Socialist Action Canada

Join us Saturday May 2nd at 6pm for...

Toronto’s 40th Annual Socialist

May Day Celebration

“No to Imperialism and War”

with speakers:

J.p. Hornick, 3 term President of OPSEU SEFPO

Ehsan Ashrafipour, Iranian Canadian Congress

Dirka Prout, 3-time NDP candidate in London Centre, member of Socialist Caucus.

Alma Weinstein of the Louis Riel Bolivarian Circle, defenders of Venezuela in Toronto.

Julius Arscott, president of OPSEU Local 532, speaking for Socialist Action.

Learie Charles, President, Scarborough Local, Canadian Union of Postal Workers.

Angela Bischoff , Ontario Clean Air Alliance.

A message from the Cuban Consul General in Toronto

M.C.: Elizabeth Byce, federal Treasurer, NDP Socialist Caucus, and retired member of the Toronto Local, Canadian Union of Postal Workers



Celebrate with entertainers: Layla Staats, Honey Novick, George Elliott Clarke, Giovanna Riccio, Robert Davis, Tyler Ellis, Bill Heffernan, Trevor Cook and Sigfried Hemming, and Aromal Mihraj.

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.

Saturday, May 2, 2026 7 p.m.

Free Times Cafe, 320 College St., (2 blocks west of Spadina) Toronto, Ontario Admission: $10 waged, $5 non-waged or PWYC

For more information, go to: www.socialistaction.ca

E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (647) 986-1917

sponsored by Socialist Action / Ligue pour l'Action socialiste

Socialism 2025 – The Status Quo is Over
�A Socialist Action Fall Education Conference
on Saturday, November 15 both online, and in-person at Trinity-St. Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor Street West, 1 block west of Spadina subway station on line 2 in Toronto.�
Online Link: https://dub.sh/SA2025FallEdCon
Timeline: See Event Poster

Topics and speakers shown in Eastern Time:
2 p.m. Unmasking Canadian Imperialism�– speakers: Yves Engler, Sara Rasikh (PYM), and Tamara Lorincz.
4 p.m. Reform or Revolution: Insurgent Candidates in Capitalist Parties�– speakers: John Pottinger, SA USA, Dirka Prout, and Gary Porter SA Canada.
6 p.m. Democratic Rights Under Attack in the Workers’ Movement�– speakers: Adriana Cumming-Teicher (COPE labor coordinator), Julius Arscott, and Mike Palecek.

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