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SUMMARY:Summertime Radical Historical Walking Tours
DESCRIPTION:Ottawa radicals have been fighting for greater social justice for more than 200 years. This summer you can learn more about past protests\, strikes\, and campaigns during a radical historical walking tour. \nMy name is Brian McDougall. Since 2014\, I’ve given hundreds of tours about Ottawa-Gatineau’s radical past for tourists\, residents\, and local activists. I believe that historically informed activists are more effective. \nWhy do we need to know our history? It’s true that history doesn’t repeat itself and can’t provide us with ready-made formulae to guide us today. But knowing how past generations of radicals fought for social justice – stories our rulers either rewrite or suppress – helps to sharpen our ability to think through the strategic and tactical issues we face today.  \nWhat kinds of struggles have Ottawa-Gatineau’s radicals mounted in the past? What strategies did they adopt? When did they win and why did they often lose? Those are some of the questions I pose while doing the nine tours offered through Peoples’ History Walking Tours. \nCurrent tours:\n•	Building the Rideau Canal and the making of the Ottawa working class\n•	Protest\, strike\, and rebellion in the history of Canada’s capital\n•	An unauthorized history of Parliament Hill: From Indigenous land to headquarters of Canada’s elite\n•	Indigenous peoples and colonialism in the history of Canada’s capital\n•	From sacred site to industrial wasteland: colonialism and class struggle in the Chaudière District\n•	More than taverns and brothels: French Canadian\, Irish\, and Jewish struggles against oppression in Lowertown\n•	The rise and fall of federal public service militancy in Ottawa-Gatineau\, 1965-2023\n•	Colonialism and resistance in Canada’s capital: lessons from Indigenous\, Irish\, Black South African\, and Palestinian struggles\n•	Failure to revolt? Why Winnipeg had a general strike in 1919 while Ottawa’s was aborted \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 take place in the center of Ottawa\, May through September. Tours are organized on demand\, for four or more people. \nWho leads the tours? I do. I’m a former university teacher and federal public servant\, long-time socialist\, trade unionist\, and social justice activist in Ottawa-Gatineau. I’m currently active in my trade union\, the Canadian Association of Professional Employees (Palestine solidarity caucus and the National Education Committee) and with the Tempest Collective – an American/Canadian socialist group.  \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   \nDon’t hesitate to contact me if you have questions or want to book a tour.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/summertime-radical-historical-walking-tours/
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SUMMARY:STUDY GROUP: Do recent mass struggles like the January 2026 revolt in Minneapolis prove the working class can overcome the debilitating effects of decades of neoliberalism?
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join us for a two-part online study group organized by the Tempest Collective (Ottawa). It will take place at 7 PM Sunday\, on July 12 and July 26. \nIn the 1980s\, neoliberalism became the central ruling class strategy to reverse the gains working class people won and the movements they built during the 1960s and 1970s. Neoliberal policies were rolled out to discipline workers\, raise the costs of resistance\, destroy left initiatives and organizations\, undermine class solidarity\, decompose the working class\, and reconstruct society as an aggregation of socially isolated individuals. \nFor decades\, socialists and movement activists have fought to reverse the demoralization\, atomization\, fatalism\, and fear that was the product of neoliberalism. The question of how to reconstitute the working class – as a group that once again exhibits the confidence\, initiative\, organization\, and solidarity required to challenge the ruling class – has been the subject of constant debate on the left. \nThree things seem vital for socialists and activists. First\, we need to understand the neoliberal strategy the ruling class used in the first place. That will be the topic for the first session of this study group. Second\, we need to carefully assess recent mass working-class uprisings (like Minneapolis in January) to learn what we can do to strengthen our own movements for future flash points of class struggle. That will be the second topic for this study group. The third thing is that we need to use the lessons of Minneapolis as a basis for making our own efforts more effective. \nJoin us for this two-part study group. To participate\, send an email to socialisminthecapital@gmail.com \nFirst session: What is neoliberalism? – July 12\n• What is neoliberalism?\n• How did it undermine the organizations\, movements\, and consciousness of the working class (broadly defined)?\nReading:\n• Selections from Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance (2011)\, by David McNally -> pages 25-49\, 114-126\, 146-152\, 183-194: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://comunizar.com.ar/wp-content/uploads/David-McNally-Global-Slump-The-Economics-and-Politics-of-Crisis-and-Resistance.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi78ZvjgY-VAxXOF1kFHdc9NLQQFnoECCMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0FUGuw4T_H2Vmt0am40vVc\nOptional:\n• “Review: What was Neoliberalism\,” Charles Post\, RS21\, 2024: https://revsoc21.uk/2024/07/19/the-nature-of-neoliberalism/\nSecond session: What did the Minneapolis uprising teach us? – July 26\n• What happened during the January 2026 uprising in Minneapolis?\n• What does it tell us about how the working class can rebuild a sense of class and community adequate to sustaining anti-capitalist struggles?\nReading: one or more of the following\n• “Lessons from Minneapolis\,” Tempest National Committee\, Tempest Magazine: https://tempestmag.org/2026/02/lessons-from-minneapolis/\n• “Socialist Strategy: Minneapolis Shows the Way\,” Simon Hannah\, Socialist Alternative: \nSocialist Strategy: Minneapolis shows the way \n• “Minneapolis: Notes on a New Chapter of Class Struggle in the United States\,” Daniel Kovacs\, Left Voice Magazine: https://www.leftvoice.org/minneapolis-notes-on-a-new-chapter-of-class-struggle-in-the-united-states/\n• “How to Build a Real General Strike Against ICE: Minnesota Shows What’s Possible\,” Eric Blanc\, Labor Politics: https://www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-to-organize-a-real-general-strike\nOptional:\n• “Horizons for a New Left\,” Michael Principe\, Against the Current\, 2015: https://againstthecurrent.org/atc178/p4503/\n• “Beyond Electoralism; Mass Action and the Remaking of the Working Class\,” David McNally and Charles Post\, Spectre\, 2021: https://spectrejournal.com/beyond-electoralism/ \nFor more about the Tempest Collective\, an American/Canadian socialist group\, please go to our webzine page: https://tempestmag.org/
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