People power in the streets, jazz music on the sheets.
Partners is, first and foremost...labor propaganda. It’s worker biased. It’s union slanted. It’s meant to be mass consumed by a wide audience...And in a world exponentially terrorized by billionaires and their hoarded gold, it’s what’s desperately needed. [For StevePulaski.com]
A woman peruses decorations inside a store (top left), while a man looks at tables outside (bottom right). Little Village, 10/31/25. By Dominic Guanzon Friday, 10/31/25 LITTLE VILLAGE – Yellow-vested, whistle-wearing volunteers patrolled Little Village on Halloween, as hundreds of families walked 26th Street. under the shadow of ICE and other federal agents stalking the... Continue Reading →
“We saw all that bad shit going down with ICE,” said Boeving, “we thought, how can we help? [Pedersen] approached me and was like, ‘hey you wanna do a fundraiser concert?’ And I of course immediately agreed.
“Chad and I had a love-hate relationship. He had a lot of, you know, opinions,” Katie continued, to laughter from the crowd.
Another protester directly screamed into the faces of the Illinois State Police troopers, “you’re helping the fascists! You’re directly helping them!”
The Special Response Teams are intended to be DHS’ special weapons and tactics (SWAT) teams, conducting high-risk raids and serving high-risk warrants targeting alleged criminals. On Friday, they faced off against college kids with poster boards, Christian pastors, and abuelas trying to deliver medication to detainees.
The lone instigator continuously walked in and out of the crowd, moved into people’s faces, and flexed his torso for no other reason than to provoke a reaction. He exchanged verbal insults with random protesters, but was drowned out by the mass of protesters, who directed chants of “shame” and “racist go home” at him.
“Remember that you have an obligation to not follow unlawful orders,” the Marine Corps veteran said in a message directly to individual Guard. “Every [service]member has a responsibility to disobey unlawful orders.”
“Protests are important, but protests won’t do much if they’re not followed up with other types of organization,” said General Strike Illinois’ Abigail, who was part of the horizontally-structured group that organized the Fest.
“This staging facility was not designed to house detainees for even a night, yet there have been reported and confirmed cases of individuals held in the facility for more than a week,” said Nadiah Alyafai of the Arab American Action Network.
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