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Monthly Archives: October 2024
October Issue Front Cover
LOCAL POLICING AT A CROSSROADS 571 total views, 16 views today
571 total views, 16 views today
Posted in Gaza, Police
Tagged Gaza encampment, local policing, UIUC
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Interview: Policing and the Urbana Budget
This interview was aired on WEFT Champaign 90.1 FM on the “Catch the Beat” program on July 3, 2024. It has been edited for style, clarity, and space. Cope Cumpston: I’m pleased to welcome three guests for the show, Urbana … Continue reading
310 total views, 1 views today
Posted in Local Resources, Mental Health, Police, police accountability, Urbana
Tagged local activism, local policing, mental health, policing alternatives, Urbana city budget
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Invest in Humanity, Not Handguns: Reject the Public Safety Sales Tax
Champaign County government placed a question on this November’s general election ballot requesting a tax increase. The so-called public safety sales tax, a proposal that would double the current 0.25-percent sales tax levied on purchases in the county, would generate … Continue reading
366 total views, 1 views today
Posted in Champaign County, county goverment, Economics, Police, police accountability, Policing, Tax policy
Tagged Champaign County, police accountability, policing, public safety, tax policy
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Urbana Activists Want More Police Oversight, but Local Laws Hold the Civilian Review Board Hostage
This story was originally published by Invisible Institute and IPM Newsroom on July 8. A full version of this article can be found on ipmnewsroom.org and publici.ucimc.org. Ricardo Diaz joined the Urbana Civilian Police Review Board (CPRB) in 2011, hoping … Continue reading
Posted in Police, police accountability, Police brutality, Policing, Section, Urbana
Tagged citizen police review board, local policing, police brutality, Urbana
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Mob Action Charges Against Activists for Pro-Palestinian Encampment at UIUC
As students are returning to university campuses, we are seeing signs of continued support for Palestinians who are enduring an onslaught by Israeli military forces. Here at the University of Illinois, the first week of classes students chalked “DIVEST” on … Continue reading
275 total views, 1 views today
Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Police, Policing, Section, States'Attorney, University of Illinois
Tagged campus activism, pro-Palestinian activism, repression, student activism
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The Gaza Protests and Grassroot Challenges to US Foreign Policy
Letters to the editor, teach-ins, motions for divestment, campus protests, city resolutions . . . These expressions of citizen concern are not unique to the ongoing war on Gaza and are entirely appropriate to a democracy. Local communities have the … Continue reading
150 total views
Posted in Foreign Policy, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Peace movement, Vietnam War
Tagged campus protest, Champaign City Council, Gaza, local activism, peace movement, Urbana City Council, US foreign policy
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Assange, Press Freedom, and the Story from Down Under
The Julian Assange case is incredibly multifaceted, extending over many years.The root of course is the need for transparency regarding the actions of the powerful. The World War I–era Espionage Act is a major impediment to an open and just … Continue reading
124 total views
Posted in International, International, press freedom, Section, subversion
Tagged Assange, australia, CIA, national security state, NSA, press freedom
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Covid Origins
Understanding the origins of the Covid pandemic matters because the answer should guide how much we regulate work on pathogens that could start another pandemic. Did it come from some sort of lab leak (LL) or did it spill over … Continue reading
Posted in COVID pandemic, COVID-19, health, pandemic, Public Health
Tagged Covid origins, COVID-19, pandemic, regulation, research, science
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A Surprise from the French Left in the 2024 Legislative Elections
Many French people were very anxious prior to the second round of their July, 2024 legislative elections. Unlike the American two-party system, in the French multiparty system a candidate needs 50 percent or more of the vote to be seated … Continue reading
192 total views, 1 views today
Posted in Democracy, Elections, France, International, International, Section
Tagged Elections, far-right parties, France, leftist movements
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Reflections on Bangladesh’s Recent Revolution: International Students’ Perspective
What began as a student-led protest demanding quota reform in the allocation of Bangladesh’s government jobs rapidly transformed into a revolutionary movement that dismantled an autocratic regime in just two months. As Bangladeshi citizens studying in the United States, we … Continue reading
1,346 total views, 2 views today
Posted in Bangladesh, Democracy, International, International, Section
Tagged Bangladesh, democratic movement, International, revolution, South Asia, student protest
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October Issue Back Cover
FRIDAY FORUM + CONVERSATION CAFÉ Fall 2024 Series Please join the University YMCA and Diversity & Social Justice Education for our Fall 2024 Friday Forum + Conversation Café series. We will hear from community leaders tackling our most pressing public … Continue reading