Socialist Project

What's New: The view of Trump's America

| May 7, 2017

In this episode of The Ossington Circle, we talk to Cynthia Peters, a City Life/Vida Urbana organizer in Boston, about changes, continuities, and strategy in a USA now under Trump's administration.

LeftStreamed: Bill C-27: An Attack on Pensions

May 7, 2017

The Ottawa Committee for Pension Security (OCPS) recently co-hosted a panel discussion with the Congress of Union Retirees about Bill C-27, a Bill that will give employers the tools they need to dump their defined benefit pension plan guaranteed promises, including the benefits already earned and paid for by active workers and retirees. Presentations by Mark Jansen and Mike Palecek. Recorded in Ottawa, 1 March 2017.

What's New: Thanks, Capitalism!

by Democratic Socialists of America | May 6, 2017

The DSA believe that both the economy and society should be run democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few. We are a political and activist organization, not a party; through campus and community-based chapters DSA members use a variety of tactics, from legislative to direct action, to fight for reforms that empower working people.

Bullet #1409: Anti-Austerity Geringonça in Portugal

by Bruno Góis | May 6, 2017

A new word has arisen in the European political debate: Geringonça. This new Portuguese political term geringonça (contraption), refers to the current minority government of the Socialist Party (center-left) supported in the parliament by radical left parties. The name Geringonça was coined by its conservative critics but became popular and is also used by supporters. Between 2012 and 2013, Portugal had massive popular demonstrations, the biggest since the revolutionary period of 1974/75. Half a million people in the streets in a country of 10 million inhabitants is quite a lot.

What's New: What we need is a working-class politics

by Hassan Husseini | May 5, 2017

Reflecting on the state of our movement, we should be asking: Is the labour movement better positioned today to influence and affect meaningful change than under Harper? Are the prospects for workers in this country better than they were over the past 10 years? There is no doubt that, after a decade of Harper, unions have much to celebrate with his defeat just over a year ago.

What's New: Jeremy Corbyn’s 10 pledges to transform Britain

| May 5, 2017

Labour’s aim is to rebuild and transform Britain, for the many not the few. These ten pledges set out the framework for what Labour will campaign for - and what a Labour government will do. 1. Full Employment; 2. A Secure homes guarantee; 3. Security at work; 4. Secure NHS and social care; 5. National education service; 6. Action to secure our environment...

Bullet #1408: Zionist Colonization is Not ‘Exceptional’: A Marxist Viewpoint

by Tikva Honig-Parnass | May 4, 2017

This article aims to challenge the rather widely accepted claim that the nature of Zionist settler colonization is exceptional and even 'defies appeal to any precedent that can usefully be invoked as to its evolution and eventual revolution.' My challenge will focus on Moshé Machover's 2016 article, 'The decolonization of Palestine' which is the third of a series of three articles published in Weekly Worker. It deals with the typology of colonial projects and its implication upon identifying Zionist colonization and the struggle for its downfall.

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10:00am, Saturday May 27, 2017 Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	Art vs Alt: How We Challenge the Right Art vs Alt is a day of conversations and a platform for presentations of work by concerned artists, a day to come together to work out how to collectively confront the dramatic rise of the right. Culture has always been a major part of left currency and in the present crisis it may be our most important currency. Let’s move it forward. Let’s ask what we should be doing. The conference is open to anyone interested in the culture and politics of the left. Discussions and plenaries on subjects chosen by participants will be held throughout the day. Artists are also invited to give a 3-minute presentation of their work during four half-hour segments scheduled throughout the afternoon. Come and participate in the presentations and the conversation. Organized by Cultural Committee of the Socialist Project \| www.eventbrite.ca \| www.evensi.ca
May 24 - May 26, 2017 York University, Toronto. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	International Conference: Marx's Capital after 150 Years Critique and Alternative to Capitalism After the eruption of the international financial crisis in 2008, Marx's Capital received renewed academic and popular attention. Leading newspapers throughout the world discussed again the contemporary relevance of its pages. Faced with a deep new crisis of capitalism, many are now looking to an author who in the past was often wrongly associated with the "actually existing socialism"; and who was too hastily dismissed after the fall of the Berlin Wall. For many scholars today, Marx's analyses are arguably resonating even more strongly than they did in his own time. This international conference will bring together several world-renowned sociologists, political theorists, economists, and philosophers, from diverse fields and more than 10 countries with the aim of offering diverse scholarly perspectives and critical insights into the principal contradictions of contemporary capitalism and, in so doing, point to alternative economic and social models. www.marxcollegium.org
April 28 - May 7, 2017 Toronto. Add to iCal \| Google \| Yahoo	: 2017 MayWorks Festival The 32nd annual Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts will take place from April 28 – May 7, 2017, at various locations in Toronto, and will feature multi-disciplinary events highlighting precarious work and collective struggle for decent wages and healthy working conditions. We invite you to download the Mayworks program here. Register for Mayworks events: All Mayworks events are free of charge. To guarantee a seat, get your tickets via Eventbrite now. Invite your friends and family to Mayworks events: All Mayworks events are on Facebook. Share the event and invite your friends to join you. For more information on this year's Festival, please visit www.mayworks.ca.