December 2012

Free and Accessible Transit Now

Free Transit TodayA new pamphlet by the Free and Accessible Transit Campaign of the GTWA:

Free and Accessible Transit Now: Toward A Red-Green Vision for Toronto

Transit is a critical issue for people in Toronto, as in all major urban areas. More is at stake than reducing traffic congestion and gridlock. Transit and general mobility are intimately related to larger issues in capitalist society: how goods and services are produced and delivered; the location of and nature of jobs; where and how we live and travel; issues of class, inequality and oppression related to race, age, gender, and sexuality; climate justice; and the very shape and nature of our democratic institutions.

Anti-capitalism and Feminism

When: Saturday, January 12, 2013 -- 7pm
Where: Beit Zatoun 612 Markham Street (just south of Bloor, near Bathurst subway station).

Join the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly for a 'coffee house' discussion on:

Anti-capitalism and Feminism

  • Socialist Feminism in Canada: A Brief History – Meg Luxton
  • Marxist Feminism: Keywords and Key Concepts – Shahrzad Mojab
  • Followed by Q and A and informal discussion.

Holiday Transit Schmooze!

Time for a Free and Accessible Holiday Schmooze! When: Thursday, December 20, 2012 -- 6:00pm Where: Centre for Social Innovation. 720 Bathurst (just South of Bloor, on the West side of the street), Toronto.

General Membership Meeting - Dec 6

Thursday, December 6th, 7-9 p.m.
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St

Here is the agenda:

1. Transit initiative: The Free and Accessible Transit Campaign is seeking endorsement for a public meeting on December 20th to introduce its new strategy pamphlet to the broader transit movement.

2. Solidarity Platform: A proposal to expand the Solidarity Platform by developing sections on radical ecology, feminism, and indigenous rights, as well as a strategy for bringing other left groups into the process, is seeking endorsement.