Resistance across generations

Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W Cermak Rd, Chicago

Nov. 19, 2024, 6 p.m. - Nov. 19, 2024, 8 p.m.

Join the second of our 2-part community conversation where intergenerational voices share stories of resilience and solidarity. Neris González and Gladys Zarate, two human rights defenders from El Salvador and Colombia, respectively, will be in dialogue with U.S. activists as they reflect on activis... More

National Lawyers Guild Legal Observer Training

Virtual - scan QR code for link

Nov. 19, 2024, 5 p.m. - Nov. 19, 2024, 6 p.m.

ooking for a tangible way to get involved amidst the political chaos? Want to support local organizers at local protests? Become a trained Legal Observer with NLG Chicago’s Legal Observer Program. Join us for a virtual training!... More

Stop War Profiteering, US weapons in Israel, & Genocide in Gaza

TBA

Nov. 19, 2024, 8 a.m.

Join JVP Chicago on the morning of Tuesday, November 19 to demand an end to war profiteering, U.S. weapons in Israel , and the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Weapons manufacturers profit off of the murder of tens of thousands in Gaza and use those profits to influence American elections and politici... More

"Your Comrade, Avreml Broide" with Annie Kaufman and Marc Kaplan

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W 18th St, Chicago

Nov. 18, 2024, 7 p.m. - Nov. 18, 2024, 8 p.m.

Join Pilsen Community Books as they welcome Annie Kaufman and Marc Kaplan to the store for an event in celebration of Your Comrade, Avreml Broide. Written in 1944 by Ben Gold, the president of the Furriers Union, this working-class, coming-of-age novel traces the family origin, immigration, and ... More

We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena, Chicago

Nov. 18, 2024, 5:30 p.m.

Join Maya Schenwar, Beth Richie, Nadine Naber, Jennifer Viets, and Anya Tanyavutti November 18th for a celebration of this vital new anthology exploring the intersections between caregiving and abolition. Free childcare and refreshments.... More

Transgender Day of Remembrance

HOPE United Church of Christ, 2200 Ridge Ave, Aurora, IL

Nov. 17, 2024, 6 p.m. - Nov. 17, 2024, 8 p.m.

In partnership with HOPE United Church of Christ We are proud to host Transgender Day of Remembrance. Transgender Day of Remembrance – a day to commemorate the transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming persons who are targeted and killed for living authentically and courageously What to... More

Brassroots Democracy with Ben Barson, Lyn Rye, Adam Shead, and Fred Jackson

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W 18th St, Chicago

Nov. 17, 2024, 5 p.m. - Nov. 17, 2024, 6 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books is excited to welcome author Ben Barson and local organizers and musicians Lyn Rye, Adam Shead, and Fred Jackson to the store for an event in celebration of Barson's Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons, a new understanding of the birth of jazz through a... More

What's Next for the Chicago Left?

Haymarket House, 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago

Nov. 17, 2024, 1 p.m. - Nov. 17, 2024, 4 p.m.

Join Chicago Tempest, a Revolutionary Socialist Collective, as we host conversation on the state of the Chicago Left in the wake of 2024 elections, and discuss possible ways forward this coming year. A panel discussion featuring-- Dennis Kosuth, Chicago Labor Activist Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, A... More

Pen Pal Support Group for Gaza

On line

Nov. 17, 2024, noon - Nov. 17, 2024, 2 p.m.

A gathering space for those supporting people in Gaza. A lot of people are offering their support and care to friends in Gaza and we want them to know they aren’t alone. This peer support group is meant to offer a place for connection, relating and processing together. We take care of us. "Pen Pa... More

Food Not Bombs FREE Grocery Share

Wyllie B White Park, 1610 W. Howard St, Chicago (rain location: PO Box Collective, 6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago)

Nov. 17, 2024, noon - Nov. 17, 2024, 1:30 p.m.

All Sundays in November... More

Chicago Irish for Palestine Meetup

Nabala Cafe, 4660 N Broadway, Chicago

Nov. 16, 2024, 5 p.m. - Nov. 16, 2024, 9 p.m.

Networking, fundraising, and music making feat. The Chancers & The Academy of Irish Music. Show: 5 pm Session: 6-9 pm... More

Welcome Injured Children From Palestine

O'Hare Airport, Terminal 5

Nov. 16, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

We are preparing to welcome two injured children from Gaza arriving in the US for medical treatment through PCRF. This Saturday! Mohammad and Diaa are 15 year olds. Both have had limbs amputated after suffering from severe injuries. The PCRF-Chicago Chapter will be welcoming them this Saturday... More

Mass Meeting

Tahoora Sweets, 2345 W. Devon Ave, Chicago

Nov. 16, 2024, 2 p.m.

Join us this Saturday at 2pm for a mass meeting followed up by a street team outing on Devon Ave! We will being going to the people with a challenge: the US-Israel genocide continues and is only intensitying, we must join the people of the world in putting and end to it, you in? Help us build a m... More

Arms Embargo NOW!

S. Michigan Ave & Ida B. Wells Blvd, Chicago

Nov. 16, 2024, 1 p.m.

Stop the U.S. arming of Israel's genocide of Palestine.... More

Book Celebration: Special Topics in Being a Parent

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W 18th St, Chicago

Nov. 15, 2024, 7 p.m. - Nov. 15, 2024, 8 p.m.

Join Pilsen Community Books as they welcome S. Bear Bergman to the store for an event in celebration of his new book Special Topics in Being a Parent, an illustrated guide of practical parenting advice informed by queer experiences for anyone doing the work of parenting, from the author and illustra... More

Solidarity 101 With Palestine

School of the Art Institute, 280 Building, Room 319, 280 S Columbus Drive, Chicago

Nov. 15, 2024, 4 p.m.

Organizing in solidarity with Palestine is as vital now as it has ever been. Curators Under Censorship, a collective of SAIC student and alumni activists, welcomes Palestinian-led organization Isoor this Friday, when they'll led an on-campus teach-in about the solidarity movement. Those attending... More

Protest the Bloated CPD Budget

Nov. 15, 2024, 9 a.m.

THE CPD BUDGET HEARING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED! THIS FRIDAY come out to City Hall to oppose the increase to the CPD budget and demand NO CUTS to transparency and accountability. We need to show out to let the City Council know we won't stand for any further spending on the already bloated police bud... More

Book Celebration: A Cup of Water Under My Bed

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W 18th St, Chicago

Nov. 14, 2024, 7 p.m. - Nov. 14, 2024, 8 p.m.

Join us in welcoming Daisy Hernández and Lourdes Torres to the store for a reading and conversation in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Hernández's award-winning memoir, A Cup of Water Under My Bed. In this lyrical, coming-of-age memoir, Daisy Hernández chronicles what the women in her Cuba... More

Building the Movement Against Trump - Make the U.S. Ungovernable

Via Zoom

Nov. 14, 2024, 7 p.m.

The re-election of Donald Trump and the dominance of Republicans in Congress sends a loud and painful message: the system is broken, and those at the helm don’t care about working people, oppressed nationalities, or the marginalized. We in the Freedom Road Socialist Organization understand that the ... More

Echos of Palestine

Simpson Living-Learning Center, 6333 N Winthrop Ave, Chicago

Nov. 14, 2024, 6:30 p.m.

Join us Thursday, November 14th at 6:30pm in Simpson MPR for Echos of Palestine with SJP Loyola! Explore the history of cultural resistance through art, powerful poetry, traditional dabke, liberation music, and authentic Palestinian food. Let’s come together to honor the spirit, resilience, and beau... More