Event hosted at the EAST SIDE FREEDOM LIBRARY, in collaboration with our dear friends of TriLingua Cinema. Tod Browning’s notorious 1932 film Freaks remains one of the most unsettling and radical movies Hollywood ever produced. Banned for decades, the film shocked audiences with its depiction of circus performers whose community, bonds, and dignity stand in stark contrast […]

East Side Freedom Library Monday, October 6, 2025, 7pm Join historian Marcus Rediker, author of the new book, FREEDOM SHIP: THE UNCHARTED HISTORY OF ESCAPING SLAVERY BY SEA, for a conversation about the many ways that enslaved men and women, and their accomplices, resisted slavery in the United States, and how this is relevant to […]

**Important note: this event is happening in person at MOON PALACE BOOKS in MINNEAPOLIS** Please join us on Saturday, October 18th from 5:00pm - 7:00pm for a book talk and art happening with author Avigdor Edminster, in collaboration with the East Side Freedom Library.  ESFL staff member Camila Leiva will moderate this event!   **This is […]

Important to note ** Event co-sponsored by ESFL but held at United Labor Centre** LABOR CONVENING: ENDING SLAVERY IN MINNESOTA Did you know that we have legal slavery in Minnesota, with incarcerated people forced to work for $0.25 and hour -- this is a labor issue, a justice issue, and one the labor movement can […]

Friday, October 24th from 6:00-8:00pm at the East Side Freedom Library   Join us at ESFL for a hands-on button-making workshop! Create your own Anti-Fascist button and explore examples from the Buttons of the Left archive, which document struggles for peace, justice, and equality. All supplies provided, no registration necessary. BUTTONS OF THE LEFT is an archive and […]