CONTENTS

1. CALLS TO ACTION
2. EVENTS
3. ARTICLES

Stand Up for Ontario

The provincial government must stand up for Ontario against American attacks on our economy by increasing our energy independence and lowering our demand for American fuel and technology.

We need to rapidly reduce the burning of imported American fracked gas and increase our made-in-Ontario supply of renewable energy while working with other provinces to strengthen the east-west grid.

We also need to tear up the expensive GE-Hitachi contract for unproven American-designed reactors and the enriched uranium needed to fuel them that will also be imported from the U.S.

cleanairalliance.org

Book launch: Interrupting Innovation

When: April 3rd, 5:30pm
Where: 288 Church St, 7th floor

Join the co-editors Melanie Panitch, Samantha Webhi and Jessica Machado for the launch of Interrupting Innovation: Centring the Social. This launch will be facilitated by the executive director of the Centre for Social Innovation, Dr. Eliza Chandler. It will feature remarks from the dean of community services Kiaras Gharabaghi.

fernwoodpublishing.ca | Facebook

Hope in the Era of Trump

When: April 3rd, 7pm

Douglas Roche is an author, parliamentarian, and diplomat who have devoted his 50-year public career to peace and human-security issues. His latest book is Keep Hope Alive (2nd ed.)

The Hon. Roche will address themes from his most recent book. He asks: What is the basis for hope concerning a more peaceful and sustainable world in this tumultuous time?

scienceforpeace.org | zoom.us

2025 Activists Assembly

When: Saturday, April 5th, 9am
Where: Don Valley Hotel, 175 Wynford Dr

Because of the growing threat of recession in response to the US-Canada Trade War, and the recently called snap election, the event on April 5th will now be a Heads of Union Summit to develop a shared strategic assessment of the threat to Canada, and discuss what labour’s response should be.

The refocused summit is now called “Labour vs. the Trade War and Anti-Worker Politicians.”

labourcouncil.ca

Online edition: Fighting to Win

Fighting to Win: Social Struggles, Containment, and Effective Resistance (online edition)

Fighting to Win is a 12-week course with former OCAP organizer John Clarke, hosted by the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education.

This edition of the course will be taking place exclusively online via Zoom. Those based in Toronto, Canada, are invited to join us for the next in-person edition of the course later in 2025.

The course will begin in April 2025 and will take place over 12 weeks on Saturdays at Noon (EST/EDT).

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Kidical Mass bike ride

When: Saturday April 5th, 2pm
Where: Queens Park (south lawn)

Rally followed by a bike ride around Queen’s Park. Fun, family-friendly event. Decorate your bike, your helmet, wear a costume!

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PYM Elections Townhall

When: Saturday April 5th, 6pm
Where: Mississauga (location TBA)

The Federal Election is here, and it’s time to put Palestine on the ballot. The Palestinian Youth Movement’s Toronto chapter is hosting four townhalls in Toronto, Mississauga, Milton/Oakville, and Brampton to prepare for the Federal Election and ensure that Palestine remains at its centre. Sign up to attend one of the townhalls to get involved!

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Introduction to Socialism

When: April 6 to June 1

Curious about socialism? Interested about if it is really possible and taking a sober look at the problems it will face? Want to discuss how to begin affecting change right now?

In these uncertain and dangerous times, The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is a space to listen, discuss and challenge the contemporary relevancy of socialism.

The School’s flagship course, Introduction to Socialism, is designed for both those experienced activists always looking to learn more, and those newer to socialist ideas and full of questions. It will not only provide a unique venue for collectively tackling important topics, but also a welcoming space where any question relevant to socialist organizing, no matter how basic or advanced, can be raised and discussed.

tickettailor.com

TTCrider Workshop

When: Sunday, April 6th, 11am-3pm
Where: Scarborough Civic Centre
Lunch and TTC tickets provided.

Do you want to get more involved with TTCriders? We are hosting a half-day workshop to train more people to become organizers for the transit movement.

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Dispatches from the Occupied West Bank

When: April 6th, 12pm

Join us to learn about the situation on-the-ground in Palestine, and what daily life is like under apartheid and occupation for Palestinians in the West Bank. This workshop will help Canadians understand the current situation in Palestine as well providing concrete tools for people living in Canada to use in joining the global the movement for peace, justice, and liberation of Palestine.

zoom.us

Metal Mining in El Salvador

When: Monday April 7th, 3pm

The RETURN OF METAL MINING and the political persecution of human rigths defenders in El Salvador.

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Canadian Foreign Policy Hour with Yves Engler

When: Mondays at 6pm

Join 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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Canvassing at St Clair West Station

When: April 8th, 5pm
Where: St Clair West Station, north main entrance (next to Loblaws)

Join TTCriders volunteers on Tuesday April the 8th, to talk to transit riders at St Clair West station about the upcoming federal election and how we can win better transit for Toronto. We need our politicians and party leaders to commit to sustainable public transit funding and to fix the TTC!

ttcriders.ca

More Militarism Is Not the Answer

When: April 8th, 7pm

From the border to F35 bombers, from the arms trade to militarized land theft … ramping up the Canadian war machine is NOT the answer.

Join a critical and timely discussion with South Asian activist and writer Harsha Walia; professor and author Tyler Shipley; and Cree author, filmmaker, and land-defender Clayton Thomas-Müller.

actionnetwork.org

1985 CIBC bank workers strike

When: April 9th, 7pm

Join us for a showing of a new video podcast made by TWHP oral-history group members Andy King and Lorne Slotnick about the strike by CIBC bank workers in 1985.

Their union, now part of a Steelworkers local, is still around, 40 years later. We’ll be joined by the women who successfully fought one of the Big Five banks and who have kept the union alive.

twhp.ca.

Canada-US Trade War: A Reality Check

By Paramjit Singh

In the very first month of his second term, US President-elect, Donald Trump unleashed American imperialism by openly expressing his desire to bring Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal, and the Gaza Strip under the direct control of the US. Some see it simply as rhetoric to send a signal to the world about America’s economic and military strength. Others see it as a sign of the beginning of the decline of the global hegemony of American imperialism, arguing that such aggressive assertions of dominance often emerge when a great power perceives its global influence to be waning.

Source: The Bullet No. 3113

Health Coalition Vows to Continue the Fight to Protect Elderly

By Ontario Health Coalition

In a press conference on March 13th, the Ontario Health Coalition responded to court rulings in two cases impacting thousands of elderly hospital patients and long-term care residents in Ontario. The first case, known as the Bill 7 Charter Challenge, was brought by the Ontario Health Coalition and the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly. The court upheld the constitutionality of the Act (known as Bill 7), euphemistically titled the More Beds, Better Care Act (2022) (ALC), which requires hospitals to charge elderly patients who are classified by the hospital as “Alternate Level of Care” $400 per day.

Source: The Bullet No. 3114

Building a Worker-led EV Transition, for People not Profit

The EV transition is currently led by corporations under for-profit and market logic. From shop floor battery fires to factory shutdowns, this transition is creating a constant state of crisis potentially leading to company-wide bankruptcies, harming workers while investors make billions.

Source: LeftStreamed

Open Letter to Kristalina Georgieva (IMF)

By Atilio A. Boron

The Argentine government has said that it is counting on a firm promise from the IMF to extend a new loan to this troubled country. It does not take a keen observer of the national reality to notice the triple purpose behind this alleged financial bail-out. First, it is needed to stabilize the fragile situation of the extravagant economic project of the extreme right government; second, it will be used to placate the increasingly disenchanted and angry local public opinion in view of the phenomenal collapse of the income of registered wage earners, informal workers, and retirees and pensioners, something that last Wednesday’s massive demonstration and the government’s fierce repression displayed forcefully.

Source: The Bullet No. 3115