The Occupy Wall Street movement refers to a series of protests currently underway in New York City's Zuccotti Park -- formerly known as Liberty Square Plaza. Since the demonstrations commenced on September 17, 2011, the "occupy" movement has spread to cities across the United States. Similar protests are also slated for a number of Canadian cities including Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Montreal.

The focus of the demonstrations remains protesting against corporate greed and economic inequality.

Many of the movement's organizers have cited the Arab Spring as their inspiration.

http://occupywallst.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street

http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/occupywallstreet

United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, and Between and Lines invite you to celebrate an important new book, Vincenzo Pietropaolo's Harvest Pilgrims: Mexican and Caribbean Migrant Farm Workers in Canada.  Join us to meet acclaimed author and photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo, as well as to view the Main Gallery exhibition of the photos that inspired the book.  Food and refreshments will be served.

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This fall Hot Docs is pleased to present the prestigious World Press Photo 09 exhibition from October 6 - 24 at the Allen Lambert Galleria in Brookfield Place, Toronto.

The exhibition features the prize winners of the World Press Photo Foundation's annual worldwide photojournalism contest. Each February an independent jury of 13 experts, selected from photojournalists, agencies and magazines from around the world, gather in Amsterdam to select the winning images in 10 categories and to name the World Press Photo of the Year. This year a record number of participants - 5508 photographers representing 124 nationalities - submitted a total of 96,268 images for consideration.

Join the editors and contributors of New World Coming: The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness, as well as Tom Hayden, social activist, legislator, educator, and author of The Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama for a book signing and discussion.

About the books:
New World Coming: The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness
Karen Dubinsky, Catherine Krull, Susan Lord, Sean Mills, & Scott Rutherford, eds.
ISBN 978-1-897071-51-9
Between the Lines
June 2009
C$39.95 / US$34.95

The Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama
Tom Hayden
ISBN 978-1-59451-739-6
Paradigm Publishers
October 2009

Event includes drumming, guest speakers, music, refreshments and children’s activities. 

Join Amnesty International and others in a celebration of International Women's Day. Event will feature guest speakers, choir performances, and films.