Philly IWW

10/08/2026

Oh oh oh October is nigh! Upcoming events at the Wooden Shoe. Stay tuned on our Instagram and pages for further updates 🎃🎃🎃
Friday OCT 2 @ 6:30 PM
⇢ The Pomegranate is a Gr***de | Book Launch
Sunday OCT 4 @ 6 PM
⇢ MOVE: REFORMED WORLD SYSTEM VERSUS COMMON EXPRESSION | Film Screening
OCT 4 - 10 ALL WEEK!
⇢ Banned Books Week
Wednesday OCT 7 @ 6 PM
⇢ NLG Know Your Rights and Risks Training
Thursday OCT 8 @ 6 PM
⇢ Liberating Abortion | Book Discussion
Friday OCT 9 @ 7 PM
⇢ De-escalation Training with Red Rabbits
Monday OCT 12 @ 7 PM
⇢ Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution | Book Launch and Discussion
Tuesday OCT 13 @ 6 PM
⇢.The Gender Europhia Duology Book Tour| Book Launch and Discussion
Wednesday OCT 14 @ 6:30 PM
⇢ Get on the Job and Organize | Book Talk
Friday OCT 16 @ 6 PM
⇢ Lockpick Night
Saturday OCT 17 @ 12-4 PM
⇢ Block Party! 50th Celebration of the Shoe
Monday OCT 19 @ 6:30 PM
⇢ Socialist Night School: Abolition 101
Friday OCT 23 @ 6:30 PM
⇢ Old Pup with Milk Dud & Michael Cormier-O'Leary | Music Night
Tuesday OCT 24 @ 2 PM
⇢ Solidarity Through Bars | Prison Letter-Writing
Saturday OCT 24 @ 7 PM
⇢ Non-Compliant: A Night of Q***r Disabled Poetry | Poetry Night
Tuesday OCT 27 @ 7 PM
⇢ Wood Street Documentary | Film Screening
Wednesday OCT 28 @ 5 PM
⇢ Fundraiser 4 Amal | Poetry, Music, and Craft Night
Accessibility Statement: The Wooden Shoe is ADA accessible excepting the restroom and meetings marked "downstairs". All events are masked (provided) and an air filter is always on in the space. Parking is available metered on the street with the two closest paid parking garages at 1457 South St and 545 S 11th St. Public transit bus lines 45 & 47 stop within short walking distance. Please let us know if you have any other accessibility requirements and we will do our best to accommodate. ASL interpretation is available with advanced notice!
All events are free, no RSVP required.
704 South St
Philadelphia

10/06/2026

Solidarity with Philly Amazon workers organizing with the Teamsters local 623 to win safety protections, job security and higher pay. Philly workers are with you!

10/05/2026

A protest took place outside Ed Sheeran's concert at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday.

10/04/2026

10/03/2026

Teamsters Local 500
September 24 at 2:39 PM ·
Teamsters Local 500 is happy to announce the resolution of our recent Strike involving Quaker Valley Foods. We were able to secure for our Members a monthly cash payout upon retirement until they pass away. Financial security once you retire should be a priority for all of us but when you are young you have other priorities

Teamsters Local 500 is happy to announce the resolution of our recent Strike involving Quaker Valley Foods. We were able to secure for our Members a monthly cash payout upon retirement until they pass away. Financial security once you retire should be a priority for all of us but when you are young you have other priorities.

10/01/2026

Philly healthcare workers held a rally Thursday to voice their concerns about new Medicaid regulations and cuts to ACA enrollment.

09/29/2026

Workers at SPA1 are unimpressed by their raise, tired of favoritism and want to be safe at work. So they did something about it! They knew the only way to be heard by a giant like Amazon was to use their voices as one. It all starts with conversations. Talk and organize with your coworkers to demand change; it's your right! The power is in the worker's hands! To fight for change in your workplace, CLICK THE LINK !
https://teamster.org/divisions/amazon-division?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=SPA1MOB

09/18/2026

Local lawmakers and scientists outlined several options to preserve the museum, which is due to close Sept. 30.

09/10/2026

Approximately 160 nurses at Jefferson Bucks Hospital and another 40 at two centers connected with Jefferson Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia held a press conference Tuesday at the Bucks hospital in