Behind the Far-Right Mob
A researcher of far-right activity discusses the forces behind the pro-Trump mob at the Capitol and the challenges ahead for combating a growing fascist movement. Read More ...
Uptown’s Hillbilly Santa Claus
Eric Kerl
A real life St Nick, hounded by the Klan, distributed not just toys but solidarity and antiracist militancy Read More …
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Rampant editorial collective
The Rampant editorial collective spotlights some of our personal favorite books, movies, television, and other media to come out of a truly hellish year. Read More …
Movement Alders Flip to Pass Austerity Budget
Tyler Zimmer, brian bean, and Sean Larson
In the most contentious Chicago budget vote in a generation, four “progressive” alderpeople buckled to Lightfoot’s pressure and allowed an antiworker austerity city budget to pass for 2021. Read More …
We Have to Win for Each Other
Turquoise LeJeune Parker & Shana Richards interviewed by Alex Macmillan
Educators in North Carolina’s Organize 2020 union caucus discuss how they are building membership and leadership through struggle. Read More …
Chicago Needs Treatment not Trauma
Lindsey Bailey
A Chicago social worker explains how the mental health crisis response system put forward by the ‘Treatment not Trauma’ plan is a crucial step toward permanently improving the fabric of Chicago’s public health and public safety independent of the police. Read More …
Deadlier Than a Pandemic
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field interviewed by Anton Ford
A new study shows that Black people die at a higher rate in a normal year than the rate of white people dying from the pandemic this year. In this interview, the author of the research explains its significance. Read More …
We Take Care of Us
McKinley Park Mutual Aid organizers interviewed by Dana Blanchard
Mutual Aid work in this Chicago neighborhood is forging new communities amid the pandemic and the antiracist rebellion. Rampant interviewed the organizers for a window into their ongoing project. Read More …
We Are Not the City’s Garbage Can
Carlos Enriquez
Community organizers stand up to a toxic polluter and city officials who continue to practice environmental racism on Chicago’s Southeast side. Read More …
There’s Nothing Left but the Streets
George Ciccariello-Maher interviewed by brian bean
The recent rebellion in Philly against the police murder of Walter Wallace Jr. is rooted in struggles of the past and reflects the uprisings of the future. Read More …
Black Lives Matter and the Power of History
Donna Murch interviewed by Todd Chretien & Brais Fernández
African Americans have mobilized against the police to defend Black life since the 1960s and before. For this cycle of massive urban rebellion to succeed in changing the racist structures of society, it will require learning from this history and struggles abroad. Read More …