In 1886, the anarchists Albert and Lucy Parsons led 80,000 people through Chicago in the first modern May Day Parade: “Eight-hour day with no cut in pay!”

350,000 workers around the US went on strike at 1200 factories—70,000 in Chicago, 45,000 in New York, 32,000 in Cincinnati.

On May 3, 1886, police shot into a labor protest in Chicago, killing two.

On May 4, police attacked another rally, someone threw a bomb—and the rest is history.

This is why laborers have rights—not the benevolence of bosses and politicians.

Learn more:

https://cwc.im/maydayhistory

March for Anthony Alvarez formed a circle at Eddy/Laramie #ChicagoScanner

Video from today's march for Anthony Alvarez, recently murdered by Chicago police. March is ongoing and currently at Eddy/Laramie, 1:50pm

We are archiving the Illinois Attorney General data as the hackers upload it, and making it available to journalists, and screening the data for suitability for public distribution, as some of it presents clear privacy issues. https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Illinois_Attorney_General

Before downloading data acquired through leaks or hacking, consider using a VPN to conceal your IP address. Very few free VPNs are trustworthy but ProtonVPN is generally well-regarded: https://protonvpn.com/

Today in the history of housing segregation: https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/may/04

“Many of us participated in the uprising in ways that sought to push it to its limits: to make it bigger, more intense, more widespread, more dynamic. We were inspired when the Third Precinct went up in flames. Like a guiding light, we followed it. We dipped our torches in the flames, carrying them to every city in this dark country where, for a few beautiful months, hope shined bright. Then we saw them doused, one by one. Today, we find ourselves alone, or maybe with a few friends, huddling over those last embers.”

https://illwill.com/self-help-for-revolutionaries

"Emails show that last summer Lori Lightfoot directed her staff to gather data to support keeping qualified immunity. The report they prepared shows CPD civil rights lawsuits have cost taxpayers over $500 million since 2009"
https://southsideweekly.com/lightfoot-quietly-lobbied-for-qualified-immunity

Huge car caravan demonstration in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, in response to the Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Jerusalem

https://patch.com/illinois/palos/cars-flood-streets-over-forced-expulsions-attacks-jerusalem

Much of the video surveillance infrastructure in the US only intersects the State when authorities demand corroborating footage after local incidents that may have been recorded. Beyond zoning regulations, and in the context of permissive privacy laws that do little to address private surveillance of public spaces, there is no federal administrative framework that can provide hard statistics on the number of public-facing cameras in the US.

Anecdotal data and limited surveys contend that video camera diffusion in the US may be on a par with China, but it’s not easy to prove.

https://www.unite.ai/determining-the-extent-of-video-surveillance-through-google-street-view-data/

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