Despite popular belief that Christopher Columbus discovered America, there is historical proof that there were American Indians (or Indigenous Peoples) living in America long before Columbus and other Europeans arrived. Due to European colonization, American Indians suffered the loss of their land, homes, lives, and culture. Their presence in our American history is largely unknown and their culture has received little appreciation or respect.
For these reasons, we ask for your support in changing the name from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. This is our effort to raise awareness and appreciation for American Indians and their culture which serve as the roots of our land. We hope to celebrate American Indians! It is time for our schools, our city, and our State to make a change! As students and staff of West Town Academy, are ready to make this change and fight for the acknowledgement of our country’s true history!

Please join us on Monday, October 8th at 11:45am to protest. Location: 1 W Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL.

WE’RE BACK ON!

Join us as we demand an end to money bail and continue the fight for mass liberation!

Take action to transform the racist criminal justice system from one based on over-policing and mass incarceration to one based on restorative justice and reinvestment in communities of color!

Call on the judges at Cook County Central Bond Court to stop locking people up for being Black and poor!

Take money out of the criminal justice system and put it into jobs, schools, and public services in communities of color!

Every Saturday: 2-4pm
Three Cornered Island of Peace
Milwaukee, Logan and Kedzie Aves.

Since Tuesday Sept. 2, 2003, we have protested ALL Wars. This Sat. is Gathering # 843. NSPG is not connected to any political party or group. It is open to anyone opposed to war and it’s root cause capitalism. Bring a sign and a friend.
Join us. Or DO Something, Sometime, Somewhere.. Bur always remember. SILENCE IS CONSENT, Get Angry! Get Active.
Now starting our 16th year, with the terrible threat of tRUMP, we are also protesting his Fascism.
STAND UP AGAINST WAR!

Protest the nomination of sexual abuser Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court! Join students, workers, and activists in a national walkout on Thursday Oct. 4 at 4:00 pm leading to a rally at 5:30 pm at the American Bar Association.

Those in the Senate and the White House who are complicit with violence against women may be okay with this monster in our government, but Chicagoans have a message for them: We believe survivors! We believe women! We will not tolerate this nomination!

We support the National Lawyers’ Guild and the ACLU’s call for Kavanaugh to be disbarred on ethics charges and demand the American Bar Association take action.

Endorsed by:
International Women’s Strike
International Socialist Organization
National Lawyers’ Guild
Our Columbia
Columbia Faculty Union
DePaul Students for Reproductive Justice

This is part of a national call for action, find out more: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck1jZu3e4YOQYNR2XiB661Sb68aHTL-SL1X_GZxaEV4OnTJA/viewform

Organizations interested in endorsing, please contact us!

There is NO sister march planned for Chicago this year!

Verdict to be read at 1:45 PM today.

Following the verdict, the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression calls for an emergency mobilization at City Hall EXACTLY ONE HOUR AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT. (Pay close attention to this event page and our group https://m.facebook.com/groups/560179864437995). We have demanded justice, and if we don’t get it, SHUT IT DOWN!

And even if Van Dyke is found guilty, we will still rally and protest at City Hall to continue the fight for justice, and for an elected Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC).

The first degree murder trial of Jason Van Dyke is in its second week. This is the first time in Chicago history that an on-duty white police officer has been charged and indicted for first degree murder of a Black person, a point that the defense presents in its effort to delegitimize the case. The main strategy of the defense is to go all out to criminalize Laquan, in order to claim Van Dyke’s innocence by justifying the murder.

Because of the racist nature of this criminal justice system, we fear there is a chance that the trial may result in an acquittal. We know that this system does not want to convict Van Dyke. We know that the jury selection resulted in a lopsided jury with only one Black person in a city that is 1/3rd Black.

The case could very soon be in the hands of the jury. We know that people will want justice if denied it in court, and so we are calling for an emergency response plan.
If the verdict is Not Guilty, there will be a massive rising of anger across the city, but especially in the Black communities of the West and South Sides. If there’s a hung jury, there will also be anger at the denial of justice.
Even if there’s a Guilty verdict, there will still be justice to serve, because there are more and more young Black people being murdered by the police all across the country, and because it took four long years to put Van Dyke on trial.

Endorsed by
Black Lives Matter Chicago
United States Palestinian Community Network
Arab American Action Network
Take on Hate
Good kids Mad City
NWS Coalition Against Racism and Hate
Gay Liberation Network