The following was posted on the Socialist Project website (https://socialistproject.ca/2024/06/next-front-in-palestine-solidarity-worker-strikes/): Although such efforts should be supported, it is still unlikely that there will be a wave of real support from organized labour; it is one thing to pay lipservice to such support and another to actually showing practical support in various ways: The Next Front … Continue reading A Series of Strikes by California University Workers in Solidarity with Student Protesters of the Genocide in Gaza and the West Bank and in Opposition to Their Oppression by University Authorities and the Capitalist State
Tag: Restrictions on freedom of protest
The Protest at People’s Circle for Palestine / King’s College Circle, University of Toronto, St. George Campus
Today, unfortunately, it is raining, which probably influenced the small level of support (a few hundred, perhaps) for the student protest that demands that the University of Toronto expose investments in companies that profit from exports to Israel. Some union supporters were present, as I indicated in my last post. The University of Toronto had … Continue reading The Protest at People’s Circle for Palestine / King’s College Circle, University of Toronto, St. George Campus
Union Organization (the Ontario Federation of Labour) Defends the Right of University of Toronto Students to Protest in Opposition to University Administration’s Attempt to Intimidate the Students
The following is found on the Ontario Federation of Labour's website (https://ofl.ca/ofl-open-letter-to-u-of-t-president/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3EzYdUF_-fzWOFNRtZPBj560Gv9KV7u9QDxtxnNNnxYFAcakK_U6jto2M_aem_AWBY1Jrh-UYX5guct0AlDTRh_cmIOTzCF75qzxar4lgud4er3oIg-SBlZy5KAFKYX1S8tNDNWT3CjhJn4UmGNzHb ). Let us hope that they are more than mere words and that real support for the students' right to protest--like the right of workers to strike--is forthcoming: The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) issued the following open letter to University of Toronto … Continue reading Union Organization (the Ontario Federation of Labour) Defends the Right of University of Toronto Students to Protest in Opposition to University Administration’s Attempt to Intimidate the Students
Two Toronto City Councillors Seek to Restrict Charter Rights in the Face of Protests Against the Genocide In Palestine
John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), posted the following recently on Facebook: These kinds of anti-democratic measures must be opposed and, if necessary, defied. From rabble. Scared of progress, two Toronto City Councillors seek to restrict our charter rights by Andria BabbingtonMay 22, 2024 Andria Babbington, President of the … Continue reading Two Toronto City Councillors Seek to Restrict Charter Rights in the Face of Protests Against the Genocide In Palestine
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