On February 5, 1981, police raided Toronto’s gay baths and arrested 286 men on bawdy house charges. The raids, carried out with calculated brutality and overt homophobia, resulted in extensive property damage. An immediate
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Moss Park: Whose Park? Whose ‘Redevelopment’?
The Context: Social Exclusion and Gentrification The Downtown East has already been the target of major attempts to push homeless and poor people out of our communities, including through a major loss of shelter beds
Read moreHuman Rights Panel: Bathhouse Raids
Hosted by Pride Toronto and The Mark S. Bonham Centre Tuesday, June 7th at 7pm The 519, 519 Church Street, Toronto On February 5, 1981, police raided Toronto’s gay baths and arrested 286 men on
Read moreTwo Upcoming Talks at the Historical Materialism Conference.
I am giving two talks at the upcoming Historical Materialism conference at York, May 13-15th. If you are attending the conference check them out. For more info. on the conference go to: http://hmtoronto.org/ Some
Read moreThe New Tendency — Autonomist Marxism in 1970s ‘Canada’
The Connexions site now has the Newsletters of the New Tendency (NT) and other documents from this group available for view that were not previously available on line. The New Tendency existed in the early
Read moreBrief Report on No Pride in Gentrification of Moss Park community meeting
Last Thursday (April 7), over 120 concerned people came to a public forum and community meal at the John Innes Community Centre. Organized by Queer Trans Community Defence (QTCD), with the support of the Ontario
Read moreWhat’s happening to our community? Gentrification and the future of Moss Park
Come to the Community Forum and Supper to discuss these issues. Major changes are proposed by the City, the 519 Community Centre, and developers for Moss Park, the John Innes Centre, George Street and
Read moreBuilding a Movement to Drive Back the Austerity Agenda
Unsurprisingly, even in the face of soaring food prices the provincial Liberals have committed in their 2016 budget to sustaining massively inadequate social assistance rates. According to John Clarke, long-time anti-poverty activist and organizer with
Read moreIsraeli Apartheid Week 2016, Laurentian University March 8-10.
Israeli Apartheid Week 2016 Laurentian University March 8-10. Tuesday March 8th, 7pm Room A-200 Lecture by Reuben Roth: “Checkpoints, Settlements, and the Impossibility of Work.” Film Showings: Wednesday March 9th 4pm Room A-325.
Read moreWe Need Pardons and Apologies
For Immediate Release – March 4, 2016 WE DEMAND AN APOLOGY NETWORK media statement. We support pardons for consensual homosexual sexual activities and an official government apology for those purged from the public service and
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