27 KingWilliam St.
Hamilton ON.

Anarchism 101 - Hosted by Common Cause Hamilton
What is anarchism and what are some of the basic tenets. Who are some of the big thinkers and what are anarchism's historical roots. What does anarchism hope to do away with, and what will a future society look like. These questions and more will be explored.

Another University Is Possible: A public forum on student, faculty and worker Struggles in the Knowledge Factory

Time: 11 – 3pm

Date: September 18, 2009

Place: The Atrium, McMaster University Student Centre

Program:

11-12pm

1. "Keeping education affordable: the Quebec student movement and the struggle for free education"

Jaouad Laaroussi and Marianita Hamel, members of the Quebec-based student union, l’Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante (ASSÉ) and active during the 2005 and 2007 province-wide student strikes.

12-1pm

"The university works because we do: campus workers on the frontlines against the neoliberal university”

Ajamu Nangwaya, union reformer and social justice activist, member of CUPE 3907 (OISE), CUPE Ontario.

1-2pm

“Will there be a TA strike this fall at McMaster? Q and A with members of the CUPE 3906 Bargaining Team”

2-3pm

"The state of academic freedom in Canada"

"Gadflies, Saboteurs, and Organizers: Activism Inside-Out"

Denis Rancourt was fired from the University of Ottawa for corrupting the youth but he's not drinking the hemlock. Denis Rancourt will share his observations and critiques about First World activism. His talk explores the interrelated concepts and phenomena of solidarity, critical mass, consensus, diversity of tactics, survivor guilt, pacifism, and burnout; using many examples. In the end, he concludes that our activism is primarily a lie that we vehemently protect to guard us from the guilt of our privilege and the shame of our cowardice. There will be time for questions and discussion.

September 18, 7pm

SkyDragon Centre
27 King William Street,
Hamilton

Workers Cooperatives: Possibilities and Limitations

Saturday September 19, 2009
2pm-4pm

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
252 Bloor Street West, Toronto
Room 8-280

Speakers:

J.J. McMurtry, York University, Editor of Living Economics: Canadian Perspectives on the Social Economy, Co-operatives, and Community Economic Development

Wesley Morgan, McMaster University / Abiwin Housing Co-operative

Simone Schmidt, Punchclock Artists Workers Cooperative

Sponsored by Common Cause, Pan-African Solidarity Network (U of T), Toronto Anarchist Discussion Group

Ottawa Anarchist Discussion Group
Topic - 'Anarchist 101: An Intro to Anarchism'

Sun Sept 20, 1-4pm
Jack Purcell Community Centre, rm 201
near corner of Elgin & Gilmour

Contact:
Common Cause Ottawa - a_ottawa@mutualaid.org

http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/9525

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End: 2009-09-24 23:59
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Capitalism isn’t in crisis, capitalism IS the crisis…
For a present and future worth living we must act…
For a world based on dignity, love, compassion and sustainability we must work to build it…
Against all systems and relations of injustice, exploitation and oppression we endlessly and uncompromisingly rebel…

Meet: 2:30pm at Arsenal Park (40th Street & Penn Avenue in Lawrenceville)

We invite you to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Sept. 24 for a global justice convergence coinciding with, and occurring alongside, resistance to the G-20 summit descending on our city that same week.

http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/9525

Start: 2009-09-24 00:00
End: 2009-09-24 23:59
Timezone: Etc/GMT-7

Capitalism isn’t in crisis, capitalism IS the crisis…
For a present and future worth living we must act…
For a world based on dignity, love, compassion and sustainability we must work to build it…
Against all systems and relations of injustice, exploitation and oppression we endlessly and uncompromisingly rebel…

Meet: 2:30pm at Arsenal Park (40th Street & Penn Avenue in Lawrenceville)

We invite you to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Sept. 24 for a global justice convergence coinciding with, and occurring alongside, resistance to the G-20 summit descending on our city that same week.

Facilitators Rosemary Aswani and Cat Cayuga will provide OPIRG Volunteers an INTRODUCTION TO ANTI-OPPRESSION 101 WORKSHOP, on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, from 7-9pm, in McMaster University Student Centre room 318.
The workshop is free, but pre-registration required with randy(dot)opirg( at)opirg( dot)ca or 905-525-9140 ext. 26026

You can become a community member of OPIRG (Ontario Public Interest Research Group) for $10.