Join us for this Haymarket Presents speakers series event, with Thea Riofrancos and activist-historian Gabriel Winant for a conversation on Riofrancos’s new book, Extraction. Co-sponsored by Pilsen Community Books. About the Event From the Los Angeles wildfires at the start of last year, to Trump’s recent televised summit with oil executives, evidence has continued to mount that the dominance […]
Join us Thursday, February 19th at 6 PM for a screening of Jamie Coughlin Silverman and Gabriel Silverman’s 2025 documentary The Spies Among Us. The film will be followed by a discussion led by members of Lucy Parsons Labs. Proceeds from ticket sale donations will go towards supporting the work of Lucy Parsons Labs and […]
Join In These Times, Labor Notes, and Haymarket Books for a panel discussing how the historic Starbucks strikes were organized, how workers mobilized, and larger lessons learned. About the Event 4,500+ Starbucks baristas across 150+ cities have shut down hundreds of stores, blockaded distribution centers, and disrupted corporate operations with a level of militance rarely […]
UPDATE: Unfortunately due to illness our comrades from SAG-AFTRA will no longer be able to join us for this event. Instead of a formal program, we invite folks in Chicago with interest in organizing the games industry to join Game Worker Solidarity members Austin Kelmore and Jamie Woodcock for a meet-and-greet. About the Event Since the […]
Join us Tuesday, March 24th at 6 PM for a screening of Elizabeth Nichols’ 2024 documentary, Flying Lessons. The film will be followed by a discussion led by ONE Northside and all proceeds will go towards supporting their work. About the Film Elizabeth Nichols’ Flying Lessons is a beautiful ode to a New York City […]
Join author Simukai Chigudu in conversation with Barbara Sostaita and Adam Goodman about his new book, Chasing Freedom: Coming of Age at the End of Empire. About the Book Chasing Freedom is an exquisitely crafted memoir, sweeping from Zimbabwe to Oxford, that lays bare the violent, enduring legacy of colonialism on both a country and a family. Simukai Chigudu grew up […]
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. About the Book 2024 Winner of the Two Languages Book Award, Mina Khan’s debut collection Night Shift in Perfect English is a tender, album-like retelling of […]
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. About the Event What are some of the challenges facing independent media in this political climate? What is the role of left media in […]
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. About the Event These poems challenge systems, imagine new futures, and give voice to resistance, liberation, and collective care. As we navigate an ever more challenging world, we […]
Join us Tuesday, April 14th for a screening of Anurima Bhargava’s 2025 documentary Teaching America. High 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 […]
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) About the Book How to Sell a Genocide is a thorough indictment of US corporate media’s role in enabling—and, […]
CHICAGO MELTS ICE: Join us Sunday, April 26th from 11-4 for our Community Bake Sale! All 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). The Community Bake Sale will have goods from bakers based in Chicago and beyond […]
