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Interviews

“We can no longer just survive” Oscar Sanchez and the 10th Ward

Oscar Sanchez, Nisha Atalie · February 8, 2023

Former hunger striker and aldermanic candidate Oscar Sanchez talks about building sustainable futures, violence de-escalation, and facilitating community involvement on the Southeast Side.

Mueze Bawany with a superimposed outline of the 50th Ward

“Schools are the heartbeat of every neighborhood”

Mueze Bawany, Rachel Cohen · February 3, 2023

In the aldermanic race for Chicago’s 50th Ward, Mueze Bawany lays out his vision for a community built around belonging, organizing, and a future for youth.

Busting Down the Door for the Southwest Side

Victoria "Vicko" Alvarez, brian bean · February 2, 2023

Aldermanic candidate Victoria "Vicko" Alvarez aims to put the community in charge of governing Chicago’s southwest side 15th ward. But as a socialist, Alvarez hasn’t lost sight of the need to restructure the larger systems that disenfranchised us in the first place.

The Spirit of the Union at the Field Museum

Sean Larson, Daniel Le, Zoe Albion, Paúl Sambrano, Anders Lindall · December 20, 2022

Workers at the Field Museum are building community, camaraderie, and power by organizing a union. Several workers share their stories and why they are joining the cultural worker unionization wave.

Union Victory at Howard Brown Health

Rob Garness, Audra Thompson, Mary Bowman · October 3, 2022

After years of understaffing and poor compensation during multiple pandemics, strike-ready nurses at Howard Brown Health just won a huge victory. Howard Brown workers discuss their campaign and the significance of their struggle.

“We will be defined by liberation”

Yara Hawari, Brekhna Aftab, Farhaana Arefin · May 26, 2022

Palestinian writer Yara Hawari speaks with the founders of Hajar Press on unity and fragmentation, joy and pain, and her novella, The Stone House.

“Everything in it is true”

Brekhna Aftab, Farhaana Arefin, Yara Hawari · May 24, 2022

Brekhna Aftab and Farhaana Arefin, founders of Hajar Press, speak with Palestinian writer Yara Hawari on cycles of dispossession, the beauty of oral history, and her novella, The Stone House. 

“Operating without the Police Came Naturally to People”

Eamonn McCann, brian bean · March 16, 2022

Legendary Irish socialist Eamonn McCann reflects on police abolition in Free Derry, the rapid and challenging dynamics of the movement, and humiliating the Brits.

Chicago student walkout January 14, 2022.

“We are our future”: An Interview with Chi-RADS

Ashley, Cassandra Nolasco, Angel Naranjo, Christian Stone, Tyler Zimmer · January 28, 2022

Rampant talked with members of the radical youth group Chi-RADs about their recent walkout, their ongoing struggle, and their vision for Chicago’s schools and beyond.

A protest sign reading "Fund counselors not cops"

Making Mental Health a Public Priority

Arturo Carrillo, brian bean · December 3, 2021

A leader in Chicago’s fight to fund public mental health care reflects on the ongoing work to right the city’s upside-down priorities.

A child in Gaza.

There’s No Such Thing as Childhood in Gaza: Interview with a Palestinian Mother

Nour Masiry, Kyle Gilbertson · November 22, 2021

The Israeli siege has made daily life in Gaza a particular kind of nightmare. Here, a Palestinian mother speaks about her grim experience, as well as the hopes that sustain her.

Jelani Day

‘See for Yourself’: The Lynching of Jelani Day

Katari, Steven Lazaroff · October 29, 2021

A Black graduate student at Illinois State University, Jelani Day, went missing on August 25. His body was found in a river near a modern-day racist sundown town, and the official story doesn’t add up.

The Black Panthers and Young Patriots at a press conference in the 1960s.

Hillbilly Nationalists & Chicago’s Rainbow Coalition

Hy Thurman, Amy Sonnie, James Tracy, Eric Kerl · September 28, 2021

In 1960s Chicago, organizations of poor white people rejected racism and threw in their lot with the Black Panthers and Young Lords to fight for collective liberation. Their story is rich with lessons for today.

Fight Zionism With Socialism

brian bean, Daphna Thier, Erik Wallenberg · August 13, 2021

The heroic Palestinian struggle is the beating heart of the international revolution. Grasping the imperialist dynamics of Zionism and the region is essential for solidarity struggles.

Amazon workers organizing all over the world

Rank-and-File Amazon Workers Can Organize Themselves

Zama, brian bean · July 6, 2021

No simple trick will organize Amazon. A Chicago Amazon worker speaks on how long-term relationships and trust have allowed rank-and-file workers to flex their power on the warehouse floor.

Primed for Struggle: Organizing Inside Amazon

Zama, Dana Blanchard, brian bean · March 11, 2021

"We're not sitting around waiting for anyone to recognize us as a union in order to be or act as a union." An Amazon worker in Chicago talks to Rampant about what it will take to unionize the behemoth.

Hunger Strikers Fight for All Chicagoans

Breanna Bertacchi, Rory Gilchrist · February 12, 2021

Seven days ago a group of activists started a hunger strike to fight to stop the city from allowing a toxic General Iron metal shredder from being built on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

Behind the Far-Right Mob

NSFH Research Division, brian bean · January 8, 2021

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.

We Have to Win for Each Other

Turquoise LeJeune Parker, Shana Richards, Alex Macmillan · November 24, 2020

Educators in North Carolina's Organize 2020 union caucus discuss how they are building membership and leadership through struggle.

Deadlier Than a Pandemic

Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, Anton Ford · November 19, 2020

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.

We Take Care of Us

McKinley Park Mutual Aid organizers, Dana Blanchard · November 17, 2020

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.

There’s Nothing Left but the Streets

George Ciccariello-Maher, brian bean · November 10, 2020

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.

Black Lives Matter and the Power of History

Donna Murch, Todd Chretien, Brais Fernández · November 1, 2020

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.

Public Safety Without Police

Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez, brian bean · October 13, 2020

In the wake of the summer antiracist uprising, one Chicago ward is forging ahead with practical alternatives to policing. Ald. Rossana Rodriguez discusses the progress and challenges of defunding the police and imagining a different kind of public safety.

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