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Protests and Rallies Planned for Week of Action Against NATO
Gearing up for the NATO summit, organizers of the only permitted march to the summit site at McCormick Place announced their plans for the event today. Occupy Chicago and the Coalition Against NATO/G8 (CANG8) have been negotiating with the city of Chicago for months to organize the march that will begin in Chicago’s Grant Park [...]
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Community Residents Request G8 Funds to Go Toward Job Creation, Safety
With the relocation of the G8 summit, community leaders gathered in front of the World Business Chicago (WBC) building urging Mayor Rahm Emmanuel to relocate the summit’s funds towards creating neighborhood jobs and safer communities. “We feel that that money should go to help make our communities safer by creating some jobs that could take [...]
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Chicago City Council Approves Ordinances for Upcoming NATO, G-8 Summits
Despite recent objections from aldermen, community groups and residents, the Chicago City Council approved several ordinances on Wednesday Jan. 18 aimed to prepare the city for the upcoming G-8 and NATO summits in May. The measures, which were criticized by groups like Occupy Chicago, were scaled-back versions of the mayor’s original proposals that dealt with [...]
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Occupy Chicago Speaks Out Against Proposed NATO, G8 Ordinance
Preparations for the upcoming NATO and G8 summits in May has led the city to introduce a city ordinance that would increase fines for resisting arrest and change the hours for parks and other public property. First introduced as temporary changes, the Chicago Tribune reports the changes would actually become permanent, raising concern amongst Occupy [...]
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