Seven Minutes in Hell Round 3
- March 27 @ 7:30 PM
- Apple Computer
- Ask a freak
đ14 SEVEN MINUTE SETSđ 3.27 đ 7:30PM đ APPLE COMPUTER (ask a freak for location) third year of a scenic trip through hell REFRESHMENTS TBA (meatballs...)
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Not Your Model Minority!: Fandoms for Freedom
- March 28 @ 1:30 PM
- until 3:30 PM
- McCormick Square
- 301 East Cermak Road, Chicago, IL 60616
Fandom is, and always will be, political. Take a stand against C2E2's connections to ICE and join us in empowering our communities through connection, joy, and resistance in fandom spaces! We welcome and encourage speakers, performers, artists, cosplayers, and more... Read More
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Project 2052 Launch at Pilsen Community Books
- March 28 @ 6:00 PM
- until 10:00 PM
- Pilsen Community Books
- 1531 W 18th St, Chicago, IL
We need radical imagination to fight fascism and reclaim our world! Join us to celebrate the launch of Project 2052: a website of revolutionary speculative fiction and art set in the world of Everything for Everyone! Come dream and dance with us! Please RSVP: https://withfriends.co/event/27679188/project_2052_launch Program:... Read More
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solidari-tea café
- March 29 @ 11:00 AM
- until 3:00 PM
- Uptown
- Ask For Address
Come support our "home" cafe fundraiser for a local Asian American power-building org! Join Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago for delicious Asian-inspired baked goods and drinks made by our volunteers. We will also have games and activities, so come hang out and bring a friend or make one while you're here! đ RSVP at luma.com/tizeapgo This... Read More
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People's Cafe: ICE, Resistance, and Worker Power
- March 29 @ 1:00 PM
- until 4:00 PM
- Co-Prosperity Sphere
- 3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL
From their historical roots in ancient Middle East and early 20th century Europe, Peopleâs 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
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Women-Focused Mail Campaign for Political Prisoners in the USA
- March 29 @ 1:00 PM
- until 3:00 PM
- Lincoln Lodge
- 2040 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago
In honor of Women's History Month, join CODEPINK Chicago on Sunday, March 29th at 1pm for a pop-up letter-writing event at the Lincoln Lodge! We'll be hosting a women-focused letter writing campaign for those incarcerated as political prisoners of the state. Let's come together to express our support & uplift those targeted by the U.S.... Read More
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A History of Anti-Imperialist Organizing in the Belly of the Beast
- April 1 @ 6:00 PM
- until 8:00 PM
- Pilsen Community Books
- 1531 W 18th St
Join Chicago Dissenters and Buttons of the Left as we gather at Pilsen Community Books for a night of examining the history of anti-imperialist organizing in the belly of the beast. Buttons of the Left will be presenting a series of buttons and artifacts to both help us understand the social basis that drove anti-imperialist mobilization at different points and to help explain the mechanisms of the organizing processes at these times.... Read More
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Soup and Bread
- April 1 @ 6:30 PM
- until April 08 @ 9:00 PM
- The Hideout
- 1354 W Wabansia, Chicago
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, weâre 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
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FOIA 101 Workshop with Lucy Parsons Labs
- April 2 @ 6:00 PM
- until 7:00 PM
- Zoom
- Online
Join us Thursday April 2nd on Zoom for a FOIA 101 workshop! Register at the link. Who is this for: - people who havenât written a foia before - people unsure if their foiaâs are useful - people who want to get some tips... Read More
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Breaking the ICE: Lessons from the Resistance in Minnesota
- April 2 @ 6:30 PM
- Co-Prosperity
- 3219 S. Morgan St, Chicago, IL
Activists from the Twin Cities will share how their anti-ICE movement drove out the feds. The Twin Citiesâ anti-ICE movement defeated Operation Metro Surge through organized, creative and tireless experimenting. As part of a national tour, activists from Minneapolis and St. Paul will pass on the lessons theyâve learned to Chicagoans.... Read More
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Anjali Enjeti and Simona Supekar
- April 2 @ 7:00 PM
- until 8:00 PM
- Pilsen Community Books
- 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
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
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Chicago Weekend of Solidarity with the Prairieland Defendants @ Bloodfruit Library
- April 3 @ 7:00 PM
- until 11:00 PM
- Bloodfruit Library
- DM @bloodfruitlib on Instagram
An ominous unjust and tragic conviction against those protesting at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center: as our collective freedoms are bound together in an fascist era of criminalization and dehumanisation, we are compelled to take action on this day of international solidarity. The... Read More
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Chicago Weekend of Solidarity with the Prairieland Defendants @ Midwest Books to Prisoners
- April 4 @ 12:00 PM
- until 5:00 PM
- Midwest Books to Prisoners
- 3613 W Cermak Ave, Chicago, IL
An ominous unjust and tragic conviction against those protesting at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center: as our collective freedoms are bound together in an fascist era of criminalization and dehumanisation, we are compelled to take action on this day of international solidarity. The... Read More
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Under the Tree Podcast presents Levitating the Pentagon with Nancy Kurshan and Bill Ayers
- April 9 @ 7:00 PM
- until 8:00 PM
- Pilsen Community Books
- 1531 W 18th St, Chicago, IL
We're excited to join Under the Tree Podcast in welcoming Nancy Kurshan to the store for a conversation with Bill Ayers about Kurshan's book Levitating the Pentagon and Other Uplifting Stories. In Levitating the Pentagon and Other Uplifting Stories, longtime activist Nancy Kurshan offers a vivid, womanâs-eye view of seven decades of radical social change.... Read More
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Lisa Low Celebrates REPLICA
- April 11 @ 7:30 PM
- until 10:00 PM
- Pilsen Community Books
- 1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
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. âThe... Read More
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Molly Crabapple in conversation with Eman Abdelhadi: Here Where We Live is Our Country
- April 23 @ 7:00 PM
- until 9:00 PM
- Pilsen Community Books
- 1531 W 18th St, Chicago, IL
In conjunction with In These Times magazine, join us to celebrate the launch of Molly Crabapple's new book. Here Where We Live is Our Country is the first popular history telling the dramatic story of the Jewish Bundâa revolutionary movement from a vanished worldâand its radical vision of solidarity in an age of division.... Read More
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Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves with Stuart Schrader and Robert Vargas
- May 13 @ 7:00 PM
- until 8:00 PM
- Pilsen Community Books
- 1531 W 18th St, Chicago, IL
Join us as we welcome Stuart Schrader and Robert Vargas to the store for discussion of Schrader's new book Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves, a history of police unions that reveals how American law enforcement built a political movement that made cops untouchable. âA... Read More
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THE OVERSEER CLASS and HOW TO SELL A GENOCIDE with Steven W. Thrasher and Adam Johnson
- May 21 @ 7:00 PM
- until 8:00 PM
- Pilsen Community Books
- 1531 W 18th St, Chicago, IL
Join us as we welcome Steven W. Thrasher and Adam Johnson to the store for a conversation about Thrasher's The Overseer Class and Johnson's How to Sell a Genocide. About The Overseer Class: The author of the critically acclaimed The Viral Underclass (one of Kirkus Reviews best books of 2022) is back with The Overseer Class, which explores what happens when members of historically minoritized groups are selected for high-visibility positions of power within existing institutionsâbut under the conditions of a kind of Faustian bargain. Our... Read More