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Chicago Family’s Ordeal to Escape Being #StuckInYemen
By Bill Chambers This is the story of the Yemeni American Nasser family from Chicago who tried to follow the State Department’s advice and head for the Indian ship that would be sure to rescue them...
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Malcolm X Day on May 19 Proposed for State of Illinois
By Bill Chambers A day “to commemorate the 90th birthday of Malcolm X, a singular human rights activist and one of the most influential African American leaders in history” is being proposed to the...
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Illinois Lawmakers Vote To Divest from Companies that Support Palestinian...
By Bill Chambers Activists in Illinois and nationally are part of a growing movement to divest from companies that support human rights violations by Israel. Meanwhile Illinois lawmakers are busy...
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Illinois Designates May 19 as Malcolm X Day
By Bill Chambers On this day when Malcolm X would have been 90 years old, the State of Illinois has designated “May 19, 2015 and every May 19 thereafter as “Malcolm X Day.” The Senate passed...
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Why is the Anti-BDS Lobby Celebrating Their Non-Victory in Illinois?
By Bill Chambers If you read the self-congratulatory messages from the anti-BDS lobby, you would think that they won a major victory against what they call “anti-Israel hate.” Here is a message that...
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Congressional Briefing on Israeli Treatment of Palestinian Child Prisoners
By Bill Chambers On Tuesday, June 2 at 9:30AM, there will be a Congressional Briefing sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) with opening remarks by US Representative Keith Ellison...
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Thousands March for a Just Chicago and a Fair Contract for Teachers
By Bill Chambers On Tuesday, about four thousand Chicago teachers, parents, and their supporters rallied at the Thompson Center and marched down LaSalle Street to the Chicago Board of Trade. They...
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Chicago Arab Community Leader Rasmea Odeh Appeals Conviction
By Bill Chambers Attorneys for Rasmea Odeh, Arab community leader in Chicago, have filed an appeal of her November 2014 conviction for “unlawful procurement of naturalization.” Her defense team states...
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Angela Davis and Rasmea Odeh: Sisters in a Growing Solidarity Movement
By Bill Chambers Last Sunday afternoon at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a sold-out crowd of over 500 activists, community leaders, organizers, poets, and artists came together for an event...
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Al-Quds Day Commemorated in Chicago
By Bill Chambers On Friday in Chicago, a diverse crowd of 250 people commemorated Al-Quds Day that takes place annually in multiple cities around the world. This year’s event was held on the one-year...
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Ahmad Sadri’s Detention Reveals the Power Struggles Behind the Iran Nuclear Deal
By Bill Chambers Last Tuesday, Ahmad Sadri, Professor of Islamic World Studies and Professor of Sociology at Lake Forest College and translator of a popular version of Shahnameh: The Epic of the...
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Chicago Muslims Mobilize to Support Community Control of the Police
By Bill Chambers As a logical follow-on to its successful initiative to pass a resolution designating May 19 as “Malcolm X Day” in the State of Illinois, the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater...
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Chicagoans March in Solidarity to Support Community Control of the Police
By Bill Chambers Frank Chapman, Field Organizer for the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR), said about Saturday’s rally and march for community control of the police –...
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Chicagoans Protest Attacks on Freedom to Worship at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque
By Bill Chambers Along with similar protests in New York, Jerusalem, Hebron, Ramalah, and Gaza City, 300 Chicagoans protested the escalating Israeli security forces and extremist settler attacks on...
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Chicagoans Commemorate World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel 2015
By Bill Chambers From September 21th through the 27th, The Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum (PIEF) called for a “World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel.” The PIEF was launched by the World Council...
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DePaul Coalition Calls for Removal of Dean Implicated in Guantanamo Torture
By Bill Chambers A coalition of DePaul University students, faculty and alumni held a press conference on Thursday, October 1st, 2015 with academics Dr. Frank Summers and M. Cherif Bassiouni to demand...
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Palestinian Community Leader Rasmea Odeh & Supporters Seek #Justice4Rasmea in...
By Bill Chambers Rasmea Odeh, her attorneys, and hundreds of supporters will appear before the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on October 14 for oral arguments on the appeal of her...
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Angela Davis and Rasmea Odeh: Sisters in a Growing Solidarity Movement
By Bill Chambers Last Sunday afternoon at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a sold-out crowd of over 500 activists, community leaders, organizers, poets, and artists came together for an event...
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Rasmea Odeh & Supporters Fight for Justice in the Appeals Court
By Bill Chambers About 100 hundred supporters from Chicago, Ohio, Minnesota, Florida, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan rallied for Palestinian community leader Rasmea Odeh in front of the U.S. Court of...
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Editorial: #ResignRahm is Not a Hashtag, It’s a Demand
By Bill Chambers Over the next two weeks, the Black Lives Matter movement in Chicago will continue to protest the police execution of Laquan McDonald and the year long cover-up of his killing. Mayor...
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