Purpose:
To create space for thoughtful discussion and conversation around books, articles and other media covering topics that align with our values and deepen our understanding of the world we currently live in and expand our tools to create the world we wish to build.
The discussion group will meet on the fourth Saturday of every month during Coffee Hour at the 33rd Ward Working Families office, starting at 10:30am.
Folks are welcome to participate in the conversation even if they haven’t done the reading.
Have a book you think we should read? SUBMIT IT HERE!
Upcoming Discussions:
Saturday January 25 - 10:30am-12:00pm
Abolish Rent- How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis by Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis
Resources:
- Buy the book
- Tracy Rosenthal on Movement Memos (podcast)
- Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis on Death Panel (podcast)
- Tracy Rosenthal's book talk and reading at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C. (youtube video)
- Interview with Tracy Rosenthal (article)
Previous Books:
Care: the Highest Stage of Capitalism by Premilla Nadasen
Resources:
- Buy the book
- Primilla Nadasen on Movement Memos (podcast)
- Panel from Socialism 2023 (youtube video)
- Primilla Nandsen on Millennials are Killing Capitalism (youtube video)
- Pimilla Nandsen on New Books in Critical Theory (podcast)
Ghosts in the Schoolyard : Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side by Eve L. Ewing
Resources:
- Buy the book
- Listen to an interview with the Eve L. Ewing on WBEZ
- Video of a discussion hosted by the Newberry Library
- Theaster Gates talking about his childhood in Chicago and bussing across the city for school
- TV episode where Theaster talks about his school commute in more depth (requires Apple TV subscription)
Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba
Resources:
- Buy the book
- Reading and Discussion Guide
- Workbook - free PDF includes a study guide, as well as host to additional resources
- Truthout Podcast - “Let This Conversation With Mariame Kaba Radicalize You”
- Movement Memos Podcast - How to Fight Fascism While Surviving a Plague
- Chicago Freedom School
- Movement Memos Podcast - Ruth Wilson Gilmore on Abolition, the Climate Crisis and What Must Be Done
- Lucy Parsons Labs
- ABC7 Video - Chicago Alliance for Waterfront Safety
- Embodied Hope video with Staci K Haines
- 1 Million Experiements Podcast - Chicago Torture Justice Center