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A City Just for the 1%?
Chicago like many other big U.S. cities is increasingly marginalizing and pushing out working class and people of color. Sweetheart deals put millions of taxpayer dollars in the pockets of wealthy developers building luxury projects for other well-off and downright wealthy people. Meanwhile, city services for middle and lower income people – from public schools…
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Stop ‘Pinkwashing’ Apartheid in Israel
Jason Tompkins of GenderJust and the Gay Liberation Network’s Bob Schwartz discuss “Pinkwashing,” a propaganda campaign funded by the Israeli government to divert attention from its continuing violation of Palestinian rights behind an image of modernity, signified by Israeli gay life. As international outrage has grown in recent years over the continued ethnic cleansing of…
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Undocumented and Unafraid
Like LGBT’s, undocumented immigrants are all too often treated as political footballs by politicians of both major parties. The Democratic Party claims to stand up to the racism of mainstream Republicanism, but then the Obama administration spent the last three-and-a-half years deporting more people than any other administration in history. To call attention to this…
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Scapegoating Minority Youth in Boystown
A recent video-taped stabbing in Chicago’s LGBT entertainment district has led to calls to “Take Back Boystown” — racist code words, we believe, against minority LGBT youth who hang out in the neighborhood. Rather than supporting expansion of neighborhood youth programs, many of the “take backers” advocate cutting what few programs there are. With youth…
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Protesting Anti-Gay “Murder Music”
Recently a spate of performers who perform what is known as “Murder Music” have emerged in the U.S. music scene. One such band, “Evil Incarnate,” advocates murdering African Americans and gays, and is part of an attempt to rally youth to join in neo-Nazi activism. On tonight’s show Scott Free, an out musician and recipient…