Rampant Magazine
The City of Chicago yesterday announced a $29 million contract with a company known as “Canada’s Blackwater” to run tent camps for newly arrived asylum seekers. Meanwhile, a prominent and effective alternative based in dignity and care had to shut down for lack of city support. This is their story.
While elected officials plead scarcity, communities create and share means of collective survival with newly arriving asylum seekers in Chicago.
Forest protectors in Atlanta are resisting the construction of “cop city” and the centuries of colonial violence it represents. In their struggle, all of our futures hang in the balance.
In the wake of the police murder of a forest defender in Atlanta, Chicago leaders just unveiled the completed “cop academy.” These cop cities are training grounds for police violence and must be dismantled to restore a world where life is precious.
A new book by Amitav Ghosh explores the beauty, terror, and agency of non-human entities. Sustaining and rebuilding these relationships will be necessary to resist colonialist omnicide.
In the two years since Lightfoot was elected, the mayor has deflected responsibility, brutally repressed protests, and delivered working Chicagoans a big bag of nothing. Here’s the timeline of her uninspiring tenure so far.
One month into pandemic lockdowns and many of us are still disoriented, waiting for a return to normal. But accepting the strange new normal is a prerequisite for shaping a better world.
