- ICIRR (for immigration-related arrests and ICE sightings): 855-435-7693
- NLG Hotline (if you are arrested at a protest or for political activity): 872-465-4244
- Cook County Public Defender hotline (if you are arrested in Chicago or any other city or town in Cook County): 844-817-4448
- First Defense Legal Aid Hotline (to report police, federal law enforcement, or national guard misconduct): 800-529-7374
Say No to Working for Genocide!
UIC Forum, 1213 S Halsted Street, Chicago
Sept. 17, 2024, 1 p.m. - Sept. 17, 2024, 3 p.m.
Join Students for Justice in Palestine in protesting corporate complicity! Stand against the University of Illinois at Chicago administration funding Caterpillar and other complicit companies in the genocide of the Palestinian people!... More
Discussion Group: The Trinity of Fundamentals
TBA
Sept. 16, 2024, 6 p.m. - Sept. 16, 2024, 8 p.m.
Join the Palestinian Youth Movement on Monday Sept 16 to discuss Wisam Rafeedie’s novel The Trinity of Fundamentals. Gather with us for important discussions, education, and community! Written in 1993 during Wisam’s time in Israeli prison and confiscated by prison guards, The Trinity of Fundament... More
Work Permits for ALL!
Union Park, 1501 W. Randolph, Chicago, with a march to Federal Plaza.
Sept. 16, 2024, noon
After a year long fight President Biden extended Parole in Place (PIP) for the undocumented married to US citizens. This left over 90% of the undocumented workers without protection from deportation and separation from families. The promises of Obama have been left unfulfilled. We call on preside... More
Running Down the Walls
Metropolitan Correctional Center, 71 W. Van Buren, Chicago
Sept. 15, 2024, 5 p.m.
In solidarity with political prisoners march & rally, 5k marathon, bike & run, bands & DJs. Free Palestine - Free Them All!... More
Not One Drop! - La Villita Does not Drink Starbucks Nor Genocide
Aqui Mi Tierra restaurant on Kedzie Ave and 25th Street, Chicago
Sept. 15, 2024, 9:30 a.m.
Starbucks is scheduled to open in Little Village Plaza (26th St @ the Arch) by the end of this month. Protest program, 9:30 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 15th at Aqui Mi Tierra restaurant on Kedzie Ave and 25th Street. Here is why you should support local business and commit to consuming NOT ONE DROP of... More
Justice For All Benefit
Shalimar Banquets, 280 W. North Avenue, Addison, IL
Sept. 14, 2024, 6 p.m. - Sept. 14, 2024, 9 p.m.
Help honor Her Excellency Dr. Naledi Pandor of South Africa who sued Israel for Genocide in the World Court. Dr. Pandor served as the South African Minister of International Relations, Minister of Education, Minister of Science and Technology, Minister of Home Affairs and a member of the South Afric... More
Treatment Not Trauma Summmit
Hyde Park Academy High School, 6220 S Stony Island Avenue, Chicago
Sept. 14, 2024, 10 a.m. - Sept. 14, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Sessions include "Community Mental Health Needs (North, South, West)"; "Mental Health in Schools (Youth focused)"; "Storytelling to Build Power"; "Bystander Intervention & Peer Support"; and "Basic Gunshot First Aid Response."... More
At Work in the Ruins with Dougald Hine
Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago
Sept. 13, 2024, 7 p.m. - Sept. 13, 2024, 8 p.m.
Pilsen Community Books is thrilled to welcome Dougald Hine to celebrate the launch of his new book, At Work in the Ruins: Finding our Place in the Time of Climate Crises and Other Emergencies. “Maybe it’s time to stop talking about climate change?” For two decades, the writer and social thinker D... More
At Work in the Ruins
Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W 18th St, Chicago
Sept. 13, 2024, 7 p.m.
Author event at Pilsen Community Books with Douglas Hine.... More
Artists Against Apartheid Panel
\Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Avenue, Chicago
Sept. 13, 2024, 6:30 p.m.
Join Saja Bilasan of @falasteenfavorites, Jasmine Williams of @againstapartheid.art, Roberto Ferreyra, and Adam Gottlieb of @songs4liberation for a panel on an artists’ role to use their craft in the struggle for a free Palestine and a world free of US imperialism.... More
Hey DePaul - We're BACK!
DePaul Lincoln Park campus, 2250 N Sheffield Avenue, Chicago - by the statue
Sept. 11, 2024, 4 p.m.
The new quarter for the 24/25 academic year has just begun for many university students. To those of us returning to DePaul, welcome back, and to those of us who are new, welcome! We must acknowledge that there is NO 24/25 academic school year in Gaza due to the ongoing genocide that our own univ... More
WHEN FREEDOM IS THE QUESTION, ABOLITION IS THE ANSWER with Bill Ayers and Eve L. Ewing
Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago
Sept. 10, 2024, 7 p.m. - Sept. 10, 2024, 8 p.m.
Pilsen Community Books is honored to welcome Bill Ayers and Eve L. Ewing to the store for the launch of Bill's new book When Freedom Is the Question, Abolition Is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation. Blending history and political theory and weaving in examples from literature, socia... More
Chicago Torture Justice Center Court Support Training
6337 S. Woodlawn Ave, Chicago
Sept. 9, 2024, 4 p.m. - Sept. 9, 2024, 5:30 p.m.
Support police torture survivors by showing up for them at court! There is power when we can attend court cases as a collective. Register for training at bit.ly/courtsupport-ctjc Trainings will be the 2nd Monday of each month, 4 pm to 5:30 pm... More
Defend & Support Nabala Cafe!
4660 N Broadway Avenue, Chicago
Sept. 8, 2024, 5 p.m. - Sept. 8, 2024, 7 p.m.
CHICAGO! Over the holiday weekend our friends at Nabala Cafe experienced a targeted hate crime because of the Palestinian flag in their window. With the largest Palestinian population in the country, let’s make it clear to these racist Zionists that they aren’t welcome here! We’ll be at Nabala Cafe ... More
Defend Nabala Cafe!
Nabala Cafe, 4660 N Broadway, Chicago
Sept. 8, 2024, 5 p.m. - Sept. 8, 2024, 7 p.m.
Solidarity action for new cafe subjected to bigoted vandalism for displaying a Palestinian flag in its window.... More
Jennifer Kabat, Laura Marris and Alejandra Oliva
Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago
Sept. 7, 2024, 7 p.m. - Sept. 7, 2024, 8 p.m.
Pilsen Community Books honored to welcome Jennifer Kabat, Laura Marris and Alejandra Oliva to the store for a reading and discussion in celebration of Marris's The Age of Loneliness and Kabat's The Eighth Moon. About The Age of Loneliness: In this debut essay collection, Laura Marris refr... More
End the Siege on Gaza NOW!
Water Tower Park, 806 N Michigan Ave, Chicago
Sept. 7, 2024, 2 p.m.
Hands OFF the Middle East! 330+ Days of Genocide... More
Indigifest 2024
Harrison Park, 1824 S Wood Street, Chicago
Sept. 7, 2024, noon - Sept. 7, 2024, 5 p.m.
Join the American Indian Center for an exciting celebrating of Indigenous cultures, featuring exhibitions, performances and food all day! For more information email [email protected] or call 773.275.5871 Free event / All ages welcome / Bring your own blankets and chairs... More
Reflections on the DNC
Healthy Hood, 2242 S. Damen Ave, Chicago
Sept. 6, 2024, 6:30 p.m.
Reviewing the recent Democratic National Convention from a socialist perspective.... More
Gaza Relief Fundraiser
The Color Club, 4146 N. Elston Ave, Chicago
Sept. 5, 2024, 8 p.m.
A Funny Show for a Serious Cause! Fearturing: **Sonal Aggarwal **Arish Singh **Dylan Doetch **Mo Burns **Teeny, Tiny, Tinis **Saya Bilasan Hosted by Asra Khan! We'll have a raffle, comedy, speakers, & more! Profits will be donated to Palestinians in Gaza!... More