May 30, 2026 | Statements
by Oscar Langford This poem appeared in Miner’s Magazine on May 15, 1913. They’ve put an injunction on old Mother Jones The language so stung From the brave woman’s tongue, And her truth-telling words were so noisy in tones They’ve tried the suppression of old Mother...
May 30, 2026 | Statements
by Rita Briar i will give you pause, weed-puller wear your gloves if you come at me or you’ll get pain, annoyance, it’s not your day So you wait a day, wait a week slow down just enough and I will bloom
Feb 28, 2026 | Bodily Autonomy, Local Issues, Quad-City Worker
By Andrew D. & CB C. We’re launching a campaign called Trans Sanctuary Davenport: we want Davenport City Council to pass an ordinance that protects people who are receiving or providing gender-affirming or reproductive healthcare. At a time when the State of Iowa...
Feb 28, 2026 | Quad-City Worker
By AJ M I stay around for too long again I listen to the same song I think the same scene ripe and real for adaptation till it gets too old and rotten. Floating eyes encircle the cerebral barge like pigeons. I’m a performer spinning plates, or handling rings from limb...
Feb 28, 2026 | Quad-City Worker
By AJ M The band sings in an uplifting tone about things that bore down on them till nothing was left of the city but bones, till skin shrieked in the wind, tattered flags menacing the visitors who could afford a way out. We were there, we saw it all, it didn’t...
Feb 28, 2026 | Quad-City Worker
By AJ M The man claimed to be my friend, he who had met me at that instant. He crept alongside me, and behind, sometimes even in the front of me, I was reminded of Poe’s story of the doppelganger I started to believe in him He managed my social engagements, work life,...
Feb 28, 2026 | Quad-City Worker
Quad Cities DSA Communications and Political Education Committee The Quad-City Worker is launching a brand new video platform, starting with a YouTube channel you can find at youtube.com/@qcworker. This platform will be a new place for members to share a socialist...
Feb 28, 2026 | Mutual Aid, Quad-City Worker
By Meagan R It’s January 10th, 2026, the morning of our Mutual Aid distribution event, and it’s cold and windy outside of the Davenport Public Library. My fellow DSA members and I prepare the items we have spent the last few weeks fundraising and shopping for: coats,...
Dec 10, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
by Daniel F Systems are grinding down this city And unrest is risingA small group fights against passivityAnd is organizing At the heart of this group was a friendwith colorful charmThey fought against hate and oppression And shut down harm Their sense of humor was...
Dec 10, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
by Harlow Sinclair The dominant narrative is that police make our communities safer than anything else could. The biggest lie the devil ever told, they say, was convincing the masses he didn’t exist. The greatest farce is the idea that the police are the only thing...
