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Reports, Articles, Statements

Chicago rallies in solidarity with struggle against SB 1070
Tuesday, June 8
Fight anti-Immigrant racism!

ANSWER Chicago coordinator speaks at emergency protest in response to Israeli massacre on Gaza bound humanitarian flotilla
Tuesday, June 1
Over 2,000 protesters hit the street

Thousands of teachers and students protest education cuts
Thursday, May 27
Streets around city hall shut down

ANSWER Chicago coordinator speaks at Chicago Socialism Conference
Saturday, May 15

15,000 rally, shut down Springfield
Wednesday, April 21
Stop the Budget Cuts!

Sign the Petition:
No Budget Cuts!


Stop the Criminal Illinois Budget Cuts

Monday, April 19
Make the Rich Pay their Share!

Tens of thousands take to the streets
Saturday, March 20
Protesters demand: "U.S. Out of Afghanistan and Iraq!"

Video from March 2010 Antiwar Marches

Chicago workers hit the streets to march for jobs

Monday, Jan. 25
The time to stop the layoffs and budget cuts is now!


2009

PSL Chicago fights to defend the right to distribute leaflets
Thursday, Dec. 31

Workers and riders protest transit layoffs and cuts in Chicago
Monday, Dec. 14
Fight back! An injury to one is an injury to all!

Demonstrations against escalation of Afghanistan war take place across country
Tuesday, Dec. 5
U.S./NATO Out of Afghanistan Now!

Protesters Picket CTA Board Meeting
Tuesday, Nov. 17
CTA Passes 2010 Budget with massive service cuts and layoffs

Anti-war Protests on 8th Anniv. of Afghanistan War
Wednesday, Oct. 7

Video and Report from July 29 Parking Meter Protest at City Hall
Thursday, July 30
Stop Parking Meter Rate Hikes & Expansion Now!

ANSWER's Parking Meter Campaign on Expired Meter Blog
Friday, July 10
Join fight-back campaign!

Mayor's parking meter swindle sold out people to Morgan Stanley
Mon., June 22
Join PSL's fight-back campaign!

Hartmarx workers take on Wall Street

Tues., May 26
Vote for sit-in rejects dictatorship of the banks

Socialism Conference in Chicago a success
Sat., April 25
Over 100 attend

Proposed Illinois budget cuts $1.3 billion in services, raises taxes
Sat., March 28
Office holders get pay raises, corporate profits left untouched

More than 10,000 March on Pentagon
Sat., March 21
On 6th Anniv. of War

1,000 Protest in Chicago on 6th Anniv.
Sat., March 14


ANSWER Coalition responds to Obama speech on Iraq War

Fri
day, February 27
March on the Pentagon!

Video: Chicago Stands with Gaza and Palestine
Thurs
day, January 22
Video and Photos from Dec. 08 & Jan 09 Protest Against U.S. Supported Israeli War on Gaza

Hundreds of thousands march to Let Gaza Live
Sun
day, January 11

Palestinian self-defense is not terrorism
Thurs
day, January 8
ANSWER Chicago organizer Suzanne Saba speaks at a mass meeting in solidarity with Gaza

Mass demonstrations against U.S.-backed Israeli siege of Gaza continue
Sun
day, January 4
Stop the bombings!

2008

Tens of thousands take to the streets in solidarity with Gaza!
Wednes
day, December 31
Stop the massacre of Palestinians! End the siege of Gaza!

Morgan Stanley takeover of parking meters a bad deal for Chicago
Friday, December 11

Republic Workers Reach Victorious Settlement!
Thursday, December 10
Union plant occupation shows that workers can bail themselves out through struggle

Chicago cops welcome 'change' with same old police brutality
Thursday, December 3

Report from the Nationwide Protests Against California's Proposition 8
Tuesday, November 15

Chicago pro-LGBT forces protest James Dobson
Saturday, November 8

Protest: U.S. Hands off Pakistan
Saturday, October 11

PSL Chicago outreach builds mass opposition to Wall Street bailout
Thursday, September 25
PSL is a member of the ANSWER Coalition

"Unite and Fight the twin parties of war"
Thursday, September 4
ANSWER Chicago Coordinator, John Beacham,  speaks at RNC Day 4 protest

Take Action to Defend RNC Protesters! Stop the Police Riot in St. Paul!
Tuesday, September 2

Russia, Georgia and independence in the age of imperialism
Friday, August 15

Disabled march in Pride Parade
Thursday, August 12

Nearly 500,000 take a stand against bigotry at Chicago Pride Weekend
Sat., June 28 & Sun., June 29

Emergency actions protest Cuban 5 court decision
Thursday, June 12

Rally on 60th Anniv. of Palestinian Nakba supports right of return
Friday
, May 23

Students/Immigrant rights activists protest Minutemen at DePaul
Monday
, May 19

Article on ANSWER Chicago in TimeOut Chicago
Thursday
, May 15

Chicago rally opposes U.S.-CIA anti-China campaign
Friday
, May 9

20,000 march in Chicago for immigrant rights on May 1
Sunday, May 4
Tens of thousands more march around country

Chicago Protesters Slapped with Felony Charges
Friday, April 18

ANSWER Speaker tours Midwest
Thursday, April 17
Richard Becker promotes independent mass movement

Reverend Wright is Right!
Tuesday, March 25

Let's March on 5th Anniversary of the Iraq War (ANSWER Chicago Posts) Jan. 30 - March 19, 2008
Coalition Calls for Emergency Protests Jan. 25-26 in Washington, San Francisco, Anaheim and other cities January 2008
Free Speech Victory in Central Park Lawsuit January 2008

2007
October 27 Regional Anti-war Mass March in Chicago
All Out! Only the People Can Stop the War!
The Sept. 15 March on Washington: A New Movement is Emerging
ANSWER Chicago on the August 7th Anti-war Protest at Democratic Party Debate in Chicago
Palestine and the US Peace Movement, Telling it like it is!
A statement by the Free Palestine Alliance on the 40th anniversary of the 1967 war, June 2007
Anti-war movement alive and fighting 
Media distorting facts, mischaracterizing movement,  June 2007
What Should the Anti-War Movement Do Now?
A Proposal from the ANSWER Coalition, May 2007
ANSWER condemns LAPD attack on immigrant rights movement May 2007
From the Pentagon to California, Antiwar protests sweep across the country March 2007

2006
Politicians Fiddle, Iraq Burns Baker Commission: Another Study Group Charade December 2006
Chicago Police Perpetrate Fraud Against Anti-war Movement
November 2006
Chicago's ComEd set to hike electricity costs by up to 40 percent October 2006
Chicago Workers Win "Big-Box" Living Wage Law August 2006
The World is Sickened & Outraged: Take Action Against U.S./Israeli War Crimes (Aug 12 Update) July 2006
August 12 March on Washington Call to Action July 2006
Chicago report uncovers police torture, rules out prosecution
July 2006
Take Action to Defend the Palestinian People
June 2006
The Logic of War Crimes in a Criminal War
June 2006
ANSWER Response to May 15 Bush Speech on Immigration May 2006
The People Defeated the anti-Venezuela Mack Resolution! March 2006

ANSWER & National Council of Arab-Americans Statements on Israeli Raid of Jericho
, March 2006

2005
APEC and the U.S. military threat. Presented by John Beacham, Pusan, Korea, November 2005
ANSWER Forum. The Current Situation of Korean Peninsula. From Minjok.com by Younghui Kim.
Eyewitness report from New Orleans  Gloria La Riva, Sept. 4, 2005.
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Statement Supporting Ex-Bracero Workers, Aug. 19, 2005.
Statement on the 40th Anniversary of Watts Rebellion, Aug 11, 2005
Cuban Five win a new trial. Aug 9, 2005
ANSWER Coalition Solidarity Statement with One Korea L.A. Forum, April 1, 2005.
KMB Pro-People Youth statement about March 19 antiwar rally. (pdf)
A.N.S.W.E.R. LA Statement on the LAPD Killing Of Devin Brown, Feb 2005

2004
Activists participate in International Labor Solidarity Conference, Dec 10-12, 2004.
Commentary on the 2004 Presidential Election Results, by Jim Lafferty, Nov. 4, 2004

January 20, 2005 Counter-Inaugural Talks

Ramsey Clark’s address in D.C.
Iraq and the war at home. Talk by Malena Hinze of the ANSWER Coalition
KMB Pro-People Youth statement  (pdf) 
Today a war criminal was crowned. Talk by Stefanie Beacham of the Party for Socialism and Liberation
Cuba and Venezuela: Solidarity and fighting imperialism. Talk by Ian Thompson of the Committee to Free the Cuban Five

Cuban Five

The case of the Cuban Five: injustice at home and abroad.

Haiti

Haiti Progres (Haitian weekly paper)
A History of the Haitian Revolution
The Class Dynamics of Haiti's Freedom Struggle
The IMF and Haiti
A New Phase of Haiti's Freedom Struggle

New Jersey Solidarity—Activists for the Liberation of Palestine

The 1936-1939 Revolt in Palestine by Ghassan Kanafani
Our Roots Are Still Alive