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• Pro-Palestine activists “make it great like ’68”

  22-08-2024 20:32 via chicagoreader.com
  
  One of the week’s most anticipated protests took place on the evening of Tuesday, August 20, at the Israeli consulate in the Loop. A group called Behind Enemy Lines, an anti-imperialist action coalition founded in the wake of the George Floyd protests, organized an unpermitted march to decry the war in Gaza and Democrats’ role […]
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• March on the DNC

  22-08-2024 20:25 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Union Park gathering of protesters on the 2024 Democratic National Convention’s inaugural day commenced with just as much pomp and circumstance as the historic convention itself.  Members of leftist organizations such as Code Pink, the Movement for Black Lives, the Anti-War Committee, and the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) traveled from Cleveland, Ohio; St. […]
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• Day two at the DNC: Obamas and Pritzker address delegates, pro-Palestine demonstrators rally, and dozens arrested

  22-08-2024 15:54 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The second day of the Democratic National Convention came and went with plenty of action—both inside and outside the United Center. The night’s festivities included an address from Governor J.B. Pritzker, who stressed the dangers of what a Trump presidency could bring to the crowd of thousands. Michelle and Barack Obama also took the stage […]
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