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Monthly Archives: November 2026
November Issue Front Cover
THE PEOPLE VS. BIG TECH
Posted in community organizing, Data centers, Front Cover, Section
Tagged community action, data centers, front cover
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Citizens Are Standing Up Against Data Centers in Their Communities
The growth of data centers across the globe has been astonishing. According to datacentermap.com, there are currently over 12,000 data centers worldwide, with over 4,700 in the United States. AI (artificial intelligence) hyperscale data centers, or “hyperscalers,” account for a … Continue reading
Posted in AI, Big Tech, community organizing, Data centers, energy usage, Environment, Environment, Section, water usage
Tagged AI, Big Tech, community organizing, data centers, energy usage, environment, resistance, water usage
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50 Megawatts of Solar Doesn’t Offset 50 Megawatts of AI
With people being so divided these days on nearly every issue in society, it’s hard to get accurate information, and even harder for people to accept facts that don’t align with their preexisting beliefs. People say that it’s ten times … Continue reading
Posted in AI, Big Tech, Data centers, energy usage, Environment, Environment, Nuclear Power, Section, solar energy, Technology, water usage
Tagged AI, data centers, electric power grid, nuclear power, solar energy, water usage
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Flock Out of Central Illinois: A Conversation with Three Organizers
“You get some really weird crossovers of culture on anti-Flock that I just have not seen in community organizing elsewhere,” observes Ryan Gale of Tazewell County, who is part of an anti-Flock organizing campaign in downstate Illinois that has won … Continue reading
Posted in AI, ALPRs, Big Tech, community organizing, Data centers, IL, Privacy, Section, surveillance, Technology
Tagged ALPRs, Big Tech, community organizing, data centers, Flock, privacy, surveillance
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We Need to Fight Technofascism, Not Just Data Centers
On September 19, 2026, a delegation from UCIMC participated in the one-day workshop “Fighting Technofascism: Power, Surveillance and Resistance, jointly organized by MediaJustice from Atlanta and Mijente’s Chicago office. They joined hundreds of participants from Chicago to New Mexico exchanging … Continue reading
Posted in AI, Big Tech, Corporate media, Corporations, Data centers, ICE, Media, Section
Tagged Big Tech, ICE, independent media, popular resistance, technofascism
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Anti-Zionism Is Not Antisemitism
Recently, lawyers representing Jewish groups at the University of Illinois exchanged letters with the UI administration about antisemitism on campus. As reported by the News-Gazette, the lawyers’ letter alerted the administration: “Too many incidents of harassment based on antisemitism or … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, Israel/Palestine, Jewish, Section, University of Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tagged anti-Zionism, antisemitism, Israel/Palestine, UIUC
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The Democrats, Israel, and Netanyahu
As we get closer to midterm elections, notice that the establishment “centrist” Democrats have shifted their rhetoric about Israel in an intentionally tricky way. They know that the general population across party lines despises the American Israel Public Affairs Committee … Continue reading
Posted in Democratic Party, Elections, International, International, Israel, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Politics, Section
Tagged Democratic Party, Israel/Palestine, Netanyahu, US politics, Zionism
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When Our Votes Don’t Count: The Case for Curbing Court Chaos
Do you remember your civics class? The one you took in high school, where you learned about each of the separate, coequal branches of the federal government? You may recall hearing a few refrains that define the premise of that … Continue reading
Posted in abortion rights, Court System, Democracy, Justice, Politics, Section, Supreme Court
Tagged abortion rights, court system, democracy, rule of law, Supreme Court, US politics, Voting
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The Early Years of the CU Folk and Roots Festival
In early 2009, I set out to create a weekend community folk festival that was all volunteer-run, participatory, and focused on energizing the existing or nascent grassroots organizations, clubs, and unofficial gatherings that were happening off the radar around central … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Local Arts, Music, Section, Urbana
Tagged folk and roots, local arts, Music, Urbana
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Keeping Illinois’s Rich Labor History Alive
No US state has a richer labor history than Illinois. From Chicago’s Haymarket Square to southern Illinois coal fields, Illinois workers shaped not only the US labor movement but also the world. The Illinois Labor History Society (ILHS), founded in … Continue reading
Posted in labor, labor history, Labor militancy, Labor/Economics, Remembering, Section, union soldarity
Tagged commemoration, Illinois labor, Illinois labor history, militancy, remembrance, solidarity
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November Issue Back Cover
Posted in Back Cover, Section, UC-IMC, UCIMC
Tagged back cover, UCIMC
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