Join filmmaker Velcrow Ripper, long-time activist Judy Rebick and LGBT2 activist Stefonknee Wolscht as well as occupiers from Toronto to discuss the role of love and compassion in politics and the occupy movement.

Where: Friends of Quakers (60 Lowther Ave - Bloor and Spadina area)
When: Saturday, December 17 6:30 pm to 9 pm - food will be served at 6:30 and discussion will begin at 7 pm.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/261504443903009/

About the Event:

Canadian documentary filmmaker and media activist Velcrow Ripper (director Scared Sacred and Fierce Light) has been filming at Occupy Wall Street in New York since day one for his upcoming feature documentary, "Occupy Love: A Global Revolution of the Heart."

Welcome to rabble.ca's extended series on the Canadian left -- Reinventing democracy, reclaiming the commons: A progressive dialogue on the future of Canada -- a look at where it stands after the 2011 federal election, and what the future can hold. The series will run in this, rabble.ca's 10th year, and is curated by journalist Murray Dobbin.

Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.

- Che Guevera

Nightwood Theatre's International Women's Day Celebration! This sell-out event is now in its 28th year. The only cabaret in town where performers of every discipline come together in an irreverent and boisterous celebration of women. This year it will be hosted by Sandra Battaglini, Canadian comedy award-winner for her show, Hard Headed Woman.

This year's line-up includes:
Judy Rebick (Keynote)
Donna Grantis Band (music)
Shakura S'Aida (music)
Judith Thompson with a SICK collective member (theatre)
Alejandra Ribera (music)
Chelsea Manders (comedy)
Lara Bozabalian (spoken word)
Julia Aplin (dance)
and Guiomar Campbell and company as our House Band