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Marxism 2014: Resisting a System in Crisis

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UofT Koffler Building
569 Spadina Crescent
Toronto , ON
Canada
Ontario CA

From recession to climate disasters, it's clear capitalism is a system in crisis, and the response of the 1% is to make the rest of us pay for it--with austerity, oppression, and imperialism. But there are also resistance movements uniting people for climate justice, economic justice, and liberation. 
 
On June 14 and 15 in Toronto, join us for a weekend-long political conference of ideas to change the world. Topics include anti-imperialism, workers' struggles, climate justice, indigenous sovereignty and resistance, combating oppression, socialists and elections, understanding capitalism and more.
 
Plenaries include:

  • System change not climate change
  • After the election: taking on the anti-union threat in Ontario and Quebec
  • The NDP and the crisis of social democracy
  • Introduction to the International Socialists

 

Courses include:

  • WORKER'S POWER: The birth of industrial unionism in Canada 1937-46 | Rebuilding our unions: a rank and file strategy | Revolution and counter-revolution in Egypt | South Africa after Mandela
  • CLIMATE JUSTICE: Environmental racism and climate justice | Labour and the fight for green jobs | Socialism and sustainability
  • Indigenous resistance: justice for missing and murdered Aboriginal women | Socialism and Indigenous sovereignty | Global resistance to imperialism
  • ANTI-OPPRESSION: Secularism and religious accommodation | How do we win reproductive justice: struggles of the past and present | Racism, sexism and the war on women | Disability, austerity and resistance | World Pride and LGBT liberation
  • ANTI-IMPERIALISM: Vimy Ridging | WWI: slaughter and resistance | Ukraine and inter-imperial rivalry | 1917: from war to revolution 
  • QUEBEC: Quebec solidaire and left regroupment | Quebec: after the elections, what's next for the left
  • THEORY: Rosa Luxemburg and the mass strike | Why do we need revolutionary organization | What is socialism? | Why is capitalism in crisis? 

Visit marxism2014.ca for more information. Register now so you can join the discussion about how to build a better world, and so you can help us organize the conference. The more advanced registrations, the more guest speakers we can invite and the more widely we can build the conference. If you can't attend but would like to support the conference, you can still register in order to contribute to the conference organizing.
 

Dates: 
Saturday, June 14, 2014 - 13:00 to Sunday, June 15, 2014 - 20:00
Organized by: 
International Socialists

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