Lake Avenue & Superior Street
Duluth, MN
9/1/2025
For many, Labor Day means a three-day weekend and the end of summer. But traditionally, it was created as a national holiday to celebrate the American worker — the average Joe or Josie who has sacrificed their lives for the Bosses.
Today, in Duluth and other cities around the country, a group of people gathered to show solidarity with the working class and highlight the daily attacks we face.
This protest was organized by Duluth 50501, a local chapter of Minnesota 50501, which is a state chapter of 50501, which emerged earlier this year in response to the Trump administration's fascist policies. While 50501 has helped mobilize the people, their partnership with law enforcement and middle-of-the-road democrats has drawn criticism, with some saying 50501 does not want to bring about real change, but rather to return us to a time before Trump, which ignores that those times are what led us to the place we are at today.
The following is from the event description:
Labor and community are planning more than a barbecue on Labor Day this year because we have to stop the billionaire takeover.
Billionaires are converting the government into their private slush fund and just passed the largest wealth giveaway in the history of the US. The money they take from working families, they put in billionaires’ pockets and set aside to fund a private army of ICE agents.
Just like any bad boss, the way we stop the takeover is with collective action. We are working people rising up to stop the billionaire takeover–not just through the ballot box or the courts, but through building a bigger and stronger movement. We are growing our movement and fighting for a country that is more fair, just, equitable, and free for all of us—and not just a chosen few.
On September 1st we will continue the movement we launched together on May 1st, standing in solidarity with all our communities under attack and fighting for real wins for all our people.
Thousands of communities across the country are taking a stand on Labor Day, join us! We will be in the streets, outside the offices of the corporate criminals who are behind the attacks on our freedoms, and at congressional offices. Together we will demand a country that puts workers over billionaires.
OUR DEMANDS TO BUILD THE SOCIETY WE ALL DESERVE:
1) Stop the billionaire takeover corrupting our government.
2) Protect and defend Medicaid, Social Security, and other programs for working people.
3) Fully funded schools, and healthcare and housing for all.
4) Stop the attacks on immigrants, Black, indigenous, trans people, and all our communities.
5) Invest in people not wars.
Note: As an independent freelance documentary photographer, I am not affiliated with any political organizations. I document marches, protests, and rallies, capturing the people's right to free speech and their right to organize.
