Monthly Archives: May 2025

May Issue Front Cover

Posted on 05/14/2025 by Public i

HANDS OFF! RESIST!  366 total views,  5 views today

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Indivisible Illinois Empowers Progressive Advocates

Posted on 05/14/2025 by Marci Adelston-Schafer

Indivisible began at the national level after the 2016 election. A few Democratic congressional staffers decided that there needed to be a grassroots movement on the left similar to the Tea Party movement on the right. Since then, the Indivisible … Continue reading →

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“We’re Good, They’re Evil,” Israel Defense Forces Reservist Tells Chabad Audience—While Protesters Object to a “Murderer” on Campus

Posted on 05/14/2025 by Kimberlie Kranich

On March 5, the Chabad Center for Jewish Life at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hosted Ari Kalker, a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), who spoke about his combat experiences in Gaza. Meanwhile, protesters across the street shouted … Continue reading →

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Yemen, Gaza and the Obscenity of the Collateral Damage Claim

Posted on 05/14/2025 by Janice Jayes

It’s telling that Americans discussing the March Signal leak detailing plans for the US air strikes on Yemen have focused more on White House emoji choices than the death tolls. This is what “over-the-horizon” warfare means for Americans now: it … Continue reading →

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Israel Anti-Boycott Act a Threat to Free Speech

Posted on 05/14/2025 by Belden Fields

As part of our continuing republication of past articles written by our late cofounder, editorial collective member, and longtime social activist Belden Fields, we chose the article below, from our September 2017 issue, for its clear relevance to the ongoing, … Continue reading →

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UCIMC 25th Anniversary Announcement

Posted on 05/14/2025 by Public i

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Four Feds Arrest Two Men at Traffic Court

Posted on 05/14/2025 by Brian Dolinar

This article was originally published on the author’s Substack on April 7. ICE Arrests Resume at the Courthouse My phone rang early on Tuesday morning last week just before 9 a.m. It was Lis Pollock, head public defender at the … Continue reading →

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End Tyranny, Spread Democracy: Let’s Build a Cooperative Economy

Posted on 05/14/2025 by Trent Chassy

The United States fancies itself the exemplar and guarantor of democracy around the world. Whether it’s toppling elected governments, withholding basic necessities, or simply bombing women and children, the US will not be stopped in its endeavor to spread democracy. … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Work of International Human Rights Lawyer Francis A. Boyle

Posted on 05/13/2025 by Karen Medina

Francis Anthony Boyle passed away suddenly on January 30, 2025 at age 74. Francis A. Boyle was always in the right kind of trouble. Boyle was an international and human rights lawyer and professor in Urbana. He spent his life … Continue reading →

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A Life Remembered: David Prochaska

Posted on 05/13/2025 by Natalie Prochaska

My Dad looked the same for the 38 years I knew him: tall and lanky, with a full gray beard and a curly ring of hair on his partially bald head, which he covered with a black hat when he … Continue reading →

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May Issue Back Cover

Posted on 05/13/2025 by Public i

WEFT 90.1 FM, WRFU’s Sister Station, Needs Your Support For several years, WEFT’s feed line cable, which runs from the transmitter on the ground near Mahomet to over 300 feet up the antenna, has been deteriorating. In December, 2024 WEFT … Continue reading →

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