🇨🇺As the annual UN resolution vote to lift the blockade on Cuba approaches, we must stand in solidarity with Cuba. Solidarity is not a crime the blockade is! The Trump administration, Marco Rubio, and ultra-right interventionists want you to believe their genocidal lies. The…Mostrar mais

🎬 Join us for a screening of The Platform (2019), directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, as part of our October film series, “Horrors of the Ruling Class.” Set in a vertical prison where food is distributed from the top floor to the bottom, The Platform follows prisoners forced to…Mostrar mais

TPF Responds To Congress: We won’t surrender our First Amendment rights or our civil liberties. Yesterday, through our attorneys, The People’s Forum responded to House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, after they threatened to drag eight of our staff members to Washin…Mostrar mais

🇨🇺 Solidarity is not a crime, the inhumane U.S. blockade on Cuba is. The blockade is a silent genocide, a decades-long war designed by the U.S. government. It is collective punishment aimed at inflicting maximum damage on the island, its people, and their everyday lives. Last…Mostrar mais

Join us Fri. Nov. 6th at 7pm for an evening with our friends Mariachi Reyes and singer-songwriter Linda Paúla Marcos.⁠ ⁠ 📆 Friday, Nov 6, 2026⁠ ⏰ 7PM⁠ 📍The People’s Forum⁠ 🎟️ Details & tickets at peoplesforum.org/nov26ff or at the link in our bio

INTRO TO CROCHET w/ CAMRYN EASLEY In this one-day workshop, Camryn will teach you how to begin any crochet project and lead you through the steps to create your own handmade crochet coaster: a decorative kitchen essential and resting place for your glasses and mugs. Taught from…Mostrar mais

HAND QUILTING WITH APPLIQUE w/ RALLI COLLECTIVE Build your own 8×8 in mini quilt from start to finish in this beginner-friendly hands-on session. In this session, we’ll go through the basics of quilting step by step: designing your front panel by cutting and piecing fabric toget…Mostrar mais

THE PEOPLE’S SOUNDSYSTEM w/ SHIRINE SAAD How to reimagine a liberatory digging, remixing, gathering and dance culture for our times? The People’s Soundsystem will explore the archives of underground selecting, mixing, MCing and experimentations from early Jamaican dancehalls to…Mostrar mais

🎬 Join us this Thursday at the Robeson Cinema for a screening of Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976), directed by Felipe Cazals, as part of our October film series, Horrors of the Ruling Class. Based on true events, Canoa recounts the brutal 1968 attack on a group of university wor…Mostrar mais

ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY w/ AIYAH SIBAY This one-day workshop invites participants to experience the ancient art of the Arabic language and its sacred rituals. The calligraphic session will begin with somatic breathwork and meditation. You will then be led through exercises that will…Mostrar mais

THREE YEARS OF GENOCIDE: the struggle continues—from Palestine to Cuba, and the whole world. We will continue to build the movement against US empire. Join & get organized!

🚨 ICE OUT! New York City is marching now to demand justice for all victims of ICE terror.

🚨NOW: New Yorkers have taken the streets to say STOP ICE TERROR! ICE out of New York!

Congress is threatening to subpoena eight of our staff members unless we comply by October 20. Will you donate now to help us fight back? Donate now: peoplesforum.org/fight

This November, learn Portuguese by exploring the history of people's movements! Join our new set of Portuguese for Social Transformation classes!" Basic Portuguese 1 Mondays, 6-8pm (U.S. Eastern Time) 8 weeks on Zoom November 2 through December 21 Introductory level. Open to al…Mostrar mais

Two of our fall courses with Algarabía Language Co-op are about to kick off! Don’t wait to enroll! •Beginner II (in-person): Thursdays, starting October 15, 6:30-9:00 PM at The People's Forum •Intermediate Music Club (online): Mondays, starting October 19, 7:00-9:30 PM EST Le…Mostrar mais

Join us this fall in the Elizabeth Catlett Art Space & Printmaking Studio! 🖼️ 🎨 The art space is a place to develop art practice rooted in the understanding that culture and artistic work are not separate from the struggle for a better world, but deeply woven into it. Regardle…Mostrar mais

🇨🇺 “Cuba is not a threat. The blockade is.” This weekend, hundreds of peace activists, progressive leaders, and artists filled the Schomburg Center in Harlem for Voices for Peace: Cuba Is Not A Threat. We stood with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and a powerful line…Mostrar mais

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez (@BrunoRguezP) spoke directly to hundreds of solidarity and peace activists in Harlem on Saturday, September 26 at “Voices for Peace: Cuba Is Not A Threat”. Together, we urgently made the call for solidarity as the blockade worsens conditio…Mostrar mais

“Cuba is not a threat, the blockade is! Solidarity is not a crime, the blockade is!” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez (@BrunoRguezP) spoke to solidarity activists in Harlem at “Voices for Peace: Cuba Is Not A Threat”. Watch here: youtube.com/live/epdOrAfZd7I

“They lied about Iraq. They lied about Afghanistan. They lied about Libya. They lied about Palestine. And for more than 6 decades, they have lied about Cuba in order to justify an escalating war.” - Rachel Domond, @answercoalition LIVE: youtube.com/live/epdOrAfZd7I

Right now in NYC a massive crowd of protesters take to the streets demanding war criminal Netanyahu be brought to justice! Free Palestine!

Happening Now: New Yorkers are taking to the streets to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza and to protest Netanyahu’s visit to the United Nations. As Netanyahu takes the UN stage New Yorkers are stand fully in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

Happening now in NYC: Protesters gather in total rejection of War Criminal Netanyahu’s visit and speech to the United Nations General Assembly. The people of NYC and of the world stand firmly with the people of Palestine until total liberation!

Join us on Oct 8 at 7pm at The People's Forum for the launch of Dialectics of Chinese Labor: Trade Unions Under Market Socialism with author Manny Ness and respondent Corinna Mullin. peoplesforum.org/events/book-launch-dialec...Mostrar mais

On Thursday, September 24th New York City will take to the streets and march to the UN to reject war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu and the genocidal Zionist project. 🗓️Thu, Sep 24th 📍Starting at Bryant Park -> UN HQ 🕓4PM Netanyahu’s upcoming address to the UN is another chance…Mostrar mais

The Department of Justice's September 16 press release on unregistered foreign agents is a transparent attempt to criminalize and chill political dissent. 🔗💻 Read the full statement at peoplesforum.org/anotherattack

THREADS OF PALESTINE: AN INTRODUCTION TO TATREEZ w/ ABEER KHADER Join Jordanian architect, designer, and cultural researcher Abeer Khader for a hands-on introduction to Tatreez, the traditional Palestinian art of counted-thread embroidery. Designed for complete beginners as well…Mostrar mais

EMBROIDERY AS MEMORY w/ NICOLE MONTGOMERY This one-day workshop focuses on stitchmaking as a form of storytelling. Participants are invited to embroider an image from memory, drawing, printed photograph, or from the stencils provided. The workshop will culminate with learning ho…Mostrar mais

🎬 Join us for a screening of Soy Cuba (1964), directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. A landmark of Cuban cinema, Soy Cuba tells four interconnected stories of life in Cuba in the final days before the Revolution. Through striking cinematography and intimate portraits of struggle, the f…Mostrar mais

Join us on November 21 at 7pm for Sounds From Sudan, a live project led by Grammy-nominated Sudanese musician Mohamed Araki.  Blending Sudanese songs, oudnths, and deep grooves, the band brings songs from home into a modern live sound—rooted in memory, rhythm, and community. 📍T…Mostrar mais

Today we kicked off day one of The Story of Capital with @profdavidharvey. The titular book and this course will look at Marx’s Capital and the development of capitalism in order to understand today’s crises. 🗓️ Tuesdays, Now until December 1 ⏰ 4:15-6:15pm 💻 Virtual 🔗 Registe…Mostrar mais

“The Trump Administration knows this is what will defeat them.” Today organizers, activists, & community members gathered for the Defensa Del Pueblo Summit to fight back against the terror waged on our communities. Watch the full panel via @BTnewsroom on YouTube.

Join us for a public virtual livestream of Prof. David Harvey’s course The Story of Capital. The course entails a close reading of his recent book The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know about How Capital Works. *This course is virtual only. There are limited in-person s…Mostrar mais

Last night, we held the final class of "People Vs. Billionaires," our free 5-week political education series for Socialist Summer School. We marked its conclusion with the class "Building A Socialist Society" led by Tanya Núñez. All summer, we essentially asked one question: how…Mostrar mais

📝 Help Us Maintain Art & Cultural Programming • Please support our work by donating what you can at peoplesforum.org/future — every contribution makes a difference. From our First Fridays series (co-presented with Artists Against Apartheid) to annual events like Red Boo…Mostrar mais

💡Join us tomorrow in Socialist Summer School, People Vs. Billionaires for our final session - Building A Socialist Society led by Tanya Núñez We know that the U.S. has reached a level of material and scientific development that makes socialism not a distant dream, but an immedi…Mostrar mais

In Nathalie Hrizi’s class “Tools of Class Struggle,” we centered the discussion on the main vehicle for working-class victory; collective organization. Unions, revolutionary parties, tenant unions, workplace committees and more are the clear engines that translate the needs of th…Mostrar mais

Tonight's class, "Capitalism Is a Dead End," led by Thejas Wesley, took a look at where our current system is heading. We focused primarily on the unchecked expansion of AI technology and the sprawling data centers that power it, examining their devastating environmental footprin…Mostrar mais

SHUT IT DOWN 4 PALESTINE VOLUNTEER MEETING! First Monday of every month, join hundreds of volunteers across the city who come together to organize for Palestine. Find ways to organize, fundraise and/or bring educational awareness to your borough by joining these volunteer meetin…Mostrar mais

Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 17th, is our penultimate session of Socialist Summer School: People vs. Billionaires — Capitalism Is a Dead End, led by Thejas Wesley and Husayn Karimi. Then, join us for our final class, on Thursday, Building a Socialist Society with Tanya Núñez. Both a…Mostrar mais

Today, on the 81st anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonization, which was immediately followed by U.S. occupation, New Yorkers are taking to the streets to stand against the ongoing military presence and annual war drills that danger the lives of millions. The…Mostrar mais

New Yorkers are rallying right now on this 81st Liberation Day, commemorating Korea’s independence from Japanese colonial rule while protesting against ongoing US military presence and joint war games. Together, we are standing in solidarity with Korean activists, demanding an en…Mostrar mais

STOP SPYING ON OUR COMMUNITIES! The People’s Forum stands with the @CWAUnion, @sunrisemvmt, @SEIU, and every organization targeted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security’s surveillance of protected First Amendment activity. The priority of the Trum…Mostrar mais

Tonight’s class in Socialist Summer School, “The Rising Tide of Socialism” with Amari Butler, looked at movements from the past two decades — from the Iraq War protests to Occupy, Black Lives Matter, the movement for Palestine, and the Minneapolis General Strike as chapters in on…Mostrar mais

100 Years of Fidel Today, August 13, 2026, we mark the centennial of Fidel Castro’s birth: a leader who dedicated his entire life to the Cuban Revolution, the construction of socialism and the cause of the oppressed around the world. Fidel helped to forge Cuba’s sovereignty — a…Mostrar mais

Join us this Thursday at 6PM for a screening of Soleil Ô at the Paul and Eslanda Robeson Cinema at The People’s Forum. 💲Sliding Scale Donation Ticket link in bio! The debut feature from pioneering African filmmaker Med Hondo, Soleil Ô follows a Black immigrant as he explores P…Mostrar mais

Last night’s class explored that while the major revolutions in human history have all been quite different, every single one of them began with an idea that took hold in the consciousness of masses of people and moved them to take action. We learned today that for a socialist…Mostrar mais

TONIGHT, Tuesday, August 11th is class 9 of Socialist Summer School: People Vs. Billionaires — Marx, Lenin, and the Science of Revolution with Brian Becker. It’s not to late to register: peoplesforum.org/summer26 What is the science, and theory of revolution? How have re…Mostrar mais

Today in Times Square, New Yorkers and the ICE Out of NY coalition rallied for Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, who died in ICE custody at Delaney Hall, and for all victims of immigration detention and ICE terror. We demand an independent investigation and prosecution of those responsible fo…Mostrar mais