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Apr 19, 2025 - From Cuba to Occupied Palestine

When: April 19th, 6:30pm
Where: A Different Booklist, 779 Bathurst St

On April 17,1961, the US government sent about 1500 ClA-trained mercenaries to invade the Bay of Pigs (Playa Girdn) on the southern coast of Cuba in an attempt to overthrow the young Cuban Revolution. By April 19th, in less than 72 hours, Cuba had DEFEATED THE U.S. EMPIRE!!! The Cuban Revolution and the mobilization of the Cuban people led by Fidel Castro had been grossly underestimated!

Today, the successful resistance of heroic Palestinians in Gaza stands as testament to the fact that when a nation is united for a just cause, even the most barbaric genocidal acts cannot bring them to their knees!

Featured Speakers:
- Jorge Yanier Castellanos, Consul General of Cuba
- Message from Zafar Bangash, Director of Contemporary Islamic Thought
- Sarah Abu-Sharar, Palestinian Story Teller

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Apr 19, 2025 - Trump, the State, and Global Capital

When: Saturday April 19th, 2pm

In the early weeks of the Trump administration in the United States, we have seen on-again, off-again tariffs; bluster against longstanding allies and friendly approaches to erstwhile foes; alarming threats to civil liberties and press freedom; accelerating deportations of immigrant workers, mass firings and layoffs of Federal employees; dismantling of key Federal agencies; and indifference toward threats of measles and bird-flu epidemics - and that's only a partial list. Looking at all this through a Marxist lens presents a major challenge, but who better to meet it than Steve Maher and Clara Mattei, whose historical analyses of finance capital and the capitalist state have garnered well-deserved praise.

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Apr 19, 2025 - Caribbean Community Study Circle

When: Saturday April 19th, 2-4pm
Where: A Different Booklist, 779 Bathurst St

The Caribbean Community Study Circle will be discussing Strategy and Solidarity in Migrant Farmworker Organizing with Chris Ramsaroop.

Gather for a discussion of the precarious, exploitative and dangerous conditions that migrant farmworkers endure. While they may often be erased from the wider labour movement, migrant farmworker organizing presents some of the most ambitious and important fights for worker's rights in Canada. By better understanding the strategic ways that the law can be used as a tool to fight for better working conditions and overall justice, we are better equipped to organize not just in solidarity with migrant farmworkers, but our own communities as well.

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Apr 18, 2025 - Election Teac-In

When: April 18th, 6pm
RSVP for location (Kitchener/Waterloo)

Join PYM and N4P for a teach-in all about Canadian federal elections and why they matter for our Palestine solidarity work.

Learn:
* How Canadian elections work
* What the different levels of government do
* How Canada is complicit in the genocide in Gaza
* Why elections are important
* How to vote
* What MPs can do to support Palestine

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Apr 17, 2025 - Resistance Behind Bars

When: April 17th, 6pm
Location TBA

Since 1979, April 17 has marked Palestinian Prisoners' Day, a day of solidarity with imprisoned Palestinians and the resistance they represent. Join us this year as we continue to honour their strength and resilience.

This educational exhibit will reflect on prisoner history, share the significance of their experiences, and highlight their critical role in the broader resistance movement.

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