
Must-Reads and the War on Chicago
"Chicagoans will not be a conquered people."
"Chicagoans will not be a conquered people."
“There is no neutral ground in this moment. You’re either resisting or you’re complicit,” says Eman Abdelhadi.
"Being out here to demand what is right is the only way to stay human," says Jessica Darrow.
We can embody our refusal and fiercely declare that our love and empathy will not be destroyed.
“History shows us that repression always breeds resistance,” says Chicago organizer Miguel Alvelo Rivera.
"It is unconscionable that trans people are being targeted for their irreverent responses to the death of a man who actively called for violence against the trans community."
"There is no honor in this mission," says counter-recruiter Rory Fanning.
"It is up to us, as everyday people, to decide who we are, and who we are to each other, in the face of these attacks."
“There’s no rule of law that’s going to get us out of where we are,” says Andrea Ritchie.
"Will we all be sitting ducks, siloed behind our screens?"
This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.
"Let’s sing songs and tend each other’s wounds."
“When people are fighting displacement, they’re fighting for their class interests,” says Andrew Lee.
"D.C. was able to respond to defend our neighbors quickly," says D.C. organizer Shannon Clark.
"We have to define the politics of opposition."
"Fostering dependence is a normal business practice in Silicon Valley."
Assemblies are “a unique opportunity for people to build a democracy that has yet to be born,” says Denzel Caldwell.
"Don't lose your heart,” says Sarah Kendzior.
To wave off every horror as a distraction is to participate in the very obfuscation that protects the powerful.
"This is the endgame of our isolation."
"Men who sell machines that mimic people want us to become people who mimic machines."
“They understand that what they’re doing is devastating, and they’re doing it anyway,” says Astra Taylor.
"I believe we're good enough to do better."
"What do you want people to know, and what do you want them to do?"