Local News & Activist Reports: Chicago

Workers across the country stand up on May Day

Tens of thousands celebrate International Workers Day

May 3, 2013

May 1st is celebrated around the world as International Workers Day and is marked by militant struggle demanding rights for poor and working people.

Thousands march to stop Chicago racist school closings

Over 120 arrested in act of civil disobedience

March 30, 2013

Over 5,000 people marched on the school board in Chicago on a cold winter afternoon on March 27.

Chicago teachers fight racist school turnarounds

Union files lawsuit, demands immediate relief

January 9, 2013

Turnarounds—in addition to constituting an attack on teachers' unions and a reactionary policy for reform—have exacerbated the systemic problem of institutionalized racism.

Protests take place throughout U.S./Israeli attack on Gaza

People in U.S. break through media blockade, take to the streets

November 22, 2012

Throughout the latest U.S.-backed Israeli assault on Gaza (Nov. 14-21), protesters took to the streets throughout the United States and of course around the world.

Demonstrations denounce criminal war on Afghanistan

Protests held in cities throughout the country on 11th anniversary of war

October 8, 2012

On the weekend of Oct. 6-7, 2012, the ANSWER Coalition joined with many other organizations to call for an end to war and occupation in Afghanistan.

Midwest ballot drive success: Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin

Thousands of petitions collected

September 21, 2012

In order to achieve ballot access in those states, PSL members and friends in Chicago traveled to all three states in the months of June, July and August.

El socialismo: la respuesta del pueblo

Peticionarios del PSL dan sus reflexiones

September 21, 2012

Peticionarios del PSL dan sus reflexiones después de miles de pláticas con la gente común.

Socialism: the response on the streets

PSL petitioners reflect on tens of thousands of conversations

September 21, 2012

PSL petitioners from around the country reflect on their conversations on the street about socialism.

Chicago strike results in victory for the teachers

Strikers show that money can be found to fund education

September 20, 2012

The CTU won concessions from the city and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, one of the most powerful politicians in the U.S., that seemed impossible to win during the current period of capitalist austerity.

Sixty-six percent of CPS parents support Chicago teachers' strike

Workers see through demonization campaign

September 14, 2012

An astonishing poll released by a right-wing subsidiary of the Illinois Manufacturing Association found that 66 percent of parents of Chicago Public School students support the strike.

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