Peacenik Newsletter #1: June 2025
A Calendar of Protests, Gatherings, & More
Dear readers of The Land of 10,000 Bombs,
Welcome to something new—our first Peacenik* Newsletter! This issue features 8 upcoming events in Minnesota that share a spirit of resisting war, weapons, and empire. (Also, something archival, at the very end.) Many, many groups and individuals are involved in planning these events, and we are grateful to live in a community so rich with organizers and dissidents.
*“peacenik” (noun): a member of a pacifist or anti-war movement [derogatory]
We hope to see you at some of these events, and we plan to send out more of these newsletters in the future. If you know of any anti-war/anti-imperialist events we could uplift in those, email us at tenthousandbombs@gmail.com or tenkbombseditorial@proton.me! (Any omission of a relevant event is the unintentional fault of this newsletter’s writer.)
Also, please sign this petition demanding that Minneapolis City Council cut its contract with the Israeli surveillance company Zencity! We’ll be sharing more information about Zencity later this summer.
Now to Sunday, June 1: Art Exhibition
Jewish Artists for Palestinian Liberation’s Eid/Witness/ע ד Group Art Exhibition, featuring daily events until June 1. Fundraising goes to Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund. Email jartists4pl@gmail.com for more events and information. At Modus Locus (3500 Bloomington Ave). Gallery hours are 4-8pm Wednesday/Thursday/Friday and 12-4pm Saturday/Sunday.
Sunday, June 1: Protest March
A March Against Police Violence, which is part of a National Day of Action, five years since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. Initiated by People’s Action Coalition Against Trump. 12pm noon at the Federal Building (300 S 4th St, Minneapolis).
Sunday, June 1: Film Screening
A film screening of the 2005 anti-war film Sir! No Sir!. Co-hosted by the Party for Socialism & Liberation, About Face: Veterans Against the War, and Veterans for Peace, it will include a call to action for dissident vets and GIs, and food and discussion after the film. Veterans, active duty, and non-military people are all welcome. 5-8pm at New City Center (3104 16th Ave S, Minneapolis).
Saturday, June 7: Protest Walk
This year’s Walk Against Weapons, co-hosted by Women Against Military Madness (W.A.M.M.) and Families Against Military Madness (FAMM). Money for human needs, not war! End U.S. aid to Israel! 10:30am at Langford Park, St. Paul (outside the recreation center).
Sunday, June 8: Anti-War Theater Fest
Next weekend, the new and experimental Anti-War Theater Fest will bring together Twin Cities writers and artists for two intensive days of generating new anti-war performance art. At the culminating Community Show, tickets will be sliding-scale ($5-25) at the door, and proceeds will be divided between small artist stipends and mutual aid for communities affected by war. Masks required for audience members, and child/family-friendly pieces will go on first. Learn more and reserve a seat at tinyurl.com/awtfest. Show starts at 7pm (doors open at 6:30) at Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis.
Saturday, June 14: Workshop
A workshop on the military-industrial complex in Minnesota, led by the No Weapons No War Collective (NWNW). The exact time and location are still to be determined—stay tuned, and we’ll post more details when we learn them.
Tuesday, June 24: Anti-Weapons Soup Night
A night of soup and political education about local weapons manufacturer ForwardEdge ASIC, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin. Children welcome! Led by the No Weapon No War Collective. 6:30pm. The location is still to be determined—stay tuned, and we’ll post more details when we learn them.
Saturday, June 28: Minneapolis People’s Pride
Sick of LGBTQ+ Pride events featuring institutions that profit from oppressing BIPOC communities, queer folk, and the working class? Minneapolis People’s Pride is an alternative Pride celebration with no corporations and no cops. Masks required. Happy Pride! 12-4pm in Powderhorn Park.
As we end this first Peacenik Newsletter, we leave you with a document of radical local history: this annotated, Easter-themed agitprop from The Minnesota War Tax Resistance Group, in 1972.
