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Why Chicago Leaders Hate the Homeless : Originally published October 15, 2017 Credit: Uptown Tent City Organizers   Saturday, October 21st 2:30 PM – 5 PM Lincoln Park Public Library 1150 W. Fullerton Ave. One block west Continue Reading →
Building a Trans-Affirming Community : Originally published October 15, 2017 This interactive 2-hour workshop is for community members who want to discuss how to create more trans-affirming spaces. Whether at work, school, worship or with Continue Reading →
Indigenous, LGBT & Organizing for Justice : Originally published October 15, 2017 Friday, Oct. 20th 7 PM Loyola University’s Lakeshore Campus Regis Hall, 6340 N. Winthrop Wheelchair accessible 1 block south of the “Loyola” Red Line el Continue Reading →
Chicago Water Department Armed Security Force Expert at Uptown Tent City 3 : Originally published September 25, 2017 By Yehuda Rothschild  Reprinted from www.UptownTentCity.org Homeless people really are scary to the City Ralph Chiczewski, the Asst. Commissioner Safety and Security, City of Chicago, Department Continue Reading →
Uptown Trauma : Originally published September 25, 2017 By Jeremy Nichols Don’t misunderstand this: what happened in Uptown this week was extremely traumatic for an already traumatized people! For years, I’ve known people Continue Reading →
Stop Ald. Cappleman’s Purge of Homeless People! : Originally published September 25, 2017 5:30 PM, Monday, Sept. 25 46th Ward Office 4544 N Broadway Avenue just south of the “Wilson” stop on the Red Line el Despite his Continue Reading →
Surge in Homeless Tent Cities Will Result from Destruction of Housing Serving Poorest Residents : Originally published July 27, 2017 Developer responsible for destroying other SROs prepares to flip more last-resort housing for the city’s poorest CHICAGO – With the recently announced sale and pending Continue Reading →
STOP TrumpCare Before It Starts! : Originally published July 27, 2017 TWO Actions to Demand Healthcare for ALL! On Friday, 5 pm to 6:30 pm, join a “Die-in for Improved Medicare for All” at Federal Plaza, corner of Adams Continue Reading →

Chicago River Free Gaza Flotilla

Details TBA. Sponsored by Voices for Creative Non-Violence, Chicago Committee Against War & Racism, Gay Liberation Network and others TBA.

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Stopping Israel’s Blockade of the People of Gaza

Ann Wright and Jehad Abusalim speak about the Israeli blockade and other human rights abuses against the people of the Gaza Strip. Grace Episcopal Church, 637 S. Dearborn Street, at Continue Reading →

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Forum on U.S. interference and war moves against Iran

Wheelchair accessible. Sponsored by the Chicago Anti-War Coalition

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Gay Liberation Network organizing meeting

All who want to help us make a better world are welcome!

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Stonewall was a REBELLION contingent @ the Pride Parade

Join the Gay Liberation Network and the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America in our annual Pride Parade contingent. This year’s theme: Stonewall was a REBELLION against police brutality! Meet in front Continue Reading →

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50 Years Since Stonewall – GLNer Interviewed on Canadian TV Network

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

Interview with GLN’s Andy Thayer, author of the recent “Why Stonewall Matters Today” in Jacobin Magazine. Click here to watch.

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Stonewall @ 50 Years: What Can the Early LGBT Movement Teach Us Today?

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Veteran of the Civil Rights Movement Bob Schwartz talks with Andy Thayer about the lessons that the epic 1968-73 movements can teach us today. They stood down a viciously racist, Continue Reading →

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Why Stonewall Matters Today

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

The Stonewall movement wasn’t just an uprising for LGBT rights — it was also part of a broader movement that fought racism, war, and poverty. To go beyond today’s tepid Continue Reading →

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Join us as we say No War on Iran!

On the anniversary of the nuclear agreement between Iran and other nations, that Trump subsequently broke. Now hawks in the administration are citing dubious evidence to ratchet up tension versus Continue Reading →

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Stonewall Was a Rebellion! contingent @ Pride Parade

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

It’s the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riot, and this pride month is going to be a hell storm of rainbow capitalism and historical revisionism. To help counter the mainstream Continue Reading →

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