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Oh, How Little Mayor Lightfoot CARES

Latest in Topic: Socialists in Office

Oh, How Little Mayor Lightfoot CARES

by Leonard Pierce | February 18, 2021

The trouble with living through history is that it all happens at once. Only in retrospect do the events piling up, one on top of another, seem to follow a pattern and…

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Tuesday Thoughts With Sean – Unity?

Tuesday Thoughts With Sean – Unity?

by Sean Estelle | January 26, 2021
Last week, on Wednesday January 20th, with much pomp and circumstance, Joe Biden…
Against A “Godawful Patriot Act Mark II”

Against A “Godawful Patriot Act Mark II”

by Marco Rosaire Rossi | January 15, 2021
In many ways, the image of a QAnon shaman wearing a bearskin Viking…
Chicago Teachers Union, Socialist Alderpeople Fight Mayor For Safe Schools

Chicago Teachers Union, Socialist Alderpeople Fight Mayor For Safe Schools

by Erick Sherman | January 9, 2021January 9, 2021
Despite below freezing temperatures and an icy edict by Chicago Public Schools (CPS)…
Seven Hundred and Sixty-Nine

Seven Hundred and Sixty-Nine

by Marco Rosaire Rossi | January 8, 2021
2020 was a year of murder. Murder rates were up across America's major…
The Heirs to the Sewer Socialists: Part 3

The Heirs to the Sewer Socialists: Part 3

by Bryan Tyrpin | December 30, 2020
This is part 3 is a 3 part series. Part 1 can be…
The Heirs to the Sewer Socialists: Part 2

The Heirs to the Sewer Socialists: Part 2

by Bryan Tyrpin | December 29, 2020January 12, 2021
This is part 2 in a 3-part series. You can find part 1…
The Uprising and the Vote on the Chicago City Budget

The Uprising and the Vote on the Chicago City Budget

by Ken Barrios | December 19, 2020
We are finally nearing the end of 2020. The largest uprising in US…
Treatment Not Trauma: An Interview With Alderman Rossana Rodriguez

Treatment Not Trauma: An Interview With Alderman Rossana Rodriguez

by Keith Schnabel | November 21, 2020November 21, 2020
Rossana Rodriguez is a theater professional, former teacher, and member of Chicago’s chapter…
87% of Chicagoans Want to #DefundCPD

87% of Chicagoans Want to #DefundCPD

by Midwest Socialist | October 21, 2020October 22, 2020
According to the Mayor Lori Lightfoot's own survey, 87% of Chicagoans want more…
Pilsen Versus Gentrifiers: An Interview With Diego Morales

Pilsen Versus Gentrifiers: An Interview With Diego Morales

by Keith Schnabel | October 18, 2020October 18, 2020
Pilsen is Chicago’s first majority Latinx neighborhood. For years, real estate speculators have…
RSL#08: Anger, Protest and Demands to Defund Police with Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez

RSL#08: Anger, Protest and Demands to Defund Police with Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez

by Midwest Socialist | June 13, 2020June 20, 2020
Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, Alderman of Chicago’s 33rd Ward (@RossanaFor33rd), joins Red Star Live host…
RSL#07 Human Need not Corporate Greed: A Right to Recovery

RSL#07 Human Need not Corporate Greed: A Right to Recovery

by Midwest Socialist | May 24, 2020May 24, 2020
The Right to Recovery coalition is working on legislation to ensure public health,…
RSL#04, Lightfoot: New Boss, Same as Old Boss

RSL#04, Lightfoot: New Boss, Same as Old Boss

by Midwest Socialist | May 2, 2020May 10, 2020
Red Star Live host, Ravi Pathare (@ravi_path), recaps recent raucous meetings of the…

Struggle is a Universal Language: an Interview with Anthony Clark

by Midwest Socialist | March 9, 2020March 16, 2020
Illinois primary elections are March 17th, one week from tomorrow, and early voting…
American Socialists Live!

American Socialists Live!

by Midwest Socialist | February 21, 2020March 9, 2020
Socialism is often framed as a foreign ideology, but the United States has…
Report Back: Chicago City Council’s June Session

Report Back: Chicago City Council’s June Session

by Sean Duffy | July 9, 2019July 9, 2019
The Chicago City Council met for its second session of the 2019–2023 term…
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