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Student anti-war protesters in Illinois defeat expulsion threats
On Nov. 1, students at Morton West High School in Berwyn, Ill., a working-class Chicago suburb, staged a sit-in to…
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Violent Chicago cops go unpunished
The Chicago Police Department has one of the worst records of abuse and violence in the country. It also has…
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Leader of Gay Russia speaks at Chicago action
On Oct. 6, some 300 people gathered in Chicago’s LGBT community to mark the ninth anniversary of the brutal slaying…
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Chicago cops disband unit after crimes
The Chicago Police Department announced on Oct. 9 that it is disbanding an “elite” drug and gang unit. The unit…
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Disability rights activists storm Chicago
From Sept. 8 to 13, ADAPT—the nation’s largest direct-action disability rights organization—took action in Chicago. More than 500 ADAPT activists…
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Elvira Arellano and the struggle for immigrant rights
On Aug. 19, Elvira Arellano was arrested by Immigrant and Customs Enforcement agents in Los Angeles. Arellano is a well-known…
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Anti-police brutality activist Aaron Patterson gets 30 years
On Aug. 14, a federal court in Chicago sentenced Aaron Patterson to 30 years in prison. In 2004, he was…
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Chicago community protests police killing of Aaron Harrison
On Aug. 10, over 500 people attended a rally on Chicago’s west side to protest the police killing of Aaron…
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Hundreds rally for freedom of GABNet 3
On Aug. 9, Gabriela Network USA, a Philippine-U.S. women's solidarity mass organization, announced that, "de facto President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has…
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Protesters defeat anti-immigrant Minutemen
On Aug. 4, over 70 people turned out at the Mexican consulate in Chicago for a militant counter-protest against the…
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