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: Politicians
The Significance of Chicago’s Trump Shut Down
Originally posted March 13, 2016 In the course of a few hours, several thousand Chicagoans did more to stop Trump bigotry than months of bemoaning by media pundits and other 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 →
An Open Letter to Equality Illinois and Its Supporters
Originally published December 22, 2015 Rahm Emanuel and the LGBTQ Community — An Open Letter to Equality Illinois and Its Supporters This letter is an appeal to the conscience of Continue Reading →
War, Empire & the 2016 Elections
Originally published December 8, 2015 …with Black Agenda Report’s Bruce Dixon and Author / Activist Paul Street 6:30 PM – Thurs., Dec. 10 Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago Continue Reading →
CITYWIDE WALKOUT!
Originally published December 8, 2015 rahm emanuel and anita alvarez’s resignation party! Chicagoans from across the city will walk out of work and school and converge on Daley Plaza at Continue Reading →
Tonight!: March on Ald. Cappleman’s Home to Denounce Police Raids on the Homeless!!
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 →