Member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will be sending heads of state and leaders in their governments to Chicago in about a week. They will be coming to Chicago for a NATO summit on May 20-21. It will be the first NATO summit to be hosted in an American city other than [...]

At a press conference at Occupy Chicago’s headquarters, representatives from various groups outlined what they plan to do during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Chicago on May 20-21. They also addressed how Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the city, along with the Secret Service, have not fully respected the First Amendment rights of [...]

Heads of states and heads of governments from the member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are scheduled to be in Chicago for a major summit. The summit is the first NATO summit to be hosted in an American city other than Washington, DC. It has already received attention because “dignitaries” attending will [...]

The Obama Administration recently announced the G8 summit would be moved from Chicago to the secluded Camp David. For most of Chicago, the announcement was confounding. The city had been preparing for months and now, just over two months before the summit was to take place, Mayor Rahm Emanuel lost the privilege to host the [...]

In a ruling that could be considered good news for citizen journalists or live streamers planning to cover the G8/NATO summit protests in Chicago in May, a Cook County judge in Illinois ruled the state’s eavesdropping law is unconstitutional. According to a Chicago Tribune report, Judge Stanley Sacks found the law is unconstitutional because it has [...]

[UPDATE - 9:00 AM CT] Earlier this morning, more than fifty workers concluded a sit-in at a plant in Chicago. The workers, who earned the support of Occupy Chicago and workers from other local unions, won an agreement with Serious Energy, the owner of the factory, to keep the plant operating for 90 days. Workers [...]

These days Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy sounds like an exception to the rule, a head of a police department who shows an unusual understanding of what can happen if police violate citizens’ civil liberties. As the NATO/G8 summits near, he is a sober voice, who appears to be trying to calm down local reporters [...]

A contracting firm that specializes in anti-terrorism and force protection training, consulting and management services has been hired to train Cook County Sheriff’s Police in the run-up to the NATO-G8 meetings that are to be held in Chicago in May of this year. The firm, Controlled FORCE Inc., bills itself as a “woman-owned small business” [...]

(update below) The city of Chicago has finally awarded Chicago groups seeking to organize a demonstration during an upcoming NATO/G8 meeting a permit, but the city now claims the parameters of the permit awarded depend on the federal government. Additionally, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proposed two ordinances that will come up for a vote [...]

Various occupations across the country have managed to establish permanent bases. Some have enjoyed more cooperation with the city and less police repression than others. Occupy Chicago is one occupation that has not been able to establish a home yet. Despite that, the group has grown in the past four to five weeks. Occupiers planned [...]