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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Battle of Halsted Street Re-enactment
W. Cermak Road and S. Halsted Street, Chicago
July 25, 2025, 7 p.m.
Join us for a re-enactment of the Battle of the Halsted Viaduct, a key moment in Chicago history during the 1877 national labor uprising. We'll be restaging scenes from the battles that took over 30 workers' lives, and bulding on the movement to demand that the city memorialize this fight of immi... More
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
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
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
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
Pali Actions in Outdoor Chicago Movie Night
Humboldt Park, by the Boathouse, Chicago
July 29, 2025, 8 p.m.
Pali Actions in Chicago is proud to present "Bye Bye Tiberias," an intimate 2023 documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation. Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter. The... More
Queer Radical Fair
Ping Tom Memorial Park, 1700 S. Wentworth Ave, Chicago
July 31, 2025, 4:30 p.m. - July 31, 2025, 8:30 p.m.
Join us for a summer celebration of queerness, fashion, self-expression and community! Queer Radical Fair is an annual celebration of Chicago Public Library's Radical Fit program, a fashion initiative that empowers teens to create personal expressions of style while exploring gender identity and ... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
AFSC Chicago 90th Anniversary Celebration
Chicago Teachers Union Center, 1901 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago
Sept. 27, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Save the date! Registration coming soon.... More
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
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
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