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Tax the Rich; Spend on the Material and Educational Needs of the Less Well-Off

Posted on 01/20/2013 by Belden Fields

Pat Simpson Pat Simpson is a labor educator who is active in Central Illinois Jobs with Justice As the old year drew to a close, the walls of the Channing Murray Foundation echoed with speeches on the topic of the … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Economic Legacy Could Benefit from Falling Energy Prices

Posted on 01/20/2013 by Gregory McIsaac

Energy prices have gone through boom and bust cycles in the past, and there is a possibility that current prices could decline as during in the 1980s, which fueled a rapid expansion of employment and GDP. Even though presidents have … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Cities: Public Access to Police Complaints in Champaign and Urbana

Posted on 11/23/2012 by Belden Fields

Backstory: Champaign Over the course of 2012, several pieces have been published in the Public i and the News Gazette regarding the city’s continued practice of ignoring Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding complaints against the police and its … Continue reading →

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Why Does Sheriff of Small Midwestern College Town Need a Drone?

Posted on 11/23/2012 by Brian Dolinar

Many have heard of the unmanned aerial vehicles, or “drones,” that the U.S. government has been flying over Pakistan and Afghanistan dropping bombs aimed at suspected militants and all too often killing innocent civilians. Increasingly, smaller versions of these planes … Continue reading →

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Photos of GEO’s “Let Us Work” Rally

Posted on 11/23/2012 by Stephanie Seawell

On November 8, a “Let Us Work: Work With Us” rally was held by the GEO on the plaza of the Undergraduate Library.                        

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Campus Support Grows for GEO’s Efforts to Protect Public Education

Posted on 11/23/2012 by Stephanie Seawell

The Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) at the University of Illinois is in the midst of an important fight to protect access to public higher-education. On campus support has been growing for the GEO in this struggle. The GEO represents about … Continue reading →

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Message to the Community from the UCIMC Board of Directors

Posted on 11/23/2012 by Belden Fields

Message to the C-U Community from the UCIMC Board of Directors Dear Community Members: The purpose of this communication is, first, to provide information about an incident that allegedly occurred at the Independent Media Center where one of our staff … Continue reading →

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Section 20 of the UCIMC Personnel Policy, adopted March 20, 2012

Posted on 11/23/2012 by Belden Fields

“UC-IMC is committed to creating and maintaining a work place free of sexual harassment.  Improper conduct in the workplace is inappropriate and will not be tolerated.  This conduct includes: –Express or implied requests for sexual favors as a condition of … Continue reading →

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Graduate Employee Tuition Waivers, Protecting Public Education, and Boxed Coffee

Posted on 10/12/2012 by Stephanie Seawell

      As I write this, the Graduate Employees Organization, or GEO, at the University of Illinois is engaged in an effort to protect access to quality public higher education here in Champaign-Urbana. The GEO is a union that … Continue reading →

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To Eat or Not to Eat GE Foods: Let Me Decide!

Posted on 10/12/2012 by Hanna Saltzman

I moved here last month as the Champaign-Urbana field organizer for Food & Water Watch, the national consumer advocacy organization working to protect our food and water resources. We are working to return the power of choice to consumers by … Continue reading →

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The Cheesemonger: Common Ground Food Co-op Hires Cheese Expert

Posted on 10/12/2012 by Billy LeGrand

By Billy LeGrand “Who cut the cheese?”  “So you’re the cheese whiz?”  “You call that a job?!” As a cheesemonger, I’ve heard more than my fair share of “cheesy” puns – they are irresistibly delicious.  I’ve also heard plenty of … Continue reading →

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Who Wants War with Iran?

Posted on 10/12/2012 by Dannel McCollum

By Dannel McCollum, Dannel McCollum, a former Champaign mayor and a Democratic candidate for the state Senate in 2002, is a historian and a freelance writer.     Increasingly, it looks like the neo-cons who gave us the Iraq and … Continue reading →

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Talk About the Immokalee Workers

Posted on 10/12/2012 by Public i

One of the most inspiring contemporary examples of how immigrant rights and worker rights intersect is the story of the Immokalee Workers. Learn about the heroic story of a small group of migrant workers who successfully overcame modern-day slavery in … Continue reading →

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Moody’s Shows It Has Political Agenda for U.S. Fiscal Policy

Posted on 10/12/2012 by Mark Weisbrot

By Mark Weisbrot This article was first published in The Guardian (UK) on September 13, 2012, www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/sept/13/moodys. If anyone wants to reprint it, please include a link to the original. Moody’s threat Wednesday to downgrade the U.S. government’s credit rating … Continue reading →

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LEARN ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF IMMIGRANT AND WORKER RIGHTS

Posted on 10/12/2012 by Public i

Immigrant rights, worker rights―what’s the connection? The East Central Illinois Jobs with Justice (ECIJWJ) Chapter is hosting a multi-media presentation on the Coalition of Immokalee Workers that will address this question. Part of a month-long examination of the problems and … Continue reading →

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SPEAK Cafe

Posted on 10/12/2012 by Public i

October 18th, 7-9pm SANKOFA; HONORING THE LEGACY OF BOB MARLEY and of course FREE SWEET POTATO PIE for the 1st twenty people

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“Black Cultural Politics in a Color Blind Nation” Lecture by Tricia Rose

Posted on 10/12/2012 by Public i

“Black Cultural Politics in a Color Blind Nation” Lecture by Tricia Rose (Africana Studies, Brown University) Date: November 1, 2012 Time: 4:00 p.m. Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum Co-Sponsored by IPRH and the Spurlock Museum. David R. Roediger, Kendrick C. … Continue reading →

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Political Memory at Work in Latin America

Posted on 10/07/2012 by Richard Esbenshade

My recent trip to El Salvador and Argentina focused heavily on ‘sites of memory,’ locations where events of massive political violence had occurred and where attempts to learn from them are underway. These two countries have experienced extreme social conflict—military … Continue reading →

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MY EXPERIENCE IN CUBA: Installment II

Posted on 10/03/2012 by David Johnson

  For anyone who lives outside the United States, a trip to Cuba is no different than a trip to any Caribbean country like Jamaica, Aruba, etc. For those living in the U.S., this has not been the case. Three years … Continue reading →

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CU-Immigration Forum Holds Immigration Justice Month

Posted on 09/27/2012 by Franciso Baires

  Several local religious congregations will be holding various faith-based and immigration-themed events throughout the month of October in what is sure to be an inspiring series of local community gatherings. The Allies of Faith is an interfaith coalition of … Continue reading →

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