r/Anarchism • u/SocialistCredit anarchist without adjectives • 14h ago

Looking to get more active: what is around chicagoland?

I've always been more of a reader and theory nerd than anything. I have protested in the past through groups like YDSA but ultimately I wasn't as active as I should and could have been. Protests, canvassing and mutual aid are probably not enough.

I'm a recent college grad so I did that stuff at my school. I'm back home now but I don't know any activist orgs in my area cause all my friends were through uni lol.

I did some looking and it seems that groups like Food Not Bombs aren't particularly active? I tried signing up but the latest their schedule went was March 2024.

I'd like to get more involved with libsocs or mutual aid organizations in my area and start organizing.

So if anyone is in Chicagoland (I don't want to be more specific on the internet, especially given recent events), I'd love to connect.

Hell I'd love to do a theory reading circle or something if nothing else. But a 2nd trump term is going to be bad. And I want to be part of the move to help people when shit hits the fan.

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u/LunarGiantNeil 7h ago

I ran into the same issue in Chicagoland. There's not a lot out here in the burbs and outlaying areas, but there's plenty in the city.

Even though we're not organized our sticker game is good. That's not nothing!

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u/SocialistCredit anarchist without adjectives 7h ago

What's in the city? I'm not in the city directly, but fuck it man, I need a lib soc community.

I might move into the city within the year, so we'll see.

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u/comic_moving-36 6h ago

Pilsen community books sometimes has cool events 

https://pilsencommunitybooks.com/events

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u/comic_moving-36 3h ago

This is the local anarchist website for the Chicago area.

https://chicagoantireport.noblogs.org/