisis & Resistance in Lebanon
DESCRIPTION:A few of us are getting together Wednesday morning to discuss a recent article on Lebanon by Anne Alexander\, published in the International Socialism Journal. The readings are listed below. \n–http://isj.org.uk/lebanese-apocalypse/\n–https://menasolidaritynetwork.com/2020/12/22/a-year-after-lebanons-uprising-there-is-power-in-our-collective-organisation/ \nZoom link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81955067526?pwd=eTdXUERacUw0VmphVGh4bWtRTFNQdz09 \nMeeting ID: 819 5506 7526\nPasscode: 075817 \nOne tap mobile\n+12042727920\,\,81955067526#\,\,\,\,*075817# Canada\n+14388097799\,\,81955067526#\,\,\,\,*075817# Canada \nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcAzI69n84
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/reading-group-crisis-resistance-in-lebanon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201210T203000
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SUMMARY:Why the international working class?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our third course in the series Spring into Socialism: A Beginner’s Guide to Social Change. \nThe fundamental ethic of the struggle for socialism is solidarity. As Rosa Luxemburg argued\, solidarity must be international for the fight for liberation to truly succeed. The working classes of the world are extremely diverse but they are unified in their oppression under the capitalist system. They share a common cause in the overthrow of a system that\, in the age of climate crisis\, is increasingly recognized as untenable and in need of a global solution. In this session\, we will explore who the working classes are\, what inextricably links them\, and how socialists have come to understand that it is only through international solidarity that capitalism’s continuous crises may be brought to a halt. \nIf you missed the first two sessions\, don’t worry\, all are welcome. \nFind the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2695362240702437/ \nZoom link: \nTopic: Why the international working class?\nTime: Dec 10\, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85942795637?pwd=QXZNNFN1ZlFLa1JXM0RrT1JxSkMrZz09 \nMeeting ID: 859 4279 5637\nPasscode: 621300\nOne tap mobile\n+14388097799\,\,85942795637#\,\,\,\,\,\,0#\,\,621300# Canada\n+15873281099\,\,85942795637#\,\,\,\,\,\,0#\,\,621300# Canada \nDial by your location\n+1 438 809 7799 Canada\n+1 587 328 1099 Canada\n+1 647 374 4685 Canada\n+1 647 558 0588 Canada\n+1 778 907 2071 Canada\n+1 204 272 7920 Canada\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\nMeeting ID: 859 4279 5637\nPasscode: 621300\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbsJxHRNPz
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/why-the-international-working-class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201119T203000
DTSTAMP:20260609T211812
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SUMMARY:The state is not neutral: Canada’s violent history of genocide and oppression
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our second course in the series Spring into Socialism: A Beginner’s Guide to Social Change. \nThe history of the settler Canadian state is the history of resource extraction on unceded lands from which Indigenous peoples have been dispossessed. The Canadian left has an extended tradition of producing counter-history in exploring and exposing the tension between Canada’s famous perceived image of multicultural tolerance and its exploitative imperialist practices rooted in capitalism. In this session\, we will learn more about both the history of oppression in Canada and the rich traditions of resistance that have emerged in response to colonialist exploitation. \nIf you missed the first session\, don’t worry\, all are welcome. \nFind the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1417688658439811/  \nZoom link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83701620733?pwd=Wll2UzVTU2wrR1lvWW9kOS82VEpaZz09\nPasscode: 033291\nOr iPhone one-tap :\nCanada: +17789072071\,\,83701620733#\,\,\,\,\,\,0#\,\,033291# or +12042727920\,\,83701620733#\,\,\,\,\,\,0#\,\,033291#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nCanada: +1 778 907 2071 or +1 204 272 7920 or +1 438 809 7799 or +1 587 328 1099 or +1 647 374 4685 or +1 647 558 0588\nUS: +1 669 900 9128 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 646 558 8656\nWebinar ID: 837 0162 0733\nPasscode: 033291\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbLj8SgKYd
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/5380
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201022T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201022T210000
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UID:5167-1603393200-1603400400@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:Capitalism: How the economy works (or doesn’t)
DESCRIPTION:We are now living through the largest global recession in modern history. With widespread joblessness\, public health emergencies\, rising rates of homelessness\, mass uprisings against racism and police brutality\, and a looming climate crisis\, 2020 has shaped up to be the beginning of a new era. Underpinning these crises however is the historical constant of the last 500 years: capitalism. Though 2020 has been a rocky year its upheavals are not unique under capitalism\, which is inherently prone to “crises and booms”. \nJoin Spring for the first part of our “Spring into Socialism: A Beginners’ Guide to Social Change” series with an introduction to capitalism and come away with an understanding how Marxism empowers us to both understand the world and to fight to change it. \nSuggested Readings:\n-The Crisis Deepens- Joseph Choonara http://isj.org.uk/the-crisis-deepens/\n-Marx’s theory of economic crisis https://isreview.org/issues/32/crisis_theory.shtml\n-Why You Should Join a Socialist Organization https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/05/join-socialist-organization-dsa-working-class \nFacebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2418001821841488 \nZoom link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88904118499?pwd=MWtpbXNteHh0MDQwSjVLK2hjL0psQT09 \nMeeting ID: 889 0411 8499\nPasscode: 598090\nOne tap mobile\n+17789072071\,\,88904118499#\,\,\,\,\,\,0#\,\,598090# Canada\n+12042727920\,\,88904118499#\,\,\,\,\,\,0#\,\,598090# Canada \nDial by your location\n+1 778 907 2071 Canada\n+1 204 272 7920 Canada\n+1 438 809 7799 Canada\n+1 587 328 1099 Canada\n+1 647 374 4685 Canada\n+1 647 558 0588 Canada\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 889 0411 8499\nPasscode: 598090\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kb4CZpV5FS
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/capitalism-how-the-economy-works-or-doesnt
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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UID:5044-1602270000-1602277200@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:West Coast Reading Group: What's Class got to do With it?
DESCRIPTION:The global health pandemic and continued economic and climate crises have only shown capitalism’s inability to put the needs of people over profit. More than ever\, we need an international and organized working class movement. We need to work in solidarity with one another to put into motion a world free from oppression\, exploitation\, and disaster. \nJoin Spring for a discussion focusing on the what\, the why\, and the how of building the strength of the international and intersectional working class. \nRecommended resources: \n-The Working Class is the Vast Majority of Society https://jacobinmag.com/2020/09/working-class-peoples-guide-capitalism-marxist-economics \n-Race is About More than Discrimination: https://monthlyreview.org/2020/07/01/race-is-about-more-than-discrimination/ \n-Marx was Right: Economics for the 99% (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEObOvuwI0g) \nAlso check out Covid\, Crime\, and Capitalism on our YouTube channel\, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIT3RHiglOc \nFacebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/752946208614561/ \nZoom Link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81492029783?pwd=QWhlWVhwM3ZaOWQ0bGozUXpmM0RQQT09 \nMeeting ID: 814 9202 9783\nPasscode: 637886\nOne tap mobile\n+14388097799\,\,81492029783#\,\,\,\,\,\,0#\,\,637886# Canada\n+15873281099\,\,81492029783#\,\,\,\,\,\,0#\,\,637886# Canada \nDial by your location\n+1 438 809 7799 Canada\n+1 587 328 1099 Canada\n+1 647 374 4685 Canada\n+1 647 558 0588 Canada\n+1 778 907 2071 Canada\n+1 204 272 7920 Canada\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\nMeeting ID: 814 9202 9783\nPasscode: 637886\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kigioRhfE
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/west-coast-reading-group-whats-class-got-to-do-with-it
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200911T190000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200824T152825Z
UID:4686-1599850800-1599858000@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:Online reading group: We need socialist organization
DESCRIPTION:The capitalist system breeds a cruel world of racism\, sexism\, exploitation and climate chaos. These problems lead many to question the system and start thinking about alternatives. But\, as Antonio Gramsci said\, “ideas can’t live without organization.” The corporations\, the capitalist state\, the right wing are all organized. They are constantly learning and honing their methods. Our side needs organization too. To go from understanding the system to challenging it we need socialist organization. Join this discussion of the why\, what\, how and when of socialist organizing. \nEmail info@springmag.ca for zoom link\nRSVP via Facebook  \nSuggested Readings: \n-Why you should join a socialist organization: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/05/join-socialist-organization-dsa-working-class \n-Why socialists need organization: https://solidarity-us.org/whyorganization/ \n-Towards a revolutionary socialist party: https://www.marxists.org/archive/hallas/works/1971/xx/party.htm \n-The period\, the party and the next left: http://socialistworker.org/2019/03/22/the-period-the-party-and-the-next-left \n-The Dig Podcast\, “Organize to Win”: https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/organize-to-win-with-andres-celin-and-rapheal-randall/
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/online-reading-group-we-need-socialist-organization
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200901T210000
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UID:4623-1598986800-1598994000@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:Online Reading Group: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism - PT. 3
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online reading group of this very substantial read. We are reading this book in sections. This is our second meeting to discuss this book. But all are welcome\, even if you missed our last discussion. \n-We will be reading up to the end of Part 2 (Chapters 7 – 11).\n-Email info@springmag.ca for zoom link\n–RSVP via Facebook \nThe challenges to humanity posed by the digital future\, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism\,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior. \nIn this masterwork of original thinking and research\, Shoshana Zuboff provides startling insights into the phenomenon that she has named surveillance capitalism. The stakes could not be higher: a global architecture of behavior modification threatens human nature in the twenty-first century just as industrial capitalism disfigured the natural world in the twentieth. \nZuboff vividly brings to life the consequences as surveillance capitalism advances from Silicon Valley into every economic sector. Vast wealth and power are accumulated in ominous new “behavioral futures markets\,” where predictions about our behavior are bought and sold\, and the production of goods and services is subordinated to a new “means of behavioral modification.” \nThe threat has shifted from a totalitarian Big Brother state to a ubiquitous digital architecture: a “Big Other” operating in the interests of surveillance capital. Here is the crucible of an unprecedented form of power marked by extreme concentrations of knowledge and free from democratic oversight. Zuboff’s comprehensive and moving analysis lays bare the threats to twenty-first century society: a controlled “hive” of total connection that seduces with promises of total certainty for maximum profit–at the expense of democracy\, freedom\, and our human future. \nWith little resistance from law or society\, surveillance capitalism is on the verge of dominating the social order and shaping the digital future–if we let it.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/online-reading-group-the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-pt-3
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200819T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200819T210000
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CREATED:20200807T174139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200812T041144Z
UID:4407-1597865400-1597870800@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:West Coast Reading Group: Marxism & Oppression
DESCRIPTION:One of the reasons we fight for revolutionary change is to put an end to oppression. It is important to truly acknowledge\, not just the objective truths of the violence capitalism forces on us\, but the ways in which this violence is measured\, spread\, and reproduced. Marxists are often accused of ‘class reductionism\,’ that is\, that all forms of oppression faced by the masses of marginalized peoples is a product of the class struggle.\n\n  \nWhile it is true that those most oppressed by the ruling class are often members of historically and systemically marginalized groups\, we do not all face oppression under capitalism the same way. Today\, we are more multiracial\, more openly LGBTQ2SA+\, more disabled\, and more upset than ever.\n\nJoin Spring for an online discussion on this topic and how we can best unite and fight in our time for a better world.\n  \n\nResources: \n\nRussia 1917: gender\, class and the Bolsheviks (https://marxistleftreview.org/articles/russia-1917-gender-class-and-the-bolsheviks/)\nRevolution in the 21st Century; chps 10-12 (https://www.marxists.org/archive/harman/2007/revolution/index.html)\nMarxism\, Exploitation\, and Oppression (https://wearemany.org/a/2018/07/marxism-exploitation-and-oppression)\n\nTo RSVP via Facebook click here \nEmail info@springmag.ca for zoom link 
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/west-coast-reading-group-marxism-oppression
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200807T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200807T203000
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CREATED:20200712T001856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200716T200200Z
UID:3998-1596826800-1596832200@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:Online reading group: Socialist journalism
DESCRIPTION:As Malcolm X warned\, “if you’re not careful\, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed\, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” How can socialists challenge the ideas of the corporate media? How can we amplify the demands of social movements\, remember lessons of past struggles\, and build our own networks of resistance? Join us for a discussion of socialist writing\, filming\, posting and media of all kinds.\nSuggested Readings: \n\n\n\nWriting while socialist: http://bostonreview.net/global-justice/vijay-prashad-mark-nowak-writing-while-socialist\nUnfortunately\, we can’t log off: https://jacobinmag.com/2018/12/log-off-social-media-twitter-organizing-facebook\nThe revolutionary press: https://www.marxists.org/archive/harman/1984/xx/revpress.html\nWhat is to be done: The website as organizer: https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/27025 or video from the author\, Revolution 2.0? Social media and social movements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E74Ear0seaE\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmail Spring at info@springmag.ca for a zoom link \nTo RSVP via Facebook Click Here
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/online-reading-group-socialist-journalism
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200725T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200725T160000
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UID:4060-1595685600-1595692800@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:Online Reading Group: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism - PT. 2
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online reading group of this very substantial read. We are reading this book in sections. This is our second meeting to discuss this book. But all are welcome\, even if you missed our last discussion.\n  \n-We will be reading up to the end of Part 1 (Chapters 1 – 6)\n–For Zoom link email: info@springmag.ca \nThe challenges to humanity posed by the digital future\, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism\,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior.\n  \nIn this masterwork of original thinking and research\, Shoshana Zuboff provides startling insights into the phenomenon that she has named surveillance capitalism. The stakes could not be higher: a global architecture of behavior modification threatens human nature in the twenty-first century just as industrial capitalism disfigured the natural world in the twentieth. Zuboff vividly brings to life the consequences as surveillance capitalism advances from Silicon Valley into every economic sector. Vast wealth and power are accumulated in ominous new “behavioral futures markets\,” where predictions about our behavior are bought and sold\, and the production of goods and services is subordinated to a new “means of behavioral modification.”\n  \nThe threat has shifted from a totalitarian Big Brother state to a ubiquitous digital architecture: a “Big Other” operating in the interests of surveillance capital. Here is the crucible of an unprecedented form of power marked by extreme concentrations of knowledge and free from democratic oversight. Zuboff’s comprehensive and moving analysis lays bare the threats to twenty-first century society: a controlled “hive” of total connection that seduces with promises of total certainty for maximum profit–at the expense of democracy\, freedom\, and our human future. With little resistance from law or society\, surveillance capitalism is on the verge of dominating the social order and shaping the digital future–if we let it.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/online-reading-group-the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-pt-2
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200711T160000
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CREATED:20200628T213128Z
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UID:3753-1594476000-1594483200@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:Online Reading Group: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
DESCRIPTION:The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future\, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism\,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior.\n  \nIn this masterwork of original thinking and research\, Shoshana Zuboff provides startling insights into the phenomenon that she has named surveillance capitalism. The stakes could not be higher: a global architecture of behavior modification threatens human nature in the twenty-first century just as industrial capitalism disfigured the natural world in the twentieth.\n  \n\nZuboff vividly brings to life the consequences as surveillance capitalism advances from Silicon Valley into every economic sector. Vast wealth and power are accumulated in ominous new “behavioral futures markets\,” where predictions about our behavior are bought and sold\, and the production of goods and services is subordinated to a new “means of behavioral modification.”\n  \n\nThe threat has shifted from a totalitarian Big Brother state to a ubiquitous digital architecture: a “Big Other” operating in the interests of surveillance capital. Here is the crucible of an unprecedented form of power marked by extreme concentrations of knowledge and free from democratic oversight. Zuboff’s comprehensive and moving analysis lays bare the threats to twenty-first century society: a controlled “hive” of total connection that seduces with promises of total certainty for maximum profit–at the expense of democracy\, freedom\, and our human future. With little resistance from law or society\, surveillance capitalism is on the verge of dominating the social order and shaping the digital future–if we let it.\n\n  \n\nJoin us for an online reading group of this very substantial read. We are proposing to read it in chunks\, with the first meet up being on July 11 and the goal for us to discuss the first two chapters entitled:\n  \n1. Home or Exile in the Digital Future \n2. August 9\, 2011: Setting the Stage for Surveillance Capitalism \n  \nFor a copy of the book email: info@springmag.ca \nFor a Zoom link: info@springmag.ca  \n 
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/online-reading-group-the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-by-shoshana-zuboff
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200620T221001Z
UID:3635-1593802800-1593808200@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:West Coast Reading Group: Who do the Police Serve and Protect?
DESCRIPTION:The movement against police brutality and racism are continuing to grow in the US\, Canada\, and the world. There is an ever increasing push on government on all levels to defund and abolish policing. What would this mean for our communities? What is the role of policing today? Do the police serve and protect all citizens\, or a select few?\n  \nJoin the next Spring reading group to take part in this important discussion. This is building off our last discussion of Marxism\, oppression\, and racism with a specific focus on looking at the role that police and violence play in the state\, the movement to defund and abolish\, as well as the role of organized socialists and revolutionaries.\n\n  \nRecommended Resources and Readings:\nThe Socialist Case Against the Police: Abolish the Police – https://rampantmag.com/2020/03/31/abolish-the-police/\nRevolution in the 21st Century\, Chps. 7-9 – https://www.marxists.org/archive/harman/2007/revolution/index.html\n  \nEmail Spring at info@springmag.ca for a zoom link \nTo RSVP via Facebook Click Here
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/west-coast-reading-group-who-do-the-police-serve-and-protect
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200613T182511Z
UID:3517-1593198000-1593203400@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:Online reading group: Abolish the police
DESCRIPTION:The murder of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers has unleashed a wave of anger. Protests across the country and beyond (thousands marched for #justiceforRegis in Toronto) have turned into an uprising against police violence and anti-Black racism. The movement is pressing cities and institutions across the country to punish killer cops and defund police departments. Join us for a discussion of the racist history and politics of the police\, the dynamics of the movement right now\, the limits to police reform\, and how we can get rid of the police altogether.\n  \nSuggested Readings: \n\nDefunding the police will save Black and Indigenous lives in Canada: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/defund-police-canada-black-indigenous-lives_ca_5ed65eb2c5b6ccd7c56bdf7d\n“The Limits of Police Reform” excerpt from book The End of Policing: free e-book available here https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing\nOf Course There Are Protests. The State Is Failing Black People. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/opinion/george-floyd-minneapolis.html\nThe origins of the police. audio: https://wearemany.org/a/2012/06/origins-of-police or print: http://socialistworker.org/blog/critical-reading/2014/12/09/main-role-police-protecting-ca\n\nEmail Spring at info@springmag.ca for a zoom link \nTo RSVP via Facebook Click Here
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/online-reading-group-abolish-the-police
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200612T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200612T203000
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UID:3511-1591988400-1591993800@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:West Coast Reading Group: Racism\, Oppression\, and Revolution
DESCRIPTION:As dozens of American cities rise in rebellion against murderous and racist police forces\, calls for defunding or even abolishing the police are becoming louder. What does Marxism say about the role of the police under capitalism\, and what would society look like with no police? Is this an attainable goal? What are the prospects for revolutionary change in our time?\n\nJoin the next Spring reading group to take part in this important discussion. This will be a continuation or our last reading group session on socialism from below and revolution in the 21st century\, with an added focus on the current uprising against police violence in North America\, and the chances of radical change from a system of oppression and violence to one based on meeting people’s real needs.\n  \nThe recommended readings and resources are: \n\nRevolution in the 21st Century – Chris Harman (Chps. 5 – 6; https://www.marxists.org/archive/harman/2007/revolution/index.html)\nFrom #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation – Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Chp. 1; https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ATfLUhbRhQ4VDzXs0lSZ9iKYnk9nZfR9?usp=sharing)\nPodcast – Abolish the Police: Liberal vs Revolutionary Perspectives.; (https://wearemany.org/a/2019/07/abolish-police)\nAngela Davis – Freedom is a Constant Struggle (YouTube; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u1aHpEtWyA)\n\n  \nEmail Spring at info@springmag.ca for a zoom link \nTo RSVP via Facebook Click Here
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/west-coast-reading-group-racism-oppression-and-revolution
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200605T203000
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CREATED:20200523T003850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200602T012444Z
UID:3292-1591383600-1591389000@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:Online Reading Group: Basic Income and Socialist Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Should the Left support a demand for a Universal Basic Income (UBI)? This simple question has provoked a fervent and confusing debate. In the midst of a global pandemic and a massive economic crisis discussion over UBI touches on real political and economic anxieties. Over the last 40 years the attack on the social welfare state\, the depreciating power of organized labour and an economy producing increasingly low-wage precarious jobs have led many to search for alternative mechanisms and policies to address these problems. The collapse of the labour market and the economy has only added fuel to this debate. Universal Basic Income with its promise of streamlined access to minimal economic security has attracted many adherents on the Left.\n  \nBut the very same forces that make it difficult to win improvements in current social programs\, would not be magically abolished by the implementation of UBI. In many ways UBI presents more favourable conditions for employers and the government to attack existing social programs and make it harder for workers to win things like higher wages.\nSo should the left support a Universal Basic Income? This Spring Reading Group will explore this question.\n  \nReadings:\n-Universal Basic Income: reasons to be cheerful or no go central? by Ellen Clifford and Mark Dunk\nhttp://isj.org.uk/universal-basic-income/\n-The Basic Income Illusion by Alex Gourevitch and Lucas Stanczyk\nhttps://catalyst-journal.com/vol1/no4/the-basic-income-illusion\n-The Basic Income Debate by David Calnitsky\nhttps://catalyst-journal.com/vol1/no3/debating-basic-income\n\n\n  \nTo RSVP vis Facebook click here. \nEmail info@springmag.ca to get the zoom link
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/online-reading-group-basic-income-and-socialist-strategy
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200515T210000
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CREATED:20200430T194252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200430T225930Z
UID:2947-1589569200-1589576400@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:Online reading group: Rosa Luxemburg's Reform or Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Born in Poland in 1871\, Rosa Luxemburg became a rabble rousing activist. Eventually\, she ended up in Germany as one of the leading revolutionaries in the German Social Democratic Party\, and founder of The Spartacus League. Though was only 47 years old\, when she was murdered during the German Revolution\, her contribution to Marxist political thought was immense.\n  \nSince her teen-age years\, she had been dedicated to building a mass movement of the working-class majority that would fight for improvements in the here-and-now (reforms); while at the same time fighting to replace the tyranny and exploitation at the heart of capitalism with the expansive political and economic democracy of socialism (revolution). As she put it in her pamphlet Reform or Revolution\, for a successful socialist movement\, “the struggle for reforms is its means; the social revolution\, its aim.” In a time of capitalist crisis join Spring’s online reading group in revisiting Luxemburg’s classic pamphlet\, “Reform or Revolution” to see what relevance it has for today.\n  \nReadings: \n\nReform or Revolution by Rosa Luxemburg: https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1900/reform-revolution/index.htm\n\nMore readings to follow\n\nTo RSVP via Facebook Click Here\nEmail info@springmag.ca for the webinar link
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/online-reading-group-reform-or-revolution
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:COVID\, Crime & Capitalism - Webinar
DESCRIPTION:COVID-19 has opened up basic questions on how society organizes food\, shelter\, work and health\, It has also shown all the ways migrants\, BIPOC\, poor and working class people are criminalized by laws\, from immigration laws and work restrictions\, to social distancing laws and stigmatization\, etc and how these pre-existing problems have been intensified by the COVID crisis.\n  \nSpeakers\n-Sarom Rho is an organizer at the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change\, leading the Migrant Students United project\, and organizes with Foodsters United on the Justice for Foodora Couriers unionization drive.\n-Krisna Saravanamuttu is a community organizer and journalist. He studies law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto.\n-Jessica Evans is a limited term Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Ryerson University and a member of the Toronto Prisoner’s Rights Project. Her research examines the role of penal nationalism in the political economy of (ongoing) settler colonial state formation\, primarily in Canada. Her most recent article\, Crisis\, Capital Accumulation and the ‘Crimmigration’ Fix in the Aftermath of the Global Slump is forthcoming in the journal Citizenship Studies.\n-Mariam Nazik is left-wing activist in the Ottawa area interested in issues facing BIPOC and the environment.\n  \nEmail Spring at info@springmag.ca for the Zoom link\nTo RSVP via Facebook Click Here
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/covid-crime-capitalism-webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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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
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/how-do-we-build-tenant-power-during-a-pandemic
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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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
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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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
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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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
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200322T130000
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SUMMARY:COVID-19: A Socialist Response
DESCRIPTION:As COVID-19 spreads rapidly around the world\, outpacing our capacity for testing\, let alone treatment\, it highlights the weakness of the capitalist system in the face of a biological crisis. The global pandemic shows governments’ around the world are prioritizing the interests of corporations and the stock market\, while leaving working class people to deal with the public health risks of precarious work and inequality. Fortunately\, there are already movements fighting for a healthier economy and there are actions we can take to fight for a more just\, sustainable and healthier world. \n\nJoin our virtual meeting with:\nPam Frache from the Fight for $15 and Fairness campaign\nJesse McLaren from the Decent Work and Health Network\n\nTo RSVP via Facebook click here\n\nLink to webinar: https://zoom.us/j/484485878
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/covid-19-a-socialist-response
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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