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REPORTBACK: RAMADAN FLOOD ON THE MISSISSIPPI

Posted on 2024/05/08 - 2024/06/04 by unsalted

Chicago has amplified calls from the Palestinian resistance factions for mobilization against the Zionist entity and its enablers in the month of Ramadan and to mark six months since the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Israel cannot prosecute this war of extermination without the financial support of the United States. Nor can it maintain the pace of destruction without massive American arms transfers. In light of this we level our attack on the reserves and industrial capacity of the military-industrial complex.

A short drive west from Chicago sits the Rock Island Arsenal, headquarters of the US Army’s Joint Munitions Command. The JMC produces, tests, stores, repairs, and distributes conventional weapons, chemical weapons, vehicles, and other materiel to supply the US armed forces – and for arms sales and transfers. A militarily designated strategic rail network (STRACNET) rail line crosses the west end of the island on which the arsenal sits, connecting it to other JMC facilities and the wider strategic rail network at large. This rail bridge crosses a section of the Mississippi River that frequently floods – as such, its steel supports on the industrial southern bank have seen better days. Continue reading “REPORTBACK: RAMADAN FLOOD ON THE MISSISSIPPI” →

Anarchist May Day Parade Storms Through Fulton Market, Chicago

Posted on 2024/05/08 - 2024/05/08 by unsalted

On May 1, 2024, a group of rabble rousers and freaks took part in an anarchist May Day parade that stormed through the Fulton Market neighborhood of Chicago. Before leaving Union Park, people danced around a May Pole in costumes, shared food, laughter and music and then hit the streets. The group of about 80 people was tailed by at least 30 squad cars as many people chanted, danced and re-decorated the highly gentrified neighborhood.

This action came together in the midst of four of Chicago’s big universities hosting occupations in support of Palestinian liberation as the Genocide continues.

Walking down Randolph street towards the original Haymarket Square, the group antagonized gentrifying zionists as they sipped their wine in the outdooor restaurants along the boulevards. The group brought noise and commotion to the Google building, Chase Bank, Starbucks and global headquarters of McDonalds — all four companies having known ties with Israel. The march culminated in a stand off with dozens of cops in front of McDonald’s Hamburger University, where some protestors were brutalized and arrested.

The cops continue to serve and protect the genocidal actions of the Israeli Occupation Forces and the US government while children die. But, a collective rage is bubbling and comrades all around the world are coming together to fight. Find your people, dance in the streets, create ruins and do everything you can to wreak havoc.

This action is dedicated to the Chicago anarchists, Haymarket Martyrs and all those who have lost their lives in Palestine.

Anonymous submission to Unsalted Counter Info.

Chicago action in solidarity with Appalachians Against Pipelines

Posted on 2024/02/02 - 2024/06/04 by unsalted

A bicycle u-lock is locked to the front doors of a Bank of America branch. It is covered in white tape with various slogans written on it: No MVP! Stop Cop city! Viva Tort! Doom 2 the Pipeline! Stop!

Bank of America branch locked in response to BOA funding: Mountain Valley Pipeline, Cop City linked to Tortuguita’s murder, and the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

Chicago, Illinois — A Bank of America branch was locked and windows wheatepasted with flyers containing links to the bank’s abhorrent acts of cruelty. People are calling on BOA to drop its funding of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 303-mile pipeline described as “a scar across Appalachia.” The MVP will supply fuel to the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. RAAP is operated by BAE systems, which supplies the Israeli government with weapons used to murder Palestinians. BOA also funds Cop City, the 85-acre militarized police training compound that the Atlanta Police Foundation is attempting to build in Atlanta, GA. Construction for Cop City desecrates and bulldozes the Weelaunee Forest, the largest urban forest in the United States, dubbed one of the lungs of Atlanta. Continue reading “Chicago action in solidarity with Appalachians Against Pipelines” →

Chicago Police Department Recruitment Posters Defaced

Posted on 2024/01/20 - 2024/01/20 by unsalted

Art project to deface Chicago police department recruitment posters the night of Tortuguita’s death anniversary.

Anonymous submission to Unsalted Counter Info.

Noise Demo Outside of the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago

Posted on 2024/01/02 - 2024/06/04 by unsalted

A crowd marches in the street holding banners reading "criminals are better lovers" and "fire to the prisons" with images of a burning cop car, ak-47, and circle-a

In 2024, as always, it’s time to call for the abolition of police, prisons, and prosecutors.

Side note: the looks we got from average people celebrating new year’s eve by bar hopping in downtown Chicago once we pulled out the “Criminals are better lovers” banner was PRICELESS. Sadly, not pictured here. Continue reading “Noise Demo Outside of the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago” →

NOISE DEMO AT HOME OF STACIE KUHLMAN, REGIONAL MANAGER FOR BNY MELLON BANK, PRIMARY FUNDER OF ELBIT, PRIMARY SUPPLIER OF ARMS ISRAEL IS USING TO COMMIT GENOCIDE

Posted on 2023/12/14 - 2024/06/05 by unsalted

Protestors hold a banner reading "Stacie Kuhlman Invests in Palestinian Death"

This reportback consists of three elements. First, a description of the action, and the reasons it was taken. Second, a description of how this action was made to happen, to inspire comrades across the country to act. Third, lessons learned from the action for comrades.

I.

From Jinx Press:

In Chicagoland last night, an autonomous group gathered outside the home of Stacie Kuhlman, Midwest Regional President of Wealth Management for BNY Mellon bank.

Activists disrupted dinnertime in Kuhlman’s otherwise quiet, wealthy neighborhood. Under the frosty glow of Christmas lights, they banged on pots and pans, sang, and chanted, ‘Stacie K, you can’t hide! You are funding genocide!’

Body bags representing the 15,000+ dead were tossed on Stacie Kuhlman’s lawn. Activists also distributed flyers to her neighbors. Some emerged from their homes to chat with LaGrange police officers.

One neighbor remarked to protesters, “She’s just doing what she’s told!”

“So were the Nazis!” they fired back.

BNY Mellon’s investment portfolios have directly funded Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons supplier.

The arms manufacturer’s stock prices have surged since October 7. As noted by activists, BNY Mellon increased their shares in Elbit by 22% less than three weeks after the Israeli invasion of Gaza—increasing the wealth of Kuhlman’s managed investments in parallel with the senseless slaughter of Palestinians.

Activists around the globe continue to pressure Elbit and its subsidiaries with direct actions and blockades in an effort to halt ongoing bombing and encourage disinvestment.

Images and video from this action can be found, at the time of this submission, at https://www.instagram.com/p/C0hVJ_NxbGB/?img_index=1

To add to this: Stacie seemed pretty disrupted. She seemed to call the police, but the small-town police didn’t arrive until about 10-15 minutes after the group of comrades arrived, and once the police got there, they didn’t seem to know what to do. At peak, there were 6 squad cars. After about half an hour, Stacie seemed to have left the house via the back driveway, and people continued making noise and chanting for another half hour, then chanted marching up and down the street for a little while to alert the neighbors of Stacie’s crimes. Continue reading “NOISE DEMO AT HOME OF STACIE KUHLMAN, REGIONAL MANAGER FOR BNY MELLON BANK, PRIMARY FUNDER OF ELBIT, PRIMARY SUPPLIER OF ARMS ISRAEL IS USING TO COMMIT GENOCIDE” →

Chicago, IL: Military Recruiters’ Office Attacked in Memory of Jennifer Laude

Posted on 2023/10/18 by unsalted

Originally published on https://bbnews.noblogs.org/post/2023/10/14/chicago-il-military-recruiters-office-attacked-in-memory-of-jennifer-laude/

We smashed out windows and knocked over furniture at a military recruiters’ office in a suburb of Chicago last night.

In solidarity with Filipino/a/x anarchists’ calls to commemorate Ganda, we swarmed on a miserable little strip mall where black and brown youth are targeted for induction into the imperial machine. Our intention was to slow down this violent routine, even if just for a couple of hours.

We swung our hammers invoking Jennifer Laude’s life, remembering the deeds of Michele Angiolillo and Leon Czolgosz, and channeling our rage against the transmisogyny and white impunity of neo-colonial occupation (A).

Submitted Anonymously