So Now What That the G-8’s Gone?

Yesterday’s news: The White House abruptly announced Monday that it had scuttled plans to hold the upcoming G-8 economic summit in Chicago, and would instead host world leaders at the presidential retreat at Camp David in Maryland.  … A spokeswoman for...

G-8 Summit Moved to Camp David

Big News!! The Group of Eight meeting will be moved to Camp David, according to the White House, but the gathering of NATO allies and the International Security Assistance Force will go on in Chicago as planned in mid-May. Camp David will more closely approximate the...

Protesters Crash Chicago’s 175th Birthday

Chicago celebrated its 175th birthday Sunday to the tune of protest rants. A small group shouted during part of the ceremony about Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to close six mental health clinics in the city. As the mayor stood beside a colorful birthday cake and...

The 99% Spring

It’s coming: From April 9-15 we will gather across America, 100,000 strong, in homes, places of worship, campuses and the streets to join together in the work of reclaiming our country.  We will organize trainings to: Tell the story of our economy: how we got...

Lawyers for Occupy Say Crackdown was Practice

Lawyers for dozens of Occupy Chicago protesters arrested in Grant Park said Wednesday that the mass arrests amounted to a “dry run” by the Emanuel administration for handling protests during the G-8 and NATO summits in May. “This was Mayor Rahm...