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Chicago Decriminalizes Marijuana, but Will It Curb Racialized Policing?
Rahm Emanuel and Chicago's top cop insist the measure stops short of decriminalization.
Chicago Workers’ Economic Plan: Go Co-Operative!
Laura Flanders: A group of the workers who occupied the Republic Windows and Doors factory in 2008 have founded a worker-run cooperative.
The Clash on Wabash: The 150 NATO Summit Protesters Who Stayed Up Past Mainstream Media’s Bedtime
After the scheduled #noNATO march ended Sunday afternoon, May 20, a much-broadcast clash with police resulted in a fracture of the main protest group.
Is This What Democracy Looks Like? Reflections on Chicago
When the NATO summit began, the presence of the police force felt as substantial as the massive crowd they were there to control.
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From 1968, a Long View on Movement Building
After demonstrators were arrested and roughed up in an unsuccessful attempt to march to McCormick Place on Sunday, I thought it would be interesting to check in with Mel …
Nurses Condemn Chicago Mayor Emanuel for Arrest Of Nurses, Medical Volunteers at Occupy Chicago
Registered nurses from across the U.S. today condemned Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for his decision to arrest nurse volunteers, as well as peaceful protesters, in a late night crackdown …