Quantum Shore Teach-In

Join members of the Community over Quantum coalition to discuss the environmental, social, and economic impacts of the Quantum Shore megadevelopment currently being built in South Chicago. While “business leaders” and politicians tout the benefits of redevelopment of 440 acres of the lakefront, regular people in the surrounding neighborhood and across the city have been sounding the alarm as to its impact on their livelihoods. What we’ve been able to substantiate makes it clear that this impact should worry all Chicagoans for how it will bring suffering to the city and export it across the globe through American imperialism.

This session will start from the basics – where is Quantum Shore? who are the stakeholders? what are they doing there? – before explaining what we can expect to happen locally and for the military industrial complex if the developers of Quantum Shore can achieve their ends. Ultimately, we hope to provide an understanding of the situation that makes clear that, while what is being constructed is in many ways new, the underlying struggles are older than the infilled land Quantum Shore is being constructed on.

Organizers from Black Alliance for Peace Chicago, Guerilla Workers Party, Palestinian Youth Movement, Science for the People Chicago, and Southside Together be available to speak about getting involved in the Community over Quantum campaign after the presentation.