Jake Northerland trys to save the spindle from being blown up. 24 parody about the destruction of the Spindle artwork in Berwyn.

Tibetans living in the United States are supporting demonstrations in Lhasa. Last Friday they held a candlelight vigil and protest in front of the CCP consulate in the U.S. city of Chicago. They condemned the Chinese Communist Party for its suppression in Tibet.

Local residents protest a pending eminent domain action in front of Mayor Daley's office at City Hall.

Anonymous members gathered to protest against the Church of Scientology on 2/10. Despite sub-zero temperatures and high winds, many came out to take a stand. After a few hours we were lied to and asked to leave by the police.

This video shows the result of extremely poor decision making. Defying all reason, Chicago Fire Inspectors were ordered to pack up and leave a perfectly usable building and relocate into two small rooms in a nearby fire house. The fire house is in a terrible state of repair (as are many). The great irony is that these inspectors are required to go into commercial businesses and write violations that require immediate correction or the City of Chicago will persue legal action to force compliance with the city codes. Yet, the City of Chicago will not repair its own buildings for the same violations its compels others to address. A bit of a double standard. This video also shows the comtempt that many high officials in the Fire Department and City Hall have for the average worker. It is fairly certain that the Mayor and the Fire Commissiioner do not work in offices like these. The next time citizens feel frustrated when dealing with the actions of City of Chicago , hopefully they will realize that many employees of the City feel the same frustrations.

On October 29, 2007 Chicago taxpayers gathered to protest city politicians' proposed new taxes, including a 10 cent per bottle water tax, as well as property tax increases. They modeled their protest after the 1773 Boston Tea Party, where patriots threw boxes of tea into Boston Harbor to protest "taxation without representation."

Greenpeace activists threw a curve ball at a Kleenex advertising shoot at Wrigley Field in Chicago -- home of the Chicago Cubs. Kimberly-Clark, the maker of Kleenex, is driving the destruction of ancient Boreal forests that are home to cubs, bears and other wildlife. Beating the advertisers at their own game, it was Cubs and Bears 1, Kleenex 0 in Chicago.

We went to Garv Inn with Wayne Campbell to the Save the Spindle party to meet some of the people who want to make sure the Spindle is not demolished in Berwyn. The party was thrown by the folks at www.savethespindle.com and the John Eddie band www.johneddie.com rocked out in support of the effort.

Organized by Chicago Youth Initiating Change (CYIC) and the Collaborative for Equity and Justice in Education (CEJE), students, teachers, community members, and university faculty from diverse backgrounds and institutions work side-by-side to create an educational space where students from different high schools engage in a social justice expo that allows them to teach and learn from one other on social justice issues. CYIC hopes to develop meaningful curricular development, support local level teachers, and include organized student presentations and action opportunities in classroom curricula. The Annual Social Justice Student Exposition offers opportunities for student-centered social justice learning, presenting, and action.