CONTENTS
CALLS TO ACTION
$10aDay Child Care for all
Families across Canada are seeing the benefits of the $10aDay Child Care Plan which is making child care more affordable and starting to improve the quality of care for children.But there’s more work to do.
Demand for $10aDay Child Care is so high that waitlists keep growing. Many families still struggle to find affordable licensed child care, especially for infants, children with disabilities, and those in rural and remote communities.
childcarenow.ca
Support CUPW in Negotiations with Canada Post
Canada Post is one of our most cherished public institutions. It connects people, communities and businesses across our many different regions in Canada.It provides tens of thousands of workers with good jobs and benefits. In turn, these jobs support families and the communities in which they live.
Right now, CUPW is in negotiations with Canada Post. We’re fighting to maintain good jobs and benefits, to provide decent and safe working conditions for our members. We are also pushing to expand services to help sustain our public post office, and to meet the modern needs of people and their communities.
Tell Canada Post CEO Doug Ettinger that you support CUPW in negotiations, that the post office cannot cut its way to growth, and that it must agree to solutions that benefit everyone – including workers.
cupw.ca
EVENTS
Students over donor money
When: November 21st, 11amA virtual event with Roger Waters, and students from McGill and voices from other Canadian universities speaking about the role of donors in suppressing Palestinian solidarity on campus.
After Zionist donor Sylvan Adams described his “fantasy” to reunite Pink Floyd to promote isr*el, Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters, a Palestine activist and long-time supporter of SPHR McGill voiced his thoughts on Sylvan’s disturbing influence on McGill’s repressive policies.
Join Roger Waters in calling on McGill to stop repressing students & divest from genocide at McGill and at all campuses.
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Labour Unions, Climate Action and Just Transition
When: November 21st, 2:30pmAuthor Seth Klein will join us to discuss his book, A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency. He will be joined by autoworker and activist Rebecca Keetch from Green Jobs Oshawa, and John Clarke, past organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and author (with Sarah Glynn) of Climate Change is a Class Issue.
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The Birds Shall Return
When: November 21st, 5pm, and Nov. 22ndTwo-Day admission: $15
One-Day admission: $10
In support of our people’s steadfastness in Gaza, and as part of our international fundraiser ‘The People Stand with Gaza’, we are announcing a two-day art fundraiser titled ‘The Birds Shall Return: The Spirit of Sumud & Return’ on November 21st and 22nd at Atelier Next Door.
Our people in Palestine continue to remain steadfast in the midst of ongoing Zionist aggression. Our role is to support our people’s sumud; honour our people’s martyrdom; and uplift our righteous cause. All proceeds from the fundraiser will go towards our $1,000,000 goal to provide essential services including shelter, food, clean water, medical and psychological aid, and children’s programming for our people in Gaza.
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Songs of Struggle
When: November 21st, 7pmPeople’s Music Network (PMN) members will get together on Zoom and discuss this question through song. Please bring your musical expressions to this session, but leave the political speeches at the door. Using songs and poems, we’re gonna grapple with threats magnified by the 2024 US Presidential election such as right-wing authoritarianism, Christian nationalism, state-sanctioned criminality, and attacks on immigrant communities. We’re also gonna grapple with the persistent continuity of racism, poverty, militarism, and environmental destruction in our society.
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War, Peace, and Propaganda
When: Thursday November 21st, 7pmWhere: Studio.89, 2520 Eglinton Ave W Unit 1, Mississauga
The war in Ukraine, the Genocide in Gaza, and Canada’s role in these crises – A discussion on what we can do for peace and justice. With Dimitri Lascaris and Tamara Lorincz.
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Solidarity Rally
When: Friday November 22nd, 12pmWhere: South Central Toronto Plant, 969 Eastern Ave
Join the picket line to show solidarity with CUPW members on strike!
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Social Housing Now!
When: November 22nd, 2pmWhere: Grenville St and Yonge St (one block north of College)
ACORN will gather at 2:00 PM for a rally to highlight the urgent need for social housing. Doug Ford’s $200 checks may cost Ontarians $3 billion, but that same amount could build over 10,000 housing units affordable to low-income people. ACORN members will call on the government to prioritize funding that genuinely addresses the housing crisis in Ontario.
acorncanada.org
Bike Lanes
When: Saturday November 23rd, 2pmWhere: Queen’s Park South Lawn
Bike lanes are vital for cities, making them safer, healthier, and promoting business. Toronto’s bike lanes are no exception; they are essential to the function of the city, and they are under threat.
Doug Ford’s proposed Bill 212 plans to remove portions of the major bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University, and impedes the creation of future bike lanes. We believe the bill is very dangerous both in terms of what it means for the future of bike infrastructure in Ontario and in terms of the ability of cities to govern themselves.
fightforbikes.org
Forum on Racism and Xenophobia
When: Saturday November 23rd, 7pm“Migrants take away our jobs! They are criminals! We need to take care of our citizens first!” Let’s stand up against these myths!
In this important panel hosted by Justicia for Migrant Workers, we will challenge the harmful narratives that perpetuate xenophobia and racism in the context of Canada’s immigration system. The rhetoric of migrants as “job stealers” or “criminals” has been used to justify policies that exclude, marginalize, and criminalize migrant workers, while the rich get richer.
We will critically examine how immigration has been commodified, much like housing, work, healthcare, and education — all systems used to consolidate wealth for a privileged few. We will look at how recent policy changes continue the legacy of colonialism and racial discrimination embedded within Canada’s immigration practices, disproportionately affecting Black, Indigenous, and racialized migrant communities.
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Crude Capitalism
When: Monday November 25th, 2:30pmWhere: York University
Adam Hanieh will be joining us to discuss his new book, Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market (Verso, 2024). Crude Capitalism uncovers the surprising ways that oil is woven into the fabric of our modern world: the rise of an American-centered global order; the breakdown of Empire and anti-colonial rebellion; contemporary finance and US dolar hegemony: debt and militarism. By exposing these structures of power and placing oil in capitalism, the book makes an essential contribution to debates around oil-dependency and the struggle for climate justice.
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Book launch: And Sometimes They Kill You
When: November 25th, 6pmWhere: Alumni Hall, Victoria College Building (91 Charles St. West)
Despite decades of activism by feminists and their allies, women and their children continue to be killed by their partners and former partners in shocking numbers, leading the federal government to describe intimate partner violence (IPV) as an epidemic in Canada. Why have we failed to respond effectively to a social problem that affects millions of women and children?
After working for more than three decades with survivors, frontline workers, and the systems they turn to for help, lawyer Pamela Cross provides an in-depth look at intimate partner violence in Canada. Told in an engaging and accessible fashion, the book weaves together Cross’ personal experiences and reflections on what she has learned with the heartbreaking stories of victims, survivors, and the alarming but convincing data.
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Canadian Foreign Policy Hour with Yves Engler
When: Mondays at 6pmJoin author Yves Engler on Mondays for a weekly news roundup and interactive discussion about Canada’s role abroad. This weekly session will delve into the latest developments on subjects ranging from military affairs and Canada’s role in Ukraine to its contribution to Palestinian dispossession, and the exploitation of African resources. Join Yves for a critical take on Canada’s foreign policy. Questions, comments, and criticisms are all welcome.
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Fidel Castro Ruz: Life and Legacy
When: Monday November 25th, 6:30pmWhere: Casa Maiz, 1280 Finch Ave W, Unit 204 [Finch West Subway Station]
Fidel Castro Ruz, the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, passed away on Nov. 25, 2016. The global impact of his thoughts and actions still resonate and will resonate throughout the world because of his commitment to the just causes of humanity anywhere and anytime.
From Algeria to Chile, Pakistan to Palestine, Ukraine to Mauri People; the internationalist solidarity of the Cuban revolution to this day is an achievement and a conquest that cannot be defeated even in the midst of the most brutal genocidal blockade of Cuba by the U.S. and its allies where they might be.
forumoncuba.com
Minefield for Campus Free Expression
When: Tuesday November 26th, 5pmWhere: Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave
A lively discussion on the complexities of free expression when discussing Israel and Gaza. Navigating through the potential minefield is James Turk.
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Fighting Far-Right Populism
When: Tuesday, November 26th, 7pmFar-right populism and climate denial are on the rise globally. Anti-science politicians are preying on the economic anxieties of working people but, once elected, they cut climate policies, gut public services, scapegoat marginalized communities, and turn the keys of power over to the corporate elite.
Join 350 Canada to hear from organizers in the US, the UK, and Canada about the lessons they have learned fighting far right populism in recent elections.
act.350.org
Surveilled and Silenced
When: Wednesday November 27th, 5:30pmWhere: 104 Scholars Walk, Room 140
Join to launch the Race Equity Caucus’ report “Surveilled & Silenced: A Report on Palestine Solidarity at York University”. Listen to a panel that outlines experiences and reflections on Anti-Palestinian Racism at York University and beyond. Speakers include Dania Majid (Arab Canadian Lawyers Association), Azeezah Kanji (legal academic and writer), Ayeda Khan (Palestine Solidarity Collective YorkU), Sanad Alajrami (Palestine Solidarity Collective YorkU), and members of the Race Equity Caucus.
Register by Nov 22
Broadway Karaoke & Fundraiser
When: November 27th, 8pm (bar opens at 6pm)Where: Buddies in Bad Times
Support LGBTQI+ Refugees
Our team of Rainbow Railroad volunteers is raising $31,150 to settle an LGBTI+ refugee couple in Canada and we need your support!
Please donate.
Is your immigration permit expired?
When: November 27, 6:30pmIf you have an expired or expiring immigration permit (post-graduate, LMIA, employer-sponsored, spousal, closed, student, refugee or undocumented) or your hearing has been denied, sign up to get more information about your rights and immigration options.
You are not alone! By the end of 2025, more than 1.2 million work permits will expire. Already, many of us are struggling. Some are being fired, laid off or working for cash because of expired or expiring permits. We don’t get healthcare and we are separated from our families.
migrantworkersalliance.org
ARTICLES
Israel, My Israel? A Poem-Essay
ISRAELWill never be the same
Its viciousness untamed
Universally shamed
Appropriately blamed
Zionist mythology unframed
And forever stained
People’s souls chained
Hitler’s atrocities
Excusing current monstrosities
At an unimaginable velocity
Never again
Comes again
And again, and again…
Source: The Bullet No. 3057
Kagarlitsky: Don’t Include Me in Any Prisoner Exchange!
By Boris KagarlitskyRecently, discussions have intensified about another possible prisoner exchange. Which Russian political prisoners are being considered for exchanging with whom is still unclear, yet the debate on who should and should not be included in swap lists is well under way. I have stated several times, and I repeat now, that I do not wish to participate in such exchanges and ask not to be included in these lists.
Source: The Bullet No. 3058