Riders Rise Up to Save Transit
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

Boycott Teva Teach-in & Action Hour
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

What Would Socialism in the US Look Like?
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

Chicago Celebrates the 2025 Burin Kite Festival
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

The Past & Future Fight For Palestine
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

Summer School for Socialism
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

A Union Night of Cuba Solidarity
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

Remembering Water Film Screening
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

All Out to Oppose the Snap Curfew Ordinance
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

Good Trouble Lives On
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

Foreigners in Their Ancestral Homeland, Part 2
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

Chicago Black Muslim History Tour
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

LVEJO Summer Health Resource Fair
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

Letters to Shukri
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

Little Palestine Souk for Gaza
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

Tenant Power in Times of Crisis
Tenant Power in Times of Crisis

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

July 18, 2025, 7 p.m. - July 18, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us for a conversation about tenant organizing to celebrate the publication of Dispatches from the Threshold, edited by Rae Baker and Alexander Ferrer. Housing insecurity turned catastrophic during the COVID-19 pandemic, exposing the cruelty of threadbare tenant protections and state hostilit... More

Learn How to End the Oligarchy
Learn How to End the Oligarchy

To be shared when you register for the event.

July 19, 2025, 9 a.m. - July 19, 2025, 7 p.m.

Our political system is built for billionaires and corporations, not everyday people. Fossil fuel billionaires divide and exploit us for their own profit. They get rich off of polluting our neighborhoods and fueling the climate crisis in our communities. We must be as powerful and disciplined as ... More

Building Public Assemblies - Facilitation Skills for This Moment
Building Public Assemblies - Facilitation Skills for This Moment

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

July 19, 2025, noon

Chicago activists and organizers, I hope you will join me on July 19 for a workshop on how to facilitate a public assembly. RSVP at the link below. One of the challenges we face in mobilizing large numbers of people to "save democracy" is that many people don't feel they have a meaningful rel... More

People's Conference for Palestine Community Meeting
People's Conference for Palestine Community Meeting

IL Reach Educational Center, 9741 Southwest Highway, Oak Lawn, IL

July 19, 2025, 6 p.m.

Join us on July 19th at the IL Reach Education Center to learn more about the Second Annual Peoples Conference for Palestine. With the Conference host and outreach committee, we will reflect on the political moment, last years conference, and learn more about this years upcoming Conference. In ... More

A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre
A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

July 19, 2025, 6 p.m. - July 19, 2025, 7 p.m.

Join A Continuous Struggle author Garrett Felber and Denzel K. Burke from the REAL Youth Initiative to discuss the legacy of jailhouse lawyer Martin Sostre (1923-2015). A Continuous Struggle, the first biography of the revolutionary political prisoner, shows how his lifetime of principled struggle h... More

Capital's Host
Capital's Host

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

July 20, 2025, 10 a.m. - July 20, 2025, noon

The island of Ireland is marketed as the land of a hundred thousand welcomes. But behind the warm 'céad míle fáilte' lies a state built to host profit, not people. As we've learnt through our efforts toward solidarity with Palestine, Irish officials on both sides of the border often use the langu... More

Chicago Community Jail Support Ice Cream/BBQ Social Gathering
Chicago Community Jail Support Ice Cream/BBQ Social Gathering

Humboldt Park (next to the boat house), Chicago

July 20, 2025, noon - July 20, 2025, 3 p.m.

You are invited - whether you've been on the front lines with us or are simply curious about what Jail Support is all about, come hang out, connect, and build community with fellow volunteers.... More

AFIRE Volunteer Info Session
AFIRE Volunteer Info Session

July 22, 2025, 6 p.m.

Join the Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment as we talk about the work of AFIRE and the ways volunteers can support our mission. We welcome all current volunteers as well as new volunteers or folks interested in learning more about AFIRE. You will walk away knowing the various... More

Gaza: A Carceral Space, Part 1
Gaza: A Carceral Space, Part 1

On line

July 24, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - July 24, 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

Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left
Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

July 24, 2025, 7 p.m. - July 24, 2025, 8 p.m.

Please join Benjamin Balthaser and Gabe Winant for a discussion of Benjamin Balthaser's new book, Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left, just out from Verso Books. Citizens of the Whole World is a 100 year cultural, political and literary history o... More

Prison+Neighborhood Arts-Education Project
Prison+Neighborhood Arts-Education Project

Back of the Yards neighorhood, Chicago

July 26, 2025, 2 p.m. - July 26, 2025, 5 p.m.

Meet our co-sponsors and tabling organizations joining us for Day of Play! On Saturday, July 26th, spend the day with PNAP and our partner organizations and help us raise funds to purchase legal books for PNAP students at Logan. Register at the link below.... More

Car Caravan for Palestine
Car Caravan for Palestine

Park & Ride, 7650 Lincolnshire Drive, Burr Ridge, IL

July 27, 2025, 11 a.m.

Stop the starvation of Palestinians. Lift the siege!... More

Laughter for Liberation Comedy Show Fundraiser for Gaza
Laughter for Liberation Comedy Show Fundraiser for Gaza

Lincoln Lodge, 2040 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago

July 27, 2025, 6 p.m.

In collaboration with @watermelonsisters24, CodePINK Chicago is so excited to announce our second show in the Laughter for Liberation series! Featuring Elliot Jarrous, Younis Dhaher and Osama Basal. Join us for a night of community care and lots of laughs as we raise money to provide food, wa... More

Show Up Chicago - A Community Gathering & Panel Show
Show Up Chicago - A Community Gathering & Panel Show

The Hideout, 1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago

July 28, 2025, 7 p.m.

State Senator Graciela Guzman and rapid response experts tell us what to do when you see ICE in your neighborhood or workplace. Details and registration at the link below.... More

Gaza: A Cerceral Space, Part 2
Gaza: A Cerceral Space, Part 2

On line

July 31, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - July 31, 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

Back to School Supply Drive & Neighborhood Picnic
Back to School Supply Drive & Neighborhood Picnic

Wicker Park, Chicago

Aug. 2, 2025, 2 p.m.

As more Chicago families struggle to make ends meet -- more than ever we need to support one another. Join us for a picnic aat Wicker Park to meet new people and collect supplies for families who are getting ready to send send their kids back to school. Please bring school supplies, period products,... More

Replace the State
Replace the State

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

Aug. 5, 2025, 7 p.m. - Aug. 5, 2025, 8 p.m.

How to Change the World When and Elections and Protests Fail with Sasha Davis. In the current political atmosphere of cruelty, repression and irrationality, many have pleaded for the urgent development of social movements to counter the rampage of the federal government and their oligarch allies.... More

Apartheid: A System of Racial Domination
Apartheid: A System of Racial Domination

On line

Aug. 7, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Aug. 7, 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

Nordic Socialism
Nordic Socialism

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

Aug. 7, 2025, 7 p.m. - Aug. 7, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join Pilsen Community Books as we welcome Pelle Dragsted, William Banks, and Matt McManus to the store for a discussion of Dragsted's new book, "Nordic Socialism: The Path Toward a Democratic Economy." In recent years, the Nordic countries have been the envy of the world for their economic succes... More

Their End is Our Beginning - Cops, Capitalism, & Abolition
Their End is Our Beginning - Cops, Capitalism, & Abolition

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

Aug. 8, 2025, 7 p.m. - Aug. 8, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us as we welcome brian bean to the store for an event in celebration of his new book Their End Is Our Beginning: Cops, Capitalism, and Abolition, a deeply reported analysis of the connections between policing and capitalism, centering global lessons of revolt and resistance. Where do cops co... More

2nd Annual Heal on the Farm
2nd Annual Heal on the Farm

Arab Chicago Farm, 24724 W. 104th Ave, Frankfort, IL

Aug. 16, 2025, 1 p.m. - Aug. 16, 2052, 8 p.m.

Games / food / animals / music / art workshops $15 per adult & $10 per child. TIME LISTED IS SIMPLY A PLACE-HOLDER. Register at the link below.... More

Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help
Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

Sept. 3, 2025, 7 p.m. - Sept. 3, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us in celebrating this long-awaited collection by Chicago author and agitator Jarrod Shanahan, who will appear in conversation with members of Lake Effect Collective. Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help (PM Press, 2025) collects a decade of reflections on recent US struggles—Occupy Wall Stree... More

Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation
Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

Sept. 8, 2025, 7 p.m. - Sept. 8, 2025, 8 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books welcomes Eileen Flanagan to the store for an event in celebration of her new book, "Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation." As heat waves, wildfires, storms, and floods become ever more deadly, it has become apparent that w... More

About Face: The History of GI Resistance
About Face: The History of GI Resistance

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

Sept. 27, 2025, 6 p.m. - Sept. 27, 2025, 7 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Arti Walker-Peddakotla and Aaron Hughes in conversation with Bill Ayers as they discuss the long history of GIs rebelling against US militarism and fascism. Viewed through an abolitionist framework, this discussion will highlight the legacy and revolutionary power of GI resista... More

CAIR-Chicago's 2025 Annual Banquet
CAIR-Chicago's 2025 Annual Banquet

Drury Lane, 17W275 Butterfield Road, Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Oct. 5, 2025, 5 p.m.

Join us at Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace for CAIR-Chicago’s 21st Annual Banquet! This year, we celebrate the strength of our movement — past, present, and future, Insha'Allah. Don't miss: * Inspiring speakers * Community networking & vendor tables * Banquet dinner * A renewed call to acti... More

5th Annual Illinois Prison Project Gala
5th Annual Illinois Prison Project Gala

Chicago Cultural Center, Randolph Street & Michigan Avenue, Chicago

Oct. 10, 2025, 6 p.m. - Oct. 10, 2025, 11 p.m.

Each year, the IPP Gala brings together leaders in the movement to end mass incarceration in Illinois and beyond. Together, we’ll honor outstanding community leaders and organizations who have demonstrated their commitment to justice. IPP supporters are invited to purchase individual tickets, tab... More

2025 Palestine Convention
2025 Palestine Convention

Tinley Park Convention Center, 18451 Convention Center Drive Tinley Park, IL

Nov. 27, 2025, 9 a.m. - Nov. 29, 2025, 8 p.m.

Bring your family to the largest gathering for Palestine in the U.S. during Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago. Save The Date: November 27-29, 2025 at the Tinley Park Convention Center Our teams are working tirelessly to bring you yet another successful event featuring renowned speakers from arou... More