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Notes on negotiations with Christ Memorial Hospital

A delegation of three Hunger Strikers participated in a two-hour with representatives from Christ Memorial Hospital today. Participants in the meeting include Tony Mooney Gardner, Manager of Public Affairs at Christ Medical Center and Chief Operating Officer of Christ Medical … Continue reading

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Hunger Strikers’ next target: Christ Advocate

Hunger strikers relocate to Christ Medical Center and refuse to leave until their demands are met. They are calling for solidarity! Please join them if you can: Wednesday, 10AM 4440 West 95th Street Oak Lawn, Illinois If you cannot be … Continue reading

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Northwestern Memorial still denies meeting

Hunger strikers spent all night Sunday and all day today in front of Northwestern Memorial Hospital; administration refused to meet with them . Please join them at 215 E Huron today at 6:30 for a press conference and update on … Continue reading

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Protest at Northwestern Memorial Hospital today!!

Call Northwestern Memorial – (312)-926-2000; ask for CEO Dean Harrison and tell him the hunger strikers are at his door! MEET WITH THE HUNGER STRIKERS MONDAY! Tell the hospital is it unacceptable to refuse care and let people die.  We … Continue reading

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Solidarity with Hunger Strikers

Moratorium on Deportations Campaign has always confronted the deportation/detention system and border militarization as mechanisms that designate entire populations as less worthy of humanity. Hospitals have been nodes in the structures of the immigration/militarization/prison industrial complex, places that have funneled … Continue reading

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Actions August 3-6

Saturday, August 3 @ 1PM: Press conference @3442 W 26th St Saturday, August 3 @ 6PM:  Open Planning meeting, 3442 W 26th St Sunday August 4, starting at 3PM: Protest and overnight action, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 251 E Huron St … Continue reading

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Hunger Strike Portraits

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Call for Solidarity

The strikers are staying 24/7 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, 3442 W 26th St. How you can help: SUPPLIES: water, gatorade, or comfy sleeping pads if you can spare them; also, sign-making or banner-making supplies are needed: stop by … Continue reading

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Bullshit Organization of the Year Award

Congratulations!!! Migrant Justice Activists deliver a special, custom-made giant poop trophy to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) in recognition of their deceptive propaganda campaign in support of the senate “Immigration Reform Bill”. This action draws attention … Continue reading

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Protesters Call On Obama To Reject Keystone Pipeline, Stop Deportations (VIDEO)

From: Progress Illinois, Ellyn Fortino – May 29, 2013. “Rozalinda Borcila with the Moratorium on Deportations Campaign said the bill in the U.S. Senate is really about militarization, increased enforcement and increased criminalization of most undocumented immigrants. Here’s more from … Continue reading

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Anti-Immigrant Bill Advances to the Senate Floor After a Favorable 13-5 vote From The Judiciary Senate Committee

On Tuesday, May 21 a sweeping anti-immigrant bill cleared its first major hurdle late Tuesday night, with the 18-member Senate Judiciary Committee voting to advance the amended bill to the full Senate. The bill is an innovative approach to criminalizing … Continue reading

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March for a Moratorium – “Ni Uno Más”

~~Scroll down for English version~~ Campaña Moratoria a las Deportaciones se suma a la marcha para un alto a las deportaciones “Ni Uno Más” Lunes 21 de Enero a las 11:00AM De la Plaza Daley a la Plaza Federal (Calles Washington … Continue reading

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