A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Direct Action Organization
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 →
Originally published December 22, 2015 VICTORY at the Wilson viaduct last Friday morning! Josh Brollier explains what went down in this short video. Last Friday morning, activists in the Uptown Tent City Continue Reading →
Originally published December 3, 2015 Letter to the Editor of Windy City Times Now that Windy City Times (WCT) editor Tracy Baim’s one-night, feel-good extravaganza called “Sleep Out Chicago” is over, it is Continue Reading →
Originally published December 3, 2015 “Do you think police officers who violate the rights of homeless people should be punished, yes or no?” To this simple question, put to Continue Reading →
Originally published November 9, 2015 A series of illegal police sweeps versus the homeless in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood is prompting a Monday night march on the residence of 46th Ward Alderman James Continue Reading →
Originally published November 4, 2015 Take the fight to CAPPLEMAN’s home! 5:30 PM, Monday, Nov. 9 Meet & Rally at Wilson Ave. & Marine Drive ….then MARCH! Chicago Police have escalated their campaign Continue Reading →
Originally published November 4, 2015 An apparently coordinated campaign of threatened arrests, citations and forced removals hit the homeless in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood on Sunday, with police falsely citing City Continue Reading →
First published September 1, 2015 LGBT Activists Take On Gentrifying LGBT Alderman This past Saturday night LGBT organizers with a homeless rights encampment in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood stood up to police Continue Reading →
Originally published August 27, 2015 The park district, police and politicians continue to displace the homeless under the Lake Shore Drive viaducts and along the lakefront parks. These attacks as Continue Reading →
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 →