Surveillance companies are run by antisocial freaks who are happy to let cops stalk women because there is a dollar in it for them. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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this is gonna be a sick event, come thru if you’re in or around Chi!

ILC Chicago@ilcofchi.bsky.social · 4w ago

Join us in Chicago next month for a live podcast recording of This Wreckage, with Sean KB in conversation with Jamie Merchant about WORKING CLASS INDEPENDENCE ahead of another grueling election cycle. Get your tickets here: luma.com/tc972eyv @thiswreckage.bsky.social @jamiemerchant.bsky.social

Chicago is excited to be hosting the first national convention of the Independent Labor Club this August! That means we have less on the public calendar than some previous months, but there are still plenty of opportunities to make new friends, learn new things, and get involved! luma.com/ChicagoILC

damn it's almost like the people who were saying you can't just rewind capitalism 5-6 years ago were exactly right www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Almost $1 Billion Later, the US Still Can’t Make a Medical Glove

The failure of a program to produce 100% American nitrile gloves shows the difficulty of reviving US manufacturing

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our film screening on Friday at Mouse Arts and Letters Club! Check out our other events at luma.com/ChicagoILC, and let us know if you have film screening or other event ideas!

You don't want to miss our screening of The Spook Who Sat By the Door (1973) this Friday at Mouse Arts and Letters Club! ✶ Set in Chicago ✶ Initially banned by the FBI? ✶ Amazing Herbie Hancock score Get your FREE tickets today! luma.com/vptkxipn

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The FBI didn't want you to see this movie! Come watch it with us at 7pm, July 24th, at Mouse Arts & Letters. In the 1973 film "The Spook Who Sat by the Door"…

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NEW: The number of Amazon workers on food stamps or Medicaid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025. The number of Uber, DoorDash, Lyft and other gig workers on these benefits also exploded. Read @rachellerman.bsky.social and me. washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Amazon, gig companies see spike in workers on SNAP and Medicaid, study shows

Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025, while ride-hailing and food delivery drivers shot up on lists compiled by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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Yesterday's Resume Review Clinic at CPL's Chicago Works Job Fair went so well! Mutual aid activities like this are an important part of what we're building as the ILC. Check out our other events and ways to get involved here: ilclabor.com/chapters/ilc...

Join us in Chicago next month for a live podcast recording of This Wreckage, with Sean KB in conversation with Jamie Merchant about WORKING CLASS INDEPENDENCE ahead of another grueling election cycle. Get your tickets here: luma.com/tc972eyv @thiswreckage.bsky.social @jamiemerchant.bsky.social

Reported ICE sightings also in Rogers Park, Humboldt Park, Stone Park and Logan Square.

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 4w ago

It's just before 9am in Chicago. Kidnappings by masked federal police continue (and continue, and continue). So far this morning, agents have been spotted in Back of the Yards and West Ridge.

Read this excellent piece on exercise and Left culture and then sign up for our upcoming STRENGTH CLINIC! This will be a super chill, all-skill-levels welcome opportunity to learn some new skills and make some new friends ✨ luma.com/rhauwac2

STRENGTH CLINIC · Luma

The Independent Labor Club of Chicago is holding a STRENGTH CLINIC! ‣ Safely learn lifting fundamentals ‣ Develop a solid foundation for growth ‣ All ages &…

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Heatwave Magazine@htwvmag.bsky.social · last mo.

Why does it feel so weird to talk about exercise and left politics? Want to get beyond the dichotomy of overly optimistic lifting for the rev and overly pessimistic rejection of all exercise as social domination?

I've been ranting to anyone I get the opportunity to do so about the necessity for left groups to do social events as an intentional part of their organizing for years at this point and y'all are doing that exactly right from what I can see.

The Independent Labor Club of Chicago is holding a STRENGTH CLINIC! ★ Safely learn lifting fundamentals ★ Develop a solid foundation for growth ★ All ages and skill levels welcome! Sunday, July 26th, 10am - 12pm Hammer Fitness & Boxing REGISTER: luma.com/rhauwac2

the Platner debacle will keep happening in different ways until we figure how how to represent ourselves as a class without relying on populist candidates hand picked and manufactured by the progressive nonprofit industry

all of this looks extremely cool and it makes me wish I was in Chicago tbh

ILC Chicago@ilcofchi.bsky.social · 4w ago

This month ILC Chicago is really demonstrating what we're all about--rebuilding the foundation of working class independence through socializing, skill sharing, mutual aid efforts, and organizing. Join us! ​You can sign up for all of our upcoming events on our new calendar: luma.com/ChicagoILC

This month ILC Chicago is really demonstrating what we're all about--rebuilding the foundation of working class independence through socializing, skill sharing, mutual aid efforts, and organizing. Join us! ​You can sign up for all of our upcoming events on our new calendar: luma.com/ChicagoILC

ILC Chicago is excited to be partnering with Mouse Arts & Letters Club to host a screening of "The Spook Who Sat By the Door," a radical 1973 film set in Chicago. Tickets are free but space is limited, get yours today! luma.com/vptkxipn

join the independent labor club and come to our chili cookoffs and music jamborees. if you have an idea for a fun enriching event to put on we can probably make it happen. there are reading groups and arts groups. just good old fashioned non-sectarian socialist times ilclabor.com

Paul Boldrin@paulboldrin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I read a history of early 20th century socialism and it's crazy how much of it is just clubs doing art or reading books and trying to get miners and factory workers to do art and read books.

Do you know anyone in Iowa? If they are: 1. Working class 2. Into making friends and having a good time 3. Sick of everything but also tired of voting for boot lickers Tell them to check out the newly forming Iowa branch of the Independent Labor Club! forms.gle/K2x2i7zkfV5H...

Independent Labor Club of Iowa

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Do you know anyone in Iowa? If they are: 1. Working class 2. Into making friends and having a good time 3. Sick of everything but also tired of voting for boot lickers Tell them to check out the newly forming Iowa branch of the Independent Labor Club! forms.gle/K2x2i7zkfV5H...

Independent Labor Club of Iowa

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Curious about the Independent Labor Club? Join our upcoming monthly meeting, a gathering for both current members and anyone interested in learning more about the organization. ILC Chicago Monthly Meeting Sunday, June 28, 2-4 Chicago Public Library, West Loop Branch RSVP: forms.gle/fhF9aY9gV3tJ...

Whether you're going to Labor Notes or not, tomorrow's ILC Labor Notes After Party is a great time to come hang out with friends, comrades, and your coolest coworkers. Join us! luma.com/ih6m5jmq

ILC Labor Notes After Party · Luma

Join the ILC Chicago on Friday, June 12th for a Labor Notes After Party to hang out, meet new friends, and talk about organizing (or not!). This event is open…

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We are excited to invite you to next month’s Labor Notes After Party on Friday, June 12th, at Ten Cat Tavern. Whether you’re going to the Labor Notes Conference or just want to hang out with comrades on a Friday night, this party is for you! RSVP here: forms.gle/Pj2oVmUNNWKy... #labornotes2026

Our monthly member meeting is coming up this Sunday! May 24th, 2pm, at the Lincoln Park library branch. If you aren't a member this month's meeting is a perfect time to check us out. We'll be planning chill summer activities, and there will be time for open discussion. RSVP forms.gle/CNv8TDSB8aAu...

The Minneapolis general strike proved that workers have the power to fight back. ILC Chicago has teamed up with Chicago Workers Solidarity Network to host a Workers Assembly about how we can harness that power in Chicago on May Day and beyond. Join us! REGISTER: bit.ly/ChiWorkerAss...

ICE killed Silverio Villegas González 4 months before Good & Pretti. No officials in Illinois are doing things like this.

Minnesota sues Trump administration for evidence in Good, Pretti killings

It’s the latest and most drastic legal maneuver by state officials to try to gain access to federal evidence from shootings during Operation Metro Surge.

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The Minneapolis general strike proved that workers have the power to fight back. ILC Chicago has teamed up with Chicago Workers Solidarity Network to host a Workers Assembly about how we can harness that power in Chicago on May Day and beyond. Join us! REGISTER: bit.ly/ChiWorkerAss...

We have new merch! You can grab a sticker and support our work at this weekend's People's Cafe on ICE, Resistance, and Worker Power (Sunday, March 28th at 1pm at Co-Prosperity Sphere). Details and RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I have seen the flying squirrels of Uptown! Here's a 50% speed video of them in action tonight.

Meatpacking plant workers in Colorado are set to strike on Monday in what would be the first and largest labor action to hit the industry in decades www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nearly 4,000 US meatpacking workers to strike at plant run by top Trump donor

Workers at JBS USA to strike Monday in what will be the first labor strike in the meatpacking industry in decades

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