Monthly Archives: October 2011

Hard Up for Work

Posted on 10/23/2011 by Ricky Baldwin

By Ricky Baldwin Mary is laid off from her job in food service at the University of Illinois four times a year for a total of four and a half months. During this time, she does not count as unemployed. … Continue reading →

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Speak Cafe

Posted on 10/21/2011 by Jasmine Wright

There aren’t many avenues where the oppressed can speak their truth to power and feel completely safe from ridicule, ostracizing, and threat. Speak Café fills that void in Champaign-Urbana, being a positive place where all people of all ages can … Continue reading →

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Credit as a Cover for Cutbacks Over the Past Thirty Years

Posted on 10/20/2011 by Michael Brun

By Michael Brün Two facts are important for understanding our current economic situation and how we got here. The first is that the finance industry has grown from comprising less than one tenth of our economy in the 80s to … Continue reading →

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Student Debt Will Death of the Students to Come

Posted on 10/20/2011 by Jasmine Wright

Tuition and Student Debt: The Future of Universities Hangs in the Balance Jasmine Wright Student Debt is a hot topic this season because of the failing economy and remarkably high unemployment rate. The question on most students’ minds is, “is … Continue reading →

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Consumer Debt’s Central Role in Finance-led Capitalism and Class Warfare-An Organizing Opportunity

Posted on 10/18/2011 by David Green

“For at least five thousand years, popular movements have tended to center on struggles over debt—this was true long before capitalism even existed. There is a reason for this. Debt is the most efficient means ever created to take relations … Continue reading →

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What Has 9/11 Done to the United States?

Posted on 10/02/2011 by Belden Fields

In the October 2001 issue of the Public i, I examined elements of US policy that might have contributed to the 9/11 attack terrorist act that violated the human rights of the people killed and injured. Here I want to … Continue reading →

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Sweet Corn Festival Brings Major Disappointment

Posted on 10/02/2011 by Safiya Noble

At a time when our community has been so significantly impacted by the death of a young African-American man at the hands of the Champaign Police, we continue to be mourning and healing. I teach courses on race, gender and … Continue reading →

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Update on the Case of “Homeless” Bill Walton

Posted on 10/02/2011 by Chris Evans

On Wednesday, August 3, 2011, two Urbana police officers approached “homeless” Bill Walton in the foyer of the Urbana City Building and asked him if he would come with them, pursuant to a court order that Walton be “medically” evaluated. … Continue reading →

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Emails Leaked at IMC Web Site Detailing the Internal Struggles of the Champaign Police Department

Posted on 10/02/2011 by Brian Dolinar

Operating for more than a decade, the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center website has become known as a local source for exposing police misconduct. For perhaps the first time at any IMC site, somebody from behind the “blue line” leaked information … Continue reading →

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National Public Lands Day: Local Opportunity

Posted on 10/02/2011 by Marya Burke

The East Central Illinois Master Naturalist (ECIMN) program is fostering National Public Lands Day (NPLD), which will take place on September 24, 2011. Coordinated nationally by the National Environmental Education Foundation, NPLD is an event held annually on the last … Continue reading →

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Ironworkers at Labor Day Parade Pose for a Photo with the Latest Public i

Posted on 10/02/2011 by Brian Dolinar
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Urbana Labor Day Marchers Stand with Wisconsin Workers

Posted on 10/02/2011 by Brian Dolinar
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Mother Jones Spotted at Labor Day Parade

Posted on 10/02/2011 by Brian Dolinar

Many were at the Labor Day Parade in Urbana, Illinois, including Germaine Light who dressed up as Mother Jones and marched with the local chapter of Jobs With Justice.

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Champaign-Urbana to Host International Restorative Justice Learning Event

Posted on 10/02/2011 by Mikhail Lyubansky

Seventeen years ago, Dominic Barter walked into a shantytown near his home in Rio de Janeiro with a question – what happens when I walk toward conflict, rather than away from it? Could it be that conflict becomes violent when … Continue reading →

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2011 Latin American Film Festival

Posted on 10/02/2011 by Public i

2011 LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL Organized by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) September 23-29, 2011 Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign, IL También la Lluvia/Even the Rain FRI Set 23, 6:00 pm / SUN Set … Continue reading →

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Pages for Pennies Book Sale to Benefit Books to Prisoners

Posted on 10/02/2011 by Public i

UC Books to Prisoners is holding its Fall Pages for Pennies Community Book Sale Friday September 30 through Sunday October 2nd.  Tens of thousands of high quality books from fiction to text books will be available.  Come early for the … Continue reading →

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The Beehive Collective to Come to Urbana

Posted on 10/02/2011 by Public i

The Beehive Collective will bring their exciting, interactive presentation to the UCIMC. Come join us for an evening of art, education, community, and fun. Thursday October 6th at 7pm Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center Long exploited as a resource-extraction colony within … Continue reading →

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The Neo or Continuing Haitian Revolution

Posted on 10/02/2011 by William Castro

Is there no end to US ignominy? Will the name “America” go down in history, in real history, as one of the worst plagues to have visited our uncultured humanity? It would seem so, especially if, like me, you have … Continue reading →

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