Trump’s Tariffs: Building a working-class response

US President Trump’s tariffs and trade policies represent a fundamental attack on Canadian working people. In our workplaces and communities,we are faced with layoffs, intensified attacks on social programs and rights, job security and potentially deep economic recession.

Given Canada’s integration and trade dependence with the US, working class, left, and environmental organizations have to find ways to debate collective strategies, share our analyses, defend working people, and build a challenge to business and business-oriented governments.

We invite you to join us for an evening of urgently needed debate and discussion on building a fighting response both to Trump’s attacks on working people, both in Canada and internationally.

Where: College Street United Church, 502 Bathurst St, Toronto

When: Thursday April 24, 7:00PM.

FREE

The evening’s discussion will feature some of the following questions facing organizers today:

• What are the principal challenges posed by Trump and the tariffs to Canadian working people?

• How should left, working class and environmental defense organizations respond?

• What are some of the ways that we can build an alternative vision, independent of the business-oriented approaches of mainstream political parties and business interests?

Featured speakers

Sam Gindin was research director of the Canadian Auto Workers from 1974–2000. He is co-author (with Leo Panitch) of The Making of Global Capitalism (Verso), and co-author with Leo Panitch and Steve Maher of The Socialist Challenge Today, the expanded and updated American edition (Haymarket).

Paramjit Singh is associated with York University, Toronto, and Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He has published more than 30 research papers in journals of international repute and has had articles featured in publications such as Jacobin Magazine.