Below is a selection of upcoming events in Vermont relevant to the left.
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Don’t cross the picket line; don’t shop at Hannaford!
Migrant Justice
Wed. May 1
7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
78 Marshall Avenue
Williston
“Don’t cross the picket line! Don’t shop at Hannaford! Join the one-day boycott at Hannaford Supermarkets in Williston, VT to demand #MilkWithDignity! Can’t come for the full day? Rally at 5:30pm!”
May Day March and Rally
UVM and UVMMC unions
Wed. May 1
11:45 AM
Howe Library,
University of Vermont
Burlington
“All out for May Day! UVM staff, faculty and grad students as well as UVMMC nurses and support staff are coming together this Wednesday, May 1 to march and rally for fair contracts. We’re going to gather outside of Howe Library at 11:45 and then march through campus at noon. At 12:15, we’re going to meet up with nurses and support staff from UVMMC for a rally on the green outside the Fleming Museum. Join our fight for fair contracts at UVM and UVMMC!”
May Day: A Celebration of Worker Power
Multiple organizations
Wed. May 1
6:00 PM
Battery Park
Burlington
“Celebrate International Workers’ Day at Battery Park in Burlington alongside local unions and labor activists, with live music, speeches, and food from People’s Kitchen!
May Day is a fun, family-friendly festival of worker power. Cosponsors include the Vermont AFL-CIO, Teamsters Local 597, the Howard Center Union, the Burlington Education Association, UVM Graduate Students United, UVM Staff United, AFSCME Local 4802, UE Local 208, and the Vermont IWW.”
Theater and music performance
Bread & Puppet Theatre and Marxist Jargon
Fri. May 3
6:00 PM
Palestine Solidarity Encampment
UVM
Burlington
“Come support UVM students in their demands to the administration.”
Zine Making Workshop
Peace & Justice Center
Sat. May 4
1:00 PM
Peace & Justice Center
239 S. Union Street Suite 3
Burlington
“Come learn about the radical autonomous art of making your own zines! We will all make art in community together.”
All Unions Out for the Gaza Encampment
Vermont Labor for Palestine
Sun. May 5
2:00 PM
Palestine Solidarity Encampment
UVM
Burlington
“As union members we understand that protest, civil disobedience, and strikes have always been central to the struggle for justice, freedom, and equality for all. As riot police attack students on campuses across the country, we must defend our students’ right to peacefully protest for Palestinian rights and against an immoral war. Join with members of the different unions at UVM in a show of support for our brave students standing against the establishment and for a just cause.”
Film screening and discussion: “Israelism”
Jewish Voice for Peace VT/NH and VT Coalition for Palestinian Liberation
Sun. May 5
3:00 PM
Savoy Theater
Montpelier
“Back by popular demand – Join us for a second screening and discussion with writer and director Sam Eilertsen and moderator Jamie Spector. Join us for a viewing of this highly informative 84 minute documentary followed by a panel discussion. About the film: When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the mistreatment of Palestinians, they battle the old guard to create a new movement opposing Israel’s occupation, and recentering Judaism itself.”
Critical Mass Bike Ride for Palestinian Liberation
Safe Landing BTV and Stop VT Biomass
Mon. May 6
5:00 PM
Battery Park
Burlington
“It’s time for the climate movement to show up in solidarity for the movement for Palestinian liberation!
Join us and our allies on a critical mass bike ride! We will meet at Battery Park at 5pm, slow-roll through Burlington, and end at the UVM Palestine Solidarity Encampment.
The climate emergency and the genocide in Gaza are intersectional, as the United States gives billions of dollars to Israel’s polluting war machine that continues to murder innocent Palestinians by the tens of thousands. These billions could be spent on Green New Deal-style spending, ending the fossil fuel industry and providing good union jobs to millions of Americans.”
Burlington Workers’ Circle
Vermont AFL-CIO, DSA
Wed. May 8
6:00 PM
Democracy Creative
266 Pine St
Burlington
“A Workers’ Circle is an informal, peer mentoring group for workers to help each other resolve workplace issues while creating a more democratic culture. Workers’ Circles are open to all workers who do not have hiring, firing, or disciplining power in their workplace.”
2024 Healthcare is a Human Right Spring Tour – Bellows Falls
Vermont Workers Center
Mon. May 13
5:30 PM
Rockingham Free Public Library
65 Westminster Street
Bellows Falls
“Cuts to Medicaid, skyrocketing costs, denial of care — We’re all impacted by the growing crisis of for-profit healthcare. The Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign is on tour this spring to hear from YOU. We’re organizing to take on the healthcare industry and its backers on Wall Street to make healthcare as a public good for all.”
Palestine Discussion
Champlain Valley DSA
Mon. May 13
5:30 PM
Democracy Creative
266 Pine Street Burlington
“Join CVDSA’s Palestine Solidarity Working Group for an informal conversation about the ongoing events in Gaza. A place for reflection and processing, not an organizing meeting or a teach-in.”
Nakba Day Picket
Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation
Wed. May 15
4:30 PM
152 Pearl Street Burlington
“Join Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation to commemorate the Zionist forces’ ethnic cleansing of over 700,000 Palestinians from their land in 1948 and to call for an immediate end to Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. VCPL will also be collecting signatures to demand that the Burlington City Council place the Apartheid Free Resolution on the ballot in March 2025.”
Nakba Day Vigil
Middlebury Students for Justice in Palestine
Wed. May 15
6:00 PM
New Chapel Steps
Middlebury
“Join Middlebury Students for Justice in Palestine, mourning the 76th year of the ongoing displacement and dispossession of Palestinians, of which the current genocide is only the latest chapter.”
PJC Rad History: Haymarket Affair
Peace & Justice Center
Sat. May 18
1:00 PM
Peace & Justice Center
239 S. Union Street Suite 3
Burlington
“Did you know that, all around the world, worker’s celebrate International Worker’s Day on May 1st due to an event that happened in the United States? Come learn about that event! Anarchists fighting for an 8-hour work day were accused of throwing a bomb into a crowd. Was it a government conspiracy to stop the labor organizing? Come find out!”
Food Not Cops Benefit Show
Various bands
Sat. May 18
8:00 PM
Radio Bean
8 N Winooski Ave
Burlington
“Food Not Cops and Radio Bean present “a benefit show for our friends” featuring a packed lineup of folk punk, anti-capitalist ramblings, and your favorite degenerates. Food Not Cops will be on site collecting donations and giving out community resources. 50% of the door will be donated to food not cops to assist our fellow community members.
10-15$ Cover With No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds. Starts at 8:00PM and goes until close!”
Burlington Workers’ Circle
Vermont AFL-CIO, DSA
Wed. May 22
6:00 PM
Democracy Creative
266 Pine St
Burlington
“A Workers’ Circle is an informal, peer mentoring group for workers to help each other resolve workplace issues while creating a more democratic culture. Workers’ Circles are open to all workers who do not have hiring, firing, or disciplining power in their workplace.”
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