As the movement to defund the police has grown more popular, many mainstream headlines have told a different, misleading story. More than a year removed from the summer of 2020, after witnessing…
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A Haunting On LaSalle Street: Protesting the Chicago Budget
As city council prepared to pass Mayor Lightfoot's Chicago budget, crowds gathered outside…
CPD Out of CPS Panel: The Fight To End Police Brutality In Schools
On October 5th, activists held a "CPS, Safety, and Democracy" panel advocating the…
Starving and Policing Imperial Cities
To stay alive in perpetual late capitalist austerity, cities turned to a strategy…
Anti-Asian, Anti-Sex Work Hate Crimes Don’t Get A Congressional Hearing
This piece was originally published in the author's newsletter - Classtime. You can…
Red Star Bulletin Issue #21
Welcome to Issue #21 of the Red Star Bulletin! The aim of this…
Oh, How Little Mayor Lightfoot CARES
The trouble with living through history is that it all happens at once.…
The Treason of John Catanzara
Lodge 7 of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)’s president John Catanzara hates…
Socialism Must Always Be Anti-Fascist
On January 6, 2021, 500 fascists took the US Capitol. We socialists were…
Treatment Not Trauma: An Interview With Alderman Rossana Rodriguez
Rossana Rodriguez is a theater professional, former teacher, and member of Chicago’s chapter…
87% of Chicagoans Want to #DefundCPD
According to the Mayor Lori Lightfoot's own survey, 87% of Chicagoans want more…
$5 Million/Day
Chicago spends nearly 40% of our budget on the police department. That’s 5…
Do You Feel Shame, Aldermen?
This piece was originally given as a public comment at the Chicago City…
Why Unemployment Day?
Chicago’s first Unemployment Day will be held on Saturday, October 3rd, at 1…
“CPAC from A to D:” How Chicago Can Win a Civilian Police Accountability Council
Across the country, collective uprisings are building momentum for the conversation surrounding the…
Lodge 7 of the Fraternal Order of Police is Not a Labor Union
During Chicago's police accountability protests, John Catanzara—the Chicago the president of Lodge 7…
An Abolitionist Moment in Chicago
This moment holds possibilities for change that we have never before experienced... we…