Thousands of protesters in Chicago took to the streets in solidarity with Palestine, marking the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba and demanding the immediate end of US support for Israel, an internationally designated apartheid state criticized for brutal treatment of its colonized Arab population.
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Thousands of demonstrators marched in Chicago following the murder of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a police officer, as the middle schooler put his hands up before being killed anyways. Demonstrators scuffled with police after 2 arrests were made, both of which resulted in almost immediate releases.
Around 150 protesters gathered in the Evanston college town in Chicago to demand the abolition of university police at Northwestern University and the surrounding residence in which its students inhabit. Around 75 heavily armed police units arrived at the peaceful demonstration, appearing as an occupying army but making no arrests.
McDonalds workers in Chicago went on strike to demand a $15 minimum wage, an increase in PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), and a union for all. McDonalds and its franchises have been widely criticized for their union-busting practices, which sometimes are harsher than many other multinational corporations.
Black anarchists and antifascist organizations gathered to demonstrate in Rockford, Illinois, against what they deem a new COINTELPRO, which manifests itself in felony charges for high-profile activists and suppressing protests by criminalizing demonstration against the government. Black anarchists and antifascist organizations gathered to demonstrate in Rockford, Illinois, against what they deem a new COINTELPRO, which manifests itself in felony charges […]
Protesters in Chicago numbering over 1,000 took to the streets to #CountEveryVote and push Trump out of the White House. The march took place around the Trump Tower, with police eventually trying to assault protesters who returned to it. Protesters in Chicago numbering over 1,000 took to the streets to #CountEveryVote and push Trump out of the White House. The […]
Waukegan residents took to the streets after the police murder of Marcellis Stinnette, a 19-year-old black man with a child who was shot to death inside his own car along with his girlfriend, who was gravely injured. Over 100 protesters attended the spontaneous demonstration.
Demonstrations began against both the grand jury decision to not convict the killers of Breonna Taylor and against the mayor the city who has cracked down many times on protests.