News, Events & Comments

The Centre for Study of Education and Work is back with their weekly email announcements...a few items of interest I think:


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Fall 2012 Assembly of the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly (GTWA)

Sunday, September 16, 2012; 9:00am until 5:00pm

Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St. Toronto, Ontario

Registration required. All members and supporters are encouraged to attend
and bring guests. Please register as soon as possible to help us plan.
Childcare and lunch provided. Please note your childcare needs upon registering.

Register online here


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The Marikana massacre: a turning point? by Martin Legassick from Facts for Working People

The massacre of 34, and almost certainly more, striking mineworkers at
Marikana (together with more than 80 injured) on 16 August has sent waves of
shock and anger across South Africa, rippling around the world. It could
prove a decisive turning-point in our country’s post-apartheid history. A
recent report also states that autopsies reveal that most of the workers
killed at Marikana were shot in the back. That is, they were escaping. A
further blow to the initial police story that they fired because they were
being attacked by an armed mob.


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Rethinking Common vs. Private Property

Introduction: Outline of the argument
The purpose of this paper is to suggest a rethinking of the
common-versus-private framing of the property rights issue in the Commons
Movement.