Leijia Hanrahan (1987–2022) grew up in New York City, where she lived and worked as an essayist, poet, translator, and tenant organizer. Leijia was involved in cross-continental struggle for more than half her life, from the U.S. to the United Kingdom to Chile and beyond.... Read More
Tenants United is a long running tenants' union that operates on the South Side. We're looking for more people to get into organizing, so we put together Landlord Combat. Landlord Combat is a day-long workshop for people who want to get into organizing or who would like a refresher on some of the fine points.... Read More
Join us for the Chicago launch of Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution by the December 4 Legal Committee, a groundbreaking new book from the anonymous collective that created Luigi Mangione’s official legal fund. Depose asks how the widespread support for Mangione could become a catalyst for a genuine healthcare revolution.... Read More
On June 10th, FBI agents and police arrested 8 pro-Palestine activists as a part of a federal case targeting Palestine organizing at the University of Michigan Those arrested face decades in prison. This repression is part of an ongoing and coordinated effort to dismantle the movement for Palestine. Join... Read More
On June 10th, FBI agents and police arrested 8 pro-Palestine activists as a part of a federal case targeting Palestine organizing at the University of Michigan Those arrested face decades in prison. This repression is part of an ongoing and coordinated effort to dismantle the movement for Palestine.... Read More
Join us for a "Male Fantasies" reading group at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago), starting 9/13 and meeting every Sunday at 4 p.m.! The two volumes of Klaus Theweleit's classic "Male Fantasies" (1977/1978) provocatively plumb the psychological depths of fascism to reveal origins at once shocking and banal. Our... Read More
Come write introductory letters with us! CBBW (@chicagobooksbreakwalls) is a new Books To Prisoners program and the first one is be explicitly pro-Black. This is a chance for you to see the space, write letters, and fulfill the requests we already have.... Read More
Join Pilsen Community Books and the Palestine Festival of Literature for the Chicago launch of Tareq Baconi's new book What Now? On Palestine, Freedom and Our Global Future. Palestine is a litmus test for our global future. The ongoing genocide is showcasing what it means for Palestinians to be taken to the brink of extermination.... Read More
Monday night film club at The Beach presents: Robocop! In a scifi Detroit, Robocop must restore order, by any means. A violent parody of the "war on crime," this is the most human a cop has ever appeared on film. The Beach is an autonomous space for experiments in living and sharing.... Read More
Join us at The Beach (@thebeachchicago) from 5 - 7 p.m. every Wednesday for open hours! Come to share and read zines, hang out, drink tea, and chat about events you'd like to see in the space!
A leading political philosopher dissects the global far right’s appeal through the lens of Bolsonarismo, tracing its roots to the social disintegration caused by the crisis of neoliberalism and looming climate change For four years, Jair Bolsonaro led Brazil and the popular, far-right movement that bore his name.... Read More
Wednesdays at 8pm beginning November 11th Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution makes a new kind of case for why the healthcare system in America is itself a crime. Connecting the dots between the rise of for-profit health insurance and the nearly 15 million “excess deaths” in America that accompanied it, the authors track the opponents of universal healthcare back to their sources.... Read More
Come to The Beach (@thebeachchicago) to learn more about off-grid communication, how it works, why it works and what it can be used for.
Join us for a "Male Fantasies" reading group at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago), starting 9/13 and meeting every Sunday at 4 p.m.! The two volumes of Klaus Theweleit's classic "Male Fantasies" (1977/1978) provocatively plumb the psychological depths of fascism to reveal origins at once shocking and banal. Our... Read More
Join us from 7 - 10 p.m. every third Sunday of the month at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago) to write letters to prisoners or work on personal writing projects in the company of neighbors and friends in a casual, calm, and collective environment.... Read More
Monday Night Film Club at The Beach presents: Videodrome! In a world swallowed by consumption and spectatorship, one man's quest for sensational media reveals a far deeper change taking place, in our very bodies. Every Monday night at 7 p.m., a film club will convene at The Beach (@thebeachchicago) to watch carefully curated films with a community of like-minded moviegoers.... Read More
Join us at The Beach (@thebeachchicago) from 5 - 7 p.m. every Wednesday for open hours! Come to share and read zines, hang out, drink tea, and chat about events you'd like to see in the space!
Wednesdays at 8pm beginning November 11th Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution makes a new kind of case for why the healthcare system in America is itself a crime. Connecting the dots between the rise of for-profit health insurance and the nearly 15 million “excess deaths” in America that accompanied it, the authors track the opponents of universal healthcare back to their sources.... Read More
In celebration of Dr. Margaret Taylor Burroughs’s birthday month, join South Side Community Art Center and Chicago Printers Guild for Print Futures at Chicago Art Department on Saturday, November 21, from 1–5 p.m. This November, we’re honoring Dr. Burroughs’s printmaking legacy and the creative exchange she nurtured.... Read More
Join @wallsturnedsideways and Haymarket books for a four-part political education series on abolition. This series is for people of any level of knowledge about abolition to join us in thinking together about a prison-free future. Each workshop will be facilitated by an abolitionist educator who will introduce a reading, guide us in discussion, and then present on an intersecting topic related to abolition.... Read More
Join us for a "Male Fantasies" reading group at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago), starting 9/13 and meeting every Sunday at 4 p.m.! The two volumes of Klaus Theweleit's classic "Male Fantasies" (1977/1978) provocatively plumb the psychological depths of fascism to reveal origins at once shocking and banal. Our... Read More
Screening to be followed by a discussion with: * Kip Hedges, director and union activist * Cynthia Sarver, Twin Cities union activist who helped produce the film * Emmett Doyle of the "Minnesota 15," rapid responders targeted by ICE for repression after thousands in the Twin Cities dealt ICE its biggest defeats. For... Read More
Monday Night Film Club at The Beach presents: Variety! A repressed woman takes a job at a Times Square porn theater, testing the boundaries of pornography, voyeurism, and what she can get away with. Every Monday night at 7 p.m., a film club will convene at The Beach (@thebeachchicago) to watch carefully curated films with a community of like-minded moviegoers.... Read More
Join us at The Beach (@thebeachchicago) from 5 - 7 p.m. every Wednesday for open hours! Come to share and read zines, hang out, drink tea, and chat about events you'd like to see in the space!
Wednesdays at 8pm beginning November 11th Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution makes a new kind of case for why the healthcare system in America is itself a crime. Connecting the dots between the rise of for-profit health insurance and the nearly 15 million “excess deaths” in America that accompanied it, the authors track the opponents of universal healthcare back to their sources.... Read More
Join us for a "Male Fantasies" reading group at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago), starting 9/13 and meeting every Sunday at 4 p.m.! The two volumes of Klaus Theweleit's classic "Male Fantasies" (1977/1978) provocatively plumb the psychological depths of fascism to reveal origins at once shocking and banal. Our... Read More
Monday Night Film Club at The Beach presents: Equus! As an analyst studies a young man's horse fixation, he learns that the line between normal and abnormal is more blurry and violent than he thought. Every Monday night at 7 p.m., a film club will convene at The Beach (@thebeachchicago) to watch carefully curated films with a community of like-minded moviegoers.... Read More
Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.
Wednesdays at 8pm beginning November 11th Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution makes a new kind of case for why the healthcare system in America is itself a crime. Connecting the dots between the rise of for-profit health insurance and the nearly 15 million “excess deaths” in America that accompanied it, the authors track the opponents of universal healthcare back to their sources.... Read More
Wednesdays at 8pm beginning November 11th Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution makes a new kind of case for why the healthcare system in America is itself a crime. Connecting the dots between the rise of for-profit health insurance and the nearly 15 million “excess deaths” in America that accompanied it, the authors track the opponents of universal healthcare back to their sources.... Read More
Wednesdays at 8pm beginning November 11th Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution makes a new kind of case for why the healthcare system in America is itself a crime. Connecting the dots between the rise of for-profit health insurance and the nearly 15 million “excess deaths” in America that accompanied it, the authors track the opponents of universal healthcare back to their sources.... Read More
Join us from 7 - 10 p.m. every third Sunday of the month at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago) to write letters to prisoners or work on personal writing projects in the company of neighbors and friends in a casual, calm, and collective environment.... Read More
Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.
Join us from 7 - 10 p.m. every third Sunday of the month at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago) to write letters to prisoners or work on personal writing projects in the company of neighbors and friends in a casual, calm, and collective environment.... Read More
Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.
Join us from 7 - 10 p.m. every third Sunday of the month at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago) to write letters to prisoners or work on personal writing projects in the company of neighbors and friends in a casual, calm, and collective environment.... Read More
Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.
Join us from 7 - 10 p.m. every third Sunday of the month at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago) to write letters to prisoners or work on personal writing projects in the company of neighbors and friends in a casual, calm, and collective environment.... Read More
Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.
Join us from 7 - 10 p.m. every third Sunday of the month at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago) to write letters to prisoners or work on personal writing projects in the company of neighbors and friends in a casual, calm, and collective environment.... Read More
Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.
Join us from 7 - 10 p.m. every third Sunday of the month at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago) to write letters to prisoners or work on personal writing projects in the company of neighbors and friends in a casual, calm, and collective environment.... Read More
Join us from 7 - 10 p.m. every third Sunday of the month at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago) to write letters to prisoners or work on personal writing projects in the company of neighbors and friends in a casual, calm, and collective environment.... Read More
Join us from 7 - 10 p.m. every third Sunday of the month at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago) to write letters to prisoners or work on personal writing projects in the company of neighbors and friends in a casual, calm, and collective environment.... Read More
Join us from 7 - 10 p.m. every third Sunday of the month at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago) to write letters to prisoners or work on personal writing projects in the company of neighbors and friends in a casual, calm, and collective environment.... Read More
Join us from 7 - 10 p.m. every third Sunday of the month at THE BEACH (@thebeachchicago) to write letters to prisoners or work on personal writing projects in the company of neighbors and friends in a casual, calm, and collective environment.... Read More