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2013

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January 4, 2013 - PROTEST 11 Years of Guantanamo Prison [pictures]

January 23, 2013 - Honduran LGBT leader Pepe Palacios on Opposing Death Squads & Dictatorship [pictures]

February 11, 2013 - 1000 Days in Prison for Doing the Right Thing! [pictures]

February 22, 2013 - The Cowardice of Gay Inc. - In Failing to Support Bradley Manning, They Betray Their Own Mission Statements and Fail to Promote an Inclusive Justice Agenda

March 4, 2013 - PROTEST SCHEDULED AGAINST 46TH WARD ALD. CAPPLEMAN

March 14, 2013 - 10 Years Since the U.S. Invasion of Iraq [graphic]

March 14, 2013 - Bradley Manning In His Own Words [graphic]

March 18, 2013 - Iraq, Obama and the Left, 10 Years On - Endless war and shredded civil liberties are the new normal.

03-19-2013 - WBEZ91.5 - 10 years after invasion of Iraq, protesters remember shutting down Lake Shore Drive [picture & video]

May 28, 2013 - Meet Cindy Sheehan & Stand With Bradley Manning in Chicago! [picture]

June 28, 2013 - Why Watch the Parade When You Can BE IN IT?! [pictures]


2012

01-03-2012 - Chicago SunTimes - Rahm Emanuel on duration of NATO-G8 rules: 'I made a mistake. Real simple, OK.'

01-03-2012 - Chicago Tribune - Activist Andy Thayer [picture]

January 6, 2012 - Why Mayor Emanuel's Proposed Anti-Protester Ordinances Are Everyone's Concern

January 13, 2012 - ALERT: Rahm's Newest Anti-Protester Ordinances, Proposed Yesterday, are Little Better than the Earlier Proposals

01-13-2012 - Associated Press - Chicago grants 1st parade permit ahead of G-8, NATO

01-16-2012 - Chicago Sun-Times - G-8 protest organizer agent of 'change' or 'pain in the butt'? [picture]

January 21, 2012 - Mayor 1%'s new rules try to thwart protest, while groundswell of public dissent grows

01-26-2012 - NBC 5 Chicago - Adbusters Wants 50,000 G8/NATO Protesters in Chicago [video]

March 5, 2012 - Rally and March to Defend Civil Liberties Saturday, March 10th

03-05-2012 - Chicago SunTimes - Protesters declare victory, but say: 'Our protests will go forward' [picture]

March 13, 2012 - March Against the Wars On the 9th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq

March 13, 2012 - Eyewitness Honduras: Since the U.S.-Supported Coup

March 27, 2012 - NATO in Chicago vs. the 1st Amendment - City Rejects Permit to March During NATO Summit

April 13, 2012 - Nobel Laureates SHOULDN'T IMPRISON Nobel Nominees

04-24-2012 - Windy City Times - Activists protest on behalf of Manning [pictures]

04-25-2012 - WTTW Chicago Tonight - NATO Security Perimeter Leaked [video & pictures]

05-03-2012 - WBEZ 91.5 - What kind of NATO protests could we see? [picture & radio.mp3

]05-03-2012 - WGN Radio 720 - South Side church offers camping for NATO protest group [picture]

05-09-2012 - Chicago Tribune - City moves NATO protest from Daley Plaza [picture]

05-09-2012 - CBS Chicago - Nurses, Veterans Furious With City's Changes To NATO Protests [video & picture]

05-10-2012 - NBC Chicago - NATO reps to debate protesters at 'Chicago Week' [video]

05-10-2012 - CBS Chicago - Protest Groups Detail Plans For NATO Summit [video & picture]

May 13, 2012 - Why We Oppose NATO

05-15-2012 - CBS Chicago - Protest Organizer: Violence By NATO Outweighs Any Violence Over Summit [picture & radio.mp3]

05-15-2012 - CBS Chicago - Pivotal NATO Protest For Sunday To Get Stage, Sound System [picture & video]

05-15-2012 - NBC Chicago - City Puts NATO Protest Approval in Writing - City approves CAN-G8 rally Sunday complete with 30-foot stage and sound system [picture]

05-15-2012 - Chicago Sun Times - City allows stage, sound system at protest spot near McCormick Place [picture]

May 18, 2012 - Attend the big protest for peace at 12 noon Sunday in Grant Park

05-17-2012 - WBEZ 91.5 - The mindset of a cop and a protester going into NATO weekend [picture & radio.mp3]

05-18-2012 - Chicago Tribune - Would Sam Adams seek permission from the mayor? [video]

05-19-2012 - Daily Harold - Suburban protesters converge on NATO summit [pictures]

05-20-2012 - WBEZ 91.5 - Chicago protest organizer a celebrity among protesters [picture & radio.mp3]

June 19, 2012 - March With the Free Bradley Manning Contingent @ Gay Pride!

June 24, 2012 - Pride Pics & Video from Free Bradley Manning Contingent! [pictures & video]

August 28, 2012 - Reject President 1% - End Obama's wars on the world's 99%

09-05-2012 - Chicagoist.com - Activists Leave Coffins In Front of Obama Campaign Headquarters [picture]

September 14, 2012 - Masked security guards threaten, fire warning shot at human rights observers yesterday & Personal blog from GLN's Andy Thayer [picture & video]

September 21, 2012 - An Open Letter to Barack Obama - Mr. President, You Are Abetting Murder in Honduras [pictures]

October 3, 2012 - On the 11th anniversary of the longest war in U.S. history, we demand: End the War in Afghanistan [picture]

October 12, 2012 - The Reality - Honduras - La Realidad [picture]

October 12, 2012 - What Good is This War?

November 8, 2012 - GAY RIGHTS, YES! PALESTINIAN OPPRESSION, NO! [video]

November 14, 2012 - Gay Rights, Yes! Palestinian Oppression, No! [graphic]

November 30, 2012 - Obama & Republicans to gut Medicare?! Don't let them get away with it!

December 5, 2012 - The Fake Budget Crisis [graphic]


2011

January 4, 2011 - National Day of Protest Against FBI Raids

May 26, 2011 - Obama Administration Shooting the Alleged Messenger, Continuing the Bush War Crimes

June 4 , 2011 - Free Bradley Manning Rally! [pictures]

June 15, 2011 - LGBT Community Must Support Gay Alleged Wikileaker Bradley Manning [picture & videos]

June 21, 2011 - March With GLN In the Pride Parade!

06-27-2011 - Truth Out - Bradley Manning Contingents Show Up at Pride Parades

06-28-2011 - My FDL - Most in LGBT Community Don't Even Know of Bradley Manning [pictures]

08-28-2011 - Chicago Tribune - Local activists gear up for G8, NATO summits planned for city

September 6, 2011 - 9-11 & the Afghanistan War, 10 Years Later – Who Was Right?

September 28, 2011 - Veterans' Changing Views On the Afghanistan War

September 28, 2011 - March on Obama 2012 Headquarters To Protest the Wars!!

October 26, 2011 - "Occupy City Hall" Protesters To Demand That Mayor Emanuel Respect 1st Amendment Rights

November 27, 2011 - Opposing NATO and the G8 - Why LGBTQs Should Be Involved...

December 7, 2011 - Dec. 17: Defend gay alleged Wikileaker Bradley Manning!

December 7, 2011 - VICTORY! City drops charges against a lead organizer of anti-war march


2010

Feburary 12, 2010 - Thank You for Joining the Peace Movement, Mayor Daley!

February 13, 2010 - Peace Activists Welcome Mayor Daley's Conversion To Their Ranks

February 25, 2010 - Join the LGBT Contingent In This Year's Big Anti-War March

March 5, 2010 - Court Allows Torture Suit Against War Criminal, Bush Regime Official Rumsfeld - 1st time in U.S. history that court allows torture suit against current or former Cabinet Secretary

March 12, 2010 - Next Thursday: Big Anti-War March

3-13-2010 - t r u t h o u t - Antiwar Activists Plan Nationwide Protests to Mark Seventh Anniversary of Iraq Invasion

March 19, 2010 - Peace Activists Stage Civil Disobedience on 7th Anniversary of Beginning of Iraq War

April 9, 2010 - This is OUR City -- not Glenn Beck's or Sarah Palin's Protest the Tea Party Bigots

October 2, 2010 - Dawn FBI Raids in Chicago and Elsewhere- A Serious Escalation in the Ongoing Attack on Civil Liberties

October 14, 2010 - TEACH-IN for Peace & Democracy

October 14, 2010 - MARCH for Peace & Justice


2009

January 27, 2009 - Boycott "Cultural Ambassadors" of the Israeli Siege of Gaza - Picket at the Chicago Performance of the Batsheva Dance Company

02-02-2009 - Chicago Progressive Examiner - Chicago vs. anti-war activists, year VII [picture]

February 5, 2008 - Pack the Courtroom - A Legal Update on the Struggle to Preserve Our Right to March

02-09-2009 - Chicago Public RadioWBEZ 91.5FM - City to Peace Protestors: Not Enough Cops

February 12, 2009 - Activists Win Big Vs Daley Administration Over Right to March

March 27, 2009 - Felony Trial for GLN's Andy Thayer Set for Tuesday, May 5

March 27, 2009 - PHOTOS! And video of Chicago's Action On the 6th Anniversary of U.S. Invasion of Iraq

April 29, 2009 - Felony Trial for GLN's Andy Thayer Is Next Tuesday, May 5th Please Join Us at the Trial!!

May 6, 2009 - GLNer Andy Thayer NOT GUILTY In Felony Trial!!

06-08-2009 - Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press - TV reporter ordered to hand over tapes of war protests

November 28, 2009 - Please Take Action* Against Escalating the Afghanistan War!

December 4, 2009 - Bring All the Troops Home NOW! Fund Human Needs, NOT War!


2008

January 6, 2008 - George Bush in Chicago Tomorrow (Monday, January 7, 2008)

January 8, 2008 - GLN members arrested at Bush protest

01-08-2008 - Chicago Sun Times - 4 war protesters arrested after attempt to stop Bush motorcade

March 6, 2008 - GLN's Buddy Bell & 2 Other Anti-Bush Protesters Face Trial Friday

March 6, 2008 - March 19-20: 5th Anniversary of the Iraq War Actively Oppose This Immoral War!

March 16, 2008 - Join the LGBT Contingent At Wednesday's Big Anti-War March!

03-19-2008 - Chicago Tribune - Iraq war protesters make selves heard in Chicago and elsewhere on anniversary of invasion Downtown rally, march mimic events nationwide

03-26-2008 - Windy City Times - Anti-War Advocates Get Creative

April 29, 2008 - The Threat of War On Iran - What YOU Can Do To Stop a New War

05-09-2008 - Workers Vanguard - Chicago Gay Liberation Network Activist Targeted - Drop Charges Against Andy Thayer!

May 30, 2008 - The Danger of a New War on Iran

June 21, 2008 - If Israel Attacks Iran...

June 21, 2008 - EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO AN ATTACK ON IRAN

July 18, 2008 - Protest Against a Threatened War On Iran in Millennium Park "Freeze-In"

August 1, 2008 - Stop the Threat of a War on Iran - Join us as Chicago joins 50+ other cities in a day of protest against a U.S. or Israeli attack on Iran.

August 28, 2008 - Open Meeting to Organize Pre-Election Anti-War Action(s)

September 19, 2008 - GLN's Andy Thayer, Felony "Bush 4" Defendant, Gets Trial Date

October 1, 2008 - October 11th -- National day of Pre-Election Protests Against the Wars

12-14-2008 - OpEdNews - Now More Than Ever, The World Needs A Bold U.S. Antiwar Movement [pictures]


2007

March 3, 2007 - Big Anti-War Protest Tuesday, March 20th!

March 19, 2007 - Join the LGBT contingent in the big anti-war march tomorrow! Tuesday, March 20th!

April 10, 2007 - Prominent Anti-War Activist Cindy Sheehan Speaks in Chicago Wednesday, April 11th

April 10, 2007 - Call for a Protest Against General Peter Pace! - Outspoken Homophobe & Head of U.S. Military To Visit Chicago May 18th

April 30, 2007 - Protest Against General Peter Pace Marches Forward

05-09-2007 - Windy City Times - Groups Plan to Protest Pace

05-23-2007 - Windy City Times - Pace Picket [pictures]

07-27-2007 - WBBM - Audit: City In Compliance With 'Red Squads' Decree

July 30, 2007 - Anti-War Protest At the Democrats' Presidential Debate In Chicago

August 5, 2007 - PROTEST AGAINST THE WAR at the August 7th debate of the Democratic Presidential candidates in Chicago

August 5, 2007 - Say “NO” to War Profiteers! Saturday, Aug. 11 Protest Against Blackwater

08-07-2007 - Chicago Tribune - Protesters decry Obama stance on Pakistan

10-15-2007 - CBS2Chicago - New Marine Corps High School Opens In Chicago Critics Say Chicago Public School Is Preparing Students To Serve In Armed Forces


2006

01-12-2006 - Chicago Free Press - Protesters Slam Bush

Febuary 7, 2006 - Gay Liberation Network Organizes Against the War "A Conversation With Cindy Sheehan & Juan Torres"

Febuary 23, 2006 - GLN's Buddy Bell Going to Prison for Nonviolent Resistance To Military's "School of the Americas"

March 6, 2006 - Support Builds For Big Anti-War March On Michigan Avenue Over 100 endorsing organizations, the largest local peace coalition since Vietnam War, plan 1st legal march on Michigan

03-10-2006 - WBBM780 - Judge Rules For City In Anti-War Protester Case

03-16-2006 - Chicago Sun Times - War protesters finally get OK to march on Michigan Ave.

03-17-2006 - Chicago Tribune - Iraq war protesters set to march on Michigan Ave. Organizers use plans from Lights Festival to gain city permit

March 17, 2006 - BIG Anti-War ProtestsThis Saturday! End the War and Occupation and Bring the Troops Home NOW!

03-18-2006 - United Press International - The Washington Times - Chicago war protesters get their march

03-19-2006 - Northwest Indiana Times - 7,000 march on Michigan Avenue NWI residents join in Chicago anti-war protests

03-19-2006 - Chicago Tribune - THREE YEARS IN IRAQ: WALK AGAINST WAR Thousands march in city war protest [picture]

03-28-2006 - Chicago Reader - Everybody Loves a Parade Andy Thayer finally figured out how to get an antiwar protest routed down Michigan Avenue.

April 3, 2006 - Photos / Articles About the Massive March 18th Anti-War Protest

April 3, 2006 - Protest Against Hillary Clinton April 11th!

April 9, 2006 - "Bird Dog Hillary" Event!

July 14, 2006 - Oppose the Dramatic Escalation of Violence In Palestine / Lebanon - EMERGENCY PROTEST Against the Israeli Attack on Lebanon/Gaza

08-07-2006 - NBC5.com WMAQ TV - Activists Demand Peace At Israeli Consulate Downtown Emergency Picket Demands Immediate Ceasefire

August 8, 2006 - GLN's Andy Thayer to Speak at Emergency Anti-War Forum

September 5, 2006 - He's PRO-War AGAINST Equal Rights FOR the Rich PROTEST against anti-gay Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert as he serves up a $500-a-plate fundraiser

10-17-2006 - Party for Socialism and Liberation - Militant protest greets Bush in Chicago [picture]

October 23, 2006 - Trial Regarding Police Suppression of Press Conference on 2nd Anniversary of the Iraq Invasion

October 29, 2006 - Defeat in Civil Liberties Trial Statement from the defendant, GLN's Andy Thayer

11-01-2006 - Windy City Times - Thayer Loses Trial

11-05-2006 - Daily Southtown - You can vote for or against Iraq war on Tuesday



2005

Febuary 2, 2005 - Organizing Against War & Occupation

March 7, 2005 - Join the LGBT Feeder March for the Big March 19th Anti-War Protest!

March 17, 2005 - Protesters Will Assemble in Gold Coast Saturday Despite Police Threats Police Threaten to Ban Peace Activists’ Press Conference Protesters to Police: We Will Be at Oak Street speaking to the press and the public.

March 18, 2005 - Lack of Permit Won't Stop Anti-War Protest No to War and Occupation! Bring the Troops HOME NOW! March and Rally for Civil Liberties at Home and Self-Determination Abroad, On the 2nd Anniversary of the Iraq War.

March 20, 2005 - You Can March in the Streets of Beirut or Kiev ...but Not Chicago

April 29, 2005 - The War, Civil Liberties, And LGBT People M19 Arrestees' Appeal for Support

03-19-2005 - Labor Beat: Chicago Protests The War at Home and The War Abroad - March 19, 2005 [pictures]

June 4, 2005 - STAND-UP FOR EQUAL RIGHTS! Join the "Money for Health Care, NOT for Warfare" contingent in this year's Gay Pride Parade!!

September 9, 2005 - GLNers and Other Chicagoans Join Anti-War Protests Here & in DC

09-13-2005 - NBC5 - War Protesters Call For City Council Resolution Alderman Joins Ranks With Demonstrators

September 15, 2005 - "LGBT People Against the War" Sept. 24th contingent in DC!

09-16-2005 - Washington Blade - Some gay groups to join Iraq war protest in D.C. Task Force endorses march; HRC stays neutral

11-19-2005 - Worker's World - Community wants Navy out of high school

December 2, 2005 - PROTEST Iraq War Supporter Hillary Clinton in Chicago This Saturday

December 25, 2005 - George W. Bush (UGH!) Coming to Chicago Friday, Jan. 6th - The GRINCH Who Stole, well, January

December 29, 2005 - George Bush Protest Info Confirmed Help Us PROTEST This Scapegoater of Gays, Promoter of Wars


2004


2003

01-16-2003 - Boston Pheonix - Gay goes mainstream A mature gay movement returns to its origins in a politics of broad social change

01-17-2003 - Southern Voice - Gay groups divided over possible conflict in Iraq National Gay & Lesbian Task Force opposes war, others disagree

03-26-2003 - Windy City Times - GLBTS Among Frontline Anti-War Protesters, Organizers in Chicago Leslie Feinberg speaks at forum

04-04-2003 - Chicago Reader - Taken By Surprise [picture below]

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photo: Associated Press

The day after the U.S. started its invasion of Iraq, some 15,000+ people demonstrated in a protest led by the Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism, of which CABN is an active member. Protesters flooded past Chicago police onto Lake Shore Drive, taking over all eight lanes, and marching for about a mile on the Drive to protest the U.S. slaughter. People were angry that the invasion was launched despite the express demands of most of the world's population, as registered in polls and the largest series of protests the planet had ever seen.

Mainstream news reports indicated that Chicago's was the largest "emergency response" protest held in the U.S. on March 20th, and most national networks broke into their regular broadcasts to show footage of the protest. For detailed accounts of the protest, including comments from CABN members, read the following front page article by Ben Joraksky of The Reader, along with a sidebar by Sergio Barreto.

04-04-2003 - Chicago Reader - The Boys of Cellblock E - How a lawyer, a waiter, a teacher, a minister, and a tourist who stepped out of the Cheesecake Factory at the wrong time found themselves sharing a steel toilet.

06-27-2003 - Chicago Reader - How Did This Happen? If the city bears some responsibility for the peace march chaos, it's not owning up.

09-01-2003 - Sydney Star Observer - US gays launch war on war

09-03-2003 - Windy City Times - Anti-Gay "Perfect Storm" Threatens How Will Our Community Respond?


2002

12-13-2002 - OUT! Against War Chicago-area Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People and allies against war on Iraq Anti-War_Ad.pdf

12-17-2002 - Full page anti-war signature ads appear this week in both major LGBT papers!


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