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Seers, Time-Travellers, and Intergalactic Trouble-Makers: A Keynote on Radical Organizing as Science Fiction

Saturday November 7 at 5:00pm Grande Salle (2nd Floor) Centre Culturel Georges Vanier 2450 Rue Workman, MontrĂ©al, QC H3J 1L8 Metro Lionel Groulx Whenever we envision a world without war, without prisons, without injustice, we are engaging in speculative fiction. Radicals and activists devote their lives to envisioning such worlds, and …

Anti-Prison TRIPLE LAUNCH: Certain Days, Lumpen, Escaping the Prism [Montreal]

Friday November 27 @ 6pm 1500 de Maisonneuve O. #204 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1646067655663278/ Join us for an evening of conversation, poetry, and celebration against prisons, as we launch the 2016 Certain Days calendar, and two new books from Kersplebedeb Publishing by BPP/BLA political prisoner Jalil Muntaqim, and anti-prison revolutionary (and former political …

Gender and Capitalism in China Today, a Discussion in Montreal

On May 7th, join us for a discussion of the role gender plays in workers’ exploitation and resistance in contemporary China, looking specifically at changes in the appearance of the oppression of female workers between the socialist period and the capitalist restoration, as well as issues facing migrant female workers under …

Montreal Anarchist Bookfair 2015!

Saturday, May 23 & Sunday, May 24 10am-5pm on both days Note: Booksellers and vendors will be displaying only on Saturday, May 23. Workshops, theme rooms, films, art and more will take place on both days. *** CALLOUT FOR PROPOSALS (workshops, theme rooms, art, film, tables, events): www.anarchistbookfair.ca/callout-for-proposals-2015 *** SUPPORT …

Israeli Apartheid Week in Montreal (2015)

March 8-17, 2015 – Schedule of Events Confirmed speakers from outside Montreal: Ahmad Abuznaid (Dream Defenders, Miami) * Samia al-Botmeh (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel) * Cherrell Brown (Justice League, New York) * Glen Coulthard (author of Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics …

Justice for Victims of Police Killings: 5th Annual Commemorative Gathering & Vigil (2014)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 6:30pm rendez-vous: 480 Gilford, mĂ©tro Laurier (St-Joseph exit) in front of the FraternitĂ© des policiers et policières de MontrĂ©al Family-friendly; welcome to all! Rain or shine. Please get in touch about any accessibility needs. Organized by the Justice for Victims of Police Killings Coalition comprised of the …

Montreal: Perspectives on Racism, Colonialism, and Police Violence

Tuesday, October 21 at 6:00pm 1590 Dr. Penfield (Samuel Bronfman Building, Concordia University), corner CĂ´te-des-Neiges Police violence is everywhere. It is visible not just in police killings, but also in everyday practices of surveillance, profiling, harassment, and coercion. In all of this, racism and colonialism are close by – though not always …

Toronto and Montreal Book Launches of The Communist Necessity

Join J. Moufawad-Paul on September 25 in Toronto or (and!) September 28 in Montreal, where he will be presenting his recent book, The Communist Necessity. A sleek and punchy treatise about the problems of social movementism and the need for a “new return” to a revolutionary communist tradition, The Communist …

Montreal Demonstration Against Slaughter in Palestine

There is a demonstration on Friday, July 11th, to stop Israel’s war against Palestine, in Montreal at the corner of Guy and St-Catherine St (by Guy-Concordia metro). The demonstration is called for 5:30pm. Please note that the demo was initially called for Sunday, but the date changed. So if you were …