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Mar 3, 2026 - Rise of Youth Precariat in South Korea

When: March 3rd, 10am

This talk examines how South Korea's compressed welfare state development, designed around standard employment relationships, has failed to adapt to today's "melting labour"--work characterized by blurred boundaries of traditional employment. Despite rapid welfare expansion, over one-third of young workers in Korea experience persistent precarity, creating severe polarization within the younger generation. Welfare state "drift" excludes precarious workers from social protection, disproportionately affecting young men who exhibit declining expectations for upward mobility and deepening distrust of institutions, ultimately undermining intergenerational solidarity in Korea.

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Mar 2, 2026 - Abolition of War

When: March 2nd, 5pm
Where: Friends House, 60 Lowther

45 years ago, Gene Sharp contended, in this award-winning article, that war can realistically be abolished - if societies prepare for a credible, civilian-based nonviolent defense system capable of deterring and defeating aggression. Today, however, we are no closer to the abolition of war than in 1980. Is Sharp's notion of civilian-based defence defective? Can we modify Sharp's approach to make this abolition a realistic goal?

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Mar 1, 2026 - #DisruptPDAC 2026

When: Sunday March 1st, 1pm
Where: Simcoe Park (across from 255 Front St W)

The world's largest mining convention is coming to Toronto again this year, to sell their vision of a future of war, environmental destruction and greed. Join us outside of their convention to show your support for the future we want and need. Land back. Defend land defenders. No more war.

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Feb 28, 2026 - Toronto Climate Film Festival

When: February 28th, 6:30pm
Where: Friend's House, 60 Lowther

Climate Fast and the Toronto Climate Film Festival is excited to present a trio of short films centered on the renewable energy transition. The event is being co-sponsored by Toronto East Residents for Renewable Energy. Films to be screened:

- The Great Transition (2025-2050), Part I - A glimpse into our energy future (2025)
- Power Play: Transforming Australia's Biggest Climate Polluter (2022)
- Power to the People E8 "Six Nations"

Light refreshments will be provided. Raffle for "Here Comes the Sun: a Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization" by Bill McKibben.

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Feb 28, 2026 - [Hamilton] Making Sense of Carneys Austerity and Trumps Terror

When: Saturday February 28th, 1pm
Where: Solidarity Place - Worker Education Centre, 51 Adair St. South, Hamilton

Join the Hamilton & District Labour Council Education Committee and community activists for a discussion about the austerity agenda of the Carney Liberals in a time of Trumps tariffs and terror.

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Feb 28, 2026 - Scarborough Tenant School

When: Saturday, February 28th, 10am to 4pm

Join us to learn about your rights under the law, meet other tenant leaders and strategize to take action against bad landlords!

This is an intensive training with classes taught by lawyers and community advocates.

The school is hybrid: there are both zoom and in person workshops.

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Feb 27, 2026 - Oil, Capitalism, and Climate

When: Friday February 27th, 7pm
Where: College Street United Church, 454 College St

All are invited to join us for the annual Leo Panitch Winter Lecture! We are honoured to welcome esteemed author and academic Adam Hanieh back to Toronto to deliver this year's talk. This event marks the fourth edition of the school's annual lecture, held in the memory of the late Leo Panitch.

Adam Hanieh will discuss how understanding oil's place in world capitalism is key to grasping geopolitical dynamics and global finance, reviving vital climate struggles, and challenging the structural interests underpinning the system itself. He will also explore the connections between our fossil-fuel centred world and the contemporary politics of Palestine and the wider Middle East.

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Feb 26, 2026 - Hands Off Iran!

When: February 26th, 7pm

While the US government continues their dangerous threats of war on Iran and military buildup in the region, join the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network to discuss the importance of Iran's sovereignty and self-determination in the face of imperialist aggression.

Organized by Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network (CWPJN).

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Feb 26, 2026 - Trump, America, and Rupturing the World Order

When: February 26th, 3pm

Discussion with Jeffrey Sachs.

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Feb 26, 2026 - Cut Canadian Ties to ICE

When: Thursday February 26th, 12noon
Where: Hootsuite Toronto HQ, 200 Wellington St W

Canadian companies like Hootsuite, GardaWorld & Roshel are arming and enabling ICE's raids, kidnappings, killings and detention camps in the US. Meanwhile in Canada, PM Carney is pushing ahead Bill C-12 which would let the government cancel immigration status for entire groups overnight and deny rights to refugees. Join us for an emergency lunch time rally - Migrants on both sides of the border need us in the streets.

Feb 25, 2026 - FilmSocial: The Organizer

When: February 25th, 7pm (Doors open at 6:30pm.)
Where: Eyesore Cinema, 1176 Bloor St W

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to present The Organizer (1963) as the next film in the FilmSocial series of socialist film screenings.

Set in Turin, Italy at the turn of the 20th century, the story follows the workers of a textile factory, one of whom suffers a serious injury caused by exhaustion at the end of 14-hour shift. When workers stage a walk-out after the factory owners refuse to shorten the work day, determination wanes as they begin to fear for their jobs and return to their work benches. It's not until a labour activist (Marcello Mastroianni) on the run from Genoan police appears and passionately shares from past organizing experience that the workers are emboldened to go on strike, and in the process, begin to understand the sacrifices that come with holding their ground.

Balancing humour with the realities of the economic climate at the onset of Italy's industrial revolution, this historical drama directed by Mario Monicelli takes an honest look at early labour struggles. Adding to the film's charm, the ensemble cast's engrossing performances and the striking visual depictions by cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno make The Organizer a stirring portrayal of the strength of the unity but also the tolls of seeking justice.

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Feb 25, 2026 - Resisting Erasure

When: February 25th, 6:30pm (doors 6pm)
Where: William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcox St

Join us for the Toronto book launch of Resisting Erasure: Capitalism, Imperialism and Race in Palestine with authors Rafeef Ziadah and Adam Hanieh.

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Feb 25, 2026 - Trans Women and Other Difficult Subjects

When: February 25th (Doors open at 11:30am, event from 12-1:30pm.)
Where: Daphne Cockwell Complex (DCC) Room 707, 288 Church St, TMU

Dr. Drew McEwan, a mad trans woman, scholar, poet, and Assistant Professor with TMU's School of Disability Studies, will lead us in an exploration of "difficulty" as a category imposed on marginalized subjects. In this time of rising global fascism and violence, Dr. McEwan's research on how the culturally and politically rendered "difficult trans woman" can justify the marginalization, political and social abandonment, and reduction of rights for all queer and trans persons is a crucial perspective.

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