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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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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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:Viva Palestina! A Roundtable Discussion on Palestinian National Liberation
DESCRIPTION:Join Spring for this special roundtable discussion on the history\, achievements\, challenges\, and opportunities of the Palestinian national liberation struggle\, featuring a multi-generational panel of leading Palestinian and solidarity activists: Issam Yamani\, Nadia Shoufani\, Chandni Desai\, Moe Alqasem\, and Tara Alami. \nThe roundtable will cover a wide range of questions\, including: Is Oslo still relevant? What would a one-state solution look like? How has BDS transformed the movement? What is the role of the Palestinian left\, and what are its prospects for renewal? What is the role of the Arab working class across the region? And more! \nEmail info@springmag.ca for the Zoom link.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/viva-palestina-a-roundtable-discussion-on-palestinian-national-liberation
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SUMMARY:Sudan Resists the Coup: Organizing Solidarity with Sudan's Revolutionaries
DESCRIPTION:In 2019\, Sudan’s mass democratic uprising toppled the country’s hated dictator\, Omar al-Bashir\, and secured a power sharing agreement between civilian leaders and the military with the promise of elections for a new government. The military has reneged on that pledge and carried out a coup\, arresting activists across the country. The people have now returned to the streets in mass numbers to defend their revolution. Join this meeting to learn about the situation and what you can do to build solidarity and support for the Sudanese people’s fight for democracy\, justice\, and equality. \nSpeakers: \n\nRabab Elnaiem\, Sudanese activist\, member of the Sudanese Workers Alliance for the Restoration of Trade Unions.\nMuzan Alneel\, Sudanese activist\, co-founder of the Innovation\, Science and Technology Think-tank for People-Centered Development (ISTiNAD) in Sudan and non-resident Fellow of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP).\n\nSponsors:  \nInternationalism from Below\, Tempest Collective\, Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE)\, New Politics\, Spring Magazine. \nRegister for Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwod-yvqTIoHNWsivZz_SwdjAZVll-Sa80v
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/sudan-resists-the-coup-organizing-solidarity-with-sudans-revolutionaries
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SUMMARY:The Second Wave of Uprising in Sudan: Revolutionaries Speak
DESCRIPTION:Join Sudanese revolutionaries from on the ground to discuss the flourishing of revolutionary bodies and resurgence of the uprising in Sudan. \nThe 2019 revolution in Sudan\, which overthrew longtime President Omar al-Bashir\, was the earliest of a second-wave of uprisings that has swept from Algeria to Iraq\, reigniting the hope of the 2011 revolutions in the region.\nThe uprising\, known in Sudan as the December Revolution\, culminated in August 2019 in a civilian-military partnership\, for what was to be a “transition” to full civilian rule. But in October 2021\, a military coup drove out the civilian coalition partners. The resistance that the coup has sparked since has breathed new life into the revolutionary movement in the country\, and accelerated the evolution of organizing in a way that bears lessons for movements for social justice everywhere. \nIn response to the coup\, widespread mobilizations\, led by Sudan’s neighborhood-level resistance committees\, have produced ongoing strikes\, civil disobedience and protests demanding an end to the military coup and the formation of a fully civilian\, revolutionary government to decide the country’s leadership and its future\, and to reclaim control of its looted resources for the benefit of communities. \nRevolutionary bodies\, in particular the network of neighborhood resistance committees which now spread across the country\, have pushed the struggle forward beyond previous compromises. They have also offered an alternative model of resistance and governance that presents a clear break from the elite politics of the past. Though the revolution in Sudan has so far been formidable in the face of repression\, it faces immense challenges\, given the ways in which regional and international counter-revolutionary forces have coalesced to back the military. This leaves us with a crucial question: how can this struggle\, whose outcome will have consequences beyond Sudan’s borders\, go on to achieve its slogan\, “freedom\, peace and justice”? \nTo explore that question\, the panel will highlight voices and analysis of Sudanese activists who are deeply involved in the revolution\, and who will provide their take on the stakes involved and the aims\, strategies and tactics of the movement. The event also intends to create space for conversation to explore solidarity actions beyond Sudan\, in particular\, how to deepen ties with activists in the Movement For Black Lives and anti-racist struggles in the U.S. Join us for this important discussion.\nThe conversation will be held in Arabic and English\, with simultaneous interpretation to English. \nPanelists: \n-Muzan Alneel is a cofounder of the Innovation\, Science and Technology Think Tank for People-Centered Development (ITSinaD) — Sudan and a nonresident fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)\, focusing on a people-centric approach to economy\, industry\, and environment in Sudan. Recent writings include The People of Sudan Don’t Want to Share Power With Their Military Oppressors (Jacobin) and Why the Burhan-Hamdok deal will not stabilise Sudan (Al Jazeera). \n-Monifa Bandele (moderator) sits on the policy table leadership team for the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL)\, as well as the steering committee for the New York-based Communities United for Police Reform\, representing the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement in both coalitions. Just in the past decade\, she led the launch of two historic and successful legal cases against police misconduct (Daniels v NYC and Floyd v NYC); worked to pass landmark police reform legislation in New York City (Community Safety Act 2013) and New York State (Repeal CRL 50-a bill\, Special Prosecutor\, and NY STAT Act); and was a contributing writer to M4BL’s Vision for Black Lives and the BREATHE Act. \n-Abdulsalam Mindas is an Agronomist with a Bachelor in Agricultural Studies from Sudan University of Science and Technology. He is the official spokesperson for the coordination of Ombada Resistance committees and one of the two official spokespersons for the resistance committees of greater Omdurman. \nThis event is sponsored by Africa Is A Country\, Haymarket Books\, Internationalism From Below\, Jadaliyya\, the Review of African Political Economy\, Spring magazine\, and the following departments at Bryn Mawr College: Africana Studies\, Latin American\, Iberian and Latina/o Studies (LAILS)\, Middle Eastern Studies\, Political Science. \nREGISTER through Eventbrite to receive a link to the live stream the day of the event: \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-second-wave-of-uprising-in-sudan-revolutionaries-speak-tickets-262749489797 \nThis event will also be recorded and live captioning will be provided.
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SUMMARY:Capitalism: A Socialist Introduction
DESCRIPTION:From the fight for climate justice to the movement to defund the police\, more and more people are concluding that capitalism itself is the problem. Understanding *how* capitalism works (or doesn’t)\, where it came from\, and its internal weaknesses and contradictions is a key part of the struggle to overthrow it. \nJoin this discussion for an introduction to how socialists analyze\, criticize\, and organize against capitalism. Some questions we will ask: Where does profit come from and how does it drive the system? What is racial capitalism and how does it help us understand where capitalism came from? What did the pandemic expose about capitalism’s weaknesses and contradictions? \nIntroduction by Khaleel Grant \nSuggested readings:\nUnravelling Capitalism: A Guide to Marxist Political Economy\nBy Joseph Choonara\nEmail Spring for an e-version \nGeographies of Racial Capitalism with Ruth Wilson Gilmore – An Antipode Foundation film\nhttps://bit.ly/3uyjOjZ \n“What Did Cedric Robinson Mean by Racial Capitalism?”\nBy Robin D. G. Kelley\nBoston Review (January 12\, 2017)\nhttps://bit.ly/3HAs6vo \n“Cedric Robinson\, racial capitalism and the return of black radicalism”\nBy Ken Olende\nInternational Socialism 69 (January 6\, 2021)\nhttps://bit.ly/3Gv3nap \nEmail info@springmag.ca for Zoom link and copy of readings.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/capitalism-a-socialist-introduction
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220316T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220316T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T062616
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SUMMARY:How do we build solidarity with Palestine on campuses?
DESCRIPTION:For Israeli Apartheid Week join Spring for this special roundtable discussion about how we can build solidarity with Palestine on campuses. This panel will look at the history\, achievements\, challenges\, and opportunities for building campus based movements in support of Palestine. \nThe roundtable will feature current and past campus based organizers: Laura Khoury\, Yara Shoufani\, Hossam Sleiman and Youssra Rahmouni. \nPlease email info@springmag.ca for more info and the Zoom link.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/how-do-we-build-solidarity-with-palestine-on-campuses
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220401T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220401T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T062616
CREATED:20220322T162717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220324T163631Z
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SUMMARY:Lessons from Combahee: Black feminism\, socialism\, and oppression today
DESCRIPTION:In the fight for justice today\, it has been vital to understand how gender\, race\, class\, sexuality\, and ability condition our economic exploitation and shape our identities. How do different forms of oppression interact to shape our experience of capitalism? What is identity politics’ role in our fight to build socialism? How do we confront racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, ableism\, and other forms of oppression in our struggle against capitalism? \nThroughout movements\, these questions have often been ignored or trivialized. Nevertheless\, from the contributions of Black communist women like Claudia Jones and Black feminist organizations like the Combahee River Collective\, a rich tradition exists to help socialists tackle these questions in our present. \nJoin this discussion to learn about the crucial innovations of Black socialist and feminist women and help us apply these lessons in our struggle against capitalism and oppression today. \nSpeakers: Fathuma Jama and Patricia Meyer. \nHow We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor\, ed.\n(DM Spring for e-book) \n“Identity Crisis” by Salar Mohandesi in Viewpoint Magazine (March 16\, 2017)\n(https://viewpointmag.com/2017/03/16/identity-crisis/) \nAn End to the Neglect of the Black Woman! by Claudia Jones\n(1927554_DP0000333) \n“Race\, class and Marxism?” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor in SocialistWorker.org (January 4\, 2011) (https://socialistworker.org/2011/01/04/race-class-and-marxism) \n“About the We”: Drawing from Legacies of Black Feminist Praxis for Workers’ Rights Transformation\n(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfJi0iKmyFo) \nEmail info@springmag.ca for Zoom link.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/lessons-from-combahee-black-feminism-socialism-and-oppression-today
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220722T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T062616
CREATED:20220620T224412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220714T204412Z
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SUMMARY:Whose Labour? Whose Organizing? Socialism and the Racialized Working Class
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: This event has been rescheduled to Friday\, July 22 due to the Rogers outage on our previous date of Friday\, July 8. \nDiscussions about the working class have a tendency to make assumptions about who the average worker is; namely\, a white\, straight\, cisgender male breadwinner working in a unionized industry. This tendency erases the rich and ongoing histories of racialized worker organizing and movement work that have won hard-fought gains for all workers over the years. \nJoin Spring on Friday\, July 22nd at 7pm EDT for a discussion on class\, race\, and the political work of the multiracial working class. \nEmail us at info@springmag.ca for the Zoom link.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/whose-labour-whose-organizing-socialism-and-the-racialized-working-class
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220806T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220806T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T062616
CREATED:20220727T203047Z
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SUMMARY:Is Revolution Possible? Lessons from Sudan\, Philippines\, & Sri Lanka
DESCRIPTION:Revolution seems to be on the horizon after popular uprisings in Sudan\, the return of the Marco dynasty in the Philippines\, and tens of thousands of people taking over the streets in Sri Lanka. Massive hikes in inflation\, unemployment\, and fuel shortages mark the immediate crisis of capitalism in these countries as people struggle against starvation and political repression. Protestors endure repression through surveillance\, imprisonment\, and extrajudicial killings. \nDecades of neoliberal reform\, ushered in by ruling elites\, have led to massive cuts in education and healthcare and the deepened poverty of farmers\, labourers\, and students across the Global South. But the story doesn’t end there. Regular people fight back and build movements for their liberation. \nWhat are the prospects for revolution in Sudan\, the Philippines\, and Sri Lanka? How do we build a united struggle? What role do global imperialist powers play in propping up repressive regimes? And what lessons can we learn from these global struggles as we build the strength of our movements here? \nJoin us on Saturday\, August 6 at 12:00pm EDT for a discussion with activists involved in the global struggle against capitalism\, imperialism\, and oppression. \n🚩Muzan Alneel is a Sudanese engineer\, Marxist activist\, and blogger.\n🚩Myka Jaymalin is a Filipina researcher and community organizer with Anakbayan Toronto.\n🚩Krisna Saravanamuttu is a writer and community organizer with deep roots in the Tamil liberation struggle. \nThis session\, a part of the Spring Socialist Network’s summer convention\, is open to the public. \nEmail info@springmag.ca for the Zoom link.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/is-revolution-possible-lessons-from-sudan-philippines-sri-lanka
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231126T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231126T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T062616
CREATED:20231117T153945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231117T154437Z
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SUMMARY:Building mass action for Palestine solidarity:  Lessons from the UK
DESCRIPTION:Despite vicious attacks from the media and politicians\, Palestine solidarity has become a mass movement in the UK. Multiple demonstrations in London have drawn out over 250\,000 people. The November 11th march had close to a million people attend. Large actions are continuously happening across the UK demanding the government support a ceasefire.  \nShabbir Lakha is an officer with the Stop the War Coalition\, which is playing a key role in organizing the movement. Join Spring for a discussion with Shabbir about how Stop the War and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign have strategically built a mass movement for Palestine.   \nThis meeting is on Zoom. Click here to register.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/building-mass-action-for-palestine-solidarity-lessons-from-the-uk
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240816T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240816T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T062616
CREATED:20240814T222627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T222627Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Convention: Socialist organizing in 2024
DESCRIPTION:Join Spring on Friday\, August 16 at 7pm ET / 8pm AT / 4pm PT over Zoom for the opening session of our annual summer Convention\, “Socialist organizing in 2024: Building workers’ power to confront war\, climate change\, & economic crisis.” \nThis session is open to members and non-members and will focus on the political terrain that lies ahead of us as socialists\, followed by a Q & A / discussion session where we will collectively discuss building worker power in the year to come. \nPlease register by clicking here.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/spring-convention-socialist-organizing-in-2024
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250721T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250721T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T062616
CREATED:20250710T033330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250710T033330Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Halifax presents: A discussion with David Camfield
DESCRIPTION:Join Spring’s Halifax chapter on Monday\, July 21st\, 6:30pm AT / 5:30pm ET / 2:30pm PT over Zoom for our discussion with David Camfield\, author of “Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left.” \nIn advance of this event\, we encourage people to listen to David’s podcast (Victor’s Children) where he discusses his new book. \nPlease register by clicking here.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/spring-halifax-presents-a-discussion-with-david-camfield
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260303T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260303T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T062616
CREATED:20260302T154151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T154151Z
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SUMMARY:Stop bombing Iran: Why we urgently need a mass anti-war movement
DESCRIPTION:EMERGENCY MEETING • via Zoom • THIS TUESDAY \nSTOP BOMBING IRAN!\nWHY WE URGENTLY NEED A MASS ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT \nTHIS COMING TUESDAY NIGHT\nTuesday\, March 3rd:\n7:30 pm ET | 8:30 pm AT | 4:30 pm PT\nREGISTER: bit.ly/stopbombingiran \nA Public Forum via Zoom featuring speakers including: \nNastaran Yadollahi\nCUPE Local 79\n(in personal capacity) \nAhmad Gaied\nSecretary-Treasurer\, Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL)\n(in personal capacity) \nJudy Rebick\nAuthor\, journalist\, activist\, feminist \nJames Clark\nAnti-war organizer during Iraq War and member of the\nSpring Socialist Network \nOTHER SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED \nTuesday\, March 3rd\n7:30 pm ET | 8:30 pm AT | 4:30 pm PT\nREGISTER: bit.ly/stopbombingiran
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/stop-bombing-iran-why-we-urgently-need-a-mass-anti-war-movement
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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