Midwest Socialist

We invited all of tomorrow's candidates to come on the show, and only one has agreed - Renato Mariotti, who is running for Illinois Attorney General. We'll also be speaking with Mary Difino, who worked to get a collective bargaining agreement for Mr. Mariotti's campaign staff. This interview does not constitute an endorsement by anyone for anyone.

But all I see is films where a colorless despair meant angry young men with immaculate hair...

If capitalism's got you down, you're not alone. Listen to Eleanor, Frank and Erik talk about their own experiences of depression in this week's episode!

In a skyscraper-sized new episode, we visit an Autonomous Tenant's Union assemblea in Albany Park, talk one-on-one with architect Keefer Dunn of Buildings on Air, learn about homelessness in Chicago from Adriana Scurto, and hear from a roundtable of housing activists about rent control.

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This week we sat down with some of CDSA's most vocal feminists about their experiences as single leftists in the dating world. We got deep into the politics of dating apps, the importance of communication, non-traditional relationship set-ups and our hopes for a more socialist feminist future. But mostly we just cracked each other up.

Featuring Sarah Hurd, Lucie Macias, Rachel Zibrat and Laura Colaneri

**Things get pretty steamy so listener discretion is advised

CW- BDSM

This morning, the graduate employees at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne went on strike. We spoke to campus organizers at UIUC and UChicago, and the Loyola YDSA co-chair, about educational labor.

Today we’re joined by three activists from the #NoCopAcademy campaign: Makeda Austin of Assata’s Daughters/BYP 100, and Maria Hernandez and Adrienne Davis of Black Lives Matter Chicago.

Eleanor Russell talks to a panel about multi-level marketing and the commodification of community.

Philip Dinolfo talks with the Chicago DSA jazz trio about socialist culture, and the band plays in our studio.

Gillian Hemme is on the program to discuss teaching theater to women prisoners in Cook County Jail.

I was looking for a job and then I found a job...Chicago DSA members describe the dehumanizing, irritating and unjust circumstances of their employment. Freelance writer, campaign worker, programmer, financial services, selling cookbooks over the phone. If it's a job, it's bullshit.