[Org4j-announce] UPDATE & OTHER EVENTS - More Ontario Fightback, after student walkout

[Organizing 4Justice]

A few things, and update from last email

* How to get involved in local provincial fightback vs Ford
* Press release from this morning: Municipal climate (in)action
* Ottawa Radicalism 101 sessions Oct 11th & 15th
* Fight for $115 and Fairness: Oct 15 Day of Action + Emergency Plan
* Ontario Health Coalition Oct 23 Toronto action, bus from Ottawa
* Reconciliation: Re-Membering Creator's First Pipe - Oct 27
* No Hate in Toronto: Cancel Steve Bannon at Munk Debate




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*SPECIAL NOTICE - ONTARIO FIGHTBACK*
To get involved in the local coalition of groups organizing re provincial
fightback vs Ford's policies, contact:
ottawa at 15andfairness.org


Oct 11 press release - *CLIMATE INACTION at municipal / mayor level*
* PDF version: https://t.co/6sWOubTd4K
https://www.facebook.com/OrganizingForJustice/photos/a.464659903547956/2686032271410697


*OTTAWA RADICALISM 101 session   (x2: Today and Monday)*
A two-hour seminar introducing recently arrived and newly radicalizing
activists to the Ottawa ‘left’ (very broadly defined) covering more than
100 organizations, groups, coalitions, unions, and services; presented by
Brian McDougall of Peoples' History Walking Tours.
* 11 October @ noon | Carleton GSA Lounge (6th Floor of the UC) with OPIRG
Carleton
* 15 October 15 @ 11 AM | UOttawa - Room Morrisset 015 (basement)
OPIRG/GRIPO Ottawa


*FIGHT FOR $15 AND FAIRNESS:*

Ottawa rally of October 15th Day of Action
Monday, October 15, 4:00-6:00PM at 363 Rideau Street (corner of Nelson
Street)
https://www.facebook.com/events/681597172211532
Province-wide https://www.15andfairness.org/events

PLUS plan for Emergency Rally if government introduces legislation against
$15/hr min wage
> The day after legislation is introduced, NOON to 1pm
Where: Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, 328 Somerset Street West


*ONTARIO HEALTH COALITION - October 23 action, bus to Toronto*

Background:
http://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/release-coalition-warns-ford-government-against-using-gordon-campbells-fiscal-review-is-a-set-up-to-create-a-crisis-privatize-september-20-2018/

The Ottawa and District Labour Council and the Ottawa Health Coalition are
coordinating a bus to travel to the October 23 rally in Toronto with the
following two departure locations:
1 -NORTH-EAST- Parking Lot in Front of Old Target Store (located at 1055
St. Laurent - directly behind Boston Pizza) at 5:45am (sharp)
2 -SOUTH-WEST- CUPE 4000 (32 Colonnade Road) at 6:05am (sharp)
The bus will be arriving back in Ottawa around 7:30pm.
For those interested please contact jennifer at ottawalabour.org to reserve
your spot and when doing so please indicate which end of Ottawa you will be
catching the bus: North-East end (St. Laurent) or South-West end (CUPE
4000).



*RECONCILIATION: Re-Membering Creator's Sacred Pipe - October 27*
Panel discussion on Sacred Waterfalls Site in Ottawa
- with Lynn Gehl, Albert Dumont, Lindsay Lambert, Randy Boswell
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reconciliation-re-membering-creators-first-sacred-pipe-tickets-49213541026


AND notice :

*No Hate in Toronto: Cancel Steve Bannon at Munk Debate (November 2nd
Toronto)*
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/no-hate-in-toronto-cancel-steve-bannon-at-munk-debate
* Coalition of groups in Toronto organizing against Munk Debate with Steve
Bannon
To get involved with the coalition, you can contact
nooneisillegal at riseup.net



On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 10:40 AM Organizing 4Justice <org4justice at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> After the very successful students' walkout across Ontario, here is more
> on Ontario fightback against the Ford government's policies.
>
> * Post-walkout: Contacts & media (footage and inteviews)
> * Overall analysis: article, and videos of three panel discussions
> * Labour/wages: Update & call to action
> * Events in Ottawa: Friday evening meeting; Thursday afternoon talk
> + how to subscribe for more event listings...
>
> Hopefully links and connections can be made between the people and
> collectives working on the different issues, those featured in this email
> and elsewhere.
>
> If there's something more you'd like us to send over this list please let
> us know:
> org4justice at gmail.com
>
>
>  *¡* *please forward this email !*
>
>
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>
>
> *** THE STUDENT WALKOUT ***
>
> Want to connect with student organizers in Ottawa?
> Nepean HS organizers can be contacted at sdwye11 at gmail.com
> If you'd like to reach the organizers from other local schools, email your
> message for them to ^ and/or us (org4justice at gmail.com)
>
> Video from Nepean HS (30min)
> https://www.facebook.com/atdillonblack/videos/10102055445029385/
>
> Post-walkout interview with three Toronto-based student organizers,
> Amina/Ben/Thea (50min)
> https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/ontariohighschoolwalkout
>
> Pre-walkout interview with one Toronto-based student organizer, Indygo
> (28min)
>
> https://soundcloud.com/scott-neigh-talking-radical/high-school-student-walkout-in-ontario
>
>
> ========================
>
>
> *** ANALYSIS - Read & Watch/Listen ***
>
> Recent article by John Clarke of OCAP, who was/were similarily fighting
> the Mike Harris government 20 years ago:
>
> "Ontario becomes a testing ground for hyper austerity"
>
> https://www.counterfire.org/articles/analysis/19879-ontario-becomes-a-testing-ground-for-hyper-austerity
>
> +
>
> Summary, and links to videos, of three panel discussion about fighting
> back against Ford's government, that were held soon after his election:
>
> "Ontario fightback: Lessons from organizing workshops across Ontario"
>
> http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/activist-toolkit-blog/2018/07/ontario-fightback-lessons-organizing-workshops-across
>
>
> ========================
>
>
> *** LABOUR / WAGES ***
>
> (from Fight for $15 & Fairness)
>
> Email the Premier NOW! https://www.15andfairness.org/email_your_mpp
>
> "Premier Doug Ford says his government will “get rid” of Bill 148, the
> labour reform law that raised minimum wage and gave part-time and contract
> workers job security and protections. In a surprise statement during
> question period, Ford announced the repeal of the bill, claiming the issue
> was top of mind when he talked to “thousands and thousands of people”
> across the province. Minutes later, Economic Development Minister Jim
> Wilson clarified, saying the government is still “consulting” on Bill
> 148... "[The new laws] are not perks for workers,” [$15 & Fairness
> organizer Pam] Frache told CTV News Toronto “These are basic tools to help
> people survive.” Frache stressed that “rolling back labour rights by
> decades” would affect millions of workers across the province. She is
> calling on the premier to “do the right thing.” Frache said while Ford’s
> statement was “disappointing,” it isn’t final. The government will still
> have to enact new legislation that rewrites Ontario’s labour laws."
>
>
> ========================
>
>
> *** OTTAWA EVENTS ***
>
> There is a "public meeting" about Ford's attacks on education, being held
> this Friday evening with discussion started by a talk by Alan Sears... who
> also is giving a different talk on Thursday afternoon.
>
> (*we aren't sure how much of it will be a meeting, vs how much will be a
> talk)
>
>
> Public Meeting - Re-tooling Ontario's Mind Factories: Doug Ford's Attack
> on Education
> 7PM Friday October 5
> U of Ottawa, Desmarais Bldg, Rm 8161, 55 Laurier E.
> https://www.facebook.com/events/461599254349731/
>
> Since the election, Doug Ford has taken three profoundly reactionary
> actions on education:
> • Replacement of the current Sex Ed curriculum with a much older one,
> depriving students of critical information they need.
> • Refusal to fund Indigenous input into development of a new Truth and
> Reconciliation mandated curriculum on Indigenous issues.
> • Threat to discontinue funding to Universities or Colleges that don’t
> adopt a ‘freedom of speech’ policy making it easier for racists and other
> bigots to get a platform on campus.
>
> The Tory plan to inflict massive cuts to Ontario's budget is intended to
> discipline us into the passivity they require so the 1% can build even
> larger fortunes at our expense. With many more battles over education
> looming on the horizon, it's never been more important to understand what
> we are fighting against. The impressive province-wide strike by high school
> students is an impressive start for the resistance we need to mount.
> Discussion will be opened with a talk by Alan Sears, Professor of
> Sociology, Ryerson University and author of Retooling the Mind Factory:
> Education in a Lean State. The event is sponsored by the Ottawa New
> Socialists (ONS).
>
> Accessibility: venue is accessible to individuals with mobility issues.
> For more information contact ottawa at newsocialist.org
>
> +
>
> "Resistance in Right Populist Times" with Dr. Alan Sears
> 2:30PM Thursday October 4
> A720 Loeb Building, Carleton University
>
> Right populism is opening up a renewed political base for neoliberalism
> after the global slump of 2008, based on a misdirection of the insecurity
> deliberately created by years of austerity and restructuring. The challenge
> of resistance is to build the power from below that can genuinely address
> the sources of growing insecurity after 35 years of neoliberal rule.
>
> Alan Sears is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at
> Ryerson University and is a long-time activist. His writing includes The
> Next New Left: A History of the Future (Fernwood) and (with James Cairns)
> The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First
> Century (University of Toronto Press), as well as many pieces of education,
> sexuality, and social theory.
>
> This lecture is part of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology Fall
> 2018 Colloquium Series: Populism Today. For more information, please
> contact Justin Paulson at justin.paulson at carleton.ca
>
>
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