Activists
Activists Rally For Affordable Housing In Lakeview
They say they won’t go without a fight, not even on a rainy day, chanting and marching outside buildings that for quite some time, offered SRO’s, or single room occupancy units to those who had no other options.
Supporters Of Israel, Palestinians Stage Downtown Rallies
As negotiations continued to end the days of fighting between Israel and Hamas on the Gaza strip, dueling rallies were held in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, by both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian activists.
Activists To Help Protect Trick-Or-Treaters From Egg-Throwers
Some Chicago neighborhood activists will be out on Halloween night, trying to protect trick-or-treaters from egg-throwers.
Occupy Movement Protesters Looking For Places To Stay During NATO
Occupy Chicago activists are looking for help finding fellow demonstrators find a place to stay during the NATO summit, so they’re asking Chicagoans to let them occupy their houses, apartments, back yards, or churches.
Activists Deliver ‘Tax Bills’ To Big Corporations On Tax Day
About 200 people gathered at Federal Plaza on Tuesday to send a message on this Tax Day 2012.
Man, 80, Arrested After Shooting Alleged Burglar
Neighbors in Englewood are not pleased after an 80-year-old man was arrested for shooting a man who was allegedly burglarizing his house.
Activists Rally For Same Sex Marriage Outside Holy Name Cathedral
Just days after state lawmakers introduced legislation to legalize gay marriage in Illinois, Chicago’s Gay Liberation Network led a demonstration outside Holy Name Cathedral Sunday morning.
Activists Take Stand At ‘People’s City Council Meeting’
The UIC forum was packed with more than 1,000 activists and union members Thursday night for the first ever “People’s City Council Meeting.”
Chicago Area Man Among Those Set To Challenge Gaza Blockade
It’s been a year, and it may have been forgotten already – the venture in the Middle East called Freedom Flotilla that brought boats and bloodshed to the high seas. But now, a Chicago man is among those ready to sail again.
City Council To Discuss Power Plant Emissions
A Chicago City Council committee will take up a proposed ordinance that would clamp new restrictions on emissions from two Southwest Side power plants, both of which are fired by coal.
Palestine Activists Protest FBI Subpoeanas
Four more grand jury subpoenas have gone out to supporters of Palestinian independence, and supporters gathered Thursday to call it a political witch hunt.
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