CONTENTS

1. CALLS TO ACTION
2. EVENTS
3. ARTICLES

Stand up for Dr. Hassan Diab

The Wrongful Verdict: Few Canadians have read France’s 2023 verdict, which wrongfully convicted Hassan Diab for the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue on rue Copernic. But those who, in good faith, have read that 32-page document can see clearly that the Paris Assize Court decision not only relied on a welter of absurd claims, undocumented statements, and unsolved queries, it rested on a sham trial, shockingly conducted with no public record or actual proof – and, this, contrary to Canadian law.

Call to Action: the Hassan Diab Support Committee is exhorting you, Dr. Diab’s followers and supporters, to write to Carleton University administrators and Board of Governors. Demand that they resist and defy this wave of hate and violent threats.

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Declaration on Peace for Climate Justice

We are in a climate emergency exacerbated by global conflict. This past summer, out-of-control forest fires raged across Canada and caused mass displacement and destruction. Canadian communities are facing more intense fires, heat waves, flooding and droughts, but are not prepared for these climate-induced disasters. The Canadian government has failed to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to climate change. The federal Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development in the Office of the Auditor General reported that Canada is not on track to cut carbon emissions by at least 40% below 2005 levels and meet its 2030 target.

Peace is on the thematic program at the climate summit for the first time. Peace for climate justice means ending the wars against each other and the earth. It means cancelling fossil fuel powered weapons procurement, cutting military spending and converting from a war economy to a green care economy. Peace centres Indigenous land and water defenders and ends settler colonialism and extractive capitalism. A climate of peace is achieved through disarmament, demilitarization, environmental peacebuilding, cooperation, mutual aid and global solidarity. Peace for climate justice is the transformative change needed to secure a livable future.

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Celebrate 66th Anniversary of Cuban Revolution

When: January 4th, 7pm
Where: Steelworkers’ Hall, 25 Cecil St
Tickets: $20

Live music by “The Cassava Quartet”; Speakers; Dinner; Raffle.

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Gaza Square

When: Every Sunday, 11am to 1pm
Where: 371 Wallace Ave

We’ll be at Gaza square once again this Sunday morning with hot chocolate and coffee, buttons and posters, lawn signs and colourful chalk! Come say hi and meet your fellow neighbours/organizers as we make our presence known and continue to build safety in our community!

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Weekly Phone-zap for Palestine

When: Mondays at 12:30pm

Week after week, we’re keeping the momentum going with our Monday lunchtime zaps.

Our collective action is making waves, but we need to ensure our elected officials continue to feel the pressure until real change happens.

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Fighting to Win

When: January 6 to March 31 (Mondays 6pm)
Where: Carrot Common (near Chester station)
No course fees; donations gratefully accepted.

Facilitated by John Clarke, former organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP)

Drawing on the examples provided by a wide range of struggles, the course will look at how working class and popular struggles have won important victories. It will also consider, however, the strategies that have been used by those in power to contain and demobilize social resistance. Finally, it will explore the approaches that are needed today to fight back effectively in these volatile and uncertain times.

Space in this course is limited, registration required.

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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City Budget Deputation Training

When: January 6th, 6:30pm

TTCriders is hosting a training for anyone interested in learning how to depute at City Hall! The Toronto City Budget is coming up soon, so our voices are needed to make sure we win better transit!

Join us on Monday, January 6th, from 6:30pm-8:00pm for an online workshop!

www.ttcriders.ca

Sites Save Lives

When: Monday January 13th, 7.30pm
Where: Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor Street W

Public meeting in support of supervised consumption sites.

Sponsored by former mayors David Crombie and John Sewell.

www.sitessavelives.ca

People’s March – Fighting for a Better World

When: Saturday, January 18th, 12pm
Where: March begins at US Consulate, 361 University Ave

Join the Urban Alliance on Race Relations, Community Solidarity Toronto, and International Women’s Day Toronto to push back against hate and the far right on Donald Trump’s inauguration.

The Labour Movement is mobilizing and the stakes are higher than ever. Let’s fight for a better world in Canada in solidarity with our friends in the US.

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CLC Political Action Conference

When: Monday, January 20 at 7pm, and Tuesday, January 21st at 5pm
Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St W

Join the Canadian Labour Congress in Toronto on January 20-21 for our 2025 Election Readiness Conference. With so much at stake, let’s sharpen our skills to lead campaigns that put workers first. Dive into core issues, build strategies for the election, and align your union’s goals for the future.

Many of your unions are sponsoring this event. Registration is free!

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OHC Annual Assembly

When: January 25 and 26
Where: Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor St

Come and hear where the fightback is seeing some success. Working with the families of long-term care residents, the unions and health professionals, academics and advocates, we have forced the reinstatement of inspections and the beginning of fines for substandard care in long-term care. Ontario has the deepest opposition to health care privatization in the country, in part because of our work. Polls are indicating that approximately 80% of Ontarians think the Ford government is doing a poor or very poor job on health care. The majority of Ontarians oppose privatization and, no matter their political stripe, people are deeply opposed to the closure of their local hospital services.

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Boycott Indigo Books

Indigo, through its CEO Heather Reisman, is directly funding violence and destruction to Palestine. Heseg Foundation is funded by Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman. Canadians demand that Heseg Foundation’s charitable status be revoked. Heather Reisman profits off of Indigo’s holiday sales. Those profits help recruit foreign mercenaries into the IOF. The IOF bombs kids. Shoppers need to know that purchasing gifts at Indigo supports Israel’s genocidal project. Rally was recorded in front of the Indigo store, Bay and Bloor streets, Toronto, 21 December 2024.

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Donald Trump and Education for Acquiescence

By William Paul

In a Donald Trump administration replete with billionaire donors, hucksters, hardline right-wing contributors to the Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership, warriors against the woke “Deep State,” and nominees facing sexual abuse allegations, the president-elect’s Education Secretary pick, Linda McMahon, fits in nicely.

Source: The Bullet No. 3079

When is a Survey not a Survey?

By Judy Haiven

It’s only been a week since the survey by the so-called Jewish Medical Association of Ontario (JMAO) was released. But when is a survey not a survey? When it is not written down, and every time you turn around, more factoids are spewed and regurgitated by the media – but there is no survey data to back them up. A week ago the JMAO said their new “survey” found that at least 31% of the 1000 Jewish doctors surveyed across Canada insist they are thinking of leaving their medical practices and their homes in Canada to go somewhere else – because of galloping antisemitism.

Source: The Bullet No. 3080