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22nd February 2017, 16:07
Protesting Lewandowski at University of Chicago - Labor Beat video
Protesting Lewandowski at University of Chicago
View at: https://youtu.be/Suy495uLcmI
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On February 15, 2017 a large protest took place in front of the University of Chicago’s Quadrangle Club while a meeting inside, sponsored by the University’s Institute of Politics, hosted a talk by crypto-fascist and Trump’s campaign advisor Cory Lewandowski. Activists opposed this influential instutution's presenting fear, intolerance and racism as belonging within the framework of legitimate political discourse. But protesters and the press were banned from the meeting inside.
Charlotte Heltai (U of C Resist) sharply upbraided the University. “This is the same university that is willing to pay lip service to protecting undocumented people without committing resources to that cause. [They] tell us that they are interested in protecting our neighbors, our colleagues, the staff of this university and families only if they will add to the prestige of this institution… [But] we are interested in protecting them because they are people."
The protesters tried to get into the closed meeting, but were barred by campus police. However, the video includes an interview with an activist who was able to get into the meeting and unfurl a large banner before she was escorted out. Length 10:02.
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Protesters against Lewandowski speech at U of C not allowed into meeting. Photo: David Vance / Labor Beat
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Produced by Labor Beat. Labor Beat is a CAN TV Community Partner. Labor Beat is a non-profit 501(c)(3) member of IBEW 1220. Views are those of the producer Labor Beat. For info: [email protected], www.laborbeat.org. 312-226-3330. Labor Beat, 37 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60607. For other Labor Beat videos, visit YouTube and search "Labor Beat". On Chicago CAN TV Channel 19, Thursdays 9:30 pm; Fridays 4:30 pm. Labor Beat is a regular cable-tv series in Chicago, Rockford, Urbana, IL; Philadelphia, PA; Princeton, NJ; Cambridge, MA.
Protesting Lewandowski at University of Chicago
View at: https://youtu.be/Suy495uLcmI
Suy495uLcmI
On February 15, 2017 a large protest took place in front of the University of Chicago’s Quadrangle Club while a meeting inside, sponsored by the University’s Institute of Politics, hosted a talk by crypto-fascist and Trump’s campaign advisor Cory Lewandowski. Activists opposed this influential instutution's presenting fear, intolerance and racism as belonging within the framework of legitimate political discourse. But protesters and the press were banned from the meeting inside.
Charlotte Heltai (U of C Resist) sharply upbraided the University. “This is the same university that is willing to pay lip service to protecting undocumented people without committing resources to that cause. [They] tell us that they are interested in protecting our neighbors, our colleagues, the staff of this university and families only if they will add to the prestige of this institution… [But] we are interested in protecting them because they are people."
The protesters tried to get into the closed meeting, but were barred by campus police. However, the video includes an interview with an activist who was able to get into the meeting and unfurl a large banner before she was escorted out. Length 10:02.
https://s18.postimg.org/ni6svvxmx/20170215_protestors_against_Lewandowski_U_of_C.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/6hnwn7klh/)
Protesters against Lewandowski speech at U of C not allowed into meeting. Photo: David Vance / Labor Beat
https://s13.postimg.org/3vy5z0q6f/2017_Labor_Beat_fund_drive_graphic.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/zfo793wcj/)
Produced by Labor Beat. Labor Beat is a CAN TV Community Partner. Labor Beat is a non-profit 501(c)(3) member of IBEW 1220. Views are those of the producer Labor Beat. For info: [email protected], www.laborbeat.org. 312-226-3330. Labor Beat, 37 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60607. For other Labor Beat videos, visit YouTube and search "Labor Beat". On Chicago CAN TV Channel 19, Thursdays 9:30 pm; Fridays 4:30 pm. Labor Beat is a regular cable-tv series in Chicago, Rockford, Urbana, IL; Philadelphia, PA; Princeton, NJ; Cambridge, MA.