Founded in 1972, NWRC is a not-for-profit owned and operated by an all-volunteer collective. Volunteers always welcome; phone 773-227-4011 for info.

We are Chicago's oldest independent left-wing & labor bookstore and meeting center, providing books, periodicals, t-shirts, etc. to progressives and activists.

Offering a large selection of left-wing books, T-shirts, buttons, posters, post cards, bumper stickers, magazines, newspapers, and music. We carry newspapers and magazines from over fifty leftists organizations. Our books cover topics from "A" to Zinn: Anarchism, Anti-Racism, Black History, Economics, Environmentalism, Feminism, Geo-Politics, Labor Struggles, Leftist History, Marxism, Philosophy, Socialism, Sociology and much, much more. We sell both new and used books, and can special order books if we don't have what you're looking for.