Dec 10, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
by Ryan S Is the government shutdown that we have been experiencing a complete failure of both the Republicans and Democrats, or is it an inevitable conclusion of two capitalist powers vying for power? The government will open again, one party will bend the knee, and...
Dec 10, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
by Rachel M Threats to safety can make even unfounded fears seem rational. The far right frequently emotionally manipulates Americans to support their cause by crafting narratives that people are essentially bad, bad people seek to cause harm, and the world is...
Dec 10, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
by Nobody Safety of a Home Home is not a place, but a state of mind Our bodies run in two modes: High and Low When we run Hot and High we are ready for the dangers of life, we are alert, away, our blood pumps to our extremities, and our senses are heightened. This is...
Aug 30, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
by B. Maloney Capitalism and its social conditioning are deeply pervasive. People of the Quad Cities need to fight not only to maintain current public services and community resources but also to enhance, increase, and invest in them. This fight starts...
Aug 30, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
by Kelly K On August 8th German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced a ban on Germany selling weapons to Israel. To people in the know about the situation on the ground in Palestine, it was too little and too late and only further proved that the West could have...
Aug 30, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
by Aaron C Earlier this year I went to the first EWOC convention at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. It was a surreal and informative experience. Over 300 people from across the country, learning more about labor organizing side by side. During the...
Aug 30, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
by B. Maloney I recently had the opportunity to gather in a ballroom in Chicago with over one thousand comrades for the DSA National Convention, and it was an amazing and unforgettable experience. The energy in the room, the sense of unity, and the shared purpose...
Aug 30, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
The United States of America was founded with utopian aspirations, a willingness to stake a claim that all men were created equal and endowed with unalienable rights. Shortly after this Declaration, America abandoned that claim and has made little effort to reclaim...
Aug 30, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
by James BThis is a draft of a speech delivered in front of the Rock Island City Council I am James, I am a citizen of Rock Island, and I serve as the co-chair of the Quad Cities chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. I am here today to ask, on behalf of our...
May 31, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
By Bennett T The United States intends to target socialists for political persecution. It will investigate them inappropriately, it will charge them spuriously, it will revoke their legal protections, and it will remove them from the United States. The administration...
