Join Haymarket Books this May Day to help us celebrate 25 years of publishing , and 5 years of programming at Haymarket House! Enjoy 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 […]
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. About the Event Capitalism is typically treated as a force for relentless commodification. Yet it consistently fails to place value on vital aspects of the nonhuman world, whether […]
Join Rachel Cohen, Sarah Spain, and friends for a short panel and a fundraiser for the Chicago Abortion Fund. About the Event Join 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 […]
Join us for a wide-ranging conversation with Bill Ayers and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. About the Event In 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. This in-person event will include a reception with light bites after the program. […]
Join us for a screening of Mehrnaz Saeedvafa’s 2012 documentary short, Jerry & Me. The 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 […]
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. About the Book Zayd 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 […]
Join us for a four-week intensive seminar on the thought of Rosa Luxemburg led by Audrey Nicolaides. About the Seminar For 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 […]
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. About the Event In Song for a Hard-Hit People, Beth Howard shares her story of growing up in Appalachian Kentucky—the economic struggles, trauma, and […]
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 About the Book In 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 […]
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. About the Event Take a break from the bizarre and depressing spectacle of Donald Trump presiding over celebrations of the U.S. state’s […]
Join us at Haymarket House for live readings from Shredding Rugs, and guided conversation exploring truth-telling, resilience, and the healing power of language. About the Book Shredding 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 […]
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. About the Book Black 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 […]
