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| 2010
Highlights: Anti-war, Immigrant Rights, Seize BP, Education, Palestine
Solidarity, Budget Cuts, Equality, Free Speech, CTA Cuts, Labor
Solidarity, ... |
October 16: Midwest Regional Protest on Anniversary of Afghanistan War
Traveling from all over the Midwest, students,
working people and antiwar activists, converged in Chicago on October 16
for a regional march and rally on the 9th Anniversary of the Afghanistan
war. The October 16 regional protest demanded, “End the Wars and
Occupations! Jobs, Peace and Equality Now!” and was coordinated with
actions all across the country in the first weeks of October. |
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September 27: Protest of FBI attack on Free Speech
On Sept. 27 and 28, protesters gathered across
the country to denounce the FBI raids targeting antiwar activists in
Illinois and Minnesota, and the intimidation of activists there and
elsewhere, kicking off several days of planned actions. In Chicago, over 500 people came out for a solidarity rally in front of the
FBI building. Protesters chanted in a large picket line that blocked the
front driveway to the building. Signs read “Hands off anti-war
activists” and “Stop the grand jury now.” All major Chicago news
media reported on the rally. |
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September 23: Whittier School Parents, Students, Supporters March for
Library
About 250 parents,
students and supporters marched from the Whittier school field house in
Pilsen to Alderman Daniel Solis’s public service office on Sept. 23. The
field house, “La Casita,” was occupied by parents starting Sept. 15
to stop a planned demolition of the building. Parents, students and
teachers are demanding that the Chicago Public Schools turn the field
house into a badly needed library for the students. They have been
fighting for a library for years. |
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July 22: Solidarity with Hotel Workers' Direct Action
On July 22, hundreds of supporters,
including volunteers from ANSWER Chicago, blocked the sidewalks in front
of the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Chicago, to show support for 25
workers who engaged in an act of civil disobedience and support the
ongoing labor struggle within the largest hotel chain in the city. |
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June 27: ANSWER Chicago Marches in
LGBT Pride with 450,000 People
The Chicago Pride March on June 27 was a
joyous celebration of the LGBT community in support of full equality.
Always heavily attended, this year the parade numbered 450,000 people. The
Chicago branch of the ANSWER Coalition chanted and carried banners during
the celebration that read, “Unite and Fight for Full Equality for LGBT
People, Immigrants and All!” ANSWER Chicago marched with the Gay
Liberation Network and many others. |
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June
12: Pro-Immigrant Counter-Protest of Racist Minutemen and Tea Party Rally
On June 12, a day racist groups planned to
gather to support Arizona’s SB1070, there was a larger cry of opposition
in Naperville, Ill., outside of Chicago. Groups from Chicago and the
surrounding area came together to organize a counterprotest to a Tea Party
and Minutemen rally at Naperville City Hall. Behind barricades set up by
the city to protect the racists, over 100 counter protesters shouted,
"Go home racists!" and "Power to the People! No One is
Illegal!" |
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June
1: Protest Against Attack on Gaza Flotilla
Over 2,000 people came out in Chicago to denounce the
Israeli massacre on the lead ship of the flotilla of humanitarian aid
vessels. Waving a sea of Palestinian flags, people came out from all
communities to link arms with their Palestinian sisters and brothers. Dozens
of groups endorsed and mobilized for the action, including the ANSWER
Coalition. The American Muslims for Palestine and the Free Gaza Movement
sponsored the emergency demonstration. |
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May 29:
Chicago Protest Against SB 1070
On May 29, 100,000 people marched
against SB 1070 in Arizona, while 250 people came out in Chicago to oppose
the Arizona law. A coalition of immigrant rights groups rallied and then
marched on PetSmart, an Arizona-based company. From the rally point to
PetSmart, the marchers chanted, “Sí Se Puede!” and “When they say
get back, we say fight back!" The
protests on May 29 were part of a nationwide struggle to stop SB 1070 from
becoming a law before the 60-day deadline. |
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May
12: National Days of Action to Seize BP
Dozens of protestors gathered outside the
downtown Chicago offices of BP to send the message that the people of
Chicago demand justice for Big Oil’s crimes. The Demonstration was
organized by the Seize BP campaign and ANSWER Chicago. Demonstrators
chanted “Seize BP! Make them pay! BP’s guilty! Make them pay!” and
“What do we want? Seize BP! When do we want it? Now!” The people held
placards reflecting those demands while drivers honked in support as they
drove by. A number of pedestrians joined with the protest off the street
and helped out with the effort. |
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May 1 March: Equality for
Immigrants! Jobs Now!
Twenty thousand protesters came out in Chicago
on May 1 to demand an end to racist immigrant profiling and immediate
immigration reform. The crowd gathered in Union Park for a lively
rally, at which many of the speakers attacked the racist SB1070 recently
signed into law in Arizona. Energy was
high as the protesters marched from Union Park to Daley Plaza in the
middle of downtown Chicago. Popular chants included, "What do
we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!" and "Yes to
immigrants! Down with racism!" |
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A21,
Springfield: 15,000 workers march to stop budget
cuts
Chanting
“Stop the Cuts” and “Do Your Job”, 15,000 teachers, state workers,
public service recipients, community activists and their supporters
surrounded and shut down the Illinois state capitol building on April 21.
The demonstration was called to protest the Governor’s proposed budget
cuts, which threatened to layoff 17,000 public school teachers and cut a
total of $2 billion in services.
ANSWER Chicago volunteers joined the march organized by the unions.
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March 20:
Chicago Buses to March on Washington
Thousands of people converged at the
White House for the March 20 March on Washington—the largest anti-war
demonstration since the announcement of the escalation of the Afghanistan
war. By the time the march started at 2 p.m., the crowd had swelled up to
10,000 protesters. Transportation to Washington, D.C., was organized from
over 50 cities in 20 states, including Chicago. Demonstrators rallied and
marched shoulder to shoulder to demand “U.S. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan
Now,” “Free Palestine,” “Reparations for Haiti” and “No
sanctions against Iran” as well as “Money for jobs, education and
health care!” |
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January 18: March Against CTA Cuts and for
Jobs!
Hundreds of people marched through downtown
Chicago on Jan. 18 to stop job, school, transit and budget cuts. Transit
workers, teachers, students and community organizations joined together in
a militant protest to fight against these attacks on working-class people.
The march started at the Chicago Transit Authority headquarters and made
stops at Boeing, the Chicago Board of Education and Chase Bank. The most
popular chant was, “Money for Jobs, not for the Banks!” |
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