Posts Tagged ‘civil disobedience’

More than 100 arrested at Chicago schools protest

A protester is arrested in front of Chicago City Hall Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Photograph: James Fassinger/STILLSCENES

An estimated 5,000 parents, students, teachers, public school employees and community residents rallied in Chicago Wednesday, March 27, 2013, against an announcement by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Public School Board to close 54 public schools in the city next year. The closings will affect more than 30,000 students, primarily in low-income black and Latino areas [...]


War Veterans March Against NATO – Give Back Service Medals.

Iraq War Veterans March Against NATO

Veterans from the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq lead a march of thousands against NATO in Chicago - May 20, 2012 The main day of protest had arrived. People from across the country came in busses to Chicago’s Grant Park where the start of the main march and protest against NATO was being staged. There, at [...]