[opirgyork] Today is May Day + Tomorrow- Mumia Premier Screening with special guest speakers!

[OPIRG York]

HAPPY MAY DAY!

On International Workers Day, we march to build a Solidarity City.
Solidarity City is a unified struggle for: Respect for Indigenous
Sovereignty, Status for All, an End to Imperialism and Environmental
Destruction, an End to Austerity and Attacks on the Poor and Working class,
continued resistance against Patriarchy, Racism, Ableism and Homophobia and
Transphobia. There are a few events happening in Toronto today, and many
many across the globe. Join in the annual celebration and day of
resistance!!
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IF YOU ARE IN THE YORK U/NORTH YORK AREA: *
*Resistance in Jane and Finch:* sound, poetry and performance, residents
and friends of the Jane & Finch community @ 7pm

*IF YOU ARE/CAN MAKE IT DOWNTOWN:*
*8th Annual May Day of Action:* Free Food for All Festival, 1pm - 4pm, at
Queen's Park* *+ Rally at 5:30pm at City Hall

FULL DETAILS Below!

*PLUS TOMORROW**: *
*Toronto Premiere + Free Screening of Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary** *@
6PM in Nat Taylor Cinema, N102 Ross Building @ York U


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**TODAY IS MAY DAY!!*

The 8th Annual May Day of Action is finally here.

Today! Wednesday. May 1
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Free Food for All Festival, 1pm - 4pm, at Queen's Park
***Rally at 5:30pm at City Hall***
March to Joe Fresh at 589 Queen West to demand justice for Bangladeshi
garment workers
Enroute to support Porter Workers at Little Norway Park

For seven years, you have marched on May Day to celebrate and invigorate
migrant justice struggles in Toronto. On International Workers Day, lets
march to build a Solidarity City. Solidarity City is a unified struggle
for: Respect for Indigenous Sovereignty, Status for All, an End to
Imperialism and Environmental Destruction, an End to Austerity and Attacks
on the Poor and Working class, continued resistance against Patriarchy,
Racism, Ableism, Homophobia and Transphobia,

Video Trailer: http://bit.ly/MayDayTOVids
Poster series imagining a Solidarity City: http://on.fb.me/12HV9DO
Full details: www.toronto.nooneisillegal.org/MayDay


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*Resistance in Jane & Finch
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*Date*: Wednesday, May 1st
*Time*: 7pm
*Location*: York Woods Library (Main Floor, Periodical Area), 1785 Finch
Avenue West
*Facebook*: https://www.facebook.com/events/181616421988084

Through sound, poetry and performance, residents and friends of the Jane &
Finch community will share works that speak to the ways government
austerity measures (including cuts to social services, affordable housing,
employment training and education) has impacted those living in this ‘high
priority’ neighbourhood.

Artists presenting their work include emcee, spoken word artist, actress
and community leader, Lola Bunz; Quentin Vercetty Lindsay, Visual Arts
coordinator and Artistic Facilitator with the Lost Lyrics, connoisseur of
creativity and a charismatic virtuoso; Nomanzland a collective that comes
together to create theatre, poetry, music, and art that represents the
struggle of marginalized and oppressed people all over the world. Real
Life. Real Drama. Real Theatre -all members of the West Side Arts Hub- a
grassroots, community lead initiative with a mandate to nurture and support
the development and impact of community arts, by empowering local artists,
arts groups, youth and residents, and promoting social justice through the
arts in the West End of North York, Toronto; long standing and well
respected member from the Jane &Finch community, poet Andrea Tabnor; emcee,
poet and writer Motion, described by the Toronto Star as ‘a true testament
to the power of words’.

This evening will be MC’ed by Guatemalan born arts educator, keeper of the
Sacred Mayan Cholqij calendar, Hip Hop artist and poet SPIN El Poeta.

Performances will be followed by a moderated Q&A, co-facilitated by a
member of the Jane& Finch community and Regional Executive, Vice-President
(REVP) for Ontario of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), Sharon
DeSousa.

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This event is part of Mayworks Festival 2013 (see below for more
information). It is being co-presented by Public Service Alliance of
Canada.

TICKET INFORMATION:
This event is free.

MORE INFORMATION:
Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts is a multi-disciplinary
arts festival that celebrates working class culture. For more information
on other events at the 2013 Festival, please visit www.mayworks.ca.


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*Toronto Premiere + Free Screening of Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary*

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*DATE & TIME:* Thursday May 2, 2013 | 6PM - 9PM
*LOCATION:* Nat Taylor Cinema, N102 Ross Building, York University Keele
Campus, 4700 Keele St
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ON FACEBOOK:* https://www.facebook.com/events/162063513957016 -- Please
Share and Invite!

Before he was convicted of murdering a policeman in 1981 and sentenced to
die, Mumia Abu-Jamal was a gifted journalist and brilliant writer. Now
after more than 30 years in prison and despite attempts to silence him,
Mumia is not only still alive but continuing to report, educate, provoke
and inspire.

REBELS WITH A CAUSE FILM FESTIVAL, CINEMA POLITICA AT YORK, OPIRG YORK and
JUSTICE IS NOT COLOUR-BLIND host the FREE SCREENING of Stephen Vittoria's
new feature documentary - an inspiring portrait of a man whom many consider
America's most famous political prisoner - a man whose existence tests our
beliefs about freedom of expression. Through prison interviews, archival
footage, and dramatic readings, and aided by a potent chorus of voices
including Cornel West, Alice Walker, Dick Gregory, Angela Davis, Amy
Goodman and others, this riveting film explores Mumia's life before, during
and after Death Row - revealing, in the words of Angela Davis, "the most
eloquent and most powerful opponent of the death penalty in the world...the
21st Century Frederick Douglass."

Film length: 120 min.

After the screening of the film, a panel will be speaking about:
+ Racist policies in the North American criminal justice system
+ Inconsistencies between governmental criminal justice policies and
international law
+ Prison systems as oppressive tools of the state

*SPEAKING ON THE PANEL WILL BE:*

*STEPHEN VITTORIA* - Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia
Abu-Jamal writer, director and producer (via Skype)
*MOHAMMED MAHJOUB * – Infamous Canadian security certificate detainee who
has spent the last 12 years in either detention or house arrests.
*SWATHI * - a founding member of Toronto's PrisCoPro chapter - Prisoner
Correspondence Project is an LGBT prisoner support group who devote their
efforts to assisting members of the LGBT community incarcerated in the
North American Prison system through letters of support and other documents
in the mail.
Facilitated by Chris Deo - CHRY 105.5 NEWS NOW host.

We regret that the film does not have caption. Nat Taylor Cinema is
wheelchair accessible.
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For info and accessibility contact:* rebels at opirgyork.ca

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*There are many ways to get involved at OPIRG. We currently have 8 OPIRG
York working groups:*
Art For Justice, Justice is Not Colour Blind, Students for a Free Tibet, YU
Free Press, Environmental Justice York, Progressive Filipino Canadians for
Community Empowerment and Development (PFCCED), Students Against Israeli
Apartheid, and the Vanier Prison Support Line working group. You can contact
Victoria Barnett, our volunteer coordinator, about ways to get involved in
these working groups: victoria at opirgyork.ca.

*We also have three different collectives: *PrOPIRGanda Radio, Radical
Reading Room and PrOPIRGanda Zine- see the callouts below. You can contact
us about ways to get involved in these collectives: opirg at yorku.ca.
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