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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 →

Hands Off the Homeless!

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

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 →

Posted in Homeless Rights, Politicians, Rahm Emanuel | Tagged Alderman James Cappleman, Chicago Police Department, homeless, Uptown Tent City Organizers | Leave a reply

Police Escalate War on the Homeless in Uptown

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

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 →

Posted in Homeless Rights, Police, Politicians | Tagged Alderman James Cappleman, homeless, Uptown Tent City Organizers | Leave a reply

Bombing Hospitals is a WAR CRIME

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

First published on October 23, 2015 Earlier this month, just days after the 14th anniversary of the United States’ longest-ever war, its invasion of Afghanistan, the U.S. bombed a Doctors Continue Reading →

Posted in Imperialism, War | Tagged Afghanistan, Imperialism, Violence, War | Leave a reply

GLN Letter to the Editor About Pope’s Charm Offensive

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

First published on October 23, 2015 Now that Pope Francis is back home in Rome, it is revealed that he met privately with the poster child of anti-gay bigotry and Continue Reading →

Posted in Bigotry, LGBT rights | Tagged Pope, Religious bigotry | Leave a reply

Black Lives Matter March on Police Chiefs’ Convention @ McCormick Place!

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

First published on October 23, 2015 1 PM, Saturday, Oct. 24 Beginning from Chicago Police HQ 3510 S. Michigan   In the past few years there has been a tremendous Continue Reading →

Posted in Police, Racism | Tagged Black Lives Matter, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Laquan McDonald, Police Brutality, Violence | Leave a reply

Youth Action to Demand Justice for Police Shooting Victim Rekia Boyd

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

First published October 6, 2015 DEMANDING that ‪#blacklivesmatter‬, just east of where Chicago Police Officer Dante Servin murdered Rekia Boyd. Shot in the back of her head. He’s still drawing a Continue Reading →

Posted in Police, Racism | Tagged Black Lives Matter, Chicago Police Department, civil rights, Rekia Boyd | Leave a reply

Protest the U.S. Attack on the Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Afghanistan

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

First published October 6, 2015   3 PM, Tuesday, Oct. 6 Stroger Hospital (SE Corner of Damen & Ogden) During the 2003 Shock and Awe bombing and afterwards, Voices for Continue Reading →

Posted in Imperialism, War | Tagged Afghanistan, Doctors Without Borders, Imperialism, Violence, War | Leave a reply

Stand in solidarity with the right to choose abortion

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

First published October 6, 2015 Don’t let anti-choice bigots dominate the debate! This Saturday, stand in solidarity with the right to choose abortion. This Saturday, many of the same forces Continue Reading →

Posted in Sexism | Tagged Abortion rights, Choice, Religious Right | Leave a reply

Remembering the 43 Disappeared in Mexico….One Year Later

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

Originally published September 28, 2015 On Saturday, Justicia en Ayotzinapa: Comité Chicago (Justice in Ayotzinapa Committee – Chicago) organized a march for the 43 disappeared students in Mexico, one year after their Continue Reading →

Posted in Imperialism | Tagged Drug War, Mexico, The 43, Violence | Leave a reply

Cuban LGBT Activist Alberto Roque Guerra on “Chicago Tonight”

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

Originally published September 28, 2015 Cuban LGBT activist Alberto Roque Guerra on WTTW-TV’s “Chicago Tonight” program with Eddie Arruza   Cuban LGBT activist Alberto Roque Guerra was recently hosted by the Gay Continue Reading →

Posted in Imperialism, International LGBTs | Tagged Alberto Roque Guerra, Cuba, LGBTQ rights | Leave a reply

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