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September Issue Front Cover

FIFA WORLD CUP: “FOOTBALL UNITES THE WORLD”—AGAINST US

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September Issue Back Cover

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Summer Issue Front Cover

SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA!

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Summer Issue Back Cover

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April Issue Front Cover

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April Issue Back Cover

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Winter Issue Front Cover

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UCIMC Statement on ICE Violence

The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center condemns the extralegal surveillance, harassment, and violence waged by ICE against the people residing in the United States. We call for the abolishment of ICE and the prosecution of all ICE personnel who have participated … Continue reading →

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Winter Issue Back Cover

Friday Forum + Conversation Café Spring 2026 Series Please join the University YMCA and Diversity & Social Justice Education for our Spring 2026 Friday Forum + Conversation Café series. We will hear from community leaders tackling our most pressing public concerns through an … Continue reading →

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December Issue Front Cover

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December Issue Back Cover

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October Issue Front Cover

The Human Cost of the War on Gaza Ms Rachel, a YouTube preschool educator, has suffered online and offline harassment for bringing attention to children suffering in the Israeli War on Gaza. She is shown here with Rahaf, a three-year-old … Continue reading →

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The Struggle for Land and Housing Justice in Urban South Africa

This article is a distillation of a recent conversation with UIUC-based urban justice educator Ken Salo and his Cape Town, South Africa-based comrade Bevil Lucas by the Public i’s Rick Esbenshade. Ken and Bevil are veterans of the 1976 student- … Continue reading →

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October Issue Back Cover

Friday Forum + Conversation Café Fall 2025 Series Please join the University YMCA and Diversity & Social Justice Education for our Fall 2025 Friday Forum + Conversation Café series. We will hear from community leaders tackling our most pressing public concerns through an … Continue reading →

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August Issue Front Cover

AGAINST GENOCIDE, FOR ISRAEL DIVESTMENT

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August Issue Back Cover

LOCAL PROTESTS

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Summer Issue Front Cover

BELDEN FIELDS (1937–2024): SCHOLAR, ORGANIZER, ACTIVIST, SOCIALIST

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Belden’s Public i Articles

“Economic Human Rights in Champaign County: A Living Wage,” September 2001 “September 11—An Attack on Human Rights,” October 2001 “Universities and the ‘War on Terrorism,’” November 2001 “Administration and the Attempted Coup in Venezuela,” No. 6, 2002 “Protesters as Targets,” … Continue reading →

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Summer Issue Back Cover

Community Memorial We hope you appreciate this special issue of the Public i remembering our colleague Belden Fields. It was gratifying for us to put it together. The IMC will be hosting a memorial at some point in the near … Continue reading →

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May Issue Front Cover

HANDS OFF! RESIST!

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