Flock Safety has had a bad year. Local organizers across the country are researching, campaigning, and getting Flock kicked out of their cities. Flock has been exposed for what it is: a company that cares more about growing its revenues than anything that might resemble community safety.... Read More
via @generalstrikeillinois: Join the Illinois chapter on Tuesday, February 24th at 6:30 for a General Strike Teach-In at Skunk Cabbage Books! Open to the public. Please help us keep the event safe and inviting for everyone by wearing a mask! (masks provided) Learn the histories of general strikes in America and how we can use those past experiences to prepare for the future. General... Read More
From Wednesday, February 25, to Sunday, March 1, neighbors and anti-ICE organizers in Minnesota will host a Week of Action (WoA) assembling community members, students, workers, people of faith, and people of conscience from across the country. We invite you to come to the Twin Cities metropolitan area to participate in ICE-watch rapid response networks and huge public protests.... Read More
🖤🖤Join us for a discussion on the Prairieland Defendants case and solidarity with anti-ICE protestors facing political repression. This case is a test for how easily Trump might criminalize dissent going forward; the results impact everyone involved in the anti-deportation struggle and basic first amendment rights. 🎞️💌Stay... Read More
Come celebrate the release of Melon's CD, Favorite Shards - out now on Burial Recordings:) 8pm --- Seven Bar, 400 E Randolph, 7th floor PWYC Nu A M - saturated tape ambience Quicksails - hyperspheric synthesis Melon Sprout - ceramic amplifier Slumpman Ray - welcome Ray... Read More
Since 2009 Soup & Bread has been providing food and community to hungry Chicagoans, and has raised more than $110,000 for local food pantries. This winter, we’re bringing back our traditional community meals at the Hideout on the first Wednesday of the month, from 6-8 pm, from December through April. As... Read More
Learn more about the harms of prison transfers and the need for the Illinois Department of Corrections to adopt the Logan Transfer Rapid Response Plan now. Care cannot wait! Register at: tinyurl.com/LoganTeachIn
Join the @ilcofchi for a matinee screening of How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022), with special guest Jordan Sjol, co-writer and producer of the film. The screening will be followed by discussion and light breakfast refreshments will be provided. Tickets are $15 or $22 solidarity rate.... Read More
Join us March 8 for a community forum! (Español abajo) Where did ICE come from? How is it connected to policing, prisons, the military, and other forms of oppression? How can abolition make us all safer? Join us to meet your neighbors and learn together—about how we got here, and how we can practice abolition now while organizing for the future we deserve.... Read More
From their historical roots in ancient Middle East and early 20th century Europe, People’s Cafes have historically served as a public space for citizens to share ideas and preserve democracy. Join @ilcofchi on March 29th from 1-4pm at Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport (3219 S.... Read More
Since 2009 Soup & Bread has been providing food and community to hungry Chicagoans, and has raised more than $110,000 for local food pantries. This winter, we’re bringing back our traditional community meals at the Hideout on the first Wednesday of the month, from 6-8 pm, from December through April. As... Read More
Join us as we welcome Anjali Enjeti and Simona Supekar to the store for an event in celebration of their new books Ballot and Stock Photo. About Stock Photo: Part memoir, part cultural criticism, Stock Photo mines the visual culture of stock photography, which is used in nearly every facet of the media landscape we consume, including as part of the datasets on which A.I.... Read More
Join us as we welcome Lisa Low to the store for a launch celebration for her new collection Replica. Stand-up comedy, a celebrity non-apology, observations of racism, and the slipperiness of nostalgia underpin Replica. In poignant, witty poems, Lisa Low navigates the tensions of solidarity and hostility in white spaces as she sets out to write differently about race. “The... Read More