The Lion Review

11/16/2016

"Revolutionary su***de does not mean that I and my comrades have a death wish; it means just the opposite. We have such a strong desire to live with hope and human dignity that existence without them is impossible. When reactionary forces crush us, we must move against these forces, even at the risk of death. We will have to be driven out with a stick.”

― Huey P. Newton

# # # thank you for supporting us through the first phase of our journey. The Lion Review website is currently down, but our team has not lost our vision. Future plans to come. Take care.

12/09/2015

A reaction to the video of the killing of Ronald Johnson by the Chicago Police Department

http://thelionreview.com/2015/12/08/resisting/

"Seeing these videos over and over again — seeing these extrajudicial killings of Black people — I didn’t expect to tear up. I thought I’ve seen death before. I thought I’d seen enough suffering to become desensitized. My eyes swelled."

I woke up from a brief nap Monday afternoon, refreshed, ready to throw myself in these case briefs that have been piling up. I checked Facebook. I saw the video of Ronald Johnson getting killed by ...

10/27/2015

10/21/2015

TOMORROW. PURDUE UNIVERSITY. LET'S TALK!
https://www.facebook.com/events/133917616958469/

"We do not wish to lecture the participants. We don’t want them to regurgitate our ideas. We, instead, want them to tell us what they think. We want to know their conceptions of the justice system: the good, the bad, the problematic, and the solutions."
http://thelionreview.com/2015/10/19/the-lets-talk-diaries/

The north side of Chicago is home to beaches, universities, and my favorite place to get a Hot Dog (Chicago’s Dog House off Fullerton). Located on the North side, is Lincoln Park’s own DePau...

10/19/2015

From the October Issue:

“We don’t live in a perfect system.” Your first reaction, or at least I can say my first reaction, is to resist. “Just because it’s not perfect doesn’t mean we should settle for a sh*tty one! A sh*tty system won’t correct itself. It must be done so by an outside movement.”

When doing organizing work, it’s pretty easy to lose sight of the complete vision and get slumped into the day-to-day rigor of canvassing, phone banking, shouting on the megaphone and et cetera. It...

10/19/2015

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As a throwback of sorts, here's one of our early posts, published back in 2012! Also, check out our new site!

Let us look back upon December of 2012 as the end of the world approached. Now that the anxiety (if you really believed the world was ending) has passed, let us now start to reflect on our own pers...

10/12/2015

Q***R AS F**K!
OCTOBER ISSUE IS OUT!

Click the link below to read The Lion Review's first Magazine issue since April! This time around, we feature an argument for intersectionality in the Mainstream Gay Rights Movement, a case for Let's Talk! and an analysis of the meaning of progressivism through the prism of "Brave New World."

Take a moment to go through our most colorful publication to date.

The October Issue is now available! Previous Issues: You can also check out previous issues by clicking the cover below. March 2015 February 2015

10/10/2015

The October 2015 issue is on its way! This issue features an argument for intersectionality in the Mainstream Gay Rights Movement, a case for Let's Talk! and an analysis of the meaning of progressivism through the prism of "Brave New World."

But for now, here's the cover.

09/23/2015

"Don’t be afraid to drop the P-word, or the D-word (that’s right, demonstrate!) And if they call you unpatriotic, then bring up the T-word (yes, tea!) Let’s not forget how this country was founded. Protest and resistance is the sincerest form of democracy."

The P word. Yes, it’s a dirty ol’ word. It’s that forbidden from the dinner table. It has that big, fat “NSFW” label, and is kept on the down-low from your boss. Just hearing the word is appalling ...

08/19/2015

See you all 6pm at the Blackstone Library (4904 S. Lake Park Ave). !

08/14/2015

5... more... days... until Let's Talk! at the Blackstone Library in Chicago (4904 S. Lakepark Ave). We will begin the policy conversation at 6pm.

(https://www.facebook.com/events/1085027784857963/)

If you'd like to be featured in the video promo for Let's Talk!, shot by Chicago's very own Ric Wilson, be sure to arrive at 5pm.