Knock, Knock, Knockin’ on Geithner’s Door
by Will Tanzman, Co-Director of SOUL (Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation) From Saturday through Monday, a delegation of leaders represented IIRON at the...
Read MoreThe 99% Spring: students and solidarity
By Toby Chow, Chair, SOUL Bank Accountability Task Force Last Saturday student leaders from the Southside Solidarity Network (SSN) at the University of Chicago, a...
Read MoreTelling Stories, Building Power
by Beth Lanford, Northside P.O.W.E.R. Chair The week of April 9, 2012 is historic! This week, 100,000 people around the country will have their eyes opened to the...
Read MoreWhen They Say “Cut Back”… What Do YOU Say?
by Don Floyd, IIRON Lead Organizer There’s an awful lot of cutting back these days and lots of talk about cutting back even more. A young congressman from Wisconsin...
Read MoreWhy a 99% Spring?
Today, I am pleased to turn my weekly post over to George Goehl, Executive Director of National Peoples Action, who makes a compelling case for the 99% Spring: There are...
Read MoreNation of the Apes
I love science and nature shows. PBS airs two of the best – Nova and Nature. A few weeks ago I caught a Nova episode entitled “Ape Genius” about scientists...
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