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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:20200129T190000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200127T033235Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200205T210000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200127T033716Z
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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
ORGANIZER;CN="Spring":MAILTO:info@springmag.ca
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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:20200322T130000
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:20200327T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200327T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200303T212115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T212225Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200405T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200405T150000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200410T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200410T210000
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CREATED:20200401T180843Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200419T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200419T150000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200417T195848Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200424T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200424T190000
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CREATED:20200415T235203Z
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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:20200426T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200426T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200421T182805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200421T182805Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200508T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200508T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200430T225829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200430T225829Z
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SUMMARY:Vancouver Reading Group: What do we do after Bernie?
DESCRIPTION:Expectations for Bernie Sanders were sky high only a few weeks ago. These expectations were dashed as the Democratic Party establishment lined up behind Joe Biden\, sweeping Super Tuesday and effectively ending the Sanders run for president. Sanders ran a campaign that championed working class demands like Medicare for All\, a Green New Deal and posed the question of socialism to millions. What now? What lessons can socialists learn from Bernie’s historic run? What do we do next? Join us for a discussion on these questions and more.\n  \nHere are some suggested articles and audio: \n-Bern after Reading: Sanders and Socialist Strategy – https://newpol.org/bern-after-reading-sanders-and-socialist-strategy/ \n-Facing Reality: The Socialist Left\, The Sanders Campaign and our Future – https://newpol.org/facing-reality-the-socialist-left-the-sanders-campaign-and-our-future/ \n-Podcast: Vivek Chibber on the state: https://blubrry.com/thecallradio/38387253/episode-12-vivek-chibber-on-the-state/ \n  \nTo RSVP via Facebook Click Here\nEmail info@springmag.ca for the webinar link
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/vancouver-reading-group-what-do-we-do-after-bernie
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200509T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200509T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200501T162756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T172801Z
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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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200515T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200529T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200529T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200522T015648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200522T015648Z
UID:3276-1590778800-1590784200@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:Vancouver Reading Group: Revolution in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:Many around the world have seen the 21st century as a time of struggle\, change\, and revolution. People all over are fighting back against austerity agendas\, climate catastrophe\, and all forms of oppression. The question\, then\, is how do rebuild society in a way that is truly democratic and equitable?\n  \nJoin Spring for a discussion covering this change and ask questions like ‘Who will be at the table for this change?’ and ‘How will we get there?’ There is a long history of capitalism being challenged since its inception\, as well as living and proposed alternatives. Let’s gather together to discuss and plan for revolution in the 21st century.\n  \nSuggested readings and podcasts:\n-Chris Harman – Revolution in the 21st Century (Chps: intro – 6)\n-Socialism 101: Socialism From Below podcast\n\n\nTo RSVP vis Facebook click here. \nEmail info@springmag.ca to get the zoom link
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/vancouver-reading-group-revolution-in-the-21st-century
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200530T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200530T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200522T014256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200522T123615Z
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SUMMARY:Covid 19: Who will pay for the crisis?
DESCRIPTION:As the global crisis unfolds\, the capitalist class is scrambling to restart the economy and resume the business of profit-making. And as the economy is opened up\, the temporary measures designed to support workers are coming under increasing attack from big business and their representatives in government. Workers everywhere face an uncertain future. \nWhat are the challenges and opportunities facing the workers’ movement\, here and around the world? How can we organize to ensure that bosses pay for the crisis\, not workers? What do we need to do right now to prepare workers for the challenges ahead? \nOn Saturday\, May 30 at 2:00 pm EDT\, join Spring Magazine for this important roundtable discussion featuring: \nRadhika Desai: Professor\, Dept of Political Studies\, University of Manitoba\, Director of Geopolitical Economy Research Group \nJanice Folk-Dawson: Executive Vice-President\, Ontario Federation of Labour \nDeena Ladd: Executive director and organizer\, Workers’ Action Centre \nMina Rajabi Paak: Education researcher and policy analyst\, decent work organizer and member of Spring Socialist Network \nTo RSVP via Facebook click here. \nEmail info@springmag.ca to get the zoom link
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/covid-19-who-will-pay-for-the-crisis
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200605T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200612T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200612T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200609T153304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200609T153304Z
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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200626T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200626T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200609T160728Z
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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200703T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200703T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200620T220841Z
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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200711T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200711T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200628T213128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200628T213128Z
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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200725T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200725T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200716T195855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200716T195855Z
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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200806T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200806T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200728T155130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200728T155221Z
UID:4270-1596738600-1596747600@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:Socialism in the Park
DESCRIPTION:Join the Hamilton Spring Socialists for a meet-up on August 6th at 6:30 pm\, where we will be talking about who we are and what we do. If you’re a socialist and want to be organized\, let’s talk! See you there! \nRSVP via Facebook 
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/socialism-in-the-park
LOCATION:Gage Park\, 1000 Main St E\, Hamilton\, Ontario\, L8M 1N2
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200807T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200807T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200812T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200812T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200810T001225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200810T001635Z
UID:4462-1597222800-1597246200@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:Solidarity trip to 1492 Land Back Lane
DESCRIPTION:Show your support for Indigenous Sovereignty! Join the Toronto solidarity trip to 1492 Landback Lane! \n\n\nLand Defenders from the Haudenosaunee Six Nations are occupying their traditional territory at the McKenzie Meadows construction site in south Caledonia which is slated for development into townhomes. Just last week\, the OPP arrested 9 people and fired a rubber bullet while enforcing an injunction from Haldimand County mayor Ken Hewitt. \n\n\nLet’s bring our solidarity and material aid to show these Six Nations Land Defenders that we support their fight. \n\nWe will be leaving Toronto together and driving down together. Sign up to get details\, send supplies\, drive down a group or to find a ride at: info@springmag.ca\nDonations can be sent to landback6nations@gmail.com
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/solidarity-trip-to-1492-land-back-lane
LOCATION:Ontario
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200819T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200819T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200901T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200901T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200817T203015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200817T203015Z
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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200911T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200911T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200824T152749Z
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
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201004T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201004T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200922T021816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201004T153432Z
UID:5022-1601823600-1601830800@springmag.ca
SUMMARY:Universal Basic Income: Should the left support it?
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. \n\nOver 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.\n\nCould Universal Basic Income be that alternative policy? This Spring online meeting will explore this question. \n\nSpeakers:\nLoretta Fisher\, writer\, poet and activist\, member of Spring and the Workers’ Action Centre\nMina Rajabi\, an education researcher and policy analyst\nJohn Clarke\, longtime anti-poverty activist with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty\nDavid Bush\, contributor to Spring Magazine\n\n  \n\nFind the event on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/406748450313592/\n\n  \n\nZoom link:\n\n\n\n\nWhen: Oct 4\, 2020 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)\nTopic: Universal Basic Income: Should the left support it?Please click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88001376352?pwd=eCtOZGhaZjhGRGtJU044bEVjWWkydz09\nPasscode: 180664\nOr iPhone one-tap :\nCanada: +15873281099\,\,88001376352#\,\,\,\,\,\,0#\,\,180664#  or +16473744685\,\,88001376352#\,\,\,\,\,\,0#\,\,180664#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nCanada: +1 587 328 1099  or +1 647 374 4685  or +1 647 558 0588  or +1 778 907 2071  or +1 204 272 7920  or +1 438 809 7799\nUS: +1 312 626 6799  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 646 558 8656  or +1 669 900 9128  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 301 715 8592\nWebinar ID: 880 0137 6352\nPasscode: 180664\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kMTm2Xmj5
URL:https://springmag.ca/event/universal-basic-income-should-the-left-support-it
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201009T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T044015
CREATED:20200923T185319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201008T170809Z
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
LOCATION:Ontario
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