A far-left activist organization with a history of causing anti-ICE and anti-Israel unrest is set to host an event next week on a college campus disparaging Charlie Kirk and pushing for George Floyd to be celebrated instead.
"The federal government decided to celebrate Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day on George Floyd’s birthday (Oct. 14th)," the University of Minnesota Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapter posted on Facebook.
"Instead of celebrating a white supremacist bigot, join us for a rally celebrating what would have been George Floyd’s 51st Birthday and continuing to tell UMN admin white supremacy is not allowed on campus."
Flyers for the event were spotted on campus and posted on X by Alpha News editor Anthony Gockowski. "The Real Legacy of Charlie Kirk," the flyer’s headline said.
Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)
SDS has been active so far this year organizing counter-protests, including in July when protesters clashed with conservatives at a Turning Point USA event in Tampa Bay, Florida, Fox News Digital reported.
In January, Fox News Digital reported that an SDS-related protest at a Turning Point USA event featuring a women’s rights speaker at the University of Washington devolved into chaos when protesters proceeded to bang on the windows of the classroom where the event was held, shattering one window.
A noisemaker was thrown into the building and a pulled fire alarm resulted in several moments of confusion and an eventual evacuation from the building, despite no visible fire, shortly after.
A tribute to Charlie Kirk is shown on the Jumbotron before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Bristol, Tennessee. (Wade Payne/AP)
The Minnesota SDS chapter’s website, which doesn’t appear to have been updated since 2016, describes SDS as an "organization of progressive young people" that is seeking to "create a sustained community of educational and political concern; one bringing together liberals and radicals, activists and scholars, students and workers."
Posts this year on the group’s Facebook page include instructions on how to identify and report ICE agents, mourning the "genocide" in Palestine, picketing with the Teamsters Union, and the organization of an event on Independence Day called, "F— The Fourth."
Fox News Digital reached out to SDS at UMN for comment.
A person walks on campus at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis (Glenn Stubbe/Star Tribune)
A spokesperson for the University of Minnesota told Fox News Digital that SDS is "not affiliated with the University nor is this an official university event."
"As a public institution, the University is an open and public place that provides reasonable access to spaces on campus that are open to the public, subject to reasonable time, place and manner restrictions. This includes campus outdoor sidewalks and green spaces. The Guidelines for Demonstrations and Protests at this page has more specifics on our policies."
College campuses have become a hot-bed of outrage directed at conservatives since the assassination of Charlie Kirk last month, which has spilled into the faculty on several occasions with professors ultimately terminated from employment due to their justification of Kirk's death.
Across the country, vigils and memorials for Kirk have been disrupted by protesters, including at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in September where a mural honoring Kirk was defaced with paint, Fox News Digital reported.
In September, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution declaring Oct. 14, 2025, Kirk's birthday, as the National Day of Remembrance.