John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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U.S.
Pay your share! Community members crash Chicago Mercantile Exchange
May 25, 2012Who would have guessed the Mercantile Exchange needed help from Illinois taxpayers?
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U.S.
NATO protest reflections: Winning tactics vs. dead ends
May 24, 2012One by one, they threw their medals toward the generals and statesmen behind the high barricades surrounding the NATO Summit in Chicago.
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Peace
VIDEO Iraq & Afghanistan vets: why NATO can have my medals
May 23, 2012VIDEO U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars threw their medals towards the site of the NATO Summit May 20 in what was called the most dramatic antiwar action by ex-GIs since Vietnam. Hear their...
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U.S.
NATO week: Foreclosure protesters dump furniture at Citibank
May 17, 2012Carrying furniture from a foreclosed home through the streets, protesters marched on Citibank and the Cook County Sheriff.
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U.S.
NATO-week protesters demand end to deportations
May 16, 2012CHICAGO - In the lead up to anti-NATO protests, immigrant rights activists marched on the Immigration Court here May 15 to demand a halt to detentions and deportations of undocumented immigrants and their families.
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Labor
Strikers blast Caterpillar greed, reject concessions
May 14, 2012Unabashed corporate greed, is how striking workers are describing Caterpillar's efforts to slash wages and benefits while eliminating pensions and seniority rights at their plant here.
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Labor
Caterpillar workers strike against take back contract
May 10, 2012Nearly 800 workers at a Caterpillar plant have been on strike since May 1 after the company refused to back off a far reaching concessionary contract proposal.
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Opinion
Overlooked and looked over: women veterans tell their story
May 1, 2012Women veterans are sharing their experiences in a powerful and eye opening exhibit at the National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago, now through Memorial Day.
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