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  • Syria/Rojava Reportback: the Victories and Contradictions of Revolution in Syria’s Northeast, 14 Years On

    • July 19 @ 5:00 PM
    • until 6:30 PM
    • Pilsen Community Books
    • 1531 W 18th St

    July 19 of this year marks the 14th anniversary of the radically democratic, socialist, and women-led revolution ongoing in Syria’s northeast. It is also the first anniversary to pass since the devastating events of January 2026, during which an American/Israeli-approved offensive by the post-Assad Syrian state captured 80% of the territory under autonomous self-adminstration—a clear attempt to defuse the revolutionary alternative in the northeast by reducing it to a Kurdish ethnic enclave.... Read More

  • Celebrating they/she/he with Derrick Austin, H. Melt, Tara Betts, MARS and dezireé a. brown

    • July 22 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 8:00 PM
    • Pilsen Community Books
    • 1531 W 18th St

    We're honored to welcome Derrick Austin, H. Melt, Tara Betts, Mars Marshall, and dr. dez brown to the store for a reading in celebration of brown's new collection they/she/he: ritual to forget your (un)becoming, a momentous debut, tracking a self-proclaimed anti-heros quest for liberation through the transformative ritual of writing through the past, present, and future.... Read More

  • Queer Tastes: Unconventional Representation in Horror Films with Cat Voleur and Jane Keranen

    • July 24 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 8:30 PM
    • Pilsen Community Books
    • 1531 W 18th St Chicago, IL

    Friday July 24th, 2026 @ 7:00PM - 8:30PM Join us as we welcome Cat Voleur and Jane Keranen for an event in celebration of Voleur's new book Queer Tastes: Unconventional Representation in Horror Films. Pansexual author Cat Voleur guides readers through twenty film recommendations selected from over eighty years of scary movies.... Read More

  • FILM SCREENING: THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973)

    • July 24 @ 7:00 PM
    • Mouse Arts & Letters Club
    • 555 W 31st Street, Chicago, IL

    The FBI didn't want you to see this movie! Come watch it with us at 7pm, July 24th, at Mouse Arts & Letters. In the 1973 film "The Spook Who Sat by the Door" we follow the first black CIA officer as he takes his training stateside, building a guerrilla movement to take down the United States. ​Tickets... Read More

  • Game Night For Good! Supporting Albany Park Mutual Aid

    • July 25 @ 5:00 PM
    • until 9:00 PM
    • Our Mutual City Coffee Co
    • 3600 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago

    We raised over $2000 in January and that money went right out the door to help folks in Albany Park get what they need - think we can do it again? We’re back at @omccoffeeco on Saturday, July 25 to support @albanyparkmutualaid.... Read More

  • STRENGTH CLINIC

    • July 26 @ 10:00 AM
    • until 12:00 PM
    • Hammer Fitness and Boxing
    • 525 W North Ave

    The Independent Labor Club of Chicago is holding a STRENGTH CLINIC! ​- Safely learn lifting fundamentals ​- Develop a solid foundation for growth - ​All ages & skill levels welcome ​Sunday, July 26th, 10am - 12pm Hammer Fitness and Boxing, 525 W North Ave $15 suggested donation

  • Lucy Parsons Lab Summer Party!

    • July 26 @ 3:00 PM
    • Southside
    • 43rd & Lakefront Trail, Chicago

    LPL is having a summer party on Sunday, July 26th at 3pm and you're invited. We'll have some food (picnic style) and music with back-up plans in case it rains. The party will be family friendly so bring your small human if you'd like.... Read More

  • Is Walmart Utopia? discussion w/ Hypertext Distro

    • July 27 @ 7:00 PM
    • The Beach Beneath the Street
    • 1703 1/2 E 55th St, Chicago IL 60615

    Talk from Hypertext Distro, a new revolutionary small press from Tucson, AZ! With original writing from the presenter, Joshua Rose, that explores the unexpected connections between organizing a community mesh network and throwing illegal raves—and how these each bear on... Read More

  • Radical Writers' Café

    • August 5 @ 6:30 PM
    • until 8:30 PM
    • Qamaria Yemeni Coffee
    • 4728 N Kedzie

    Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.

  • This Wreckage Live Show & Independent Labor Club Concert

    • August 21 @ 5:30 PM
    • until 11:00 PM
    • Elastic Arts
    • 3429 W Diversey Ave, Chicago IL

    Join the Independent Labor Club at Elastic Arts in Logan Square for a live podcast recording of This Wreckage (formerly Antifada), followed by a concert featuring Shavon Reznikov, 20 Eyes, J O E & R U E, and DJ Bathwater. ​There will be pizza, snacks, N/A bevs, and merch for sale! NOTE: This venue is BYOB, so grab your beer/wine/canned cocktails at the convenience store next door. ​All... Read More

  • Breaking ICE: Community Defense against State Terror and MAGA Fascism with Sonali Kolhatkar, Richard Wallace and Diego Morales

    • August 27 @ 7:00 PM
    • until 8:00 PM
    • Pilsen Community Books
    • 1531 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

    We're honored to welcome Sonali Kolhatkar, Richard Wallace and Diego Morales for a conversation on the new anthology Breaking ICE: Community Defense against State Terror and MAGA Fascism, a gripping, on-the-ground account of the growing movement against state violence, featuring interviews with those on the frontlines of the fight for immigrant justice and what it means to belong. A... Read More

  • Radical Writers' Café

    • September 2 @ 6:30 PM
    • until 8:30 PM
    • Qamaria Yemeni Coffee
    • 4728 N Kedzie

    Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.

  • Radical Writers' Café

    • October 7 @ 6:30 PM
    • until September 30 @ 8:30 PM
    • Qamaria Yemeni Coffee
    • 4728 N Kedzie

    Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.

  • Radical Writers' Café

    • November 4 @ 5:30 PM
    • until 7:30 PM
    • Qamaria Yemeni Coffee
    • 4728 N Kedzie

    Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.

  • Radical Writers' Café

    • December 2 @ 5:30 PM
    • until 7:30 PM
    • Qamaria Yemeni Coffee
    • 4728 N Kedzie

    Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.

  • Radical Writers' Café

    • January 6 2027 @ 5:30 PM
    • until 7:30 PM
    • Qamaria Yemeni Coffee
    • 4728 N Kedzie

    Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.

  • Radical Writers' Café

    • February 3 2027 @ 5:30 PM
    • until 7:30 PM
    • Qamaria Yemeni Coffee
    • 4728 N Kedzie

    Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.

  • Radical Writers' Café

    • March 3 2027 @ 5:30 PM
    • until 7:30 PM
    • Qamaria Yemeni Coffee
    • 4728 N Kedzie

    Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.

  • Radical Writers' Café

    • April 7 2027 @ 6:30 PM
    • until March 31 @ 8:30 PM
    • Qamaria Yemeni Coffee
    • 4728 N Kedzie

    Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.

  • Radical Writers' Café

    • May 5 2027 @ 6:30 PM
    • until 8:30 PM
    • Qamaria Yemeni Coffee
    • 4728 N Kedzie

    Body doubling session. Lets write together forma more impact and community.