# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Municipal Socialism and the Making of the Modern City
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 27 Sep, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sun, 27 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us at the Iowa City Public Library for a community lecture with historian Shelton Stromquist, author of Claiming the City: A Global History of Workers' Fight for Municipal Socialism. Drawing on his research into grassroots labor movements around the world, Stromquist traces how urban workers after 1890 turned to city government—rather than national politics—as a battleground for change. From fights for clean water and public health to affordable housing and democratic control of local institutions, this talk explores how ordinary workers challenged propertied elites and reshaped the industrial city from the ground up.

A discussion and Q&A will follow the talk.

Date: Sunday, 27th
Time: 2pm-4pm
Location: Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room A

Free and open to the public. All are welcome.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/iowa-city/municipal-socialism-and-the-making-of-the-modern-city/200030699366551
- **Event Categories**: Art, Meetups, health-wellness, fine-arts, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Iowa City
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Iowa City Public Library
- **lat**: 41.65926
- **long**: -91.53232
- **full address**: Iowa City Public Library, 123 S Linn St, Iowa City, IA 52240-1803, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Municipal Socialism and the Making of the Modern City being held?
  - **A:** Municipal Socialism and the Making of the Modern City takes place on Sun, 27 Sep, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 27 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm at Iowa City Public Library, 123 S Linn St, Iowa City, IA 52240-1803, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Municipal Socialism and the Making of the Modern City?
  - **A:** Municipal Socialism and the Making of the Modern City is organized by Iowa City Democratic Socialists of America.

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