We are a QTBIPOC-centered co-op in Chicago focused on social justice, abolition, equity and mutual aid. DM us if you're interested in getting involved.
Today we remember Michael Brown Jr., who was murdered by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson 7 years ago. Mike should be here with us today alive and present. We honor his legacy and extend love and solidarity to Ferguson, MO and the many lives his death impacted.
CHICAGOLAND: a couple of friends and I are hosting a Black August Bake Sale to raise funds for incarcerated comrades, we need your support !
got a sweet tooth? take a peek at our menu, place an order by 8/9 and pick up on 8/14. please share widely with friends and loved ones!
I still need help with getting out of my situation. So, continue to donate and share. Also *comment below for the algorithm.*
All my donation links are listed down below. And more ways you can help are in the thread.
https://t.co/HfHiAvwWag
You can read about our perspective here. We propose an ambitious project of rebuilding proletarian mass structures. Comrades of other tendencies have their views and criticisms, but at least DSA allows all of this to happen in a larger context. https://t.co/95PWXeHZCX
Illinois Residents -- we need your signature!
Based on the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, our petition demands
1. Safe, secure, permanent housing
2. Physical and mental healthcare
3. Legitimate recognition of the Union
https://t.co/3lr5lYnIPo
Op-Ed: Abolish the Crime Lab
“The research center operated by the University of Chicago uses the illusion of scientific objectivity to support the racist violence of the Chicago Police Department.”
https://t.co/4aX3QYAww9
#OnThisDay in 1979, members of the KKK and American Nazi Party murdered five labor organizers in broad daylight. Forty-one years later, massacre survivor Rosalyn Pelles talks about that day, and why organized workers are such a threat to the powerful. https://t.co/bQb0FntVtz
i spoke to Garrett Bradley about honoring the mundane, the shared task of survival and TIME, her intimate documentary + collaboration with Fox Rich about care and the carceral system’s large structure of loss, exclusion and forced invisibility
https://t.co/DmkLrhNYOI
@studyabolition The IRS has NOT agreed to accept 3rd party filing for prisoners. The safest is to have prisoners file on paper.
BTW, the deadline is now October 30th. @uplcchicago is sending material to every Illinois prisoner on how to apply. Help us pay for it: https://t.co/E7E4kLRCFi
An ableist culture that glorifies "beating" and "getting over" sickness has ushered in the grotesque carnival we are going to be subjected to in the coming days.
This South Side gardener is behind nearly 100 urban farms across Chicago — and he's not slowing down: “If Gregory could marry a plant, he would.” https://t.co/paY6YmyRDA