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SUMMARY:Learn about Ottawa’s radical history on a walking tour
DESCRIPTION:Learn about Ottawa’s radical history on a walking tour \nTake your radicalism outdoors this summer so you and your friends can learn from previous generations of troublemakers on a radical historical walking tour. \nMy name is Brian McDougall. Since 2014\, I’ve given hundreds of radical tours to visitors\, residents\, and local activists. \nWhy do we need to know our history? It’s true that history doesn’t repeat itself\, and it can’t provide us with ready-made formulae to guide us today. But\, knowing the inspiring stories about how others fought for social justice – whether they won or lost – helps to sharpen our ability to think through the strategic and tactical issues we face today. \nPeoples’ History Walking Tours: \n\nBuilding the Rideau Canal and the making of the Ottawa working class\nProtest\, strike\, and rebellion in the history of Canada’s capital\nAn unauthorized history of Parliament Hill: From Indigenous land to headquarters of Canada’s elite\nIndigenous peoples and colonialism in the history of Canada’s capital\nFrom sacred site to industrial wasteland: colonialism and class struggle in the Chaudière District\nMore than taverns and brothels: French Canadian\, Irish\, and Jewish struggles against oppression in Lowertown\nThe rise and fall of federal public service militancy in Ottawa-Gatineau\, 1965-2023\nColonialism and resistance in Canada’s capital: lessons from Indigenous\, Irish\, Black South African\, and Palestinian struggles\nFailure to revolt? Why Winnipeg had a general strike in 1919 while Ottawa’s was aborted\n\nHow good are the tours? In 85 reviews on Trip Advisor\, 79 tour participants rated their experience 5 stars out of 5. You can read their comments here: https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g155004-d7035441-Reviews-Peoples_History_Walking_Tours-Ottawa_Ontario.html \nWhat does a tour involve? Tours are given in English\, last from 3 to 3.5 hours\, and mainly take place in the center of Ottawa\, May to October. \nWho leads the tours? I do. I’m a former university teacher and federal public servant\, land long-time socialist\, trade unionist and social justice activist in Ottawa-Gatineau. I’m currently active with the Palestinian solidarity caucus and the national education committee of my public service union: the Canadian Association of Professional Employees. \nHow much does a tour cost? Tours cost $35 per person and require a minimum of four participants. Groups can be as large as 20\, with those of 10 or more eligible for a discount. \nHow do you book a tour? Organize a group and select a preferred day and time. (Tours are organized on demand.) Then send me an email brian.phwt@gmail.com or book through my website https://ottawahistorytours.com Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have questions.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/learn-about-ottawas-radical-history-on-a-walking-tour/
LOCATION:The streets of Ottawa-Gatineau
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SUMMARY:"It takes a village to kill a child": The complicity of science and tech in the Israeli genocide of Palestinians
DESCRIPTION:Researchers from No Tech for Apartheid and Science for the People Canada have documented the use of science and technology in the production of military equipment currently being deployed against the Palestinian people in Gaza. Canadian companies are manufacturing parts for the F-35 jets currently being used to bomb Gaza\, while tech giants like Microsoft\, Google\, and Amazon provide cloud services to the Israeli occupation. Join us to learn how science and tech workers in North America are complicit in genocide and how people working in and outside of these companies can help shut down the war machine. \nRegister here. \nSpeakers\nHasan Ibraheem is a Syrian organizer with No Tech For Apartheid and ex-Google software engineer. Based in NYC\, he’s recently written a letter to workers at Google\, Amazon and Microsoft titled\, “Does My Code Kill Palestinians?”. Hasan encourages everyone to read this letter\, especially aspiring tech professionals. \nDerek Rasmussen is a legal researcher and peace activist who has done essential work to expose Canadian weapons-part manufacturing companies’ roles in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. Derek is one of the co-authors of the SftP report\, “It Takes a Village to Kill a Child” and has also published on this topic in Breach Media.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/it-takes-a-village-to-kill-a-child-the-complicity-of-science-and-tech-in-the-israeli-genocide-of-palestinians/
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SUMMARY:Film Screening and Panel Discussion: Working for Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Join filmmakers and people with lived experience of working in Ontario prisons for a viewing and panel discussion of Working for Freedom. \nCost: pay what you can (proceeds go to Prisoner Legal Supports)
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/film-screening-and-panel-discussion-working-for-freedom/
LOCATION:Arlington Five\, 5 Arlington Avenue\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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