The Class Question
was raised 8 months ago when citizens marched on to the Financial District and assembled in St. James Park to Occupy Toronto. Discuss… Read More »
“I am a revolutionary” FREE political conferance
When: Saturday, 1:30pm to 7:00pm Where: O.I.S.E. – Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (Just above St George subway station) What does it mean to be a revolutionary today? Can you be a revolutionary without a revolution? What exactly does a revolutionary do? ‘I am a revolutionary’ is a one-day conference that aims to discuss these and other questions about being an effective anti-capitalis... Read More »
The Young and the Wealthless
Read over the weekend that the official unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.3% even though 7,700 jobs were created because you really need 15,000 jobs to keep up with population growth. The REAL unemployment rate would be closer to 11% if you add in the people off benefits, layoff, loosely looking for work. When the Conservatives first came to power in 2006, the official rate was 6.4% Youth unemp... Read More »
Casseroles Night in Toronto
A small contingent from Parkdale marches to join the mass convergence at Dufferin Grove park in solidarity with the nightly casseroles demonstrations in Montreal. In general the issues are: against government criminalization of protest, debt relief for students, the right to affordable if not free education, and anti-austerity. Read More »
ONTARIO MOBILIZES TO TAKE BACK EDUCATION
The Quebec Student “Maple Spring Movement” has shown formidable success in putting the international spotlight upon the demand for affordable and accessible education in Canada; after four months of continuous strikes, observers have remarked that the strikes could be reaching numbers of people on the streets as high as half a million, rivalling the American Anti-War movement of the 60s and 70s. T... Read More »