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Ill Will Editions releases a new redesign of The Coming Insurrection:

https://illwill.com/print/the-coming-insurrection

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come support the experimental station union and celebrate May Day this Saturday! In Woodlawn! 4pm-7pm! also to comrades near and far, please sign the union’s petition to show your support: https://www.esunion.org/petition
https://southsideweekly.com/why-are-you-shooting-me/

“When officers round the corner, one of them fires multiple shots in quick succession at the young man’s back. Alvarez collapses in front of a house on the 5200 block of West Eddy.

“Why are you shooting me?” he asks the officer.”
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/04/28/video-shows-chicago-police-fatally-shoot-anthony-alvarez-as-he-runs-from-them-why-are-you-shooting-me-no-video-in-story/

Today the Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability released footage from body worn police cameras and home surveillance cameras documenting the police murder of 22 year old Anthony Alvarez. He was running from police on foot and police shot him in the back multiple times.

The article summarizes the footage and Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s and police superintendent’s cowardly responses. It does NOT contain video footage or images of Anthony’s murder. To see footage, there is an additional link within this article to access the version with video.

Chicago Police murdered Anthony Alvarez only three days after they killed another Latinx youth, 13 year-old Adam Toledo.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot predictably calls on residents to remain “peaceful” in the face of repeated execution of our city’s Latinx youth and suggests that reforms to traffic stops and foot chases could prevent further tragedies. Reform serves only to extend the existence of police, assert their legitimacy, extend their reach into public and private life, and funnel more resources into police departments. Police will murder as long as they are allowed to exist.

Rest In Peace and in Power, Anthony Alvarez.

#anthonyalvarez #chicago
When we talk about police abolition, people ask how we would "maintain order" without them. But we are not talking about abolishing police and leaving everything else the way it is.

Police are only "necessary" because without them, it would be impossible to maintain such tremendous disparities in wealth and power.

Police are just a symptom of a larger problem—and police abolition is only one step in a much larger transformation.

https://cwc.im/work
Forwarded from Strike Force
“Just days after Chicago police fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo with his hands up they shot and killed 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez from behind.”
Chicago “city assets” - garbage trucks, dump trucks, etc. - are already out in Lincoln Park today, hours after footage of cops murdering Anthony Alvarez was released.
Upcoming memorial march for Anthony Alvarez, per the article from Block Club Chicago:

"Alvarez’s family will hold a memorial march noon Saturday [May 1st], starting at the intersection of Irving Park Road and Central Avenue."
THIS SATURDAY @ 3 PM

UChicago May Day March
Against Cops and Bosses

Meet up and rally at 3pm, Jewel-Osco parking lot, 6014 S Cottage Grove. March to the University of Chicago Police Department.

The UCPD extended patrol area includes 65,000 Chicago residents, most of whom have no affiliation with the University. As a private police force, the department is not required to share records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and lacks even the most basic accountability to the neighborhood it occupies.

More from the Chicago Maroon: https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2020/6/28/university-must-disband-private-police-force/
ShotSpotter is what brought cops to the site where they murdered 13-year-old Adam Toledo. CPD's sprawling surveillance network isn't life-saving technology, it's a repressive apparatus that kills people.

https://southsideweekly.com/end-the-citys-shotspotter-contract/amp/
Forwarded from Strike Force
Dylan Robinson, who was just sentenced to 4 years of prison and a $12 million fine for his role in the burning of the 3rd precinct
Forwarded from MTL #ManifEnCours
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CHICAGO: UPCOMING EVENTS FOR MAY DAY

May Day 2021 Rally @ Union Park, 11am
-- Legalization for all; stop police crimes; justice for essential workers
https://facebook.com/events/s/may-day-2021-union-park/467811644514955

Memorial March for Anthony Alvarez @ Irving Park Road & Central Ave, 12pm
-- Organized by Anthony's family; mentioned in this article from Block Club Chicago
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/04/28/after-weeks-of-pushing-for-answers-anthony-alvarezs-family-watches-video-of-chicago-police-killing-him-in-portage-park

UChicago May Day March Against Cops and Bosses @ 6014 S Cottage Grove (Jewel-Osco parking lot), 3pm
-- Rally then march to University of Chicago Police Department and admin buildings