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  • Socialist Action and the MSA at the No Pride in Policing Coalition march on June 25 in Toronto

    On Pride Day in Toronto, while over a million walked or watched the big commercial parade on Yonge Street, over a thousand rallied and marched to oppose police harassment of the LGBTQI community. The slogan of the No Pride in Policing Coalition is “No More Shit!” Its event started and concluded in Grange Park, behind the Art Gallery of Ontario on June 25. Dozens of participants visited the Socialist Action, signed up for more information,…

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  • MSA protested the corporate agenda outside FordFest in Scarborough on June 23

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    While a crowd of Conservatives gathered in the rain in Scarborough’s Thomson Park on June 23 to celebrate their hero Ontario Premier Thug Ford, health care workers, tenants and socialists picketed the event. The so-called FordFest is an annual affair, replete with free hotdogs and kiddie rides. Municipal Socialist Alliance members distributed hundreds of flyers for the Vote Socialist, Kiri Vadivelu for Mayor campaign at the park entrance. “Re-hire the nurses”, “Rescind (wage freeze) Bill…

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  • Protest Housing Emergency in Toronto at City Hall Square

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    City of Toronto politicians, senior officials, big landlords, land developers and the construction industry have blood on their hands! The Municipal Socialist Alliance is pouring, onto City Hall Square, a representation of the blood of 187 victims of the worsening houselessness crisis. Toronto Public Health found that three house-less Torontonians died every week last year, 187 lives lost in 2022, due to a lack of shelter in one of the world’s richest cities. For women,…

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  • MSA candidate for Toronto mayor speaks to mass media

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    A bevy of bourgeois councilors and wannabees flocked to Toronto City Hall early on April 3 to register as candidates for the municipality’s top job in a hastily called by-election.  An exception to the Dishonor Roll of 28 servants to the status quo was the Municipal Socialist Alliance candidate for Toronto mayor, Kiri Vadivelu.  The 37-year old tenants’ organizer, Socialist Action member, and working class resident of Scarborough submitted the requisite nomination signatures and registration…

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  • Announcing the MSA candidate for mayor of Toronto in the current by-election campaign

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    News Release The Municipal Socialist Alliance, at its monthly convention held on March 20, selected Kiri Vadivelu to be its candidate for mayor of Toronto in the current by-election. Kiri Vadivelu is a social justice activist who was the MSA for the seat in Scarborough Centre Ward 21 in the October 2022 city election. Kiri, who immigrated from Sri Lanka as a child, successfully resisted illegal eviction of his family at the Ontario Landlord and…

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  • MSA Press Conference — Shadow Council Announcement

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    After the 7th MSA convention on Monday, Nov. 21, the MSA announced our shadow council on Wednesday, Nov. 23. A group of MSA candidates and supporters visited city hall for the beginning of a new term of Toronto city council. We intended to hold a press conference outside of Mayor John Tory’s office to announce the formation of the MSA shadow council and to observe the first session of city council. Instead, we were informed…

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