Feb 22, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
by Morgan Hadassah I crave peace yet conflict finds me Adversity tempers my quality I am dragged from battle to battle My shine dulled red and left chipped I long to be reforged into a plow Tilling the fields instead of felling foes But right now my blade is double...
Feb 22, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
by B. Maloney Americans continue struggling to improve labor laws, create well-paying jobs, and improve health outcomes within our healthcare systems. Largely responsible for this struggle is for-profit healthcare and corporate monopolies, who through their endless...
Feb 22, 2025 | Bodily Autonomy, Quad-City Worker
by Morgan Hadassah Ways to support trans people: Ask trans people what they need. Performative allyship only goes so far Emotional support; listening, respecting, and just being a friend to the trans people in your life can go a long way. Stockpile reproductive...
Feb 22, 2025 | Labor, Quad-City Worker
by Andrew D On a frigid, blustery Christmas Eve, the workers at the Starbucks on 53rd St & Elmore Ave in Davenport stood defiant at the busy intersection. Workers at hundreds of stores organized under Starbucks Workers United had been on strike since December...
Feb 22, 2025 | Quad-City Worker
The Winter 2025 issue of our quarterly zine The Quad-City Worker is out now! You’ll hear from our authors talk about the Starbucks strike last year, the evils of the private healthcare industry, and the fight for trans liberations. Read the articles here on our...
Oct 26, 2024 | Quad-City Worker
by Josh L A friend and comrade asked me to write about why I joined DSA. Looking back on it, my motives were slight and small, a fragile seedling, really. I was searching for something but I couldn’t articulate for what very effectively. I might have said that I was...
