Rally to Demand Affordable Housing
Originally published May 15, 2016 No TIF For the Rich! 10:45 AM, Wednesday, May 18 City Hall 121 N. LaSalle Street, 2nd floor (by the elevators) Years of subsidies to wealthy Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Class
#ShutDownChi shows how to defeat the 1%
Originally posted April 4, 2016 Click here or on the picture above to see amazing Channel 9 video of the massive anti-racist, pro-public education, pro-investment in our communities march which shook the Continue Reading →
April 1 Shutdown: Rainbow Flags for Education & Justice!
Originally posted March 28, 2016 From the first day he got into office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has tried to privatize public education and destroy the teachers’ union. Union-busting has also Continue Reading →
Be the Cure for a Bad Case of TIF: Just Vote NO!
Originally posted March 3, 2016 Petitioning Members of the Chicago City Council Committee on Finance and Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards to oppose the request by Montrose-Clarendon Continue Reading →
No TIF Handout for Luxury Lakefront Hi-Rises
Originally posted March 3, 2016 Even by Chicago standards, the brazenness of this theft is stunning. In a city already infamous for its taxpayer-funded gifts to the wealthy and well-connected, Continue Reading →
No to TIF Abuse. Yes to Resignation.
Originally published February 5, 2016 March on Rahm’s Home 12 Noon, Saturday, Feb. 6th Assemble at Montrose & Clarendon (by the Park), site of proposed TIF to build luxury high-rise. After Continue Reading →
Stop Rahm & Cappleman’s TIF Giveaway!
Originally published January 11, 2016 Rahm Emanuel and his close ally Alderman Cappelman want to shovel a $15.8M subsidy of your tax money to build a luxury high rise in Uptown — just hundreds Continue Reading →
How Can We Stop the Violence?
Originally published July 14, 2015 In June, Chicago’s “Open University of the Left” kindly invited the Gay Liberation Network‘s co-founder Andy Thayer to speak about the devastating level of violence in Chicago Continue Reading →
Defend Uptown’s Homeless!
Originally published June 26, 2015 Protest the moving of people experiencing homelessness from under the viaducts in order to “clean up” and “make it safe” for concert goers to Continue Reading →