With the end of the revolutionary party, political struggles have become increasingly centered around place-based, local antagonisms. What does it mean to read our current situation with a lens to its potential openings, to imagine possibilties of rupture within its apparently seamless structures? This week, we will read two texts on the relation between industry, infrastructure, and revolution, using them as provocations to rethink our relation to Chicago’s own existing faultlines. Readings available at https://worldsapart.noblogs.org/.

Dec. 10th, 730pm at Floods Hall, 1515 E. 52nd Place, Chicago. Bring snacks to share!