Wednesday, April 29
6:00 pm
Indianapolis Liberation Center
Sustain the struggle for socialism in Indiana!
At this month’s Liberation Forum, hosted by PSL Indianapolis on the last Wednesday of each month, we will explore how you can become active in the struggle for building a better world where working and oppressed people hold political power, living free from violence and exploitation.
Despite the growing opposition of Trump’s agenda of war at home and abroad, the capitalist class continues to prioritize death and destruction instead of addressing the urgent needs of working people. The Democratic Party pretends to be an opposing force to the Republican Party but every day it becomes more clear that they are simply the other side of the same coin that is the U.S government. The problem is rooted within the system itself, capitalism.
This forum will feature speeches that investigate issues that capitalism cannot solve, covering developments in Cuba’s fight against the most devastating U.S sanctions yet, the threat AI poses as a tool of surveillance, how sexual violence is perpetuated systemically for Sexual Assault Awareness month, as well as preparing Indianapolis for the national general strike called for May 1–International Workers’ Day.
On April 10, 2006, millions of immigrants took the streets across the United States in one of the largest days of protest in modern history.
From Los Angeles to Indianapolis to New York, workers, families, students, and entire communities marched for dignity and legalization, rejecting the criminalization of immigrants. The demonstrations were part of the mass movement that erupted in response to the draconian proposals of the Sensenbrenner Bill (H.R. 4437) – a bill that would have turned undocumented immigrants and even those who helped them into criminals. Instead of backing down, millions organized, marched, and showed the country the collective power of immigrant communities.
The April 10 protests helped build momentum toward the historic “Day Without an Immigrant” General Strike on May 1 – International Workers’ Day.
20 years later, as Donald Trump escalates attacks on immigrants – promising mass deportations, expanded detention centers, and the militarization of the border – we must look to this history to understand our path forward.
The question is not just how to defend immigrant communities, but how to organize the kind of mass participation that made 2006 impossible to ignore.
This May 1 – International Workers’ Day – millions, once again, will participate in a day of “No work, no school, no shopping.” In this critical moment, we must show Trump and his entire administration of billionaires who really has the power and shut it down!
If you’re ready to start struggling with us, apply to join the Party for Socialism and Liberation or learn more about the PSL and the Indianapolis branch!
Questions? Contact@PSLIndianapolis.org
Featured photo: PSL organizer Rissa Wilson speaking at an anti-war rally on Monument Circle. Photo credit: Indianapolis Liberation Center