Monday Jan. 18 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Here’s to a nonviolent revolution in all justice movements!
In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.
“Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.”
– Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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2nd Annual Toronto Bike Awards
Tues. Jan. 19, 7 p.m., doors 6:30 p.m.
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom (1214 Queen W.)
The Toronto Cyclists Union will partner with the City of Toronto to co-present bike awards and celebrate some of the bike-positive things currently happening in our city.
$10 or PWYC for bike union members
$15 for non-members (a fundraiser for the Toronto Cyclists Union)
– Valet Bike Parking
– Performance by Evalyn Parry at 7:00 – sharp – Very special, Not-to-be-missed excerpt from SPIN, written and performed by Evalyn Parry, with Brad Hart on Bike.
– awards 7:45 to 8:20 p.m.
– Saucy Bike Mechanic skit at 8:30
– Golden Spoke Awards 8:45 – 9:00
– Community Awards 9:00 – 9:30 pm
– DJ, GoldSprints Bike races, performances, raffle, and Dancing from 9:30pm!
Facebook event link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200592118914
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At War With Democracy: How Can We Stop Harper?
Tues. Jan. 19, 7 p.m.
Bahen Centre, Room 2145, 40 St. George St, U of T
Speaker: Michelle Robidoux, International Socialists
Stephen Harper’s decision to suspect parliament until March has sparked anger across the country. While Harper claims this is “routine”, even his former chief of staff Tom Flanagan said “Everybody knows that Parliament was prorogued in order to shut down the Afghan inquiry.” Join us for a discussion into what is behind the prorogation, the political response to it, and what we can do to turn this anger into a movement to defend against Harper’s right-wing agenda.
Organized by the U of T International Socialists.
For more info: international.socialists@utoronto.ca
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The Greening of Religion — Religions’ [Re]encounter with the Earth and its Distress
Public lecture with Dan Spencer, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Montana
Tuesday, 19 January 2010, 5:00 pm
Room 319, Emmanuel College, 75 Queen’s Park Crescent East
Free and Open to All
Author of Gay and Gaia: Ethics, Ecology and the Erotic (Pilgrim Press, 1996) and articles in environmental studies and eco-ethics, Dan Spencer has directed programs in human rights in Latin America for the Center for Global Education (Minneapolis) and focused on issues of sustainable land use and sustainable community while teaching in the Philosophy and Religion at Drake University, Iowa. His current research emphasizes community participation in ecological restoration; environmental and social justice issues connected to economic globalization; and the intersection of religion, ecology, and environmental ethics.
For more info: Michael Bourgeois [michael.bourgeois@utoronto.ca]
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Earth 2100
Tuesday, January 19th at 6:30 pm
free film screening and discussion
at Annette Street Branch Library ( 145 Annette St.; E. of Pacific, W. of Keele) in Community Room One (is wheelchair accessible).
This film, first aired on ABC, explores the impact if we fail to act on climate change, peak oil, and population growth.
Hosted by Green 13 and by the Annette Street Branch Public Library.
Get informed! Get empowered!
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Second Open Planning Meeting for G8/20 Summit
Tues. January 19, 6:30 pm
489 College Street, 3rd Floor (Centre for Social Justice)
Community based organizers and activists from across Ontario and Quebec are invited to an open planning meeting focusing on Toronto’s response to the G8/20 Summits on Jan 19.
The Community Mobilization Network is organizing the community based outreach, independent media, convergence and days of action leading up to
and during the G8/20 Summits in Ontario (June 25-27, 2010) Our approach is to ensure that long-term grassroots organizing in Toronto remains at the forefront of mobilizations.
The meeting will include Action, Communication, Education/Outreach and Logistics proposals leading up to and during the G8/20 and community
organizers and activists are encouraged to participate and shape the mobilization. People of color, indigenous peoples, women, the poor, the working class, queer and trans people, disabled people, and artists are specially encouraged to attend.
To participate in the meeting, to endorse the network, or if you have questions, please email community.mobilize@resist.ca
To join the announcements list, visit: https://masses.tao.ca/lists/listinfo/community.mobilize
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The Launch of the Socialist Register 2010:
Morbid Symptoms, Health Under Capitalism
Thursday January 21, 7:30 PM
Annex Live, 296 Brunswick AvenueToronto
A panel discussion with contrbuting authors:
– Colin Leys (‘Health, health care and capitalism’)
– Pat Armstrong (‘Contradictions at work: struggles for control in Canadian health care’)
– Roddy Loepky (‘Certain wealth: Accumulation in the health industry’)
and commentators:
– Natalie Mehra, Director, Ontario Health Coalition
– Dr Andy Coates, Physicians for a National Health Program, Co-Chair, Single Payer New York
Chaired by Leo Panitch, Co-editor of the Socialist Register, CRC, Political Science at York University.
A benefit for the Ontario Health Coalition www.web.net/ohc/ , www.theannexlive.com (416) 929-3999
Sponsored by Socialist Register, Socialist Project, Fernwood Books and the York University Bookstore
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From Palestine to Parliament Hill: Canadian MPs Report Back From the West Bank and Gaza
Public Meeting
Thursday, January 21 at 7:30pm
Oakham House, 63 Gould Street, Ryerson University
TTC: Dundas | Public parking on west side of Church, south of Gould
Three Canadian MPs joined a Canadian-led delegation to the West Bank and Gaza from August 7 to 14, 2009 to document the living conditions of Palestinians, and to witness the devastation of Israel’s war on Gaza. Please join us to hear them report their findings, and to discuss strategies for peace in the region.
Featuring:
– Libby Davies, Member of Parliament for Vancouver East (New Democratic Party)
– Richard Nadeau, Member of Parliament for Gatineau (Bloc Québécois)
– Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Member of Parliament for Etobicoke Centre (Liberal Party)
Discussion will follow the MPs’ presentations. All are welcome to participate.
Organized by: Codepink, Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy, Toronto Coalition to Stop the War
Media sponsor: rabble.ca
Endorsed by: Canadian Arab Federation, Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, Independent Jewish Voices, Not In Our Name, Palestine House, Ryerson Students’ Union
To read the MPs’ report, please visit: http://bit.ly/4Tk50b
For more information or to endorse the event, please e-mail info@nowar.ca
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No Prorogue
Sat. Jan. 23 Nationwide rallies
1:00 pm , Dundas Square (Yonge and Dundas)
NO to prorogation!
YES to democracy!
Pissed off about the prorogation of Parliament? Help send a clear message to Prime Minister Harper: take to the streets on Sat. Jan. 23.
Details at: http://noprorogue.ca/
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The municipal election is coming – check out a new voting initiative called
Better Ballots
To see more details and join this group, follow the links below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?group.php&gid=169227078603&mid=1ad71ffG1e61509fG4fc61dbG6
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#VoteTO
Apply to be a presenter for #voteTOin416!
Do you, your group, or your organization have an idea for how to make Toronto better? Are there issues that you think should be a focus of the 2010 election but that you fear might end up ignored?
What would you say if you had 4 minutes and 16 seconds on a stage to talk about your vision? What if you only had 17 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds?
#voteTOin416 will take place on February 11, 2010, at the Annex Live, located at 296 Brunswick Avenue (at Bloor) in downtown Toronto. Doors open at 6:00pm and presentations will kick off at 6:30.
If doing a presentation of this sort sounds challenging and fun to you, fill out the form at: http://voteto.ca/42/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=239002131681
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