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Oct 30, 2024 - Film screening: Nae Pasaran

When: Wednesday, October 30th, 6:30pm (Doors open at 6:15 pm)
Where: Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave

Join Labour for Palestine - GTA, Mayworks Festival, Palestinian Youth Movement - Toronto, and Latinx4Palestine for a screening of Nae Pasaran.

Nae Pasaran is a 2018 feature length documentary directed by Felipe Bustos Sierra. The film tells the story of Scottish workers in the 70s who refused to work on weapons parts for the Pinochet regime in Chile. This history of work floor action gives us important lessons for worker solidarity today in support of the liberation struggle of Palestinian workers and people.

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Oct 30, 2024 - FilmSocial Presents: "La Llarona"

When: October 30th, 7pm
Where: Eyesore Cinema, 1176 Bloor St

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education and the Socialist Project present La Llorona as the next film in our ongoing FilmSocial series.

La Llorona (Guatemala, 2019.) is the modern re-imagining of the Mexican and Central American folktale about a vengeful ghost who roams near bodies of water mourning her dead children whom she killed after discovering her unfaithful husband. Director and screenwriter Jayro Bustamante places the legend inside contemporary Guatemala at a particularly turbulent time. Retired Guatemalan general Enrique Monteverde is being tried for orchestrating a brutal genocide against native Mayans in the 1980s. Now elderly and ailing he lives comfortably with his wife, daughter, and granddaughter, but is haunted by his past.

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Oct 30, 2024 - The Truth About the '37 Oshawa GM Strike

When: October 30th, 7pm
Where: A Different Booklist, 779 Bathurst St

Autoworkers in Oshawa unionized the General Motors plant in Oshawa in 1937 after a bitterly fought strike that pitted them against a rabidly anti-union government, hostile press, and GM corporation. It was a major turning point in Canadian labour history. Crucial factors contributing to the strike's success include the historical background of working-class struggle in the community, patient and courageous prior organizing by Communists, the engaged leadership of rank-and-file GM workers, and the solid support of the United Autoworkers International Union.

The author, Tony Leah, focuses on the voices and actions of rank-and-file workers and on the day-to-day events, many of which have been misunderstood or misinterpreted.

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Oct 31, 2024 - Let Gaza Live

When: Thursday, October 31st, 12pm

Please join us for a powerful panel discussion featuring Diana Buttu, Dr. Ahmed Abu Shaban, Dr. Sheryl Nestel, and Dr. Amgad Sharif.

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