Building a vibrant, sustainable, independent home for culture, politics, and community.
About Haymarket House
Haymarket House, the home of Haymarket Books, is rooted in Chicago’s rich history of resistance and ongoing struggles for liberation.
We host political, cultural, literary, and community events in our several events spaces, kitchen, library, and garden. We are committed to uplifting the work of writers, artists, thinkers, activists, educators, and everyday folks in the struggle for a better world.
Join us for a conversation between Emmaia Gelman and Sarah Schulman about Gelman’s new book The Anti-Defamation League & the Racial State, a bracing history of the ADL’s conservatism, anti-communism, and imperialism. While the ADL is often portrayed as a defender against antisemitism and racism, Gelman shows that the organization is better understood as a […]
Join us for a four-week intensive seminar on the work of the Frankfurt School led by Audrey Nicolaides. About the Seminar In 1930, Max Horkheimer became the director of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany. Along with his colleagues and a broader orbit of external scholars, he inaugurated the first wave of what came […]
Join us for a reading of SuperNova, a play by incarcerated writer Elizabeth Hawes. About the Event “I want to belong. To make a pancake. To plant a flower. To walk the dog. With my mom.” SuperNova weaves together the real stories of more than sixty incarcerated women. Through interconnected monologues and scenes, the characters […]
Haymarket House has been a central part of our community building and organizing work. [These community spaces] are necessary for the relational aspect of revolutionary work.
Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project
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We are building an independent and sustainable home for radical ideas and movements.
We believe that another world is possible, but will only be made by people organizing and struggling for their own liberation.
We recognize the interconnectedness of our struggles, and work to facilitate cross-pollination between movements.
We root ourselves in the rich history of liberation struggles in Chicago, and seek to connect with and amplify struggles around the world.
We aim to provide a welcoming and inclusive environment, and a space that is accessible to all.
We offer our space as a resource to organizations, movements, and collaborators from across our beloved city and around the world.
Haymarket House has made clear its intentions to support the needs of movement workers and their supporters from its start. Having safe, beautiful, and welcoming spaces in which we can be in community with others is vital for our work.
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