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Comment by Ira Wechsler on July 10, 2012 at 17:28

  Joe it is the same deal in New York.  Shantel Davis,a 23 year old unarmed woman, was assassinated in her car by Narcotics detective Philip Atkins. The Progressive Labor Party has helped mobilizemay in Flatbush, Brooklyn community to march several times on the 67 th precinct and demand an end to racist murder. Atkins has a history of multiple civil rights violations and the City of New York has mad large out of court settlements to cover over his misdeeds.  Our slogan has been Billionaire Bloomberg , you can't hide we charge you with genocide!

Comment by Joe Balkis on July 10, 2012 at 6:22

***FORWARD WIDELY***

 

 

Illinois Campaign to End the New Jim Crow meeting. Tuesday, July 10th 7pm

 

The cases of Rekia Boyd, Stephon Watts and Howard Morgan have put cases of police violence and brutality

back in the forefront in Chicago. So far, institutions of power in Chicago and Cook County have done little to

nothing to provide justice for the victims of police brutality. We all know the Chicago summer will bring more

incidence of police violence and brutality. Since the CPD, City of Chicago or Cook County will not hold

officers accountable, it is the job of the community to hold them accountable.

 

Let's discuss how we can gain justice for the victims of police violence and challenge police brutality in Chicago.

 

ALL ARE WELCOMED!

 

Meeting Time: 7pm

Tuesday July 10th

Trinity Episcopal Church at 26th and Michigan

Free Parking Provided 

Comment by Joe Balkis on July 9, 2012 at 0:30

the Carlos Montes Victory Gathering next Sunday, July 15th at 4Pm at 2838 W Cermak 

Comment by Joe Balkis on July 9, 2012 at 0:28

Anti-NATO protesters held on terrorism charges, extreme bail Call States Attorney Anita Alvarez: 773-674-6209 Demand all charges be dropped against anti-NATO protesters! “Release them all now!” Eight people continue to be held in jail in Chicago, arrested before or during the protests against the NATO summit, according to information provided by the National Lawyers Guild. They face felony charges and even terrorism charges, while the NATO generals responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands have left town to return to their occupation of Afghanistan and plotting for their next war. Of those still being held, five of them have been charged under a State of Illinois law passed after 9/11 that has never been used. The NATO 5 were all targeted by undercover police officers exposed by the National Lawyers Guild. The agents went by the nicknames “Mo” and “Gloves”. The NATO 5 were arrested without any evidence of their involvement in violence, other than the statements of undercover provocateurs. The first arrests took place in an unlawful police raid of a home on Wednesday night, May 16th, in which the police kicked in doors without presenting a warrant, beat up people, shackled protesters hand and foot, and then “disappeared” 11 people for up to 40 hours. The National Lawyers Guild and Occupy Chicago activists faced repeated denials by the CPD in their attempts to locate those arrested. The remaining two were arrested several days later. Again, no evidence has been presented other than the statements of the undercover police. Both men were held longer than the 48 hours required by law before being given access to use of a telephone or to speak with an attorney. The other four still being held were involved in a protest action at the point which the police turned violent, causing over 70 injuries from baton blows, including many serious head injuries. Over 24 had to be treated at area hospitals for broken bones, knocked out teeth, concussions, and wounds requiring stitches or staples. On top of the arrests and charges, the protesters are being held with outrageous bails: $1.5 million for the first three facing terrorism charges; $750,000 and $500,000 for the second two charged under the same state terrorism law; and as high as $250,000 for the remaining men. Bail for one Chicago youth, Raziel Azuara is set at $150,000.  It is the Chicago Police Department that is responsible for the violence; and the CPD and the States Attorney are violating the law and the Constitution. Charges of terrorism, pre-emptive raids and prosecution, charges based on entrapment, and violence against protesters are all standard procedure when the US government declares a National Special Security Event as they did with the NATO summit. These tactics were employed at the Republican National Convention in 2008, resulting in the cases of the RNC 8; the 23 anti-war activists raided by the FBI and subpoenaed to a grand jury for investigation of support for foreign terrorists; and the current trial of Carlos Montes in Los Angeles.  Now in Chicago they’ve added the element of excessive bail, as if the protesters were part of the 1%, rather than the 99%. We must speak out against this repression. We know the charges against the anti-NATO protesters are false. All these prisoners should be free.

Comment by Joe Balkis on July 7, 2012 at 17:20

Thank You for posting Brian & Ian!

Comment by Joe Balkis on July 7, 2012 at 17:17

Rally for an Elected School Board

Join us in Little Village for a rally + canvasing to show support for an Elected Representative School Board

Where? : Amor de Dios Church 2356 S. Sawyer St.

When? : Sat. July 7th 10:00 – 1:00

Who: YOU!

The CPS Board—appointed by the mayor— is not accountable to the people it serves.

The Board is failing our children.

Help Win an Elected Representative School Board

• CPS’s privatization policies—school closings, turnarounds and charters—do NOT improve education. They have been devastating to all children, especially those in African American and Latino communities.

• Class size has increased. Art, music, recess, PE & after school activities have been cut, while high-stakes testing eats up more classroom and learning time.

• CPS has expanded an unequal system: A top tier of selective schools for a few students and a bottom tier of resource-starved neighborhood schools for everyone else.

• CPS makes decisions, like an unfunded longer school day, without public input.

• CPS blames teachers, parents, and students for the problems THEY have created.

• Teacher morale is at an all-time low.

An Elected Board is a Necessary FIRST STEP to Improve Our Schools.

• An elected board would be accountable to the public and could be more diverse, reflecting the people it serves.

• Chicago is the only city in Illinois with an appointed school board.

• Election requirements could mandate specific qualifications and cap campaign expenditures, thus reducing the influence of money and politics on education.

Help Win an Elected Representative School Board for Chicago.

• The Illinois Legislature must pass a law to enact an elected school board.

• Sign a petition to get an advisory referendum for an elected board on the November ballot.

• Volunteer to help Chicago win an elected school board. See our calendar of events for opportunities to collect signatures i...

• Contact your elected officials. Ask them to support a Representative Elected School Board.

• Help Win an Elected Representative School Board

Comment by Joe Balkis on July 6, 2012 at 11:28

Teachers for Social Justice FREEDOM RIDES 2012-JOURNEY FOR EDUCATION JUSTICE FUNDRAISER!!

KOCO is our very close ally, please support! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Young People from the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization have a Leadership Role in a National Effort to Stop Discriminatory School Closings and Phase-outs. Youth and Parents from 10 different cities (and growing) going to Washington in July and September to make their voices heard. THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT! Friday, July 6th 2012 5-7:30 @ The One and Only AIN'T SHE SWEET CAFÉ 526 E. 43rd Street FREE ADMISSION! (With a Generous Spirit...and checkbook!) Jitu Brown Education Organizer Kenwood Oakland Community Organization 4242 S. Cottage Grove Chicago, Illinois 60653 (773) 548-7500 wk (773) 548-9264 fax (773) 317-6343 cell

Visit the TSJ website!

Comment by Ira Wechsler on July 2, 2012 at 22:57

 Some 300 workers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn rallied and picketed in front of the hospital to protest its planned closing. Two unions UUP,which represents nurses, researchers, and teachers, and CSEA which presents most blue collar and clerical staff had some signs and banners there but did nothing to organize the workers for the event. The Progressive Labor Party organizers within the institution were able through their supporters to move the nurses, some researchers, and maintenance workers to turn people out. They moved beyond the usual trade union rhetoric and pin-pointed these cuts as racist and genocidal.  The workers responded to this positively, both black,white, and Latino. This is just the beginning of the response to class warfare that has been waged by Governor Cuomo and his racist cabal of Wall Street financiers and corporate executives who dominate the Berger Commission and the Committee to Save New York who pushed behind the scenes for the agenda of major hospital closings and cuts in Brooklyn, the most populous and most Black county in New York. This is just the first volley in what will be a continued struggle to build  strike action against the bosses.

Comment by Brian Ross Ashley on June 25, 2012 at 19:11

http://www.unionbook.org/profiles/blogs/down-with-the-coup-we-suppo...

Comment by Joe Balkis on June 25, 2012 at 16:56

Wednesday, June 27, 7 PM to 9 PM Ben Hecht's House Party 5120 S. Kenwood, Chicago A 1920s literary salon organized by A Pocket Guide to Hell. $20 RSVP by 6/25

Wednesday, June 27, 7:30 PM "After Tomorrow" Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 1932 film directed by Frank Borzage. $5 MORE INFORMATION.

Thursday, June 28, 6:30 PM "Deep Green" Multi-Kulti Center, 1000 N. Milwaukee Ave, 4th Floor, Chicago Showing of documentary followed by discussion. MORE INFORMATION.

Thursday, June 28, 7 PM Can War with Iran be Averted? Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, 303 Dodge Ave, Evanston A conversation with Dr. Trita Parsi and Rabbi Brant Rosen. MORE INFORMATION.

Monday, July 2, 7 PM What's Next for Occupy Wheaton Franciscans Tau Center, 26W171 Roosevelt Rd, Wheaton Occupy Naperville founders and spokespersons will be discussing strategy for what comes next for the Occupy Movement. MORE INFORMATION

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