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SUMMARY:Films for a Changing World x Palestine Cinema Days presents: Boycott
DESCRIPTION:Join us Monday\, November 2nd for a screening of Julia Bacha’s 2021 documentary\, Boycott in collaboration with Palestine Cinema Days. \n      \n        \n      \n     \nThe screening will be followed by a discussion on anti-boycott laws in Illinois\, facilitated by USPCN member and BDS Chicago coordinator Noura Ebrahim. Doors open at 6:00 PM. Snacks and refreshments will be served all door donations will benefit our community partner\, Chicago Palestine Film Festival. \nAbout the Film\nWhen a news publisher in Arkansas\, an attorney in Arizona\, and a speech therapist in Texas are told they must choose between their jobs and their political beliefs\, they launch legal battles that expose an attack on freedom of speech across 37 states in America. Boycott traces the impact of state legislation designed to penalize individuals and companies that choose to boycott Israel due to its human rights record. A legal thriller with “accidental plaintiffs” at the center of the story\, Boycott is a bracing look at the far-reaching implications of anti-boycott legislation and an  inspiring tale of everyday Americans standing up to protect our rights in an age of shifting politics and threats to freedom of speech.\n\nAbout the Chicago Palestine Film Festival\nFounded in 2001\, the Chicago Palestine Film Festival is an annual cultural event that serves as a vibrant platform for showcasing the rich and diverse narratives of Palestinian cinema. The festival provides a unique space for filmmakers\, artists\, and audience members to engage with compelling stories that explore the multifaceted aspects of Palestinian life. Through a carefully curated selection of feature films\, documentaries\, and shorts\, the festival seeks to foster a deeper understanding of the Palestinian experience. Learn more about their work here! \nAbout the Series\nHaymarket Books is proud to present the next installment in our community film series: Films for a Changing World. We envision this community film series to be a place for people to come together in community during this volatile political moment. In times like these\, our struggle to change the world can feel even more difficult to sustain and we hope these events will be a space to share a collective cultural experience and connect with one another. \nTRANSIT AND PARKING \nHaymarket House is located at 800 W. Buena Ave on the corner of Buena and Clarendon in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. The 146\, 151\, and 36 CTA buses stop nearby. The CTA Red Line Sheridan and Wilson stations are each about a 12-15 min walk/roll away. There is free street parking in the surrounding area. Outside of school hours \, parking for a fee is available nearby at the Walt Disney Magnet School lot at 4149 N Clarendon Ave. or the Brenneman School lot at 4251 N. Clarendon Ave\, both are about a block away. Paid parking is also available through parking apps like Spot Hero. \nACCESSIBILITY \nThere are a couple steps leading up to the front entrance on Buena. The ramp entrance can be accessed from the back parking lot\, via Clarendon Avenue. The event will all take place on one level and all restrooms and hallways are wheelchair accessible. Please email info@haymarkethouse.org with any questions.
URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/films-for-a-changing-world-x-palestine-cinema-days-presents-boycott/
LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W Buena Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States
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SUMMARY:Radical Mothering: Caregiving and Resistance Across Prison Walls
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the release of Radical Mothering: Caregiving and Resistance Across Prison Walls at Haymarket House.\n\n\n\n      \n        \n      \n    \nAbout the Book\nRadical Mothering was born out of the everyday lives of Mothers of the Kidnapped (part of the MAMAS Collective in Chicago)\, a group of primarily Black and Latiné working-class people who care for and defend incarcerated survivors of torture and frame-ups by the Chicago police. The more we center and politicize the collective practices of mother-activists\, the closer we move toward a world without cages\, without disposability\, without state violence. The event will feature conversations about the project as well as readings from the book. \nFollowing the program\, there will be a reception with light refreshments as well as books for sale. Masks are encouraged for the safety of all attendees and speakers. Childcare is also available\, please just share more information in your registration about your childcare needs so we can plan accordingly. \nSpeakers:\nNadine Naber and Erica Bentley are co-directors of Mamas Activating Movements for Abolition & Solidarity (MAMAS)- a decolonial\, abolitionist reproductive justice collective centering the struggles and strategies of mothers and caregivers in liberation movements. We believe that those who do mothering and care work in the face of policing\, fascism\, and war offer the wisdom and strategies needed for our collective freedom dreams. \nThe Mothers Of The Kidnapped (MOK) are April Ward\, Armanda Shackelford\, Bertha Escamilla\, Christina Borizov\, Denice Bronis\, Denise Spencer\, Regina Russell\, Rosemary Cade\, and Valerie Neal. \nMOK is a Chicago-based group of MAMAS who are mothering and caring for survivors of Chicago police torture and frame-ups. As mother-activists\, we provide mutual aid and support for each other\, healing and transforming our communities\, while advocating and fighting to free our loved ones. \n\n\nThis event is cosponsored by MAMAS\, Woods Fund Chicago\, and Haymarket Books.
URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/radical-mothering-caregiving-and-resistance-across-prison-walls/
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SUMMARY:Introduction to the Frankfurt School
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a four-week intensive seminar on the work of the Frankfurt School led by Audrey Nicolaides.  \n\n\n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n\nAbout the Seminar\nIn 1930\, Max Horkheimer became the director of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt\, Germany. Along with his colleagues and a broader orbit of external scholars\, he inaugurated the first wave of what came to be called “critical theory.” This course is an introduction to some of the key works and concepts of the Frankfurt School\, including thinkers like Horkheimer\, Theodor Adorno\, and Walter Benjamin\, in the context of a comparative analysis of the cultural and political landscape of the mid-twentieth century and that of today. \nWhat is historical materialism? What is the “dialectic of enlightenment”? How does the “culture industry” work? What\, if any\, are the connections and boundaries between philosophy\, sociology\, aesthetics\, art\, history\, and religion? Drawing on readings from several Frankfurt School texts\, particularly Adorno and Horkheimer’s Dialectic of Enlightenment\, we will attempt to read\, understand\, and evaluate these questions and link them to the contemporary world. \nThis is a four-week course\, meeting once-weekly between November 15 and December 13 on Sundays\, 2pm – 5pm (skipping Nov. 29th). Students are expected to participate in all four sessions. Syllabus and readings will be sent out upon registration. Space is limited\, so register to secure your spot. \n  \nThis course is sponsored by Haymarket Books. and the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/introduction-to-the-frankfurt-school/
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SUMMARY:SuperNova: A Play by Elizabeth Hawes
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading of SuperNova\, a play by incarcerated writer Elizabeth Hawes.\n\n\n      \n        \n      \n    \nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n“I want to belong. To make a pancake. To plant a flower. To walk the dog. With my mom.” \nSuperNova weaves together the real stories of more than sixty incarcerated women. Through interconnected monologues and scenes\, the characters share about their lives before and inside prison: stories of poverty\, violence\, addiction\, and especially mothering from behind bars. \nPlaywright Elizabeth Hawes\, currently incarcerated in Minnesota\, wrote SuperNova from her own lived experience and the stories of the women around her. SuperNova complicates familiar stories about incarceration\, bringing the focus back to the people living through it and the families trying to stay connected. \nFollowing the reading\, we’ll hear from MAMAS\, a Chicago-based reproductive justice collective led by mother-survivors of state violence\, for a conversation about radical mothering\, incarceration\, family separation\, and abolition. \nSuperNova by Eilzabeth Hawes \nDirected by Rachel Gita Karp \nFeaturing Quenna Lené Barrett\, Nia and Natalie Danée\, Sharaina Turnage\, Spencer Diaz Tootle\, and more to be announced. \n\n\n\n\n______________________________________________________________________________________________ \nElizabeth Hawes\, a Haymarket Writing Freedom Fellow\, writes prose\, plays\, and poetry. She is a Minnesotan. For the last decade\, Hawes has documented and exposed cruelties within institutional structures\, and amplified identity beyond conviction stories. Her central theme is hope. She writes about distance-care\, communication\, and how incarceration affects children and families. \nRachel Gita Karp writes and directs activist performances to advance US politics and public policy. In particular she focuses on protecting reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy\, supporting voting and voters\, and increasing gender representation in government.
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