Monthly Archives: August 2014

The Assault on Gaza

Posted on 08/21/2014 by Niloofar Shambayati

Throughout the current Israel’s assault on Gaza, President Obama, the Congress, and the media have been sounding off the mantra of “Israel’s right to defend itself” against rockets from Gaza—a self-evident right, if Israel were indeed the innocent victim of … Continue reading →

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A Faculty Union at UIUC: the State of Play

Posted on 08/21/2014 by David Prochaska

Since the first part of this article appeared in the last Public i, UIUC non-tenure track faculty have conducted a six-week card drive, turned in the requisite number of cards mid-May, and after surviving a challenge by UI administration, have … Continue reading →

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The Anatomy of Gray: A Reflection on Willie Craft, Sr.’s Case

Posted on 08/21/2014 by Amanda Hwu

Note: On October 9, 2013, Willie Craft, Sr. suffered a diabetic crash while driving and killed Mimi Liu and injured Spandana Matravadi. Both women were students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. On July 9, 2014, Craft was charged … Continue reading →

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How the Criminal “Justice” System Compounds Human Tragedy and Suffering

Posted on 08/21/2014 by Belden Fields

This article is about two cases in which the State’s Attorney’s office entered into a criminal plea agreement with individuals and then brought them before the DUI court of Judge Richard Klaus for sentencing. The first involved Katheryn Daly, a … Continue reading →

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Why Aren’t Nicaragua’s Children Fleeing to the United States?

Posted on 08/21/2014 by Public i

by The Nicaragua Network (In the 1980s, the Peoples Alliance on Central America (PACA), which was affiliated with the Nicaragua Network, was a very active local Central American solidarity group that opposed both the US attempts to overthrow the Sandinista … Continue reading →

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Monumental Struggles in Hungary

Posted on 08/21/2014 by Richard Esbenshade

After midnight on Saturday, July 19, dozens of workers with heavy machinery, protected by hundreds of special-unit police, installed the Monument to the German Occupation on Szabadság (Freedom) Square in central Budapest. The surprise nighttime action and heavy police presence … Continue reading →

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Privatization Comes to the Postal Service, Protest Comes to Champaign-Urbana

Posted on 08/21/2014 by Stephanie Seawell

For the past few years you may have seen headlines about threats to close post offices and reductions in postal service and delivery hours. Now, the Post Office faces another threat—privatization. Over the past several months the US Postal Service … Continue reading →

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Books To Prisoners 10 Years/100,000 Books Party!

Posted on 08/21/2014 by Books to Prisoners
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Michael Brown Rally Aug. 16

Posted on 08/17/2014 by Public i
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