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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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