Monday, December 15th
The Concord Café (937 Bloor St.)
7pm

A panel discussion on Labour and the University

On November 6, 2008, CUPE 3903 went on strike against their employer,
York University. Fed up with the employer's dismal offers, nearly 3500
teaching assistants, contract faculty, and research and graduate
assistants took action to win decent job security, equity, wages, and
benefits.

December 15 marks the beginning of week six on the picket lines.

Facing anti-union media, an employer that refuses to negotiate, and
self-serving politicians, it is sometimes difficult to find spaces where
we can collectively discuss the historical and political significance of
this struggle.

Nevertheless, we must ask: what are the implications of this strike for
3903 members, the university sector, and the Canadian labour movement?

Upping the Anti welcomes all organizers, activists, and allies committed
to labour union solidarity to attend the forum with questions and
contributions.

Speakers:

*Punam Khosla* is long-time antiracist marxist-feminist activist and
organizer, and a strike coordinator and media spokesperson with CUPE
3903. She is currently doing her PhD in Urban/Environmental studies at
York University and is a course director (Unit 1). Her current work aims
to support women of colour left activism and involves developing a new

DERAIL THE SPIRIT OF THE OLYMPIC SPIRIT TRAIN
ALL OUT ON OCTOBER 13 - THANKSGIVING MONDAY

MEET AT 12NOON !SHARP!
CORNER OF FRONT AND BAY/YORK (south-west corner)
FREE TRANSPORTATION
EMAIL NOONEISILLEGAL@RISEUP.NET FOR SEAT CONFIRMATION
OR AT COOKSVILLE STATION AT 1PM

On October 13, 2008, the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway)'s 'SpiritTrain' will be arriving at Cooksville GO Transit Station in Mississauga, here to continue its goal of spreading pre-Olympic "spirit".

The Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010 are appropriating indigenous land, marginalizing the urban poor and exploiting migrant workers.

The 2010 Olympics spirit that this train carries is a spirit of racism and corporate greed. This spirit has met with opposition in each of its stops across the country.

This spirit of oppression needs to be met with our spirit of resistance.

When it stops in Mississauga, come out with pots, pans, whistles, flags and placards. As most of Canada gives thanks for the ongoing genocide of indigenous peoples on Turtle Island, we urge all allies to mobilize their communities to disrupt the Spirit Train in solidarity with the call for Indigenous sovereignty.

To confirm a spot or to share your solidarity, please email
nooneisillegal@riseup.net before Sunday, 12 October.

NO OLYMPICS ON STOLEN NATIVE LAND!

For further information, see: http://no2010.com/node/18

GATHERING OF MOTHER EARTH PROTECTORS

Sovereignty Sleepover: Toronto, Queen’s Park May 26th – May 29.

Rally: Queen’s Park May 26th, 5 p.m. – dusk.

Respect the right of First Nations to say no to economic exploitation and environmental destruction.
No jail for saying no.
Free Bob Lovelace and the KI Six.

On May 26th Indigenous communities and our supporters will gather at Queen’s Park to uphold our duty to protect the land, forest, water, and air and to promote respect for our Indigenous rights to say no to economic exploitation and environmental destruction. It is time to end the jailing and harassment of our people for protecting mother earth and traditional ways. Please come to our large rally on May 26th at the legislature. We are also inviting supporters to join us in four days of ceremony, speakers, workshops, music, and a three night sovereignty sleep-over directly on the front lawn of the legislature.

Right now Indigenous communities across Ontario are taking a stand to assert our right to protect our traditional territories and the future of our peoples. Our communities are peacefully protesting destructive industrial projects that the government is permitting on our traditional lands without community consent.

'Hands off Haiti' CD release party
featuring
The IMF & Rez Villain
Friday, Jan 25th @ Ginger's Tavern, Halifax
$5 at the door, or free if you buy a CD.
The show is a release party for the 'Hands off Haiti' hip-hop CD compilation. The CD is a project of the Canada Haiti Action Network and features some of the top hip-hop and urban artists in Canada including DL Incognito, Mood Ruff, LAL, the Dope Poet Society, EMC and the Legendary Haitian Folk singer, So Ann Auguste.

Funds raised from the CD will go to support human rights organizations working in Haiti.

This event is brought to you by Haiti Action Halifax with much support from CKDU Radio

More info:
www.myspace.com/handsoffhaiti
www.thac.ca
www.canadahaitiaction.ca

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On the last Friday of every month,
the Toronto Women's Bookstore donates
10% of sales to a selected community group.

In the past, they have supported organizations
including the South Asian Women's Centre, the
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, Wen Do Women's
Self-Defense Corp., Voices of Positive Women,
the Triangle Program, the Black Coalition for
AIDS Prevention, the Native Women's Resource Centre,

*Please forward*
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.

When Mass Murder Starts in Your Own Backyard:
Wescam, L-3 Communications Canada, and The Blood on Canada's Corporate Doorstep

It appears that Canadian technology built in Burlington, Ontario,
contributed to another cowardly act of mass murder from the skies last
month. Some 80 Pakistani school kids, most under the age of 15, were
murdered October 30 when, according to numerous on-the-ground reports, an

The Women's Coordinating Committee Chile-Canada Presents:
FROM ARAUCO TO CALEDONIA - ONLY STRUGGLE WILL SET US FREE!

A political-cultural event of solidarity with Six Nations, uniting the indigenous struggles of historic bravery and courage with the Mapuche peoples in southern Chile.

Featuring Music, Poetry, Speech and FOR THE FIRST TIME in TORONTO, the exclusive premier of the MAPUCHE documentary, directly from Chile: "THE PILLAGING: THIS LAND IS OURS" (English subtitles included). Read more for details...

Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) invites you to...
From Palestine to Lebanon: Public forum and film screening

Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 7pm (Free!!!!)
100 St. George Street (Sidney Smith Hall)

Report backs from Palestine and Lebanon by:
-Sawsan Kalache (Tadamon, Montreal)
-Stefan Christoff (Electronic Intifada, Montreal)
-Ahmad Shokr (Arab Students' Collective)

-AND-

featuring a special screening of Randa Chahal Sabbag's critically acclaimed film "SOUHA SURVIVING HELL"