This is the image for the launch party. A pdf version of the poster is available here.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 17TH, 7pm – Concorde Café - 937 Bloor St

A panel discussion on Anti-Racist Organizing in Toronto
Sponsored by Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action
www.uppingtheanti.org

Speakers: Chris Harris from the Black Action Defense Committee, Alok
Premjee from BASICS and the Justice for Alwy Campaign, Joesphine Gray
of Low Income Families Together, Guled Warsame from UNITE-HERE Local
75 and CORD (Community Organizing for Responsible Development) and
Faria Kamal of No One Is Illegal - Toronto.

In recent years, some of the most dynamic organizing in Toronto has
taken place around a variety of anti-racist campaigns and struggles
initiated by radical grassroots activists. On the evening before our
launch party for UTA 7, Upping the Anti presents a dialogue between
anti-racist activists in Toronto inspired by our interview with Chris
Harris of the Black Action Defense Committee in this issue.

The discussion will be kicked off by Harris who will discuss the work
that BADC is doing to intervene within Crip and Blood gangs in Toronto
through the "Hood to Hood" movement and BADC's "Freedom Cypher"
program. Alok Premjee will talk about the work that BASICS Community
Newsletter is doing in Lawrence Heights around anti-gentrification
struggles and how the Justice for Alwy Campaign is going about

Come see "In the Shadow of 9-11," a short film of a recent talk by Sunera Thobani, former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) who is interviewed in Upping the Anti #5. Join a discussion with local feminist activists and thinkers sparked by Thobani's interview ("The Fight For Feminism") on feminism in Canada.

UTA Toronto Public Forum: Anti-Capitalist Resistance in Japan

In July of 2008, The G8 will meet near Lake Toya in Japan to advance its agenda
of capitalist globalization.

At the same time, activists and organizers from No! G8 Action and other groups
will stage mass protests, engage in direct action and civil disobedience, and
attend counter summits and other events.

ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, activist Sabu Kohso will be in Toronto to describe the
political situation in Japan, screen activist videos, and outline current plans
for resistance to the G8.

Join us to discuss:

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Upping the Anti Launch Party

*Celebrate MayDay with Upping the Anti! *
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Join us to celebrate the release of Issue 4!
on Tuesday May 1
8:30PM
Smiling Buddha Bar
961 College Street (west of Dovercourt)

Admission: $7 with journal ($5 without journal)

*Premier viewing of /"Shway Shway - /Video Excerpts from a Trip to
Lebanon" by Sarolta Camp.
*With DJing from DJ Miss Ruckus and Big Eva Edna

Public Forum: Showdown in Germany: Resistance to the G8 Continues
Thursday, April 19

Although the North American anti-globalization movement was displaced on the world stage by post-September 11 warmongering, the movement in Europe has continued to evolve and gain momentum.

This year, during the first week of June, the G8 leaders will meet for a nice cup of tea in the German resort of Heiligendamm, close to Rostock. To guarantee the security of their meeting, the superpowers will surround the resort with a 2-meter tall and 13-kilometer long security fence. The base of the fence will be sunk 1 meter deep into the ground. In total, they will invest 12.5 million Euros in barbed wire and cement.

(If you're interested in having a launch party for the journal in your town, please email uta_distro@yahoo.ca and we can send you some journals and also arrange to have some speakers if want a speaking event.)

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Upping the Anti Launch Party - TORONTO

Join us to celebrate the release of Issue 3!
on Thursday November 16
8:00PM
Smiling Buddah Bar
961 College Street (west of Dovercourt)

Admission: $5 with journal (includes journal)

With DJing from DJ Miss Ruckus and Dj Saira Chhibber!

Come and celebrate the launch of the highly anticipated third issue of
Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action.

There will be drinks, dancing, speeches, raffles and good fun with local
Toronto DJ's spinning some good tunes.

From COINTELPRO to the PATRIOT Act:

Liberation Movements & the Fight Against State Repression

Saturday, May 13th, 2006 at 6:30pm

Toronto Reference Library Auditorium

789 Yonge St. (Just north of Bloor on the east side of Yonge)

Housing and Justice for Katrina's Victims

Toronto Demonstration at Home Depot
Saturday, March 11th
Meet at Keele Subway Station at 3:00pm

The process of gentrification and racial cleansing taking place in New
Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is a brutal example of what
governments have in mind for poor communities here and across the
continent. The mass displacement of thousands of poor New Orleans
residents is mirrored in the demolition of Regent Park here in downtown
Toronto and in the social cleansing policies being passed by every level
of government.

The Editors of Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action invite you to our Toronto launch party at the Smiling Buddha, 961 College (just west of College and Dovercourt). The party will feature speeches, drinks, DJ missruckus, dancing and karaoke! $5 gets you admission and a copy of the journal, $3 gets you in without a journal. Bulk copies of the journal will also be available if you want to help us distribute it.

The party starts at 8pm on Thursday January 19th, 2006. For more info, email us.

A pdf poster and flyer for the event can be downloaded if you can help us to get the word out.

Locked out workers at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation have been pushing the envelope with their use of the new communications technology, as the dispute enters its second week. A good source of information about the dispute is the union's new website, http://cbcontheline.ca They have also been creating the equivalent of a
traditional strike newspaper, but have done so using cutting edge technology - streaming multimedia, MP3 and podcasts.

Between the Lines invites you to celebrate the book launch of Ian McKay’s:

REBELS, REDS, RADICALS:
Rethinking Canada’s Left History

Hello everybody, transsexuals (girls and boys), friends, families, men, women and everybody who have some interest in our cause and who want to give us support.We would like to invite you to come to meet us at the second edition of the Montreal transsexual day of pride on Saturday April 30, 2005 between 10am to 6pm. This event will stand in Montreal at 6 Weredale Street at the Batshaw center. (By metro: metro Atwater, exit Ste-Catherine and Atwater. Go down the Atwater Avenue up to Dorchester. Turn right on Dorchester and go down the small street at the left  of the Anglican church. It is the big block at the end of the alley!) (seen plan right down).

The fight against racism, borders, and empire

Three talks by Nandita Sharma

Nandita Sharma, a Social Science professor at York University, will be speaking in Sudbury on March 3-4 on racism, the nation-state, migrant workers and the need to open the borders. Some of Nandita Sharma's publications include: "On Being Not Canadian: The Social Organization of Migrant Workers in Canada" ; "Immigrant and Migrant Workers in Canada: Labour Movements, Racism, and the Expansion of Globalization"; "Is Citizenship a Useful Concept in Social Policy Work? Non-Citizens: The Case of Migrant Workers in Canada"; and "Race, Class and Gender and the Making of Difference: The Social Organization of Migrant Workers in Canada."

Canada: GET OUT!
Fighting colonialism from Kanehsatake to Haiti
Café La Petite Gaulle, 2525 rue Centre (Metro Charlevoix)
Tuesday January 25, 2005, 6:30pm
Open to all, donations will be accepted

Join us for an evening of solidarity with the peoples of Kanehsatake and Haiti. United in their opposition to foreign invasion, police state repression, and ongoing attacks on their self-determination, both nations have made their message clear: Canada - GET OUT! This event will feature community organizers from the Haitian community and from Kanehsatake, as well as solidarity activists from Montreal, who will provide up-to-date information on the two "crises" and discuss the ways in which allies can support the popular resistance in Haiti and in Kanehsatake.

A&S Members in Toronto are organizing an anti-imperialist reading group,
which will be meeting over the coming year. The aim of the reading group is to grapple with questions surrounding the development of capitalism, racism and imperialism, and what these mean for our organizing today.

Over 100 people came out on June 22nd to the joint Autonomy & Solidarity and June 30th Coalition public forum on resisting war and occuapation. Presentations were made by Clifton Nicholas from Kanehsatake, Mohawk Territory, Andrea Schmidt and Michael Birmingham on their work in Iraq, and Leila Khaled Mouammar on her work in Palestine and

A greyscale PDF copy of the poster for this event is available by clicking here. (use this one for regular photocopying.)

A full colour PDF copy of the poster for this event is available by clicking here. (use this one for color photocopying.)

Eviction of Bathurst St. Bridge Residents Looming:
City Officials refuse to negotiate

Clean Up and Meal this Saturday
Under the Bathurst St. Bridge

On Wednesday April 14th Heinz Kuck of the Toronto Police Service's Graffiti Eradication Program (i'm not making this name up) was in Sudbury as guest of the Greater Sudbury Police and Downtown Sudbury Metro Centre. He was giving a "high impact, multi-media presentation" on graffiti's impact on communities. The real impact of the presentation was made by some of the other events that took place though.

This is the poster for the January 15th benefit for Palestinian Political Prisoners that A&S Toronto organized. Over 200 people came to the show and $600 was taken in from donations.

Autonomy and Solidarity is presenting a public forum on the politics of the Palestinian Intifada, with guest speakers Rafeef Ziadah and Adam
Hanieh.  The discussion will focus on the roots of the Intifada in the
Oslo process and the impact on Palestinians living both inside and
outside of the occupied territories, as well as a broader look at
Palestinian politics, and the left movement outside of Palestine. It is
hoped that this discussion can lead to organizing in Sudbury against
occupation, war, and racism.  

AUTONOMY AND SOLIDARITY: THE POLITICS OF REVOLUTION

With:

Gary Kinsman on Learning From Autonomist Marxism

* the struggle for autonomy
* class struggle
* moving beyond capital
* autonomous movements

The Politics of The Palestinian Intifada

Autonomy and Solidarity is presenting a public forum on the politics of
the Palestinian Intifada, with guest speakers Rafeef Ziadah and Adam
Hanieh.  The discussion will focus on the roots of the Intifada in the

Photos from the David Rovics show are available here.

TORONTO- On Thursday, January 15th, over 200 people packed the Parkdale Activity and Recreational Centre drop-in center to attend a fund-raiser organized by the group Autonomy & Solidarity. The event raised money for the Palestinian section of the group Defense of Children International, which focuses its work on supporting child Palestinian political prisoners. Wonderful and talented artists such as David Rovics, Greg MacPherson, and a host of musical performers from the drop-in center itself regaled the crowd to over three hours of fantastic music. A delicious hot meal was served to everybody in attendance, and the energy and good vibes of the center made it a welcome haven on one of the coldest days of the year.