Chicago People Power

5/25/25 “Even Though Derek Chauvin Is Locked Up, There Is Still A System” Chicago’s Left Calls For People Power Five Years After George Floyd’s Murder

5/19/25 “It’s Coming Here, As Blue As This State Is” Naperville’s Local Hate Group Calls For Trump Intervention On 7th Grade Sports At School Board Meeting

4/14/25 Romeoville, Bolingbrook Locals Outnumber Out-Of-Town Hate Group At School Board Meeting

3/30/25 Torrential Rain Energizes Trans Rights Marchers On Day Of Visibility

3/2/25 Chicago Ukrainians Rally Less Than 48 Hours After Trump Berates Zelenskyy

2/29/25 Kat Abughazaleh Kicks Off Her Campaign: “We Don’t Need To Be Less ‘Woke,’ We Don’t Need To Abandon Trans People”

2/9/25 Little Village Protests ICE Raids With Rally And March

2/2/25 Young Bolingbrook Residents Protest ICE Amid Local Raids

In 1986, my father took part in the Filipino EDSA/People Power Revolution that shut down the streets of Manila to overthrow a corrupt, dictatorial president. Four decades later, after moving to Chicagoland to give me a better life, I carry that tradition in my heart. Marches, rallies, campaigns, community events, and the like bring a community together in ways social media alone cannot. In a world falling apart, I have taken to documenting what I can of it.

All power to all the people.

A busker plays on a street corner while Palestinian protesters march in the background. The Mag Mile, 6/14/25.

A protester plays a trumpet in the direction of an Illinois State Police trooper (left) and Border Patrol agent (right). Broadview, IL, 10/3/25.

A chant leader leads a contingent of drums during a protest against ICE and the deployment of the National Guard. The Loop, 9/6/25.

A pro-Palestinian, pro-immigrant protester with a trumpet warms up before marching in the Chicago Pride Parade. Lake View, 6/29/25.

An accordion player performs in between federal violence at a protest action against the ICE Staging Area/de facto detention center. Broadview, IL, 9/26/25.

Protesters dance to music in between federal violence at a protest action against the ICE Staging Area/de facto detention center Broadview, IL, 9/26/25.

A protester leans over to graffiti a concrete barricade with chalk at the Broadview ICE Staging Area/de facto detention center. Broadview, IL, 10/19/25.

Musicians, including some from Songs For Liberation Protest Music Collective, play at the Broadview ICE Staging Area/de facto detention center. Broadview, IL, 10/19/25.

Chicago bassist Jack Sundstrom (left) participates in a music circle at the Broadview ICE Staging Area/de facto detention center. Broadview, IL, 10/24/25.