EVENT: BUILDING A MOVEMENT TO DRIVE BACK THE AUSTERITY AGENDA

BUILDING A MOVEMENT TO DRIVE BACK THE AUSTERITY AGENDA

March 23 and 24 with John Clarke of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) at Laurentian University:

Why the struggle against poverty must be anti-colonialist and anti-capitalist     Wednesday, March 23, 4:00 – 5:00 pm, C203

Challenging poverty and austerity in Ontario
Thursday, March 24, 10:00 am, Upper Fraser Auditorium

Community Meal and Meeting at the Parkside on Durham St:
Thursday, March 24th, 5:00 – 8:00 pm      
Free Community Meal begins at 5:00. With an Indigenous Opening & Closing sponsored by the NSTC.

Nicole Beaulieu of SWEAC will speak on the minimum wage struggle Fighting For $15 and Fairness. John Clarke will speak on how the attack on social assistance adequacy has been furthered by the Liberals. With a focus on the present crisis being pushed by rising food prices and how poor people can resist. 

On peut poser des questions en français.  This is a wheelchair accessible location.

Organized by the Sudbury Raise the Rates Campaign.
Our sponsors include the Centre for Research in Social Justice and Policy at Laurentian University,
Labour Studies at Laurentian University, Laurentian University Graduate Students Association, The
North Shore Tribal Council (NSTC), Sudbury and District Labour Council, Sudbury Workers Education and Advocacy Centre (SWEAC), Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, The provincial Raise the Rates Campaign.