A conversation with Chicago's Lake Effect Collective about the pro-Palestine University Occupations, the Chicago DNCs of 2024 and 1968, the current struggles against ICE, and their experience forming an organization.
Lake Effect's texts: UChicago Occupation: https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/post/2024/08/01/reflections-on-the-uchicago-popular-university-for-gaza-encampment/
DNC: https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/post/2024/09/07/seattle-is-never-coming-back/ ICE: https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/files/2025/03/previoustactics_FINALREAD.pdf
On organizing: https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/post/2025/05/29/bring-the-ruckus-2008-notebook-on-cadre-revolutionary-organization/
https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/post/2025/07/03/getting-organized/
Jarrod Shanahan's new book: Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: A Decade of Rebellion, Reaction, and Morbid Symptoms
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