Starts Thursday! Join the protests on May 1.

The team at 50501 is organizing a day long day of actions for May Day, held on May 1, 2025, to build solidarity against the oppressive policies and practices of the Trump administration. From their website:

“Trump and his billionaire profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom—on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself. This May Day we are fighting back. We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes—public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, prosperity over free market politics.”

Take Action:

• Join May Day events near you or download this toolkit to help create an event in your city.

• Ready to host? Click here to register your event. Already have an event? Email [email protected] to get it added to our map.

• Sign your organization up as a partner and learn more about what we’re building together.

• Sign the Solidarity Pledge led and supported by a large number of national immigrant rights and civil rights organizations. Commit to protecting all the people who make up the places we call home

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May Book Club Pick

This month, we’re reading "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro.

The story takes place in a dystopian version of late 1990s England, where the lives of ordinary citizens are prolonged through a state-sanctioned program of human cloning. The book examines he moral compromises that society makes in order to survive, interrogating the very essence of what makes us human. The book has been banned in districts in Florida for its challenging societal views.

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