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SUMMARY:POSTER EXHIBITION: Art is a Weapon: Revolutionary and Antifascist Posters from Spain 1936-39
DESCRIPTION:Poster exhibition runs April 15 to June 20\, 2026.\nGongfu Bao Restaurant\, 365 Bank Street\nFree entry\nOrganized by the Education for Liberation Collective \nIn 1930s Spain\, artists\, organizers\, unions\, and leftist political parties produced thousands of stunning posters promoting revolutionary social change and opposing fascism. In 1936\, the Spanish Civil War began when fascists organized a coup to overthrow Spain’s democratically-elected leftist Popular Front government\, composed of a coalition of socialists\, anarchists\, communists\, workers’ organizations and social movements. From 1936-38\, thousands of international volunteers\, including at least 1500 Canadians\, went to Spain to join the Popular Front in the fight against fascism. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy enthusiastically supported the coup\, and the fascists ultimately won\, installing a dictatorship that would last until the late 1970s. \nArt is a Weapon: Revolutionary and Antifascist Posters from Spain 1936-39 presents reproductions of more than 25 striking posters that teach us the history of revolutionary Spain and the Spanish Civil War. But these posters are more than just artefacts of the past. They illuminate a history that extends into the present moment and to struggles we continue to fight today\, from opposing fascism\, fighting for gender liberation\, defending children’s genuine health and well-being\, and defending the dignity and well-being of working people to fighting for environmental sustainability\, for public education and art\, and supporting international solidarity. \nThe exhibition also includes reproductions of artefacts from the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion\, the Canadian contingent of the International Brigades that fought against fascism in Spain.\nCurated by Claire Nicolson-Hurtig (@encrenoire.illustration\, Posters for Palestine 2024 exhibition\, member of Education for Liberation Collective) \nPosters are reproduced from the collections of the Fundacion Pablo Iglesias (Madrid\, Spain)\, the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections of Brandeis University (USA)\, and the Centre de Recursos per Aprenentatge i la Investigació at the University of Barcelona (Spain).
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/poster-exhibition-art-is-a-weapon-revolutionary-and-antifascist-posters-from-spain-1936-39/
LOCATION:Gongfu Bao\, 365 Bank St\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K2P1Y2\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Education for Liberation Collective":MAILTO:educationforliberation@protonmail.com
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the lauch of Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us with co-authors Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks\, a jarring portrait of a deeply unequal Canada and how a wealth tax could rein in the destructive power wielded by today’s billionaires. \nAs the ultra-wealthy siphon off an ever-larger share of the world’s wealth\, they now dominate us to a degree unimaginable even a decade ago. With their voracious consumption\, unbridled resource exploitation\, and relentless obstruction of climate action\, they are rapidly undermining democracy and destroying the very viability of the earth for human life. \nTheir staggering power and hoarding of wealth have prompted a number of G20 nations to consider imposing a wealth tax\, aimed exclusively at the super-rich. In Canada\, such a tax would apply only to those with wealth above $25 million. Yet it could collect $40 billion a year — funding public programs that could immensely improve the lives of millions of Canadians while clipping the wings of the super-rich. \nBillionaires would threaten to depart. But as they left the country that had nourished them and enabled them to grow so wildly rich\, they’d face a hefty “exit tax” on the way out. \nYes\, change is possible. \nLinda McQuaig is the recipient of a National Newspaper Award for investigative reporting. The National Post has described her as “Canada’s Michael Moore.” She is also the author of eight national bestsellers\, including Shooting the Hippo\, selected by the Literary Review of Canada as one of the twenty-five most influential books of the past twenty-five years. Perhaps not surprisingly\, she has enraged many on the right\, including Conrad Black\, who called for her to be “horsewhipped.” \nNeil Brooks taught tax law and policy at Osgoode Hall Law School for over 35 years. He has published extensively on income tax issues and was the editor of Canadian Taxation\, Osgoode Hall Law Journal and the Canadian Tax Journal. He is the co-author of The Trouble with Billionaires (2010) with Linda McQuaig. \nThis event is free and open to all. Please RSVP to help us know how many guests to expect: https://octopusbooks.ca/events/4873320260422
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/cancelling-billionaires-before-they-cancel-us-book-launch-cancelling-billionaires-before-they-cancel-us/
LOCATION:Abbotsford House\, 950 Bank St\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1S 5G6\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Octopus Books":MAILTO:octopus@octopusbooks.ca
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