Booklaunch: The People’s Republic of Walmart
April 8, 2019
When: Monday April 8th, 6pm Where: Burdock Music Hall, 1184 Bloor St W Since the demise of the USSR, the mantle of the largest planned economies in the world has been taken up by the likes of Walmart, Amazon and other multinational corporations. For the left and the right, major multinational companies are held up […] Learn More
Moving Beyond Ford: The Transportation We Want
March 1, 2019
When: Friday, March 1st, 6:30pm Where: 60 Lowther Avenue (St. George Subway station) In Toronto and beyond, campaigns are underway to confront the Ford government’s initiative to take the Toronto subway system from the TTC in order reorganize, further automobilize and possibly privatize transit and transportation across the Toronto region. This and other Ford Government […] Learn More
Digital Games: A Canary in the Coal Mine of Capital
February 28, 2019
Where: Workers Action Center, 2nd floor, 720 Spadina Ave. Not everyone plays digital games, but with the rise of casual, mobile-based gaming, we all know someone who does. With global sales revenues that far exceed global Hollywood’s annual box office, the digital games industry is a leading and fast-growing sector of digital capitalism, and the […] Learn More
Launching the Socialist Register 2019
February 4, 2019
Where: Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St W (near Dufferin) The World Turned Upside Down – a panel discussion with Nicole Aschoff, Sam Gindin, Colin Leys and Leo Panitch, chaired by Greg Albo. SR 2019 poses two overarching questions for the new period opened by the Trump election and the continued growth of right-wing nationalisms. Is […] Learn More
Book Launch: The Bloomsbury Companion to Marx
December 5, 2018
Where: A Different Booklist, 779 Bathurst Street Featuring: Andrew Pendakis, Imre Szeman, Dhruv Jain and James Penney. There are very few figures in history that have exerted as much and as varied an influence as Karl Marx. Edited by Jeff Diamanti, Andrew Pendakis and Imre Szeman, and with 74 chapters by significant Marx scholars from […] Learn More