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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
LOCATION:Ontario
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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200419T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200419T150000
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SUMMARY:The Healthcare Crisis: Why workers' rights are key to confronting the pandemic
DESCRIPTION:As the COVID-19 pandemic continues many are asking how do we flatten the curve and fight the virus? Instead of empowering people to self-isolate at home and to reduce transmission in the workplace\, and instead of following successful strategies from other countries like expanding testing and hospital capacity\, governments are blaming ordinary people for spreading the virus and empowering the police to impose restrictions–which suppresses people but not the virus.\n\nThis webinar will look at the reality faced by healthcare workers\, what resources they need to treat patients and protect themselves and why workers’ rights\, from access to PPE and paid sick days to expanded EI\, are key in fighting this public health crisis.\nJoin us for a discussion with healthcare workers and advocates about what is needed to tackle this public health crisis.\n\nSpeakers:\n-Dr. Iman Ahmed will speak on the global challenges facing health care workers.\n-Amrita Parmar is a nurse who has worked in Burnaby\, British Columbia in geriatric care for the past five years.\n-Simran Dhunna is an MPH Epidemiology candidate at the University of Toronto and an organizer with Climate Justice Toronto and Peel.\n-Faiz Ahmed is a long time trade unionist and socialist.\n-Zaid Noorsumar is a journalist who has contributed to CBC\, The Canadian Press and Rankandfile.ca. Most recently\, he has been providing in-depth coverage of working conditions in the long-term care sector.\n-Jesse McLaren is an emergency physician and member of the Decent Work and Health Network.\n–Autumn Easterbrook is a frontline support worker for adults with intellectual disabilities.\n\nWhen: Sunday April 19\, 1pm EDT\nWhere: Zoom\, Webinar – Email info@springmag.ca for link \n\nRSVP via Facebook by clicking here. 
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/the-healthcare-crisis-why-workers-rights-are-key-to-confronting-the-pandemic
LOCATION:Ontario
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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
LOCATION:Ontario
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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Toronto book club: Indigenous sovereignty\, ecosocialism & social change
DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss some articles. All welcome\, read what you can but it will be worth it whether you can read all of it or none of it. \nSuggested articles: \nMarx and the Indigenous: https://monthlyreview.org/2020/02/01/marx-and-the-indigenous/ \nThe Ecosocialist views of Karl Marx: https://climateandcapitalism.com/2019/06/16/ecosocialist-views-of-karl-marx-kohei-saito/ \nBonus: Podcast Audio and Transcript: Our history is the future with Nick Estes: https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/our-history-is-the-future-with-nick-estes/ \nRSVP via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/910047419450832
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/book-club-indigenous-sovereignty-ecosocialism-social-change
LOCATION:Workers’ Action Centre\, Suite 202\, 720 Spadina Avenue\, Suite 202\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S2T9\, Canada
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200322T150000
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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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200304T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200304T210000
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SUMMARY:Chile: Is Revolution Possible?
DESCRIPTION:What started off as a protest against a transit fare hike last October soon exploded into a mass movement demanding nothing short of a reckoning with Chile’s neoliberal elite. \nJoin the Spring Socialists for this discussion about where the movement came from\, its prospects for radical transformation\, and its implications for struggles everywhere. \nIntroduction by Alex Kerner. Alex is the son of Chilean exiles\, a long time trade unionist\, and a member of Spring.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/chile-is-revolution-possible
LOCATION:Workers’ Action Centre\, Suite 202\, 720 Spadina Avenue\, Suite 202\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S2T9\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200205T190000
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SUMMARY:Branch planning meeting: Toronto
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a branch planning meeting in Toronto. \nAgenda: \n\nClimate justice activity\nDecent work activity
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/branch-planning-meeting-toronto
LOCATION:Workers’ Action Centre\, Suite 202\, 720 Spadina Avenue\, Suite 202\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S2T9\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Discussion: What would it take to stop a war on Iran?
DESCRIPTION:How do we build a vibrant anti-war movement? What can we learn from the movement against the Iraq War? Can we make the links to the fight for climate justice and decent work? Join this conversation about what we can do to oppose war and imperialism. \nSpeakers: \n\nSaman Tabasinejad: Iranian-Canadian Congress\nJames Clark: Toronto Coalition to Stop the War\n\nA discussion will follow short introductions by the speakers. Join on Facebook.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/what-would-it-take-to-stop-a-war-on-iran
LOCATION:Workers’ Action Centre\, Suite 223\, 720 Spadina Avenue\, Suite 223\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S2T9\, Canada
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200124T210000
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CREATED:20200127T032057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200127T032239Z
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SUMMARY:Reading group: The Two Souls of Socialism
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of Hal Draper’s classic pamphlet\, “The Two Souls of Socialism.” \nThe purpose of this discussion is to review the various manifestations of “socialism”–from social democracy\, to Stalinism\, to revolutionary socialism from below. \nSpeaker: \nFaiz Ahmed: Spring Magazine \nRecommended reading: \n“The Two Souls of Socialism” by Hal Draper \n“The rank-and-file strategy: Building a socialist movement in the US” by Kim Moody
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/reading-group-the-two-souls-of-socialism
LOCATION:Workers’ Action Centre\, Suite 223\, 720 Spadina Avenue\, Suite 223\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S2T9\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191213T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T101329
CREATED:20191109T125344Z
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SUMMARY:Spring into the holidays!
DESCRIPTION:Image includes the text\, “Friday the 13th: Spring into the holidays!” with flower and star decorations dangling on leafy vines below the words (Credit: Pam Frache)\nJoin the Spring socialists at the Rhino this Friday the 13th to celebrate a year of revolutionary organizing\, activism — and Sagittarii! We’ve already made reservations\, but RSVP in advance so we can make sure we have enough seats for everyone! \nPlease RSVP at info@springmag.ca or on Facebook.
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/979
LOCATION:The Rhino\, 1249 Queen Street West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6K1L5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191204T220000
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SUMMARY:Film screening: The Murder of Fred Hampton
DESCRIPTION:Black Panther leader\, Fred Hampton\, Dirksen Federal Building\, 1969 (Credit: Paul Sequeira\, Fair use image)\nFifty years ago\, in the early hours of December 4\, 1969\, a police raid ended the life of 21-year-old Black Panther Party leader\, Fred Hampton. According to the Southside Weekly\, ”A barrage of police bullets struck him in his sleep as he lay beside his pregnant fiancé\, Akua Njeri\, who survived. Another occupant\, Black Panther security chief\, Mark Clark\, was also killed.” The evidence shows the police fired nearly 100 shots into Hampton’s apartment. \nJoin the Spring socialists to watch — and learn from — this documentary film exposing the state’s involvement in the murder of Fred Hampton and so many other Black Panther Party leaders. The film is as relevant today as it ever was\, in light of ongoing racist police violence. \nThis documentary also shows the incredible community-based organizing that was a hallmark of the Black Panther Party. \nAgenda: \n\n7:00 pm Doors open\n7:15 pm Introduction by Rechev Browne\n7:30 pm Film begins\n9:00 pm Discussion\n9:30 pm Wrap-up
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/film-screening-the-murder-of-fred-hampton
LOCATION:Workers’ Action Centre\, Suite 202\, 720 Spadina Avenue\, Suite 202\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S2T9\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Spring":MAILTO:info@springmag.ca
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