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SUMMARY:Freaks (1932) — special screening with Dan Chaon
DESCRIPTION:Event hosted at the EAST SIDE FREEDOM LIBRARY\, in collaboration with our dear friends of TriLingua Cinema. \nTod 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 to the cruelty and greed of the so-called “normal” world. \nOn Friday\, October 3 at 7:00 PM at the East Side Freedom Library\, join Dan Chaon—National Book Award–finalist and author of the new novel One of Us—for an introduction and post-screening discussion exploring the film’s historical context and its disturbing relevance today. \nWhen Freaks was released\, the American eugenics movement was in full swing: laws permitting forced sterilizations were on the books in dozens of states\, and the rhetoric of “fitness” and “purity” was considered mainstream science. Nearly a century later\, those ideas echo again in our political and cultural landscape\, whether in debates over disability rights\, reproductive autonomy\, or the rhetoric of Silicon Valley elites who imagine a world engineered for the “genetically superior.” The resurgence of eugenic thinking on the American right—couched in the language of efficiency\, meritocracy\, and bio-optimization—makes Browning’s strange\, defiant vision more urgent than ever. \nThis film is Not Rated. Parents or guardians are encouraged to consult the IMDB Parents’ guide here. \nThis film will be screened in English with English subtitles. \nTrailer \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/freaks-1932-special-screening-with-dan-chaon/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Book Discussion with pre-eminent scholar Marcus Rediker: WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE RESISTANCE TO SLAVERY?
DESCRIPTION:East Side Freedom Library\nMonday\, October 6\, 2025\, 7pm\nJoin 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 our understanding of the ways workers can organize — and are organizing — today.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs many as 100\,000 enslaved people fled successfully from the horrors of bondage in the antebellum South\, finding safe harbor along a network of passageways across North America now known as the Underground Railroad. Yet imagery of fugitives ushered clandestinely from safe house to safe house fails to capture the full breadth of these harrowing journeys: many escapes took place not by land but by sea. \nDeeply researched and grippingly told\, Freedom Ship offers a groundbreaking new look into the secret world of stowaways and the vessels that carried them to freedom across the North and into Canada. Sprawling through the intricate riverways of the Carolinas to the banks of the Chesapeake Bay to Boston’s harbors\, these tales illuminate the little-known stories of freedom seekers who turned their sights to the sea—among them the legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman\, one of the Underground Railroad’s most famous architects. \nMarcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. His “histories from below\,” including The Slave Ship: A Human History\, have won numerous awards\, and have been translated into nineteen languages worldwide. His books include Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age; Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Pirates and the Anglo-American World; Many Middle Passages: Forced Migrations and the Making of the Modern World\, and The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors\, Slaves\, Commoners and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic (with Peter Linebaugh). He has produced a film\, Ghosts of Amistad\, with director Tony Buba\, and written a play\, The Return of Benjamin Lay\, with playwright Naomi Wallace. The Freedom Ship is Marcus’ new book\, just published.
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/book-discussion-with-pre-eminent-scholar-marcus-rediker-why-is-it-important-to-know-the-history-of-the-resistance-to-slavery/
LOCATION:East Side Freedom Library\, 1105 Greenbrier St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106
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SUMMARY:Book Talk & Art Happening: In Search of the Purple Desert (graphic novel launch!)
DESCRIPTION:**Important note: this event is happening in person at MOON PALACE BOOKS in MINNEAPOLIS**\n\n\nPlease 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. \n\n\nESFL staff member Camila Leiva will moderate this event!\n\n\n  \n**This is an in-person event\, and masks are required in the store.** \nFor years Red Coyote and the Floating One have run from humans and scrounged for food in a hostile city. Their sole comfort has been the stories they scavenged from trash bins and abandoned buildings–the adventures of “The Purple Desert Gang.” In desperation\, Red decides to look for the gang and their desert\, so beautiful and full of wonder. Their search brings Red to a place and people both familiar and mysterious. \nIn Search of the Purple Desert…or Stories that Become Us embodies the transformational power of art and stories. It illuminates the potential we all have to make other worlds possible. \nhttps://www.insearchofthepurpledesert.com/
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/book-talk-art-happening-in-search-of-the-purple-desert-graphic-novel-launch/
LOCATION:Moon Palace Books\, 3032 Minnehaha Ave.\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55406\, United States
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SUMMARY:LABOR CONVENING: Ending Slavery in Minnesota
DESCRIPTION:Important to note ** Event co-sponsored by ESFL but held at United Labor Centre** \nLABOR CONVENING: ENDING SLAVERY IN MINNESOTA \nDid 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 take a lead on! Join us. \n 
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/labor-convening-ending-slavery-in-minnesota/
LOCATION:United Labor Centre\, 312 Central Ave SE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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SUMMARY:Anti-Fascist Button Making Workshop with Buttons of the Left founder\, Isaac Silver 
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 24th from 6:00-8:00pm at the East Side Freedom Library\n \nJoin 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.\n\n\n\nBUTTONS OF THE LEFT is an archive and educational project focused on the ephemeral materials used to educate\, agitate and organize for progressive change. We collect and preserve buttons as important artifacts of working class history\, share the context and meaning behind each item\, and curate topical exhibits and presentations to connect with students\, workers\, and the public
URL:https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/event/anti-fascist-button-making-workshop-with-buttons-of-the-left-founder-isaac-silver/
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