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

Calendar

Annual/Semi-Annual

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

Monthly/Regularly

• Last Friday of every month - Chicago Critical Mass - 5:30 PM, Daley Plaza (Dearborn and Washington).
• First and Third Tuesday of every month - Midwest Books to Prisoners meeting and packing party - See MWBTP website
• Every Saturday - The Space at 2pm open discussion held on the state of the world, humanity, society, culture, truth, discovery, conciousness, awareness, technology, conditioning, fear, insecurity, isolation, violence, suffering, beauty, art, science, religion and the future of humanity, and an endless list of anything they get to...

Upcoming Events

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

Organizations, Groups and Projects

• The Space
• Animal Defense League
• Bash Back!
• South Side Chicago Anti-Racist Action
• Cheerleading Squads: Radical Cheerleaders Chicago and Vegan Death Squad
• Chicago Anarchist Black Cross - Mailing address: Chicago ABC; PO Box 1544; Chicago, IL 60690. (defunct)
• Midwest Books to Prisoners
• 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: [2] 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 [3]
• 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.
• Relationship Anarchism Collective

Alternative Media

• Chicago Independent Media Center

Culture

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Local Networking

• Forum for Chicago anarchists at Infoshop Forums.

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 -[4]- to get involved.

Networking @ Infoshop

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

Other Networking Resources

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

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