Newfoundland's political punk band the Class War Kids have recorded a special 4 song EP, with every cent going to Bataye Ouvriye. The EP can be purchased here so get yourself some politically-charged punk rock tunes and support one of Haiti's most important grassroots, independent organizations at this critical time.

On Saturday, January 23rd I attended the first stop in the Ontario-wing of the “Workers Without Bosses“ speaking tour, held in Kitchener-Waterloo. The stop was organized by a local Common Cause member with help from the good folks at Anti-War at Laurier (AWOL) and the KW Community Centre for Social Justice (KWCCSJ).

These are the same people who take much of the credit for building a vibrant activist community in the past few years. From Six Nations solidarity work to anti-Olympics organizing to the opening of the Centre for Social Justice, these hard-working people have made K-W a regional centre of anti-authoritarian, direct action based organizing.

PUBLIC VIGIL FOR MIGRANT WORKERS KILLED AT WORK

January 7, 2010 - 7pm
2757 Kipling Avenue
Buses leave 252 Bloor West at 5:15 sharp
RSVP by Noon, Jan 6, to migrantworkervigil@gmail.com

Four construction workers with precarious immigration status fell to
their deaths on Christmas Eve in one of the worst workplace
disasters that Toronto has seen in decades. The swing stage scaffolding
they were working on broke into two pieces, plummeting the four workers
over 13 stories to the concrete below at 2757 Kipling Avenue. A fifth man is
in critical condition and will need medical attention for the rest of his life.

We mourn the deaths of these workers. We are enraged that such
injustice can take place. Migrant workers take care of children, feed
communities, construct housing, clean offices, and take up many other
occupations in almost all industries but are treated like second-class workers
and denied even the most basic protections.

This short report was shown on TV5, a mainstream network in Quebec. It is a very nice depiction of the class struggle anarchist movement in Quebec. It is unfortunately only available in French at the moment. Someone with the technical know-how ought to record it and add english subtitles. Worth a look either way.

http://www.tv5.ca/webvideo/hors-serie-les-anarchistes-1496.html

This looks like a worthwhile conference on a critical issue.

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3rd Community Movements Conference:
Just Work!? Vulnerabilities in the Global Workforce
Trent University, Peterborough February 5-7th, 2010

Conference Theme and Objectives

The Trent University Student Association in International Development (SAID) invites you to participate in our 3rd annual Community Movements Conference. The conference is a three-day event-taking place in Peterborough on February 5-7th, 2010.