Looking for jazz and justice in a world falling apart.
"Thanks to all American supporters. Without them, we will probably be defeated in three days...but as we got help, we really appreciate that," a young, local chant leader told me. "When the conference [between Trump and Zelenskyy] happened...we couldn't stand aside. We will stand for our rights."
“The fight - it is in the [Chicago City] Council, it is in the courts, but it’s in the streets. It is in our neighborhoods to make sure that we don’t allow these cowards to come and terrorize us.”
"[ICE is] targeting warehouses…‘Oh they’re just supporting criminals!’ But that’s very on the contrary…they’re also deporting a lot of families in very unjust ways."
![[Story link in bio.] BROADVIEW, IL, SATURDAY, 4/11/26 – Photos from the dildo-themed protest at the Broadview ICE facility, as part of a story available now on Unraveled (@unraveledpress ).](https://scontent-dfw5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/670304162_17986986446968438_2136409439283465992_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=110&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=nHMAK7fgxYEQ7kNvwFS3JXr&_nc_oc=Adoqtwe9Y3fPWMaAuihWUt72wzpk-D3C0r0CJo0-dU_jApQXr6hp-WST5yGxVMj5c8g&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=JD3R-o2nW_tMpth2P2nJzA&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQGR0EOZjEe93kF-5fr3iX0zx2E_z3vMpgk0jMWAYVYpGAPL5E1cyZTaVF6wRYhSPna-QMTSxEOSSw&oh=00_Af3pDAaX6VPj5yPdDXmIYzebjFnZ0jz1L5WJ5PWYYMOHgw&oe=69EA6A34)
![[Full story in bio link.] NAPERVILLE, IL, TUESDAY, 4/7/26 – A dozen public commenters, with a crowd in support, took to the lectern at the twice-a-month City Council Meeting to promote an ordinance that seeks to prevent federal agents from using city property as a "staging area, operations base, or processing site.”](https://scontent-dfw5-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/669700248_17986488566968438_8111440402024780053_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=VjAh6OSKv1kQ7kNvwF_llcf&_nc_oc=Adq_eI2721VU5NmgyHiBYzIcBg-Wu9KkQLF6oKPlFedyp8LtlMom8IaAjF2wEzN3PMI&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=JD3R-o2nW_tMpth2P2nJzA&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQFVK2kG4_iMeS2vxsElY4APV3WNO6otIdw2ACtLGozFaUGzP5ak8g4Uo1XfwBi61sIn0xmHcM7R5A&oh=00_Af0Re06ZGkzfWIFtOmgqlW877T-Nindua5jo8eBmNhQDMA&oe=69EA5D48)
Blue Collar Jazz 