Join us to discuss our ongoing work to build a socialist alternative to capitalism, racism, war, and heterosexism in southern Illinois. Parking and entrance to the Township Hall is in the back. Contact us for more information
Read MoreJoin Southern Illinois Democratic Socialists of America (SIDSA) for a discussion about how and why the working-class has the power to overthrow capitalism and replace it with a genuinely democratic socialist society. Some brief readings are suggested (see below for links) but not required. Everyone is welcome! Refreshments will be provided. Parking and entrance to the Township Hall is in the back. Contact us for more information
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Join Southern Illinois DSA, Carbondale Starbucks Workers United, and the Born Again Labor Museum, for music, food, drinks, and fundraisers for both Starbucks workers and SIDSA. Featuring music from Worthless Scarecrow (and more bands TBA). $20 suggested donation (but no one will be turned away for lack of funds).
Read MoreJoin us to discuss our ongoing work to build a socialist alternative to capitalism, racism, war, and heterosexism in southern Illinois. Parking and entrance to the Township Hall is in the back. Contact us for more information
Read More“Realizing that they share common foes in Margaret Thatcher, the police and the conservative press, London-based gay and lesbian activists lend their support to striking miners in 1984 Wales.”
Read MoreJoin us to discuss our ongoing work to build a socialist alternative to capitalism, racism, war, and heterosexism in southern Illinois. Parking and entrance to the Township Hall is in the back. Contact us for more information
Read MoreJoin us for a Solidarity Potluck + Mutual Aid Dinner + discussion with the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) to discuss how to start organizing your workplace. Bring food if you can, and any other items folks might need (again, if you can) like toilet paper, soap, etc. for mutual aid. And feel free to take what you need.
Read MoreSunday, April 30, 2023
Food 2pm - Starbucks Workers Benefit Show 4:30pm ($5-$10 suggested donation for local Starbucks workers fighting for a contract) : featuring DIAMOND SOUL - - ENCHANTERS - & SHELDO.
Join us for a May Day Solidarity Potluck + Starbucks Workers Benefit + Mutual Aid Dinner (the day before International Workers Day). Bring food if you can, and any other items folks might need (again, if you can) like toilet paper, soap, etc. Eat, drink, be merry. Listen to music. Also, you will hear from the EWOC folks (Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee) on how to organize your workplace; make signs for the May Day rally and march the next day; watch movies. And more.
The Solidarity Potluck is at the Born Again Labor Museum (BALM), 828 E. Main Street, suite E. Sponsored by Southern Illinois Democratic Socialists of America and Southern Illinois University Young Democratic Socialists of America.
The International Workers Day march/rally on May 1st will meet up at Friendship Plaza (S. Illinois and Mill) across from Evolve near the railroad tracks, starting at 4pm.
Join us for a march and rally to celebrate working-class struggle and solidarity of all kinds on May Day 2023. Inflation, union-busting, war, police violence, right-wing attacks on our queer and trans siblings, racism, sexism, environmental destruction. We need to build a movement of solidarity among the exploited and oppressed in southern Illinois and beyond. May Day (May 1st) is International Workers Day. It commemorates the sacrifice of the Haymarket martyrs, the anarchist and socialist leaders of the struggle for the eight hour workday who were wrongly arrested and executed by the state of Illinois in 1886.
We are meeting up at Friendship Plaza (across from Evolve) at S. Illinois and Mill streets.
If you can, also join us the day before - Sunday April 30th, for a May Day Solidarity Potluck + Mutual Aid Dinner (the day before International Workers Day). Bring food if you can, and any other items folks might need (again, if you can) like toilet paper, soap, etc. Eat, drink, be merry. Listen to music. Also, you will hear from the EWOC folks (Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee) on how to organize your workplace; make signs for the May Day rally and march the next day; watch movies. And more. The Solidarity Potluck is at the Born Again Labor Museum (BALM), 828 E. Main Street, suite E. Sponsored by Southern Illinois Democratic Socialists of America and Southern Illinois University Young Democratic Socialists of America.
