Category Archives: Gentrification
The Worst!

Originally published November 8, 2017 In September Alderman James Cappleman orchestrated the worst in his series of attacks on working class people living in his ward. Under the guise of 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 →
Activists Move for Court to Quash TIF Subsidy for Luxury Housing!

First posted January 18, 2017 Lawyers for activists who last year filed an Open Meetings Act lawsuit against the Chicago City Council, yesterday moved for the court to quash a City Council Continue Reading →
Homelessness advocates march in Uptown, shelter saved
Originally posted January 3, 2017 Excerpt from a Windy City Times article by Matt Simonette and Tracy Baim “This savvy pressure group was composed of ordinary people doing extraordinary things,” Continue Reading →
LGBT Activists Score Important Win vs. Chicago City Council

Originally posted December 22, 2016 A Cook County Judge ruled late Tuesday that the Chicago City Council violated Illinois’s Open Meetings Act (OMA) by refusing to allow members of the public to Continue Reading →
Rally and VICTORY March to CELEBRATE Saving of Uptown Homeless Shelter!!

Originally posted December 22, 2016 The homeless shelter at 941 W. Lawrence Avenue will remain OPEN!! While the politicians who caused the problem and have for so many months heartlessly harassed Continue Reading →
Monday Hearing May Force City Council to Stop Violating Open Meetings Act

Originally posted October 21, 2016 Judge to hear arguments on motion for injunction to force City’s immediate compliance, could make decision at end of hearing CHICAGO – A Cook Continue Reading →