This may be of interest to Canadians near Toronto.
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Join activists and policy analysts from across the country
for a 4-day conference to develop a radical agenda for the 21st Century.
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Whose Economy?
Narrowing the Gap in Income, Wealth & Power
A Progressive Economic Summit

May 10-13
Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto

Speakers include
Medha Patkar (National Alliance of People=92s Movements, India),
Patty Barrera (Common Frontiers), Terri Brown (NAC),
Tony Clarke (Council of Canadians), Anna Dashtgard (CFWTO),
Judy Darcy (CUPE), Erin George (CFS), Ken Georgetti (CLC),
Josephine Grey (LIFT), Joel Harden (Resistance Press),
Buzz Hargrove (CAW), Andrew Jackson (CCSD),
David Langille (Centre for Social Justice), Leo Panitch (York U),
David Pfrimmer (Canadian Council of Churches), Judy Rebick (Rabble.ca),
Monique Simard (Alternatives), Jean Swanson (ELP), Hassan Yussuf (CLC)

Performances by Nancy White, Faith Nolan, Greg Malone (CODCO)
and Bread & Puppet Theatre (Vermont, USA)

THURSDAY, May 10 - Voices for Justice
7:30-10:00 PM - Opening Night
with special international guests,
political comedy and music

FRIDAY, May 11 - From Problems to Solutions
9:30 AM-5:00 PM - Plenaries and workshops
7:30 PM -10:30 PM - Reflections on the Quebec Summit
and Bread & Puppet Theatre

SATURDAY, May 12 - The Struggle for Equality & Democracy
9:30 AM-5:00 PM - Plenaries and workshops
6:00 PM - Dinner Banquet followed by Radical Ruckus Party

SUNDAY, May 13 - The Way Forward - A Call for Action
10:00 AM-12:30 - Closing Plenary with campaign proposals
12:30-3:00 - Bread and Puppet=92s Funeral March for Rotten Ideas,
and luncheon feast
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Participate in a festival of democracy with workshops, displays, art and=
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Sponsored by the Centre for Social Justice
& the following partner organizations:
Canadian Labour Congress, Canadian Council for International Cooperation,
Canadian Council on Social Development, Canadian Environmental Law=20
Association,
Canadian Federation of Students, Canadian Union of Postal Workers,
Canadian Union of Public Employees, Catalyst Centre, Canadian Auto
Workers,
Common Frontiers, Council of Canadians, Ecumenical Coalition for
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Justice,
International Socialists, Low Income Families Together, Mayworks,
National Action Committee on the Status of Women,
National Anti-Poverty Organization, Ontario Coalition for Agencies Serving=
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Immigrants,
Ontario Federation of Labour, Ontario Public Service Employees Union,
Parkland Institute, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Ten Days for Global=20
Justice,
and the United Steel Workers of America.

Media sponsors: CKLN, NOW Magazine, This Magazine [include logos for
each]

Wheelchair Accessible [logo]
Signing and French translation available on request

A project of the CSJ Foundation for Research and Education
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We need an economy that serves human need - not corporate greed!
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PROGRAM OUTLINE

THURSDAY, May 10
7:30-10:00 PM =96 Voices for Justice

Splash event featuring keynote addresses from
Medha Patkar (National Alliance of People's Movements, India),
David Pfrimmer (Canadian Council of Churches),
Monique Simard (Alternatives, Quebec),
Ken Georgetti (Canadian Labour Congress) and other international guests.

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FRIDAY, May 11
Living Inequality - Envisioning Equality
-- Moving from problems to solutions

9:30-12:00 - PLENARY
 From Disparities to Democracy
=96 Mapping Inequality
1:00 - 5:00 PM -WORKSHOPS
The Search for Solutions

REDUCING INEQUALITY
The root causes & economic effects of poverty
Who=92s rich, why, & what=92s the problem with wealth?
Deconstructing the right-wing agenda -- the role of educators
Reducing inequality =96=96 perspectives from the faith community
Taxing for equality?

BETTER WORK AND BETTER INCOMES
How can we ensure good jobs?
How a =91living wage=92 / minimum wage would narrow the gap
A guaranteed annual income =96=96 could it work?

THE COMMON GOOD =96=96 & SERVICES
Extending the =91social wage=92: public services & universal programs
Imagining better public services in an age of privatization
Meeting our basic need for food security
Adequate housing for all
The future of health care
How to protect public education

OVERCOMING OPPRESSION / SOCIAL EXCLUSION
The political economy of racism
How feminism / anti-sexism can shape our movement
Aboriginal rights =96=96 a story of dispossession
Social inclusion of immigrants & refugees

FROM THE GLOBAL TO THE LOCAL
Closing the gap between the North & South
Putting inequality on the trade agenda
Trading Services, trading lives: GATS / WTO
Unpacking the FTAA

INCREASING DEMOCRACY
Corporate accountability
Making votes count: proportional representation
Getting corporate money out of politics: campaign finance reform
Workers rights vs. corporate rights

ALTERNATIVE VISIONS FOR THE ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT
Can the market ever be made to work for all?
A better future: not merely redistributing income
Can our environment sustain economic growth?
Teamsters and turtles: labour unions & environmentalists unite

7:30 PM - Reflections on the Quebec Summit=85

9:00 PM - Bread & Puppet Theatre=92s =93Circus of the Seven Basic
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SATURDAY, May 12
The Struggle for Equality and Democracy
-- How do we get there?

9:30-12:00 - PLENARY Building Movements for Equality & Democracy

1:00 - 5:00 PM - WORKSHOPS -- Social Movement Strategies & Tactics

CAMPAIGNING FOR EQUALITY
Living wage campaign
Organizing & bargaining for women's equality
Why are unions more important today than ever?
How to organize a union in your workplace=85=85
How can unions help narrow the growing gap?
Young workers in action

FROM CORPORATE POWER TO
PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY
Campaigning for greater democracy
 From anti-corporate anarchism to traditional party politics
Building a movement for equality & democracy
Campaign against sweatshops
The alternative budget process
Putting corporations back in the box
 From Seattle to Qatar =96=96 where do we go from here?

MOVEMENT BUILDING
How to increase diversity in our movements
How do we overcome the growing racial divide?
Youth ain't a four letter word!
Building solidarity with aboriginal peoples
Building activists, coalitions and communities
How can we use the media to get our message across?
Role of art & culture in movement building
Transformative learning and practice

ORGANIZING DISSENT
Direct action training
Decriminalizing dissent: How to respond to police brutality
How can we protect the right to protest?
Can the justice system be reformed to reduce inequality?

CREATING ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES
Globalization and me: challenging the status quo
Engaging with the private sector to end poverty
How to build the co-op movement
Simple living
Building an alternative local economy movement

* Workshop topics subject to change

6:00 PM - Banquet Dinner
9:00 PM - Radical Ruckus Party
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SUNDAY, May 13
The Way Forward
-- it's not over -- it's just started=85

10:00-12:30 AM - A forum for organizations to profile their campaign=
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12:00-12:30 PM - Closing remarks by Judy Rebick
12:30-1:00 PM - Bread & Puppet Theatre's =93Funeral March for Rotten
Ideas=
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1:00-3:00 PM - Luncheon Feast

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REGISTRATION FORM

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Fee per day:
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[ ] Billet in a private home for ____ persons
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Hotel-style rooms available on campus at the International Living and=20
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at a conference rate of $88/room - single or double occupancy
(Additional persons $10 /ea. to a maximum of 4 per room).
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They tell me the chancellor doesn't drink
Eats no meat and never smokes
And he lives in a modest dwelling.
But they also tell me the poor
Starve and die in misery.
How much better it would be to have a state of which men
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The chancellor is always drunk at cabinet meetings
Eyeing the smoke from their pipes, a few
Uneducated men sit altering the laws
There are no poor.
 -- Bertolt Brecht
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