Join us with the Toronto Public Library as we mark and reflect on the 90th anniversary of the Christie Pits Riots.

On August 16th, 1933, close to 10,000 people took to the streets of Toronto in what is known as the Christie Pits riot. The riot was a response to the violence of the Nazi-supporting fascist “Pit Gang,” who showed up at Christie Pits to terrorize a group of mostly working-class Jewish and Italian baseball players. The players and their supporters defended themselves against the far-right attacks for 6 hours that night. The police did not stop the violence and, in some accounts, actively supported the fascists.

This year marks the 90th anniversary of these riots. Please join us, the Field of Dreamers Cooperative Softball Association, with the Toronto Public Library for a discussion on the intersections of sport, politics, anti-Blackness, xenophobia, anti-queer/trans* hate, and anti-Semitism today.

We will ask what these mean for access to public space and how we might continue to build movements for social justice in the places we play.

More information is available @ https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp…