Location
Toronto's 26th Annual Socialist May Day Celebration: Fighting for the 99%
Speakers:
Jorge Soberon, Consul General of Cuba in Toronto,
t.b.a. activist with Occupy Toronto.
John Clarke organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty,
nchama miller Internat'l Council of Latin American and Caribbean Women of Canada - Latin@s.
Farid Ayad National President of the Canadian Arab Federation.
B.C. Holmes representing the Toronto Haiti Action Committee.
Barry Weisleder Federal Secretary, Socialist Action, and substitute teachers' organizer.
M.C.: Elizabeth Byce, federal Treasurer, NDP Socialist Caucus, and retired member of the Toronto Local, Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Celebrate with entertainers: Jon Brooks, 2010 Winner Kerrville (Texas) New Folk Contest, 2009 Canadian Folk Music Award Nominee 'Best Songwriter', 2009 Winner NPR's Mountain Stage NewSong Contest (Canada); Faith Nolan; Robert Priest, poet, songwriter, and novelist; Steve-Paul & Maya, actor musicians; Glen Hornblast, folk singer on the social justice scene with a new CD titled "Once in a Blue Moon"; and Bill Heffernan, activist, teacher and song smith.
Enjoy delicious food from the menu and drinks from the bar. For details, call the Free Times Café at 416-967-1078. At the event there will also be a literature and CDs display, a raffle, and surprises.
Free Times Cafe, 320 College St., (2 blocks west of Spadina) Toronto, Ontario Admission: $10 waged, $5 non-waged or PWYC
sponsored by Socialist Action (Fourth Internationalists in the Canadian state)
Event endorsed by: Toronto Local - Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, Toronto Haiti Action Committee, NDP Socialist Caucus, International Council of Latin American and Caribbean Women of Canada - Latin@s, Youth for Socialist Action, Toronto Forum on Cuba, Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association, Workers' Solidarity and Union Democracy Coalition, and the Canadian Arab Federation.
