BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Haymarket House - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Haymarket House X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://haymarkethouse.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Haymarket House REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261029T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261029T190000 DTSTAMP:20261020T161950Z CREATED:20261020T161950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T161950Z UID:1110-1793300400-1793300400@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Love Hound with Jacob Saenz DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Love Hound by Jacob Saenz with special guests Ann Hudson and Kenyatta Rogers at Haymarket House. \nFrom the first poem’s dog bite to the closing heartbeat\, Love Hound explores the deep & complex ways relationships inform & affirm who we are. Family shows up for one another in life & in death without question\, through a pandemic\, across distance & screens. Marriage is a dead bachelor\, a Prince mixtape\, an ode to a belly button & green eyes. The poems in this collection offer love as an elixir to war\, the violence of ICE\, & to confronting the “cracks / in the foundation” of our country. Love Hound beats & barks with an edgy heart. Jacob Saenz’s tight\, musically-driven poems craft pathways toward tenderness & insist that family—in all its forms—offers a way forward. \n***The program will be followed by a reception with light refreshments and books will be for sale. We encourage attendees to wear masks for the safety of our speakers and other guests.*** \nSpeakers: \nJacob Saenz is the author of Love Hound (Next Page Press\, 2026) as well as Throwing the Crown\, winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize. A CantoMundo fellow\, he’s been the recipient of a Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship\, a Latinx Scholarship from the Frost Place and the Alonzo Davis Fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He has served as an editor for Rhino and on the Poetry Editorial Board for Haymarket Books. \nAnn Hudson is the author of three poetry collections\, most recently Subtraction Isn’t Always Less (Next Page Press\, 2024). Her work has appeared in many literary journals\, including Crab Orchard Review\, North American Review\, Orion\, Prairie Schooner\, and The Seattle Review. She has received residencies from Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Virginia and France\, and was a finalist for a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg poetry prize. Ann is a senior editor for the poetry journal Rhino and Director of Education for Hive Center for the Book Arts in Evanston\, Illinois. \nKenyatta Rogers work has been previously published in the Academy of American Poets\, Poetry\, Jubilat\, Bat City Review\, The Volta\, PANK\, Jet Fuel Review\, Rhino\, MAKE Magazine\, among others. He is a Cave Canem fellow and has been awarded multiple scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. An Associate Editor with Jackleg Press\, he serves on the board of directors for AWP and the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee\, he is a cohost of the Sunday Reading Series with Simone Muench and lives in Chicago. His debut poetry collection is forthcoming in 2027 from Trio House Press. \nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. \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/love-hound-with-jacob-saenz/ LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W Buena Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Jacob-Saenz-Book-Event.HH_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261028T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261028T200000 DTSTAMP:20261013T165914Z CREATED:20261002T211030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T165914Z UID:1093-1793210400-1793217600@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Chicago & LA Poets Laureate on the Arts as an Organizing Tool DESCRIPTION:Please join award-winning poets Luis J. Rodriguez and Mayda De Valle for an energizing conversation and reading led by Haymarket editor and poetry director\, Maya Marshall.\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Event\nPlease join award-winning poets Luis J. Rodriguez and Mayda De Valle for an energizing conversation and reading led by Haymarket editor and poetry director\, Maya Marshall. Two generations of Chicago activist-poets will discuss how to connect city organizations and young people through poetry; the founding of Tia Chucha Press; and de/industrialization’s impact on violence and arts rehabilitation. These dedicated\, vibrant poets have planted the seeds of poetry in community for 30 years. Chicago youth are reaping the harvest. \nJoin us Wednesday\, October 28 from 6pm-8pm. Light drinks and refreshments will be served. All are welcome! \n**This in person event will be live-streamed through Haymarket Books. Register through Ticket Tailor to receive a link to the video conference on the day of the event. \nWe ask that all in-person attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speaker and other guests. We will have a reception afterwards with light refreshments and books available for purchase.** \nSpeakers:\nLuis J. Rodriguez is a Los Angeles Poet Laureate Emeritus and the author of 18 books\, including the bestselling memoir Always Running\, La Vida Loca\, Gang Days in L.A. Luis has spent more than 50 years in urban peace efforts in Los Angeles\, Chicago\, Mexico\, and Central & South America. He also has 45 years in prisons\, juvenile lockups\, and jails facilitating creative writing workshops\, poetry readings\, and healing circles. He’s founding editor of Tia Chucha Press in Chicago and co-founder\, with his wife Trini\, of Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore in Los Angeles. This year he received the Poetry Foundation’s Pegasus Prize for Service in Poetry. His other honors include a California Arts Council Legacy Fellowship\, a Los Angeles Times’ Robert Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award\, a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers Award\, a Dorothea Lang-Paul Taylor Journalism Award from Duke University\, a Paterson Lifetime Achievement Award\, PEN International’s Next Generation award\, and fellowships from California\, Illinois\, North Carolina\, Los Angeles\, the Sundance Institute\, and Lannan Foundation. In 2001\, His Holiness the Dalai Lama presented him with An Unsung Hero of Compassion award. \n  \nMayda del Valle has been described by the Chicago Sun Times as having “a way with words. Sometimes they seem to flutter and roll off her lips. Other times they burst forth like a comet streaking across a nighttime sky.” A poet\, performer\, and interdisciplinary artist\, Mayda was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. She is the author of A South Side Girl’s Guide to Love and Sex \, (Tia Chucha Press) and The University of Hip Hop\, winner of the 2016 Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize from Northwestern University Press. \nMayda launched her career at the legendary Nuyorican Poets Café\, where she became the 2001 Grand Slam Champion before going on to win the National Poetry Slam in the same year – becoming the youngest poet and the first Latinx person to do so. She went on to appear on six episodes of the HBO series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry\, and was a contributing writer and original cast member of the Tony Award-winning Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. \nHer work has been featured in Urban Latino\, Latina Magazine\, Mass Appeal\, The Source\, and The New York Times. Smithsonian Magazine named her one of America’s Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences\, and Oprah’s “O” Magazine featured her as one of twenty women in the first “O Power List”\, a group of visionary women making a mark in business\, politics\, and the arts. She has performed at venues worldwide\, including a 2009 appearance at the White House by invitation of President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. \nMayda holds a degree in Studio Art\, and brings a multi- and interdisciplinary approach to her art practice\, often incorporating photography\, video\, music\, and movement into her work. She is a fifteen-year student of Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba\, the oldest living musical tradition from Puerto Rico and is a dancer\, vocalist\, and composer with Las Bompleneras\, the longest-standing all-women’s Bomba and Plena ensemble in the Puerto Rican diaspora. \nA passionate arts educator\, Mayda has taught poetry in schools\, colleges\, youth detention facilities and served as Program Director of Street Poets Inc. in Los Angeles. She is currently a Poet-in-Residence with The Chicago Poetry Center. \nIn 2024 she was awarded the Letras Boricuas Fellowship from the Flamboyan Arts Fund and the Mellon Foundation\, and in 2025 was a Dark Matter Artist in Residence at Elastic Arts. Most recently\, Mayda was selected as the second Poet Laureate of the City of Chicago and will begin her two-year tenure in January of 2026. She is currently developing a multi-media spoken word performance piece entitled Herencia\, exploring the story of Puerto Rican migration to Chicago’s South Side. \nSocial Media\nInstagram https://www.instagram.com/maydadelvalle/\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/maydadelvalleofficial/\nWebsite: https://www.maydadelvalle.com/ \n  \nMaya Marshall\, a poet\, essayist\, and editor\, is the author of author of All the Blood Involved in Love\, winner of the Holmes National Poetry prize. Marshall cofounded underbelly\, the journal on the practical magic of poetic revision. She holds fellowships from MacDowell\, Cave Canem\, and Emory University\, among others. Her poems and essays are featured in numerous publications including Prose for the People (Penguin Random House)\, the American Poetry Review\, Prairie Schooner\, and Boston Review. Marshall is a program consultant for the Writing Freedom Fellowship\, a literary fellowship for system-impacted writers. She serves as poetry director and senior editor for Haymarket Books. \n\n\n\nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books\, Jacobin\, In These Times\, Truthout\, AirGo Radio and Respair Media. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. \n\n\nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/chicago-la-poets-laureate-on-the-arts-as-an-organizing-tool/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Poets-Laureate-V2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261027T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261027T210000 DTSTAMP:20261002T152157Z CREATED:20261001T210215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T152157Z UID:1081-1793125800-1793134800@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Films for a Changing World Double Feature: Now We Live on Clifton & Two Summers on Hayes Ave DESCRIPTION:Join us Tuesday\, October 27th for a Films for a Changing World double feature! We will be screening the 1974 documentary short Now We Live on Clifton and Tess Lacy’s 2025 documentary\, Two Summers on Hayes Avenue. The film will be followed by a discussion led by housing organizer\, Dordie Hester. Doors open at 6:00 PM. Snacks and refreshments will be served and all proceeds from the screening will go towards supporting the work of ONE Northside. \n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Films\nNOW WE LIVE ON CLIFTON follows 10 year old Pam Taylor and her 12 year old brother Scott around their multiracial West Lincoln Park neighborhood. The kids worry that they’ll be forced out of the neighborhood they grew up in by the gentrification following the expansion of DePaul University. \nTWO SUMMERS ON HAYES AVENUE examines the relationship between Rogers Park and Loyola University\, looking to the future on how the university can better support the community\, and how the community can better examine issues of gentrification and displacement in light of the current environment. \nAbout ONE Northside\nOrganizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside (ONE Northside) is a community organization resulting from the merger of Lakeview Action Coalition and Organization of the Northeast. Together\, ONE and LAC have a history of nearly 60 years of powerful and effective community organizing. Learn more about their work here! \nDordie Hester (she/her) is a housing justice community organizer at ONE Northside who marshals the forces of grassroots leadership\, public officials\, lawyers\, service agencies\, and housing providers with great results\, including Saving the Leland Hotel. \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-double-feature-now-we-live-on-clifton-two-summers-on-hayes-ave/ LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W Buena Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/FFACW-presents_-Now-We-Live-on-Clifton-Two-Summers-on-Hayes-Avenue.HH_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261024T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261024T210000 DTSTAMP:20261009T185513Z CREATED:20261009T185512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261009T185513Z UID:1096-1792868400-1792875600@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Solidarity Under Fascism\, World-Building at Empire’s End DESCRIPTION:Join Leanne Betasamosake Simpson\, Heoli Osorio\, SA Smythe\, Sophia Azeb\, and moderator Uahikea Maile for a discussion on how solidarity can both demonstrate how another world is possible\, as well as showing us how to continue cultivating it.\n\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Event\n\nFascism is diagnostic and symptomatic of declining empire. As it resurges in the US and globally\, clinging to the hollow jingoism of xenophobia\, ethnonationalism\, and conquest\, the worlds precariously built by capitalist imperialism are in crisis and crumbling. These fissures in empire have been wrenched open and widened because of renewed political resistance across social locations\, grounded relations\, and disparate geographies. It is that solidarity across difference that demonstrates another world is not simply possible\, but has already been lived and\, on a planet wracked by climate disaster\, white supremacy\, and genocide\, requires continued cultivation. \nThere will be a reception with refreshments after the program. Masks are encouraged for the safety of our speakers and guests. \n\n\nSpeakers\nLeanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg musician\, writer and academic\, who has been widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation. She is the author of numerous books and her latest\, Theory of Water\, was short-listed for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for non-fiction. \nHeoli Osorio is a Kanaka Maoli wahine mākua / artist / activist / scholar / storyteller born and raised in Pālolo Valley to parents Jonathan and Mary Osorio. Heoli  is an Associate Professor of Indigenous and Native Hawaiian Politics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Heoli is a three-time national poetry champion\, poetry mentor and a published author. \nSA Smythe is a critical theorist and multi-instrumentalist working at the University of Toronto as associate professor of “Black Studies & the Archive” and Director of the Collaboratory for Black Poiēsis. For decades\, Smythe has organised with literary/performance\, abolitionist\, and migrant support collectives across Turtle Island\, Europe\, and the Mediterranean. \nSophia Azeb is an assistant professor of Black Studies in the Department of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. Sophia’s current book project\, “Another Country: Translational Blackness and the Afro-Arab\,” explores the currents of transnational and translational blackness charted by African American\, Afro-Caribbean\, African\, and Afro-Arab peoples across 20th century North Africa and Europe. \nUahikea Maile is a Kanaka Maoli scholar\, strategist\, and practitioner from Maunawili\, Oʻahu. He is assistant professor in the Department of Race\, Diaspora\, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago. \n  \n\n\nThis event is cosponsored by University of Chicago’s Department of Race\, Diaspora\, and Indigeneity and Haymarket Books.  URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/solidarity-under-fascism-world-building-at-empires-end/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/World-Building-V3-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261018T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261018T160000 DTSTAMP:20260916T155602Z CREATED:20260916T155602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T155602Z UID:1061-1792321200-1792339200@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Radical Used Book Fair DESCRIPTION:Join us Sunday\, October 18th for the Radical Used Book Fair!????????????\nWe’ll have hundreds of radical books available—many in like-new condition as well as some rare finds. It’ll be an excellent place to stock up for yourself or as gifts for all the activists\, organizers\, and readers in your life! All proceeds will go towards supporting the work of Haymarket House. \nAll paperbacks $4\, hardcovers $6. Accepted payment methods are cash\, card and tap to pay. Please bring your own reusable bags. \nSee you there! \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 busses stop nearby. The 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 in 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\nThis event will take place outdoors. Multi-stall restrooms are located in the kitchen and hallway and a single occupancy restroom is located to the right of the stairwell. The ramp entrance to the building can be accessed from the back parking lot via Clarendon Ave. Please email info@haymarkethouse.org with any questions! URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/radical-used-book-fair-3/ LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W Buena Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/RUBF.1018.HH_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261001T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261001T203000 DTSTAMP:20261001T192945Z CREATED:20260924T162036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T192945Z UID:1070-1790879400-1790886600@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Hear From the Minnesota 15 DESCRIPTION:When thousands in Minneapolis-St. Paul resisted the federal\, anti-immigrant invasion of their cities\, tens of thousands of Twin Cities residents forced ICE and Border Patrol to retreat. In retaliation\, 15 rapid responders were singled out and subjected to violent raids and arrests. \nJoin two of the “Minnesota 15”\, Isaac Sant and Callum “Cal” Robinet as they share their stories\, stand in community\, and build networks of support. They will be joined in conversation by 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez. \nWatch the livestream here! \nIsaac Sant is a healthcare worker\, an activist\, and a longtime trade unionist. Originally from Baltimore\, MD\, he has worked in the labor movement organizing nursing home workers\, warehouse workers\, and cafeteria workers. He has also participated in the movement against police brutality\, antifascist organizing\, and the global justice movement. Before moving to Minnesota\, he was a defendant in the J20 case in 2017. \nCallum “Cal” Robinet (they/he) is a union organizer\, low voltage technician\, and security professional who works to bridge the gap between digital and physical spaces. They have been active in community organizing since the mid 2000s\, working in anti-cult\, anti-racist\, and queer groups throughout the state. Cal is a founding member of the Ray Rainbolt Memorial Shooting Club\, a decade old organization focused on firearms safety\, instruction\, and competition for union members and LGBT people. They are also the primary author of Radio Reference for Radicals – an instruction book for how to effectively use handheld radio for safety and security\, and an author of the forthcoming New Union Defense Guard Training Manual – an introduction to physical security team practices for community self defense groups. \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. \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. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/hear-from-the-minnesota-15/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/MN15.HH_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260922T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260922T210000 DTSTAMP:20260825T185753Z CREATED:20260824T192912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T185753Z UID:1051-1790101800-1790110800@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Films for a Changing World presents: Stray Embers DESCRIPTION:Join us Tuesday\, September 22nd for a screening of Erin Brethauer and Tim Hussin’s 2026 documentary Stray Embers. \nThe film will be followed by a sound bath and guided movement activity\, led by Albe Gutierrez\, MAATC (she/her/ella) – art therapist\, psychotherapist and movement coach. Snacks and refreshments will be served and all proceeds from the screening will go towards supporting the work of Eco.Logic. \n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Film\nSTRAY EMBERS is an intimate\, vérité portrait of resilience\, community\, and climate crisis in rural Northern California. In the wake of the 2018 Camp Fire- the deadliest wildfire in California history- Brad Weldon\, a fifth-generation resident of Paradise\, saves his home with little more than luck\, some garden hoses and sheer determination. What begins as a personal act of survival soon transforms into a makeshift communal experiment when Brad opens his doors to over 20 displaced neighbors\, friends\, and their many dogs\, creating a sprawling\, improvised household. The film follows this multi-generational household over five tumultuous years. \nAbout Eco.Logic\nEco.Logic builds connections and inspires action using arts-based and nature-based programming. Operating at the intersection of environmental justice and creativity\, Eco.Logic engages people of all backgrounds to reimagine their relationship with the earth and each other. Through a variety of programs\, Eco.Logic cultivates ecological literacy\, fosters community resilience\, and develops collective\, creative solutions to the climate crisis. 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. For the ramp entrance to the house\, please email info@haymarketbooks.org after registering. The event will all take place on one level and all restrooms and hallways are wheelchair accessible URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/films-for-a-changing-world-presents-stray-embers/ LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W Buena Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/FFACW-Stray-Embers.HH_-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260829T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260829T190000 DTSTAMP:20260622T223738Z CREATED:20260622T223702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T223738Z UID:1013-1788022800-1788030000@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Resurgency: Outlasting the War on Terror in Iraq with Kali Rubaii and Juan González DESCRIPTION:Join Kali Rubaii and Juan González in a discussion about Rubai’s new release\, Resurgency: Outlasting the War on Terror in Iraq.\n\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Book\nResurgency examines how Iraqi farmers outlast the long shadow of US military intervention as they return to repair their war-damaged homeland. Based on detailed ethnographic research\, Kali Rubaii expands the temporal and descriptive definitions of war\, displacement\, and resistance. \nIn Resurgency\, Kali Rubaii offers detailed insight into how decades of war have affected everyday life in Iraq. Drawing on fieldwork in Anbar province and Iraqi Kurdistan in 2014–15 and 2021–24\, Rubaii foregrounds the practices of displaced people who stubbornly outlast their occupiers\, returning to homes that feel estranging\, repairing war-damaged land\, and surviving into futures to which they have been disinvited. \nFollowing Anbari farmers in their struggle to counter the social and environmental fallout from toxic military waste\, depleted ecosystems\, and transformed political economies\, Resurgency expands the categories of what war is—and what resistance looks like. By asking what actions make sense when conditions of survival are diminished\, and when today may be better than tomorrow\, Rubaii offers new insights to those concerned about the possibilities of life amid environmental devastation\, mass displacement\, and the slow violence of the forever wars. \n**We ask that all in-person attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speaker and other guests. We will have a reception afterwards with light refreshments and books available for purchase.** \nSpeakers:\nKali Rubaii is a cultural anthropologist at Purdue University whose scholarship focuses on displacement\, health justice\, and the environmental impacts of war and its chains of supply. She leads the Parts Per Million Project on environment and health justice and co-leads the War and Geos project on military supply chains. She is the author of Resurgency: Outlasting the War on Terror in Iraq and co-editor of The Social Properties of Concrete. \nJuan González is the co-founder and co-host of Democracy Now! since 1996. He was a staff columnist for New York’s Daily News from 1987 to 2016. He is the author of Harvest of Empire\, News for All the People\, Fallout \, and Reclaiming Gotham. \n  \n\n\n\nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books and Women and Children First. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/resurgency-outlasting-the-war-on-terror-in-iraq-with-kali-rubaii-and-juan-gonzalez/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Resurgency.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260829T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260829T150000 DTSTAMP:20260827T171912Z CREATED:20260817T164739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T171912Z UID:1043-1788004800-1788015600@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Solidarity Forever: A Radical Pop-Up Installation DESCRIPTION:Chicago! Join us Saturday August 29th for Solidarity Forever: A Radical Pop-Up Installation at Haymarket House. \n\n \n \n \n \nThis pop-up features t-shirts from the extensive collection of Kipp Dawson ‘94. An activist\, coal miner\, and educator\, Dawson built coalitions for over sixty years in some of the nation’s largest movements for freedom and justice. Her astonishing career of intersectional activism stretched from the frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam anti-war movement\, to the women’s movement\, gay liberation movement\, labor movement\, and education justice movement. She helped to lead some of the pivotal and most famous sit-ins\, rallies\, and marches which led to crucial victories. \nMaterial from her work will be displayed as an installation inside of Haymarket House from 12PM-3PM. \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 take place outdoors in the driveway and indoors on one level. All restrooms and hallways are wheelchair accessible. \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. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/radical-used-book-fair-x-solidarity-forever/ LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W Buena Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Solidarity-Forever-w-Kipp-Dawson-829.HH_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260828T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260828T203000 DTSTAMP:20260817T163443Z CREATED:20260716T184025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T163443Z UID:1030-1787941800-1787949000@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Solidarity Forever: A Radical Pop-Up and Intergenerational Conversation with Activist Kipp Dawson DESCRIPTION:Join us Friday\, August 28th for an intergenerational dialogue with Kipp Dawson facilitated by her daughter Leah Yacknin-Dawson. The pop-up will remain on display through 4PM during the Radical Used Book Fair Saturday\, August 29. \n\n \n \n \n \nFeminist\, lesbian\, and socialist\, Kipp Dawson has built and maintained coalitions for over 60 years across causes ranging from queer liberation to the labor movement to anti-imperialist causes. This radical pop-up features material from her decades as an activist\, coal miner\, and labor organizer in some of the largest international and domestic movements for freedom and justice. Spotlighting material from her work building union solidarity networks between workers in El Salvador\, Australia\, the UK\, and the US\, bridging gay liberation and socialism\, and using tools of solidarity and organizing to resist US militarization abroad and racial violence at home\, this pop-up urges us all to seek unlikely alliances\, break down barriers\, and work towards a better future for all. As “Solidarity Forever” shows\, in Kipp’s own words\, “There is beauty in struggling together.” \n***Register through Ticket Tailor to receive a link to the live-streamed video on the day of the event*** \nKipp Dawson is a lifelong radical and activist. She co-planned the second Christopher Street Liberation Day celebrations following Stonewall\, participated in the first and second Congress to Unite Women\, and ran as the Socialist Workers Party candidate for Senate in New York. For 13 years\, she worked as a coal miner in Appalachia\, helping to organize women miners and international solidarity among laborers in El Salvador\, England\, and Australia. At 81\, she continues to show up for a range of causes\, building intergenerational coalitions along the way. \nLeah Yacknin-Dawson is a writer and poet from Pittsburgh\, PA. She works at Tzedek Chicago. In the summer\, she is probably at the lake. \n  \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. \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. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/solidarity-forever-a-radical-pop-up-and-intergenerational-conversation-with-activist-kipp-dawson/ LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W Buena Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Solidarity-Forever-An-Intergenerational-Conversation-Radical-Pop-Up-w-Kipp-Dawson-828.HHSite.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260819T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260819T200000 DTSTAMP:20260729T194934Z CREATED:20260729T194910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T194934Z UID:1035-1787164200-1787169600@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:The Veiled Prophet: Devin Thomas O'Shea in Conversation with Rebecca Makkai DESCRIPTION:Join us as Devin Thomas O’Shea and Rebecca Makkai discuss The Veiled Prophet\,  A provocative look at the secret society that has controlled St. Louis for over a century\, revealing how shadowy elites organize themselves against working-class power.\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Book\nEvery December in downtown St. Louis\, the city’s upper crust attend a garish costume party that doubles as a debutante’s ball. At first glance\, the event seems outdated and clownish\, but in truth the Veiled Prophet Society has functioned as an exclusive club for the “city fathers\,” where solidarity is built between wealthy men who head major U.S. corporations\, banks\, and control whole industries. At the Veiled Prophet’s Ball\, these titans of capital come together to crown one of their daughters the Queen of Love and Beauty\, and celebrate the breaking of strikes\, the sabotage of protests\, and the enforcement of racial hierarchies. \nDevin Thomas O’Shea’s The Veiled Prophet is the definitive history of the Veiled Prophet Society in all its violence and pageantry\, offering a colorful alternate history of the United States through the lens of the Midwestern elite. O’Shea follows the Veiled Prophet Society from its origins in the wake of the 1877 general strike\, through the 1904 World’s Fair\, to the height of the Prophet’s—and St. Louis’s—influence during the Cold War. The Veiled Prophet examines the unexpected ways this secret society has shaped the course of history\, from the CIA to the Vietnam War to the assassination of Martin Luther King. \nAs the fight for the soul and streets of St. Louis intensifies\, it’s more critical than ever that we expose the sordid history of these powerful\, masked figures and their control over our democracy. \n**This in person event will also be live-streamed through Haymarket Books. Register through Ticket Tailor to receive a link to the virtual event on the day of the event.** \n**We ask all attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speakers and other guests.** \nSpeakers:\nDevin Thomas O’Shea is a writer in St. Louis. His work has appeared in The Nation\, Slate\, The Iowa Review\, Jacobin\, Boulevard\, and elsewhere. \nRebecca Makkai is the author of the New York Times bestselling I Have Some Questions For You as well as four other works of fiction. Her last novel\, The Great Believers\, One of the New York Times’ Best Books of the 21st Century\, was a finalist for both the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and the 2018 National Book Award\, and was the winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize among other honors. A 2022 Guggenheim Fellow\, Rebecca teaches graduate fiction writing at Middlebury College\, Northwestern University\, and the Bennington Writing Seminars\, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago. \n\n\n\nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/the-veiled-prophet-devin-thomas-oshea-in-conversation-with-rebecca-makkai/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/VP1-02.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260811T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260811T193000 DTSTAMP:20260715T043140Z CREATED:20260715T043020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T043140Z UID:1025-1786471200-1786476600@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Barbara Ransby and Anthony Arnove in Conversation on SNCC: The New Abolitionists DESCRIPTION:Join Barbara Ransby and Anthony Arnove for a discussion on SNCC\, one of the most significant and creative organizations to shape the course of the civil rights movement in the United States. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Book\nSNCC: The New Abolitionists has influenced generations of readers seeking to learn from the successes and failures of SNCC organizers. Zinn’s documentation of the process of social change remains an indispensable resource for activists who are continuing\, in the tradition of SNCC\, to fight for a more just world. \nThis edition includes a new foreword by Anthony Arnove\, situating Howard Zinn’s work and legacy\, and an afterword by Barbara Ransby\, reflecting on the enduring importance of SNCC. \nThis event is co-sponsored by Jewish Currents. \n**This in person event will also be live-streamed through Haymarket Books. Register through Ticket Tailor to receive a link to the virtual event on the day of the event.** \n**We ask all attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speakers and other guests.** \nSpeakers:\nBarbara Ransby is a Distinguished Professor in the Departments of African American Studies\, Gender and Women’s Studies\, and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ransby is author of two award-winning books: Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement and Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson. \nAnthony Arnove is the editor of several books\, including Howard Zinn Speaks\, Voices of a People’s History of the United States\, which he co-edited with Howard Zinn\, and Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the Twenty-First Century\, which he co-edited with Haley Pessin. He also wrote the introduction for the new 35th anniversary edition of Zinn’s classic book A People’s History of the United States. \n\n\nThis event is organized by Haymarket Books and Jewish Currents. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/barbara-ransby-and-anthony-arnove-in-conversation/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/SNCC-Event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260730T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260730T200000 DTSTAMP:20260704T020255Z CREATED:20260704T020222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260704T020255Z UID:1017-1785436200-1785441600@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Black Summers: Growing up in the Urban Outdoors DESCRIPTION:Join Desiree Cooper\, MARS. Marshall and J.K. Chukwu for a conversation about Cooper’s new edited collection\, Black Summers: Growing up in the Urban Outdoors.\n\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Book\nBlack Summers: Growing up in the Urban Outdoors is a provocative\, tender\, literary collection of essays\, poetry\, and graphic stories about how racism shapes life in the urban outdoors. African American writers ages 16 to 74 share their memories of summertime in Detroit. In these pages\, water is both a spiritual divide between enslavement and freedom\, and a segregated space for whites only. Public spaces hold both enticement and threat; summer road trips are as necessary as they are guarded. While the stories are uniquely Detroit\, they are also emblematic of the barriers to the outdoors imposed upon Black and brown urban dwellers nationwide since The Great Migration. Persistent themes color their stories: How racism circumscribes Black outdoor participation. How divestment\, abandonment\, and racial politics continue to redline childhood summers. How childhood racial trauma still haunts the adults who survived it. Black Summers is a collection about struggle\, persistence\, and reinvention. But ultimately\, it’s a tribute to Black joy during the most carefree of seasons: summertime. \n**We encourage in-person attendees to wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speaker and other guests. We will have a reception afterward the program with light refreshments and books available for purchase.** \nSpeakers:\nDesiree Cooper is a 2015 Kresge Artist Fellow\, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist\, former attorney\, and editor of the groundbreaking 2026 anthology\, Black Summers: Growing up in the Urban Outdoors. Her fiction\, poetry and essays have appeared in The New York Times\, Oprah Daily\, MSNBC Daily\, Flash FictionAmerica 2023\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, The Rumpus\, River Teeth\, Best African American Fiction 2010\, and noted in The Best American Essays 2019. Cooper’s children’s picture book\, Nothing Special\, is a 2023 Paterson Prizewinner and included on the NY Public Library’s “10 Best Children’s Books of 2022.” She is a founding board member of Cave Canem\, a residency for Black poets; a former board member of the Furious Flower Poetry Center; a current member of the Wintergreen Women Writers Collective; and a fellow of Kimbilio\, a residency for Black fiction writers. http://www.desireecooper.com \nMARS. Marshall was born and raised in Detroit\, MI. MARS. is a writer\, film photographer\, and the author of FLOWER BOI (Gold Line Press\, 2022). They earned an MSW from Wayne State University and an MFA from Randolph College. Their work has appeared in Four Way Review\, Obsidian Literature & Arts for the African Diaspora\, Foglifter\, and elsewhere. MARS. is the recipient of the 2021 Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Arts Fellowship and the 2019 Lambda Literary Emerging Writers Fellowship in Poetry. They currently live and love in Chicago. http://www.blkboimars.com \nJ K Chukwu is a writer and visual artist from the Midwest. She holds a BA from the University of Chicago and an MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University. She was a LAMBDA fellow\, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize\, Best of Net\, and short-listed for the Tarpaulin Sky Book Award. Her debut novel\, The Unfortunates\, published with Mariner Books\, was a co-winner for the 2024 MMLA prize. It was also featured in the New York Times Book Review\, Ebony\, Bustle\, and selected as a Buzz Pick with Good Morning America. \n  \n\n\n\n\nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/black-summers-growing-up-in-the-urban-outdoors/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/BlackSummers-update.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260729T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260729T203000 DTSTAMP:20260707T162505Z CREATED:20260707T162504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260707T162505Z UID:1021-1785349800-1785357000@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Shredding Rugs: Poetry | Presence | Healing DESCRIPTION:Join us at Haymarket House for live readings from Shredding Rugs\, and guided conversation exploring truth-telling\, resilience\, and the healing power of language.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Book\nShredding Rugs is a bold\, tender\, and unapologetic poetry collection that speaks directly to the hearts of Black and Brown girls who have been left unprotected\, overlooked\, and underestimated. Through vivid storytelling and visceral imagery\, Lachrisa Grandberry invites readers to sit with truths that are often swept under the rug. \nThis book offers more than poems\, it offers presence. Shredding Rugs offer a space for reflection\, release\, and reclamation. With each page\, Grandberry holds space for those navigating generational trauma\, identity\, and healing on their own terms. The collection doesn’t promise neat conclusions or perfect endings\, it simply tells the truth. Loud\, clear\, and rooted in love. \nLachrisa Grandberry (she/her) is a Chicago-based actor\, singer\, writer\, and storyteller whose work lives at the intersection of artistry\, truth-telling\, and healing. Her performance career spans stages across the Midwest\, including Goodman Theatre\, Chicago Shakespeare Theater\, Lyric Opera of Chicago\, Milwaukee Repertory Theater and many seasons with Northern Sky Theater. \nAs a 2026 New Stages Residency Writer at Goodman Theatre\, and the 2024 Dramatists Guild Foundation National Musical Theater Fellow\, Lachrisa is also the Director of NOVA Programming at Northern Sky Theater\, where she creates intentional spaces for writers to explore\, challenge\, and amplify their voices. In 2022\, she was named one of Wisconsin’s 52 Most Influential Black Leaders. \nThrough her poetry collection Shredding Rugs and her theatrical work\, Lachrisa uses storytelling as a tool for reflection\, release\, and transformation. Lachrisa believes that storytelling is a way to learn\, unlearn\, release\, and heal. “I know that my stories are not my own\,” she writes. “They belong to all of us.” She aims to continue inspiring and transforming the human mind through the power of storytelling in hopes that they hold the power to connect us\, confront us\, and ultimately\, heal us. \nLachrisa will be joined by a board member of Youth Empowerment Performance Project (YEPP). \nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books and YEPP. While all our events are free we encourage you to make a donation to support our collective programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/shredding-rugs-poetry-presence-healing/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Shredding-Rugs.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260703T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260703T203000 DTSTAMP:20260622T185752Z CREATED:20260622T185509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T185752Z UID:1007-1783105200-1783110600@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:OFFSITE: 250 Years of Resistance: Brian Jones and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor in Conversation DESCRIPTION:Join Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Brian Jones at the National Public Housing Museum for a conversation about the inspiring history and extraordinary capacity of ordinary people to resist and organize for a better world.\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Event\nTake a break from the bizarre and depressing spectacle of Donald Trump presiding over celebrations of the U.S. state’s 250th birthday to join Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Brian Jones for a conversation about the inspiring history and extraordinary capacity of ordinary people to resist and organize for a better world. \n**This in person event will be live-streamed through Haymarket Books. Register through Ticket Tailor to receive a link to the video conference on the day of the event. \nWe will have a reception afterwards with light refreshments and books available for purchase.** \nSpeakers:\nKeeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and the co-founder of Hammer & Hope. Her book From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation\, which won the Lannan Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book\, was recently published in an expanded second edition by Haymarket Books\, with a new foreword by Angela Y. Davis. ​Her book Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership was a semi-finalist for the National Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History. She is a contributing writer at The New Yorker and a former Contributing Opinion Writer for The New York Times. In 2021\, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. With Colin Kaepernick and Robin D. G. Kelley\, she edited Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies. Her latest book is the expanded and updated edition of How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective\, featuring a new introduction by Taylor and a powerful new interview with Angela Y. Davis. \nBrian Jones is an educator and author. He served as the inaugural director of the Center for Educators and Schools at the New York Public Library and was the associate director of education at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Brian is a founding board member and contributing artist to the organization\, Voices of a People’s History and the author of two books\, The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History\, and Black History Is for Everyone. \n  \nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. \nLocation\nNational Public Housing Museum (919 South Ada Street)\, 60607 URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/offsite-250-years-of-resistance-brian-jones-and-keeanga-yamahtta-taylor-in-conversation/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Screenshot-2026-06-22-at-1.44.50-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260618T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260618T193000 DTSTAMP:20260615T234212Z CREATED:20260605T185246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T234212Z UID:1001-1781805600-1781811000@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:The Conviction Machine: Prosecutors\, Politicians\, and Police Violence in Chicago DESCRIPTION:Join Flint Taylor and Martha Biondi in a discussion about Flint Taylor’s latest release\, The Conviction Machine: Prosecutors\, Politicians\, and Police Violence in Chicago \n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Book\nIn December 1969\, the FBI\, the Chicago Police Department\, and the office of States Attorney\, led by rising political star Edward V. Hanrahan\, conspired to assassinate Black Panther leader Fred Hampton\, and then flagrantly covered up their misconduct. Thirteen years later\, Jackie Wilson was tortured by the same police department and wrongfully incarcerated for thirty-six years. \nDrawing on unique insights from his role as a leading opposition lawyer in both cases\, award-winning author Flint Taylor details the vast political corruption uncovered in the Hampton case and the twists and turns of Wilson’s forty-year effort to win his freedom. \nWith blistering clarity and righteous indignation\, The Conviction Machine shines a penetrating light on the sordid world of prosecutorial misconduct and police violence. \n**We ask that all in-person attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speaker and other guests. We will have a reception afterwards with light refreshments and books available for purchase.** \nSpeakers:\nMartha Biondi is a professor of Black Studies and History at Northwestern and the award-winning author of We Are Internationalists: Prexy Nesbitt and the Fight for African Liberation. \nAs a law student\, Flint Taylor was a founding member of the People’s Law Office and has been a partner of the PLO since 1972. As a student and lawyer\, he has been dedicated to litigating against police violence and racism for more than fifty-four years. Among the landmark cases that Taylor has litigated are the Fred Hampton Black Panther case; the Greensboro\, North Carolina case against the KKK\, Nazis and Greensboro police; and a series of cases arising from a pattern and practice of police torture and cover-up by Chicago police Commander Jon Burge\, former Cook County State’s Attorney and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley\, and numerous other law enforcement officials. He has represented\, and continues to represent\, many wrongfully convicted persons\, including police torture victims who have spent decades in prison and on death row. He has chronicled his work and that of the People’s Law Office in an award-winning historical memoir titled The Torture Machine. \n  \n\n\nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/the-conviction-machine-prosecutors-politicians-and-police-violence-in-chicago/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Conviction-Machine.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260610T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260610T193000 DTSTAMP:20260610T210317Z CREATED:20260526T143912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260610T210317Z UID:997-1781114400-1781119800@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Haymarket Presents: Song for a Hard-Hit People: A Memoir of Antiracist Solidarity from a Coal Miner's Daughter DESCRIPTION:Join us for this Haymarket Presents speakers series event\, with Beth Howard and Eric Kerl in discussion of Howard’s new book\, Song for a Hard-Hit People A Memoir of Antiracist Solidarity from a Coal Miner’s Daughter. Co-sponsored SURJ. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Event\nIn Song for a Hard-Hit People\, Beth Howard shares her story of growing up in Appalachian Kentucky—the economic struggles\, trauma\, and ever-present sexism along with the loving care of her close-knit rural community. These complex people shaped Howard’s sense of justice and solidarity\, and taught her about the inextricable bonds working-class people share\, despite our differences. But her childhood also left her with emotional wounds that threatened to destroy the life she built for herself. While healing her wounds is deeply personal\, there’s no separating it from the people and place that made her. \nAppalachia is often framed as a place to escape from\, where people are hateful\, lazy\, and bring tragedy upon themselves. But in her quest to understand her home and her people\, Howard uncovers the powerful history of white Appalachians fighting alongside Black and Brown people\, pushing back against billionaires who gain power by using racism to divide them. Appalachia\, she realizes\, has not only been hit hard; it is the place to wage a freedom struggle. \nToo many of us are denied the basic necessities of life: somewhere decent to live\, good food to eat\, health care that doesn’t break the bank\, jobs that don’t kill us. As Howard reminds us\, we haven’t got a chance—unless we organize. \nIn the midst of divisive rhetoric\, violent repression\, and grifters writing elegies\, may this story be a song. \n**This in person event will also be live-streamed through Haymarket Books. Register through Ticket Tailor to receive a link to the virtual event on the day of the event.** \n**We ask all attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speakers and other guests.** \nSpeakers:\nBeth Howard is the Cultural Strategist for Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)\, the largest national organization bringing white people into the fight for racial and economic justice. She grew up in a rural white working-class community in Eastern Kentucky and has organized in the American South for two decades\, primarily in her beloved home state of Kentucky. \nBeth has been a lead organizer on campaigns to raise the minimum wage and restore voting rights. She’s also engaged white working-class Southerners on successful electoral campaigns\, including ones that defeated an abortion ban ballot initiative in the 2022 Kentucky midterms and reelected Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear in 2023—and ran a rural field office in the 2020 Georgia runoff election. \nBeth is the creator of the viral narrative campaign Rednecks for Black Lives\, and has been featured on the NBC News National Day of Racial Healing special\, Matter of Fact’s Listening Tour with Soledad O’Brian\, NPR’s Here and Now\, Now This News\, in the book Power Concedes Nothing: How Grassroots Organizing Wins Elections\, the New York Times\, and The Boston Globe. Beth lives in Lexington\, Kentucky. Song for a Hard-Hit People is her first book. You can find her on Substack at Working Class Love Notes and online at bethhowardky.com. \nEric Kerl is a writer\, designer\, photographer\, and organizer based in Chicago. Kerl has written for Rewire News\, 100 Days in Appalachia\, Tempest\, International Socialist Review\, and others. As a co-founder of Rampant magazine\, he examined the intersections of race and class in the US South. \nHe was the final apprentice admitted to the title of journeyman in Cincinnati Typographical Union #3. Kerl finished a second journeymanship in the printers’ union\, with an expertise in letterpress\, gravure\, intaglio\, and offset lithography. Since 2001\, he has worked as a master printer in newspaper\, magazine\, poster\, and book publishing. \nRaised in rural Kentucky\, he is interested in the stories of Southern Appalachia\, culture at the margins\, race-making\, and rebellious people’s movements. \n  \nThis event is co-sponsored by SURJ and Haymarket Books\, and is part of the Haymarket Presents speakers series. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/haymarket-presents-song-for-a-hard-hit-people-a-memoir-of-antiracist-solidarity-from-a-coal-miners-daughter/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SongForAHardHitPeople1-02-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260609T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260630T213000 DTSTAMP:20260418T041221Z CREATED:20260418T041221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T041221Z UID:972-1781029800-1782855000@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Socialism or Barbarism: An Introduction to Rosa Luxemburg DESCRIPTION:Join us for a four-week intensive seminar on the thought of Rosa Luxemburg led by Audrey Nicolaides.\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Seminar\nFor Rosa Luxemburg\, civilization faced a choice: “socialism or barbarism.” But how to actually achieve socialism was the driving preoccupation of Luxemburg’s life. Economist\, journalist\, politician\, and streetfighter\, Luxemburg threw herself into the great debates that roiled the international Marxist movement. She was a vociferous critic of parliamentary reformism\, developing instead a singularly powerful internationalist and mass participatory theory of socialist revolution centered on the mass strike. She debated Lenin on problems of political organization and was the first to warn against the authoritarian degeneration of Bolshevism. An acute political economist\, she wrote what stands as the first major Marxist attempt to grapple with the centrality of imperialism to the global capitalist system\, The Accumulation of Capital. \nOver two decades of intense political and theoretical activity\, she earned the admiration of her allies\, the begrudging respect of her adversaries\, and the mortal hatred of her enemies (who murdered her in 1919). To this day\, Rosa Luxemburg continues to inspire leftists all over the world. But her theoretical and political legacy is also haunted by the failure of the political project she championed. How can we understand Luxemburg’s theoretical and polemical work in the light of the collapse of socialist revolution and internationalism? Is Luxemburg’s revolutionary vision\, encapsulated in her famous slogan\, still plausible today\, with liberal democracy under siege by the reactionary and neo-fascist far-Right? \nIn this course\, we will read Luxemburg’s work against its immediate historical and political context: the imperialist build-up to World War I\, the rise and fall of German Social Democracy and the Second International\, and the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917. We will ask: What is Luxemburg’s account of imperialism and what are its implications for Marxist theorizing? How did Luxemburg understand the revolutionary politics of her day? What can her decades-long but ultimately failed efforts to steer the ship of German Social Democracy toward revolution tell us about the nature of mass socialist politics? What were Luxemburg’s blindspots and what do they reveal about the limits of Second International Marxism? And what remains alive in her work today? In tackling these questions\, we will survey her entire body of work including but not limited to Reform or Revolution?\, The Mass Strike\, The Accumulation of Capital\, The Junius Pamphlet and her extensive writings on Russia. We will supplement these readings with selected correspondence\, news articles\, pamphlets\, and later scholarship as well as writings from her contemporaries and interlocutors including Karl Marx\, Friedrich Engels\, Eduard Bernstein\, Karl Kausty\, Rudolf Hilferding\, Karl Liebknecht\, Paul Levi\, and Lenin. We will outline Luxemburg’s singular contributions to Marxist theory and socialist politics and consider their implications\, resonances\, and continued relevance for the twenty-first century. \nThis is a four-week course\, meeting once-weekly between June 9 and June 30 on Tuesday evenings\, 6:30pm – 9:30pm. 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/socialism-or-barbarism-an-introduction-to-rosa-luxemburg/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Luxemburg-Course-02.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260521T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260521T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200244Z CREATED:20260424T200244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T200244Z UID:978-1779388200-1779393600@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Dangerous\, Dirty\, Violent\, and Young: A Book Event with Zayd Ayers Dohrn DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebration of Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s new book\, Dangerous\, Dirty\, Violent\, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground\, at Haymarket House.  \n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Book\nZayd Ayers Dohrn was born underground. His parents were fugitives after a decade fighting the US government; his mother was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list. All his life\, Dohrn’s parents said his birth marked a clean break with violent revolutionary struggle\, but in this explosive memoir\, he discovers that story wasn’t entirely true. \nThis masterpiece of personal and social history brings us inside an infamous family and their lives underground. Drawing on exclusive interviews\, declassified FBI files\, and long-hidden letters\, photos\, and diaries\, Dohrn tells a new story of radical resistance\, including revelations about the Weathermen’s bombing campaign\, their secret alliance with the Black Liberation Army\, and the dramatic prison break of Assata Shakur. \nReckoning with the emotional damage the Weathermen inflicted on their victims\, their children\, and themselves\, Dohrn’s unflinching memoir explores the roots of radicalism and asks how a young person survives when the place they feel safest—with their family—also puts them in danger. \n**We ask that all in-person attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speakers and other guests. We will have a reception afterwards with light refreshments and copies of Night Shift in Perfect English available for purchase.** \nAbout the Author:\n\n\nAn acclaimed playwright and screenwriter\, Zayd Ayers Dohrn is a professor and director of the MFA in Writing for Screen and Stage at Northwestern University. He is creator of the hit narrative podcast Mother Country Radicals and the rock protest musical Revolution(s). URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/dangerous-dirty-violent-and-young-a-book-event-with-zayd-ayers-dohrn/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Zayd-Ayers-event-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260519T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260519T200000 DTSTAMP:20260507T181646Z CREATED:20260507T181646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T181646Z UID:990-1779213600-1779220800@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Films for a Changing World presents: Jerry & Me DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of Mehrnaz Saeedvafa’s 2012 documentary short\, Jerry & Me. \n\n \n \n \n \nThe film will be followed by a discussion moderated by Ali Tarokh of the Syrian Community Network and the Risheh Institute. Snacks and refreshments will be served and all proceeds from the screening will go towards supporting the work of the Syrian Community Network. \nAbout the Film \nIranian-American filmmaker Mehrnaz Saeedvafa traces her journey from growing up as young girl in Tehran to adjusting to life in America\, while she reflects on how the films of Jerry Lewis spoke to her as an outsider in both countries. Peppered with clips from Lewis’ films\, as well as other Hollywood classics\, that have been dubbed into Farsi\, this short documentary is “an invaluable cross-cultural lesson\,” said esteemed film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum. \nAbout Syrian Community Network \nSyrian Community Network (SCN) works alongside immigrants and refugees\, with care\, through needs-based Case Management\, Education\, and Immigration services. SCN strives to continue its founding mission in providing a holistic model of direct service and community building for all those in need regardless of religion\, ethnicity\, immigration status\, or sexual orientation. We maintain our original name\, not to exclude other groups\, but rather to honor the history of those original families who survived their experience to build new lives here. 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. \n\n\nTransit & 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. For the ramp entrance to the house\, please email info@haymarkethouse.org after registering. The event will all take place on one level and all restrooms and hallways are wheelchair accessible. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/films-for-a-changing-world-presents-jerry-me/ LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W Buena Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FFACW-Jerry-Me.HH_.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260515T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260515T203000 DTSTAMP:20260505T213350Z CREATED:20260505T213210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T213350Z UID:983-1778871600-1778877000@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Where Do We Go From Here? A conversation with Bill Ayers and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor DESCRIPTION:Join us for a wide-ranging conversation with Bill Ayers and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Event\nIn a time of endless war\, institutional collapse\, and escalating repression\, what is to be done? Join us for a wide-ranging conversation with Bill Ayers and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. \nThis in-person event will include a reception with light bites after the program. \nSpeakers:\nKeeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and the co-founder of Hammer & Hope. Her book From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation\, which won the Lannan Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book\, was recently published in an expanded second edition by Haymarket Books\, with a new foreword by Angela Y. Davis. ​Her book Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership was a semi-finalist for the National Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History. She is a contributing writer at The New Yorker and a former Contributing Opinion Writer for The New York Times. In 2021\, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. With Colin Kaepernick and Robin D. G. Kelley\, she edited Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies. \nHer latest book is the expanded and updated edition of How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective\, featuring a new introduction by Taylor and a powerful new interview with Angela Y. Davis. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at this event. \nBill Ayers\, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (retired)\, has written extensively about social justice and democracy\, education and the cultural contexts of schooling\, and teaching as an essentially intellectual\, ethical\, and political enterprise. His books include When Freedom is the Question\, Abolition is the Answer\, A Kind and Just Parent; Teaching toward Freedom; Fugitive Days: A Memoir; Public Enemy: Confessions of an American Dissident; “You can’t fire the bad ones!” And 18 other Myths about Teachers\, Teachers’ Unions\, and Public Education; To Teach: The Journey\, in Comics; Demand the Impossible!; and Race Course: Against White Supremacy. \n  \nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/where-do-we-go-from-here-a-conversation-with-bill-ayers-and-keeanga-yamahtta-taylor/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Where-Do-We-Go-From-Here-YouTube-Thumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260513T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260513T190000 DTSTAMP:20260418T040337Z CREATED:20260418T040337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T040337Z UID:969-1778693400-1778698800@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Community Building\, with funds to Chicago Abortion Fund DESCRIPTION:Join Rachel Cohen\, Sarah Spain\, and friends for a short panel and a fundraiser for the Chicago Abortion Fund.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Event\nJoin Rachel Cohen\, Sarah Spain\, and friends to celebrate Rachel’s 32nd birthday as best we know how: with a short panel moderated by Sarah and focused on an introduction to community organizing\, mingling time with representatives from various mutual aid groups ready to take questions\, and fundraising for the Chicago Abortion Fund. This is a party you’re welcome to attend with friends or alone! There will be plenty of opportunities to meet new people\, and a guarantee that they’re interested in plugging in to progressive Chicago community. \nTo attend\, please donate ($50 suggested\, but please pay what you wish) via Rachel’s Chicago Abortion Fund-a-Thon page and then register under the same name with Haymarket here. \n**This in person event will also be live-streamed through Haymarket Books. Register through Ticket Tailor to receive a link to the virtual event on the day of the event.** \n  \nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/community-building-with-funds-to-chicago-abortion-fund/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/RC-event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260506T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260506T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T204249Z CREATED:20260421T204248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T204249Z UID:975-1778088600-1778094000@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Haymarket Presents: Alyssa Battistoni on Capitalism and the Politics of Nature DESCRIPTION:Join us for this Haymarket Presents speakers series event\, with Alyssa Battistoni and activist-historian Gabriel Winant for a conversation about Capitalism\, Nature\, and Battistoni’s new book\, Free Gifts. Co-sponsored by Pilsen Community Books. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Event\nCapitalism is typically treated as a force for relentless commodification. Yet it consistently fails to place value on vital aspects of the nonhuman world\, whether carbon emissions or entire ecosystems. In Free Gifts\, Alyssa Battistoni explores capitalism’s persistent failure to value nature\, arguing that the key question is not the moral issue of why some kinds of nature shouldn’t be commodified\, but the economic puzzle of why they haven’t been. \nUltimately\, Battistoni offers a novel account of freedom for our ecologically troubled present\, developing a materialist existentialism to argue that capitalism limits our ability to be responsible for our relationships to the natural world\, and imagining how we might live freely while valuing nature’s gifts. \nAlyssa Battistoni and Gabriel Winant will grapple with these timely critiques of capitalism’s persistent failure to value nature. \n**This in person event will also be live-streamed through Haymarket Books. Register through Ticket Tailor to receive a link to the virtual event on the day of the event.** \n**We ask all attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speakers and other guests.** \nSpeakers:\nAlyssa Battistoni is a political theorist and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Barnard College. She works and teaches on climate and environmental politics\, capitalism\, Marxism\, feminism\, and other topics in contemporary social and political thought.  Alyssa is the co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal (Verso 2019)\, with Kate Aronoff\, Daniel Aldana Cohen\, and Thea Riofrancos. Her latest book is about capitalism and the value of nature\, titled Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. \nGabriel Winant is an associate professor of history at the University of Chicago\, a member of the executive council of AAUP/AFT Local 6741\, a member of the Dissent editorial board\, and author of The Next Shift. \n\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by Pilsen Community Books and Haymarket Books\, and is part of the Haymarket Presents speakers series. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/haymarket-presents-alyssa-battistoni-on-capitalism-and-the-politics-of-nature/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/FreeGift-02.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260502T150000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260502T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T184934Z CREATED:20260406T204202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T184934Z UID:960-1777734000-1777755600@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Celebrate May Day at Haymarket House DESCRIPTION:Join Haymarket Books this May Day to help us celebrate 25 years of publishing \, and 5 years of programming at Haymarket House!\n\n \n \n \n \nEnjoy an afternoon of camaraderie\, delicious food (including vegetarian and vegan options)\, and refreshments as we celebrate May Day and our vibrant living tradition of resistance to tyranny\, exploitation\, and oppression. In this volatile political moment we are more grateful than ever for our Haymarket House community\, and we look forward to gathering with you. \nThis event is a fundraiser for Haymarket House\, so we ask folks who attend to register for a paid ticket and make an additional donation in order to support our ongoing work creating a vibrant home for culture\, politics\, and community in Chicago. \nActivities include:\nDelicious food!\nExclusive new Haymarket Books merch\n$25 used book dive–fill up a bag with books for $25!\nYard games for all ages\nMusic by DJ Mo Mami\nNew Haymarket books for sale\nConversation with folks from our radical Chicago community\, a chance to debrief after the May 1st day of action!\nPlease register through Ticket Tailor if you plan to attend so we have an accurate headcount for food and refreshments. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nThis event is family friendly and will be held outside in the Haymarket House garden\, weather permitting. \n—– \nAt Haymarket Books\, we take inspiration and courage from our namesakes\, the Haymarket Martyrs\, who gave their lives fighting for a better world. Their 1886 struggle for the eight-hour day—which gave us May Day\, the international workers’ holiday—reminds workers around the world that ordinary people can organize and struggle for their own liberation. These struggles—against oppression\, exploitation\, environmental devastation\, and war—continue today across the globe. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/celebrate-may-day-at-haymarket-house/ LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W Buena Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Haymarket-House-May-Day-2026.HH-Website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260426T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260426T160000 DTSTAMP:20260410T184830Z CREATED:20260406T172157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T184830Z UID:956-1777201200-1777219200@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:MELT ICE-Community Bake Sale DESCRIPTION:CHICAGO MELTS ICE: Join us Sunday\, April 26th from 11-4 for our Community Bake Sale! \n\n \n \n \n \nAll funds will go towards supporting the work of Palenque LSNA (Liberating Spaces Through Neighborhood Action) and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). \nThe Community Bake Sale will have goods from bakers based in Chicago and beyond as well as music\, free coffee\, and lawn games for kids! Treats will be available for purchase using vouchers for sale at the door. Accepted payment methods are cash\, card\, and tap to pay and we suggest bringing your own reusable bags to transport your goodies! \nSee you there! \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. \nACCESABILITY\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. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/melt-ice-community-bake-sale/ LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W Buena Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/MELT-ICE-community-bake-sale.HH-website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260424T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260424T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T185039Z CREATED:20260325T172827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T185039Z UID:938-1777055400-1777060800@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:How to Sell a Genocide: The Media's Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza DESCRIPTION:Citations Needed co-host Adam Johnson will be in joined in conversation with Nashwa Bawab to discuss Johnson’s new book\, How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza (Pluto Press\, April 2026) \n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Book\nHow to Sell a Genocide is a thorough indictment of US corporate media’s role in enabling—and\, at times\, directly inciting—one of the most devastating campaigns of mass killing in modern memory. Johnson unpacks how major news outlets like The New York Times\, CNN\, and MSNBC systematically sanitized Israel’s war crimes\, hid the US’s central role\, and dehumanized the Palestinian people. \nDrawing from deep\, original data-driven analysis\, Johnson dissects the mechanics of propaganda\, from the selective empathy\, strategic omissions\, overt racism and repetition of state-sanctioned falsehoods\, to the demonization of humanitarian workers and dishonest coverage of campus protests. With clarity and moral force\, Johnson argues that the genocide could not have been sustained without the active\, sustained complicity of the US media. \nSpeakers\nAdam Johnson is a media analyst and co-host of the podcast Citations Needed. His writing has been featured in The Nation\, In These Times\, The Intercept\, Los Angeles Times\, and San Francisco Chronicle. \nNashwa Bawab is the web producer at In These Times and a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement. \nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books\, Pluto Press and Pilsen Community Books. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/how-to-sell-a-genocide-the-medias-complicity-in-the-destruction-of-gaza/ LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W Buena Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60613\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Citations-Needed-podcast-LIVE-How-to-Sell-a-Genocide-768-x-432-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260414T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260414T200000 DTSTAMP:20260402T194540Z CREATED:20260402T194139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T194540Z UID:949-1776189600-1776196800@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Films for a Changing World presents: Teaching America DESCRIPTION:Join us Tuesday\, April 14th for a screening of Anurima Bhargava’s 2025 documentary Teaching America. \n\n \n \n \n \nHigh school students and teachers join forces to fight for African-American studies\, after the state of Arkansas threatens to shut their classes down. The in-classroom testimony of a movement sparked by the unflinching desire to learn that crosses boundaries and generations. The film will be followed by a discussion led by youth leaders from the Chicago Freedom School and all proceeds will go towards supporting their work. \nAbout the Film\nTeaching America honors the high school students and teachers who stood united—embracing joy\, dignity\, brilliance\, and love—when the state of Arkansas threatened to shut their Advanced Placement African American Studies classes down. The film captures a powerful moment in America: a testament to wisdom\, boundless curiosity\, and an unshakable desire to learn that crosses boundaries and generations—in a time of forced erasure of our history\, culture\, and humanity. \nAbout Chicago Freedom School\nFounded in 2007\, CFS mission is to cultivate and amplify the leadership of Black and Brown youth as they envision and organize toward collective healing and liberation. 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. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/films-for-a-changing-world-presents-teaching-america/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TeachingAmerica.Newsletter.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260409T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260409T210000 DTSTAMP:20260225T174809Z CREATED:20260225T174655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T174809Z UID:912-1775761200-1775768400@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Poetry for the People DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of radical poetry where celebrated local poets read from their work as part of The Goodman Theatre’s 100 Free Acts of Theater. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Event\nThese poems challenge systems\, imagine new futures\, and give voice to resistance\, liberation\, and collective care. As we navigate an ever more challenging world\, we hope this event is not only a shared cultural experience but also a place for connection and community building. The program will be followed by a reception with light refreshments and books from the readers for purchase. \n**Register through Ticket Tailor to receive a link to the virtual event on the day of the event.** \n**We ask all attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speakers and other guests.** \nSpeakers:\nDerrick Austin is the author of three poetry collections including This Elegance\, forthcoming from Boa Editions in May 2026\, Tenderness (Boa Editions\, 2021)\, winner of the 2020 Isabella Gardner Poetry Award\, and Trouble the Water (Boa Editions\, 2016) selected by Mary Szybist for the A. Poulin Jr\, Poetry Prize. He is a 2026 AICA-USA Art Critics Fellow. \nI.S. Jones is the author of Bloodmercy\, chosen by Nicole Sealey as the winner of the 2025 APR / Honickman First Book Prize and the chapbook Spells of My Name\, selected by Newfound in 2021 for their Emerging Writers Series. Currently\, she is a Senior Editor for Poetry Northwest\, where she runs her column\, The Legacy Suite. Her works have appeared in Granta\, LA Review of Books\, Guernica\, Prairie Schooner\, The Rumpus\, and elsewhere. While she has lived in many places across the U.S.\, she gratefully calls Chicago home. \nDiamond Sharp is a poet and writer from Chicago. Her work has appeared in Poetry\, New York Magazine\, Harper’s Bazaar\, and more. She is a former editor of Bandcamp Daily and Rookie and a graduate of Wellesley College. Her debut book of poetry\, Super Sad Black Girl\, was published in 2022 \nHosted by Tim Stafford\, editor of the all ages anthology series Learn Then Burn (Write Bloody Books) and the author of the poetry collection The Patron Saint of Making Curfew (Haymarket Books). \n  \n\nThis initiative is presented by Goodman Theatre in partnership with Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Allstate. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/poetry-for-the-people/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Poetry-Goodman.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260407T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260407T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T140543Z CREATED:20260330T155924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T140543Z UID:943-1775588400-1775593800@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Left Media Under a Hostile Regime DESCRIPTION:Join a conversation with Bhaskar Sunkara\, Ari Bloomekatz\, Maya Schenwar\, and Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger to discuss the big ideas and the nitty gritty of working in left media. \n  \n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Event\nWhat are some of the challenges facing independent media in this political climate? What is the role of left media in an era of constant political crisis and an emboldened far-right? As current events move at the speed of light\, and censorship and fear grip newsrooms\, how do left publications play a part in building connection and solidarity? \nJoin a conversation with Bhaskar Sunkara (Jacobin / The Nation)\, Ari Bloomekatz (In These Times)\, Maya Schenwar (Truthout)\, and Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger (AirGo Radio) to discuss the big ideas and the nitty gritty of working in left media. \nWriters\, activists\, publishers\, and readers committed to expanding the reach of left ideas\, please come ready to participate in the discussion! The conversion will be followed by an informal reception with light snacks. \n**We ask all attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speakers and other guests.** \nSpeakers:\nBhaskar Sunkara is the founding editor of Jacobin\, the president of the Nation magazine\, and the author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality. \nAri Bloomekatz is Interim Executive Director and Executive Editor at In These Times. He was previously the Managing Editor of Rethinking Schools and Tikkun magazines\, and spent several years as a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. \nMaya Schenwar is Truthout‘s editor-in-chief\, author of Locked Down\, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn’t Work and How We Can Do Better\, and co-editor of We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition and Who Do You Serve\, Who Do you Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States. \nDamon A. Williams is a movement builder\, organizer\, hip-hop performing artist\, educator and media maker from the south side of Chicago. He is the Co-Founder of Respair Production & Media\, and the Co-Creator of AirGo\, a podcast in Chicago that reshapes culture for the more liberatory and creative. He is also the co-founder of the #LetUsBreathe Collective\, an artistic activist organization utilizing cultural production and popular education to redistribute power and resources\, eradicate systemic violence\, and transform inequity. \nDaniel Kisslinger is a Chicago-based host and producer who creates dialogue-based media showcasing the stories\, voices\, and artworks of communities challenging power\, reconfiguring public life\, and reimagining our world. He is the Co-Founder of Respair Production & Media\, a movement journalism and media hub\, and is the Co-Creator of AirGo\, a weekly podcast in Chicago that reshapes culture for the more liberatory and creative. \n  \n\n\n\nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books\, Jacobin\, In These Times\, Truthout\, AirGo Radio and Respair Media. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/left-media-under-a-hostile-regime/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/LeftMedia.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260404T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260404T180000 DTSTAMP:20260331T202313Z CREATED:20260225T175554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T202313Z UID:917-1775325600-1775325600@haymarkethouse.org SUMMARY:Night Shift in Perfect English with Mina Khan DESCRIPTION:Join poet Mina Khan for a an evening of celebration of her new book\, Night Shift in Perfect English\, at Haymarket House\, with special guests Jesse Fairbanks\, Francesca Kritikos\, and Lisa Low. \n\n \n \n \n \nAbout the Book\n2024 Winner of the Two Languages Book Award\, Mina Khan’s debut collection Night Shift in Perfect English is a tender\, album-like retelling of the immigrant family post-American Dream. Drawing upon her Korean-Pakistani heritage\, Khan discusses the NYC bodega in a gentrifying neighborhood\, the aging body\, and a rapidly deteriorating climate; Everyday violences-and the vivid joys that persevere. \n**We ask that all in-person attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speakers and other guests. We will have a reception afterwards with light refreshments and copies of Night Shift in Perfect English available for purchase.** \nSpeakers:\nMina Khan is a Korean-Pakistani American poet from NYC. Her work spans across nations\, generations\, to discuss cyclicality\, violence\, tenderness\, ecology\, and the everyday. She is the author of MON-monuments\, monarchs & monsters (Sputnik & Fizzle\, 2020) and Night Shift in Perfect English (Gasher Press\, 2026.) Her work has appeared in AAWW’s The Margins\, Tupelo Quarterly\, Epiphany Magazine\, and more. Khan holds a BA from Wesleyan University\, MFA from Columbia University\, and is a Tin House alum. \nJesse Fairbanks (they/them) is a nonfiction writer from East Tennessee whose work reflects the conditions and consequences of racial capitalism. Through stories of their dead mothers\, Jesse honors the concept of complex personhood\, celebrating their matriarchs’ stubbornness while mourning their passivity. Their essays weave political and familial histories to expose white supremacy as soul-sucking for white southerners with little income and no wealth. Jesse currently works as a Policy Analyst on the Public Benefits Justice team at the Center for Law and Social Policy\, where they advocate to increase funding for and expand access to federal rental assistance programs \nFrancesca Kritikos is the editor in chief of SARKA\, a journal and publisher focused on works of the flesh. Her latest book\, The season of lilacs is monstrous\, was released by Blush Lit in October 2025. Her writing has been published in English\, French and Greek in numerous online and print journals. She also writes the Substack column Body Composition. \nLisa Low is the author of Replica (University of Wisconsin Press\, 2026) and the chapbook Crown for the Girl Inside (YesYes Books\, 2023). She is the recipient of a 2023 Pushcart Prize and the 2020 Gulf Coast Nonfiction Prize\, and her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review\, Ecotone\, The Massachusetts Review\, Poetry\, The Southern Review\, and elsewhere. Originally from Maryland\, she lives in Chicago. \n  \nThis event is sponsored by Haymarket Books and the Chicago Poetry Center. While all of our events are freely available\, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. URL:https://haymarkethouse.org/events/night-shift-in-perfect-english-with-mina-khan/ LOCATION:IL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://haymarkethouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NightShift-FINAL.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR