Anarchist Neighborhood:Chicago

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There is a growing community of anarchists and anti-authoritarians in Chicago.

Contents 1 Calendar 1.1 Annual/Semi-Annual 1.2 Monthly/Regularly 1.3 Upcoming Events 2 Organizations, Groups and Projects 3 Alternative Media 4 Culture 5 Local Networking 6 Other Local Resources 7 Networking @ Infoshop 8 Other Networking Resources

[edit] Calendar

[edit] Annual/Semi-Annual

• October 31st - Capitalism Gives Me the Creeps, an anarchist Halloween parade.

[edit] Monthly/Regularly

• Last Friday of every month - Chicago Critical Mass - 5:30 PM, Daley Plaza (Dearborn and Washington).

[edit] Upcoming Events

• December 12-13 10am to 6pm 2nd Annual Midwest Books to Prisoners Booksale at Lichen Autonomous Archive 1921 S. Blue Island (Pilsen)

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• April 1 Deadline for entries for the Chicago Anarachist Film Festival [2]

[edit] Organizations, Groups and Projects

• Animal Defense League
• Bash Back!
• Cheerleading Squads: Radical Cheerleaders Chicago and Vegan Death Squad
• Chicago Anarchist Black Cross - Mailing address: Chicago ABC; PO Box 1544; Chicago, IL 60690.
• Chicago Anarchist People Of Color
• Chicago Food Not Bombs - Currently serving on Saturdays at 3 pm in Humboldt Park, by California and Division; and in Pilsen on Sunday afternoons. More info: [3] Sign up for the email list to start helping out.
• Chicago Students for a Democratic Society - Chicago SDS meets at 5pm every Sunday in the UIC Student Center (750 S. Halsted St., second floor, north end-Montgomery Ward Lounge).

• Midwest Books To Prisoners
• Industrial Workers of the World [4]
• New World Resource Center - (NOTE: space is currently closed.) Not-for-profit, all-volunteer left-wing/labor bookstore. Founded 1972. Meeting space available. New volunteers always welcome.
• Pomegranate Radical Health Collective
• Chicago Olympic Resistance - A coalition of anti-capitalists and anarchists aiming to build resistance towards a potential Olympic Games in Chicago as well as build revolutionary solidarity with other anti-olympics movements internationally. (Website/listserv soon.)
• Lichen Spiritual Archives - A lending library and radical community space located at 1921 S Blue Island Ave.

[edit] Alternative Media

• Chicago Independent Media Center

[edit] Culture

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[edit] Local Networking

• Forum for Chicago anarchists at Infoshop Forums.

[edit] Other Local Resources

• Rat Patrol - Anti-Consumerist, trash-loving, inclusive freak bike club. Several (but by no means all!) members are self-identified anarchists or are involved in anarchist projects. Keep in mind that any number of other members just don't want to hear it and/or have very strong and very negative opinions of anarchism. More than anything, the best bunch of junk-welders, trash-pickers, chopper-riders around. Check out their forum at -[5]- to get involved.

[edit] Networking @ Infoshop

• Directory of Infoshops
• Find an Anarchist
• Networker
• Ride Board

[edit] Other Networking Resources

• Anarchist Yellow Pages
• My Space: Anarchism
• Livejournal: Anarchists
• Anarchy Meet Up

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