How Four Black Women Changed Homecare Organizing Forever
The Forge
Forty years ago in Chicago, McMaid workers sparked a movement.
Ceasefire Vote Narrowly Passes Chicago City Council, Revealing Deep Divisions Among Democrats
Politico
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was the tie-breaking vote on a measure that conflicts with Biden’s strategy in the Middle East.
Friday Nite Videos | February 2, 2024
Portside
We Grown Now | Movie. The Story of a Global Favorite: El Condor Pasa. Legal Weed Is Being Ruined by Corporate Greed. As SCOTUS Hearing Looms, an Update on Trump Disqualification. Why I Stay: Living Inside the Ruins of my Gaza Home.
We Grown Now | Movie
Best friends Malik and Eric discover the joys and hardships of growing up in the sprawling Cabrini-Green public housing complex in 1992 Chicago.
Tidbits – Feb. 1, 2024 – Reader Comments: Chicago Now Largest City To Call for Ceasefire; Hawks Demand War With Iran; Texas Gov Abbott Encouraging Criminal White Extremists; New – Family Budget Calculator; Help UE Preserve the Solidarity Mural; More
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Reader Comments: Chicago Now Largest City to Call for Ceasefire; Hawks Demand War With Iran; Texas Gov Abbott Encouraging Criminal White Extremists; New - Family Budget Calculator; Help UE Preserve the Solidarity Mural; Cartoons; more....
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Chicago’s New Paid Leave Ordinance
NBC Chicago
How it works, who it applies to and more
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Chicago Is Considering Opening a Municipal Grocery Store
Jacobin
Led by labor-backed mayor Brandon Johnson, Chicago could become the first big city in the US to open a publicly owned grocery store.
Media Bits and Bytes – October 17, 2023
Portside
The Gaza siege has media on the warpath
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The Movement and the Mayor
Hammer and Hope
What does it mean to have Brandon Johnson, a Chicago Teachers Union organizer, in office?
Learning From Chile: Navigating Complexities of Political Crises
Convergence
For the US there is much to learn from the Chilean experience about relationships between left government, movements, and popular protagonism and the importance of political clarity, socialist strategy and organization.
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