Activism

Voices of women whose lives have been deeply affected by the experience of cancer speak of pain and solace, isolation and community, fear and power. This anthology explores how cancer affects women individually and collectively.

<em>Near West Side Stories: Struggles for Community in Chicago's Maxwell Street Neighborhood</em> is an ongoing story of unequal power in Chicago. Four representatives of immigrant and migrant groups that have had a distinct territorial presence in the area&mdash;one Jewish, one Italian, one African-American, and one Mexican&mdash;reminisce fondly on life in the old neighborhood and tell of their struggles to save it and the 120-year-old Maxwell Street Market that was at its core. <p> <em>Near West Side Stories</em> brings this saga of community strife up to date, while giving a voice to the everyday people who were routinely discounted or ignored in the big decisions that affected their world. Though slaying that dragon&mdash;fending off the encroachments of those wielding great power&mdash;was nearly impossible, we see in the details of their lives the love for a place that compelled Harold, Florence, Nate, and Hilda to make the quest.</p>

A short-lived free magazine on a variety of topics, priding itself on being &ldquo;the most brazen magazine in Chicago.&rdquo; Features on: Car horns, Bible of the Devil, cheap living, Chicago&rsquo;s love affair with skyscrapers and Donald Trump, a primer on Wal-Mart, Terry Schiavo and rights to control your own body, Ipecac Records and Chocolate Industries, the male orgasm, the logging industry, Garbage Pail Kids, television crime dramas

From the READ Zine-Making Party at Highschool Space, November 21, 2004.

A Chicago zine which records and comments on local issues and events and their influence on local art and activism. "The projects presented here offer a glimpse into a moment in time when multiple groups, temporary collectives and organizations were actively contesting the givens of daily life in Chicago".

One in a series of chapbooks published of writers at the Guild Complex. Varied poems, offering inspirational looks at love, culture, personal history, and the power of hip hop.