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Little Palestine Souk for Gaza
The Qahwa, 7544 103rd Street, Bridgeview, IL
July 18, 2025, 6 p.m. - July 18, 2025, 9 p.m.
Fundraising event for emergency relief for Gaza. Community event with outdoor vendors, art & kid activities. Join us for an evening of culture, community, and collective action. Enjoy outdoor vendors, art, kid activities - and most importantly, a purpose. 100% of drink and food proceeds durin... More
Letters to Shukri
Oud Coffee & Cafe, 2127 W. Division St, Chicago
July 18, 2025, 5 p.m. - July 18, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Join us to write letters to Palestinian political prisoners Shukri Abu Baker and Ghassan Elashi. Both Shukri and Ghassan are in US federal prison for the “crime” of running the largest Muslim charity in the US. As Shukri’s daughter the activist Nida Abu Baker (@livinlanidaloca) told us, receivin... More
LVEJO Summer Health Resource Fair
La Villita Park, 2800 S. Sacramento Ave, Chicago
July 18, 2025, 4 p.m. - July 18, 2025, 6 p.m.
Join the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization for their summer resources fair ☀️ We will have resources related to improving health, managing asthma symptoms, accessing clean water and so much more! We will have free food, snacks, beverages, and activities for families to engage in. ... More
Chicago Black Muslim History Tour
Masjid Al Taqwz, 9333 S. Escanaba Ave, Chicago and La Quinta Hotel, 1 S. Franklin St, Chicago
July 18, 2025, 9:15 a.m.
Join us on Friday, July 18 for the Chicago Black Muslim History Tour a powerful guided journey through the legacy and impact of Black Muslims in Chicago from the 1930s to today. Registration required. Please use the link below. Tickets $25 each. Schedule: 9:15 AM - Bus leaves Masjid Al Taqw... More
Foreigners in Their Ancestral Homeland, Part 2
On line
July 17, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - July 17, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Part of the "Understanding the Palestinian Relationship With Palestine" weekly series of sessions on Palestinian history by Tarek Khalil, Education Chair with American Muslims for Palestine - Chicago. Dive into the realities of life under occupation through this powerful 5-part series exploring d... More
ICE Out of Lake County!
Washington Park, 15 S. Park Avenue, Waukegan, IL
July 17, 2025, 6 p.m.
Join us at the Good Trouble protest!... More
Defend Trans Kids! Rally to Defend Gender Affirming Care
Louis Pasteur Statue, 523 S. Honore Street, Chicago
July 17, 2025, 6 p.m.
Gender affirming care is healthcare. Healthcare is a human right. The Trump administration doesn't believe in either of those things. They want to eliminate the limited access there already is to gender affirming care in this country by punishing providers and holding patients hostage in order t... More
Good Trouble Lives On
Daley Plaza, corner of Washington & Dearborn Streets, Chicago
July 17, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - July 17, 2025, 8 p.m.
We are joining the national Good Trouble Lives On day of action to honor the anniversary of the passing of the great civil rights hero John Lewis. We will honor his legacy of civil disobedience and leadership in Congress not with ceremonies, but with a day of action. Across the country, we will t... More
Poetry Reading for Palestine
Nabala Cafe, 4660 N. Broadway Ave, Chicago
July 16, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - July 16, 2025, 8 p.m.
Please join us for a reading of original work from poet Yahya Ashour (@yahyaashour98), followed by a discussion with writer Eman Abdelhadi (@eabdelhadi)! Yahya Ashour | يحيى عاشور is an exiled Gazan poet and awarded author, contributor to multiple anthologies of poetry and writing, including the... More
All Out to Oppose the Snap Curfew Ordinance
City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St, Chicago
July 16, 2025, 9 a.m.
ALL OUT TO CITY HALL on Wednesday July 16th at 9:00am to demand that all alders stand by Mayor Brandon Johnsons veto of the snap curfew ordinance. Alders will vote on whether to override Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of the "Snap Curfew" ordinance (8-16-021). Our teenagers need less contact with l... More
Remembering Water Film Screening
On-line.
July 15, 2025, 7 p.m.
You are invited to an online screening of Remembering Water on July 15th at 7 pm in lead up to the Capital’s Host teach-in hosted by @chicagoirishforpalestine . 🎞 In this short film (40 min. with captions) protest filmmaker Tom Callahan explores the special relationships between Irish cultural c... More
A Union Night of Cuba Solidarity
Weegee's Lounge, 3659 W. Armitage Avenue, Chicago
July 15, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Report back and discussion from a labor delegation trip to Havana, Cuba followed by a free screening of the 1975 film "De Cierta Manera" ("One Way or Another"). Admission is free. Drinks & food available for purchase.... More
Summer School for Socialism
Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Road, Chicago
July 15, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - Aug. 21, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
How do we understand our current context, define our future, and organize to build it? Join Chicago-based activists and organizers for bi-weekly classes and discussions to explore socialism's proposals, he real potential for a socialist revolution in the United States, and define a people's vision f... More
The Past & Future Fight For Palestine
Lake Street Church, 607 Lake St, Evanston, IL
July 13, 2025, 4:15 p.m. - July 13, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
...and art making workshop for kids and adults. 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Speaker Program. A teach-in on Evanston's institutional censorship of Palestinian perspectives. 4:15 - 5:15 pm, Art Workshop. Led by Liora Ostroff, recommended for adults and children 10+ Please RSVP at the URL below.... More
Chicago Celebrates the 2025 Burin Kite Festival
Humboldt Park Boathouse, 1301 N Humboldt Drive, Chicago
July 13, 2025, 3 p.m. - July 13, 2025, 5 p.m.
Solidarity in the skies! Chicagoland Jews and allies join communities across the globe solidarity with the people of Burin, a village in Palestine, who will be flying kites in steadfastness during their annual kite festival, despite the destruction around them. We will gather in Humboldt Park to ... More
What Would Socialism in the US Look Like?
Waukegan Music Exchange: 128 N Genesee St. Waukegan, IL
July 13, 2025, 1:30 p.m.
Study group. What would it look like to abolish debt in our society? How do we build food systems that not only meet the needs of the people but of the planet? Join us as we continue our discussion of Socialist Reconstruction and explore chapter 4, "Ending the Stranglehood of Debt and Financial C... More
Boycott Teva Teach-in & Action Hour
Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Upstairs conference room, Chicago (wheelchair accessible)
July 12, 2025, 1 p.m. - July 12, 2025, 3 p.m.
Wondering what actions you can take to fight genocide? Come out Saturday July 12 at 1pm - 3pm to Haymarket House to learn all about the Healthcare Workers for Palestine campaign to Boycott Teva Pharmaceuticals and get involved! Teva Pharmaceuticals, the world’s largest manufacturer of generic dr... More
Riders Rise Up to Save Transit
Daley Plaza, corner of Washington & Dearborn Streets, Chicago
July 12, 2025, noon
It's time for state legislators to get back to work to fix and FUND transit! Transit is in crisis because this Spring, the Illinois General Assembly failed to do their job and secure funding necessary to fend off 40% service cuts! Gov. Pritzker has touted a balanced budget – but a budget that lets p... More
Voices of Revolution
ModelTown, 109 S. Main St C, Lombard, IL
July 11, 2025, 7 p.m. - July 11, 2025, 11 p.m.
Sing, shout, shake the system, featuring El Ibrahim, Shades of Greek, Des Klymuk, Henley, Lnd Bones, Manar, Sanaa, Chloe. There will be an open mic.... More
30th Anniversary of the Deadly Chicago 1995 Heat Wave
Quinn Chapel AME Church, 2401 S. Wabash, Chicago
July 11, 2025, 1 p.m. - July 11, 2025, 9 p.m.
This is the anniversary period of the 1995 heat wave in Chicago that went up to 106 degrees Fahrenheit with a 126 degree heat index, and killed well over 800 people, mainly in the poorer neighborhoods, and with a high rate of Black victims. Chicago still does not have easily accessible cooling ce... More