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Lindsay Beyerstein

Weekly Audit: We welcome our new plutocratic overlords

| January 11, 2011
Columnists

Facts, interpretations and Chávez

Modern social science's essence lies in its purpose, articulated in the 19th century, to expound a meticulous, secular knowledge of reality that is somehow corroborated by empirical research. The challenge for researchers of course rests in how they define "empirical research." The driving methodological debate in the social sciences -- however abstruse or historically distant -- orients itself according to the divide between the advocates of the interpretive method and the proponents of positivism.

Boycott

A do not buy symbol marked with a large X

Whether protesting your university's pro-war investments or horrific conditions of workers in sweat shops sewing brand name clothes, a boycott is an effective way to send a message. It hits big business and local capitalist oppressors alike right where it hurts - the wallet. This guide will go over

 

What's a boycott?

Who can do it?

How to organize

 

What is it?

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Watch me: movie reviews with Cathi Bond

Watch Me: Bomb Girls

February 2, 2012
| Bomb Girls exposes sexism, racism and great Canadian TV. Check out the new show -- it's Canadian television you can be proud of.

5:02 minutes (4.61 MB)

The political roots of inequality

| January 23, 2012
People's Health Radio

Is capitalism a disease?

May 5, 2011
| Are structural inequality, class exploitation, racism and sexism making us sick? We talk to Richard Levins, Dennis Raphael and Martha Roberts to find out.

59:22 minutes (54.35 MB)

Trans film screening series: Madame Sata

Mar 28 2011 - 6:30pm
Mar 28 2011 - 8:30pm

Location

The Centre for Women and Trans People UT
563 Spadina Ave. rm.100
Toronto, ON M5S 2J7
Canada
Phone: 416-978-8201
Fax: 416-978-1078
43° 39' 35.8488" N, 79° 24' 1.0368" W

The Trans Inclusion Group hosts a free screening of:
"Madame Sata"

Everyone welcome. Allies welcome.

Contact name: 
Trans Film Screening Series

Screaming Queens screening

Jan 31 2011 - 12:04pm

Location

The Centre for Women and Trans People
563 Spadina Ave. room 100
Toronto M5S 2J7
Canada
Phone: 416-978-8201
Fax: 416-978-1078
43° 39' 35.8488" N, 79° 24' 1.0368" W

 

The Trans Inclusion Group hosts a FREE screening of SCREAMING QUEENS: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria.

Everyone welcome. Allies welcome. Free food and talk included.

Contact name: 
The Trans Inclusion Group (of The Centre for Women and Trans People)

Public Forum: Race, class and crisis

Adolph Reed
Sep 24 2010 - 7:30pm
Sep 24 2010 - 9:30pm

Location

Oakham House
63 Gould Street
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 39' 29.4516" N, 79° 22' 40.3572" W

What New Possibilities for the U.S. Left? - with Adolph Reed

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race class

Class Struggle in France: An eyewitness report

Sep 17 2010 - 7:00pm
Sep 17 2010 - 9:00pm

Location

OISE
252 Bloor St. West Room 2-295
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 40' 4.4004" N, 79° 23' 54.1392" W

Join us for a report on the recent strike in France and for a discussion of the class struggle in France.

Contact name: 
Alana Clarke
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