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Episode seventy-four (January 2012): part one
  • Occupy Road Trip: One Chicagoan's trip visiting Occupy encampments across America

    Episode seventy-three (December 2011): part one | part two | part three | playlist for E73
  • Dueling demonstrations square off at Ground Zero on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
  • Rahm Emanuel: Mayor of Chicago, complete with a long sordid history
  • "Hackergate", the scandal that has rocked Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp, comes to Chicago

    Episode seventy-two (November 2011): part one | part two | part three | playlist for E72
  • Occupy Wall Street takes on America's powerful financial interests
  • Occupy Chicago takes on Chicago's powerful financial interests
  • Chicago peace activists commemorate the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan

    Episode seventy-one (October 2011): part one | part two | part three | playlist for E71
  • Chicago privatization efforts galvanize, as do citizens' efforts against them
  • The Inspiring Story of the Chicago Anti-Olympics Movement
  • A special extended report with Robert Foster on the Arab Spring

    Episode seventy (August 2011): part one | part two | part three | playlist for E70
  • Bradley Manning Supporters March in the 2011 Chicago Gay Pride Parade
  • Chicagoans Face Down the Looming Threat of Water Privatization
  • How and Why to Dump Genetically Modified Organisms

    Episode sixty-nine (July 2011): part one | part two | part three | playlist for E69
  • Palestine rights activists take on the Walk With Israel
  • Debunking Myths about Immigration
  • Single Payer Health-Care Explained

    Episode sixty-eight (June 2011): part one | part two | part three | playlist for E68
  • Chicago activists protest the Crawford coal plant
  • Chicago commemorates May Day 2011
  • Rochester, New York speaks up about the new Chicago Public Schools CEO

    Episode sixty-seven (May 2011): part one | part two | part three | playlist for E67
  • Chicago calls for labor rights at the "We Are One" rally
  • Activists march and rally in Chicago for a nuclear-free future
  • Thousands gather in Boston for the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform

    Episode sixty-six (April 2011): part one | part two | part three | part four | playlist for E66
    We devote our April 2011 episode to our annual coverage of the antiwar protests in Chicago.
  • Chicago protests eight years of war
  • Chicago protesters win a critical legal victory in Seventh Circuit court
  • Activist Andy Thayer explains the dynamics of war and occupation
  • Chicago stands in solidarity with Palestine

    Episode sixty-five (March 2011): part one | part two | part three | playlist for E65
  • Chicago joins in solidarity with grassroots protests in Egypt
  • South Side teenagers stage a mock funeral to pressure for a south-side trauma center
  • "Justice Beyond Jon Burge", in which the stain of Chicago's torture continues despite the conviction and sentencing of the infamous police commander

    Episode sixty-four (February 2011): part one | part two | part three | part four | playlist for E62
  • An update about a late 2010 net neutrality vote at the FCC
  • British rappers rap about Wikileaks
  • Midwest Activists March in Chicago for Peace and Justice
  • A behind-the-scenes look at Chicago Independent Television

    Episode sixty-three (December 2010): part one | part two | part three | playlist for E63
  • An in-depth look at the Whittier School Sit-in on Chicago's south side
  • RNC8 Protesters See Charges Dropped
  • An in-depth look at the exclusion of Third Party efforts from high-profile political debates

    Episode sixty-two (November 2010): part one | part two | part three | part four | playlist for E62
  • Activists respond to FBI raids of political activists
  • Chicago plays host to a presentation about the Gaza Aid Freedom Flotilla
  • Chicago's TIFs explained
  • Mrs. Free Market Health Care's Kitchen

    Episode sixty-one (October 2010): part one | part two | part three | playlist for E61
  • Chicagoans celebrate the release of political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres
  • An update of the net neutrality fight of 2010
  • A film about Chicagoans in post-coup Honduras — "Honduras: Which Way?"

    Episode sixty (August 2010): part one | part two | part three | part four | playlist for E60
  • Global justice activists take on the G8 and G20 gatherings in Toronto
  • Chicagoans celebrate the conviction of charged police torturer Jon Burge
  • The FBI visits a Texas peace activist who videorecords the visit

    Episode fifty-nine (July 2010): part one | part two | part three | part four | playlist for E59
  • Chicago protests the commmando crackdown against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
  • CIMC interviews a Chicago activist aboard the Mavi Marmara
  • Chicago artist Chris Drew speaks about freedom of expression

    Episode fifty-eight (June 2010): part one | part two | part three | part four | playlist for E58
  • Chicago Tea Party protesters rally; Chicago grassroots progressives rally in response
  • CTA Workers speak out against enacted budget and service cuts for Chicago transit
  • A two-part segment on the sights and sounds of May Day 2010 in Chicago's Daley Plaza

    Episode fifty-seven (May 2010): part one | part two | part three | part four | playlist for E57
    An episode-long presentation: "Advice for Activists: Interacting with the Police" with attorney Jerry Boyle.

    Episode fifty-six (April 2010) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four | playlist for E56
    Our April 2010 episode is dedicated to the Chicago antiwar protests near the 7th anniversary of the start of war in Iraq, held on March 18, 2010.
  • Protesters march on Michigan Avenue near the Iraq War's 7th Anniversary
  • Excerpts from the antiwar rally at Federal Plaza
  • Mayor Richard M. Daley: Antiwar Supporter or Antiwar Hypocrite?
  • Assorted antiwar opinions

    Episode fifty-five (March 2010) in five parts: part one | part two | part three | part four | part five | playlist for E55
  • Tenants from the south-side Kimbark housing complex go to city hall
  • Chicago remembers the 40th Anniversary of Fred Hampton's assassination in a two-part segment.
  • "Workers' Republic", a trailer for a film about Chicago's Republic Windows Strike.
  • "Zombie Apocalypse", a short film about the local health care debate of 2009.

    Episode fifty-four (February 2010) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four | playlist for E54
  • Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign launches to protect lower-income housing residents
  • Activists protest outside West Point during a major presidential speech

    Episode fifty-three (December 2009) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four | playlist for E53
  • Two segments from Illinois Media Progressives of a single-payer protest against Cigna's Chicago
  • Bekah Wolf talks about the Palestine Solidarity Movement
  • Pilsen environmental activists commemorate the dead at the Fisk coal burning plant
  • Senator Bernie Sanders discusses who owns the U.S. Congress

    Episode fifty-two (November 2009) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • A two-part segment of popular protest against the 2009 summit of the G20 in Pittsburgh
  • Chicago protests against the war in Afghanistan on the war's eighth anniversary
  • Another G20 film from Pittsburgh set to the song "Which Side Are You On?"

    Episode fifty-one (October 2009) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • A message from the Unlympic Committee
  • Chicago protests on behalf of the RNC8
  • RNC 2008 Update
  • Peace protests at the 2009 Chicago Air and Water Show

    Episode fifty (August 2009) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • A two-part segment of protests against a Fraternal Order of Police Reunion
  • Mud stencilers take on the Illinois Tamms Supermax prison
  • A hotdog stand called "Felony Franks" runs afoul of a Chicago alderman

    Episode forty-nine (July 2009) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Chicago protests California's controversial Proposition 8
  • A feature about Felony Franks, a Chicago business which helps ex-cons
  • Northern Illinois protests Blackwater (Xe) North
  • A reprisal of a Chicago winter protest held during a blizzard

    Episode forty-eight (June 2009) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Highlights from Mayday 2009
  • Activist Cindy Sheehan comes to Chicago
  • The FCC comes to Chicago for a DTV-related event
  • Israel media pundit Jeffrey Goldberg is debunked

    Episode forty-seven (May 2009) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Chicagoans protest the 2016 Chicago Olympics bid, at a Chicago Critical Mass bike ride, and at a rally timed to a visit by the International Olympic Committee
  • Chicago protests indoors and outdoors for same-sex marriage in Illinois at Freedom To Marry actions on Valentine's Day

    Episode forty-six (April 2009) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Chicago protests War, Occupation, and anti-immigrant policies on the Iraq War's 6th Anniversary
  • A profile of George N. Leighton, Civil Rights Activist and federal judge
  • Renaissance 2010: A controversial plan against Chicago Public Schools

    Episode forty-five (March 2009) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Chicago protests against the Defense of Marriage Act
  • A profile of a Chicago veteran of the Kosovo military campaigns
  • Chicagoans hold a New Years' Eve vigil for Gaza
  • Colombian sugarcane workers hold a strike in late 2008

    Episode Forty-four (February 2009) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
    We review a number of Chicago protests in late 2008 and early 2009, including protests on Israel's attack on Gaza, James Dobson, California's Proposition 8, and a antiwar action over the holidays.

    Episode Forty-three (December 2008) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Barack Obama victory rally
  • Pakistanis and activists protest on Devon Avenue
  • Casino Free Philadelphia takes on Chicago billionaire Neil Bluhm
  • A film from "If Americans Knew" about Israel / Palestine

    Episode Forty-two (November 2008) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Two segments documenting Chicago protests against the 2008 financial bailout
  • The historic 2008 Matthew Shepard march for LGBT rights
  • A trailer for the antiwar film "Can't Wait"

    Episode Forty-one (October 2008) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • The Death of Free Speech at the Chicago Air and Water Show — Police and officials corral peace activists in a so-called "free speech zone"
  • Chicago says "No War on Iran" — In August 2008, activists rally in downtown Chicago against threats of U.S. bombing of Iran
  • Taste of Chicago Counter-recruitment Protest — In July 2008, activists opposed military recruitment at Chicago's annual Taste of Chicago
  • Re-enact '68: A music video of the reenactment of the famous 1968 Chicago protests at the Democratic National Convention

    Episode Forty (August 2008) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Recent developments in the continuing legal struggle over the March 20, 2003 peace protest on Lake Shore Drive
  • Surviving Climate Change: A St. Louis Roundtable on the environment and the climate crisis
  • Critical Mass in Chiapas, Mexico: The legendary movement for cyclists' rights begins in Chiapas, Mexico.
  • Tell The Police The Truth: A music video by Chicago's own Usama Alshaibi.

    Episode Thirty Nine (July 2008) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Students in Morton West High School stage a sit-in for peace
  • Media activsts convene in Minneapolis for the 2008 National Conference for Media Reform
  • The historic Congress Hotel Strike in downtown Chicago marks its fifth anniversary.
  • The Merida Initiative (Plan Mexico) makes its mark on the lives of poor Mexicans.

    Episode Thirty Eight (June 2008) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Mayday 2008 march for immigrant and labor rights
  • Nakba's 60th Anniversary and Chicago commemorative actions at a Walk for Israel
  • More M20 actions from 2008 — Rahm Emanuel blockade, Federal Plaza penny poll

    Episode Thirty Seven (May 2008) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • The Holy Name Six - A group of peace activists stage a dramatic protest at Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral.
  • M20: What Happened After The March? The big March 20 antiwar protest didn't end when the march ended.
  • Malachi Ritscher Banner Action - Several activists hold a memorial for Chicago antiwar martyr Malachi Ritscher.
  • Plan Mexico - A foreign policy proposal involving both Mexico and the United States is likely to make things worse in both countries.

    Episode Thirty Six (April 2008) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
    Complete coverage of the M19 / M20 Chicago Peace Protests
  • Coverage of a civil disobedience action at Federal Plaza
  • A two-part collaboration by Chicago Indymedia and Labor Beat, with footage from many contributors. The first part covers the M19 rally and march march on Michigan Avenue, and the second covers the M20 independent actions across Chicago.

    Episode Thirty Five (March 2008) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Memories of M20, 2007 in Chicago
  • Film is Not A Crime - An activist with a video camera faces resistance
  • Video and Civil Rights - We learn about the civil rights implications of recording video
  • Albany Park Neighbors for Peace - Northside Chicago grassroots activists organize for peace
  • Kucinich Singalong - A Christmas singalong outside the Art Institute of Chicago

    Episode Thirty Four (February 2008) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • The 2007 Chicago Media Action Holiday Singalong
  • The final testament of antiwar martyr Malachi Ritscher
  • An antiracist classic from 2003: "March to St. Joseph"

    Episode Thirty Three (December 2007) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Coverage of October 27 Chicago peace protests, and controversy involving the protests
  • "The Silence of Malachi Ritscher" - about a Chicago play concerning the famed political activist
  • Coverage of grassroots lobbying over Illinois cable TV laws

    Episode Thirty Two (November 2007) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Chicago Indymedia Coverage of 2007 Chicago FCC Media Ownership Hearing
  • FCC Hearing Coverage: Behind The Scenes
  • Immigrant Rights Activists Protest LULAC and the DREAM Act
  • Coke is the Drink of the Death Squads: A music video with David Rovics.

    Episode Thirty One (October 2007) in four parts:part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Elvira Arrellano - We present a two-part report on recent developments about her situation and the broader efforts for immigrant rights.
  • Pilsen Green Space - We see community efforts in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood to preserve an area green space against the predations of an area "developer".
  • A Message to the FCC - One activist gives his imagined five minutes of testimony before the Federal Communications Commission.

    Episode Thirty (August 2007) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Operation First Casualty - Veterans use street theater to depict the Iraq occupation.
  • Carpentersville Protest - Chicago activists bus to Carpentersville, Illinois, to face down on a controversial English-only ordinance.
  • Michael Moore - The filmmaker spoke at a rally at Chicago's Millennium Park to promote his film Sicko.


    Episode Twenty Nine (July 2007) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • We feature a film by Chicago-area producer Rose Feurer, about the noted labor activist and organizer Mary Harris Jones, entitled “Mother Jones: America’s Most Dangerous Woman”


    Episode Twenty Eight (June 2007) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Immigrant Rights 2007 – Chicago Indymedia covers the 2007 Immigrant Rights Mayday actions, and the larger issues at play.
  • Coalition of Immokalee Workers – Florida tomato workers come to Chicago to celebrate a workers’ rights victory over McDonald’s
  • Panel on War and Racism – A Chicago panel discusses the connections between war and racism
  • Occupation Project – Political activists stage a sit-in at the office of Illinois pro-war Congressional representative Mark Kirk

    Episode Twenty Seven (May 2007) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Breaking Up With Boeing - A video activist whose father works for Boeing joins Boeing protests.
  • The Chiditarod - Burning Man participants organize a shopping-cart race and food drive for area charities.
  • Impeachment Trial Street Theater - Activists organize a street theater performance of the trial of George Bush.
  • Latoyia Kimbrough Interview - Chicago Junior ROTC student disagrees with U.S. Iraq policy

    Episode Twenty Six (April 2007) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
    M20 - OUR 4TH ANNUAL ANTIWAR SPECTACULAR!
    We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a SPECIAL EVENT. We present our complete LIVE coverage of the 4th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. What would it look like if a major network gave our protest the same treatment as the Super Bowl?

    Episode Twenty Five (March 2007) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • SDS at DC Anti-War March - Activists confront police on capitol steps.
  • Guantanamo Prison Camp 5th Anniversary protest - Civil Disobediance at Federal Plaza
  • Kyle Snyder Interview (AWOL Iraq Veteran) - Kyle talkes about war and his discharge.
  • Coalition of Immokalee Workers Chicago Protest - March to the Rock-and-Roll McDonald's
  • M20 Video Flyer - produced by the March 20th Coalition

    Episode Twenty Four (February 2007) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Brad Will Memorial - Indymedia Journalist Killed in Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Malachi Ritscher Memorial - Activist who Committed Suicide in Protest of the Iraq War
  • Elvira Arellano Update - Interview with Pastor Coleman of the Adalberto Methodist Church
  • Exorcize Bush - Protest during a Chicago visit of George W. Bush

    Episode Twenty Three (December 2006) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Elvira Arellano Update - Immigration activist
  • Mark Kirk Sing Along - Downloaded from the Internet
  • Kathy Cummings Ballot Access - Green Party Candidate
  • George Bush Don't Like Black People - Music Video
  • Ronaldo the Clown - From the Coalition of Immokalee Workers

    Episode Twenty Two (October 2006) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Army of None: Challenging the claims of military recruiters

    Episode Twenty One (September 2006) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Hacked: A film that investigates the current problems with our voting systems and reveals the shocking story of how touch screen voting is highly susceptible to hacking.

    Episode Twenty (August 2006) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Digital Restrictions Management Protest
  • Net Neutrality
  • Taste of Chicago Arrests
  • 2005 G8 Protest in Scotland
  • Music Video - Walking to New Orleans

    Episode Nineteen (July 2006) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Chicago Indymedia's coverage of the historic immigrants rights protest on May 1, 2006

    Episode Eighteen (June 2006) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • The story of attorney Lynne Stewart
  • Bioethics Demonstration

    Episode Seventeen (April 2006) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Our coverage of the March 18, 2006 Peace Protests in Chicago - The Festival of Rights

    Episode Sixteen (March 2006) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • The Emmy nominated film: "Where We Stood - Chicago's Resistance Against The War In Iraq"

    Episode Fifteen (Feb. 2006) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Whose Streets? Our Streets! - Activists fight for a permit to protest on Michigan Ave.
  • Camp Casey - Cindy Sheehan in Crawford, Texas
  • Something's In The Air, But Not On The Airwaves - Music Video

    Episode Fourteen (Nov. 2005) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • "InformaNation - a film by the Alternative Military Service Network critically examining the claims of military recruiters"

    Episode Thirteen (Sept. 2005) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • THONG / Eddie Bauer protest
  • Standing Silent Witness (Rape Victim Advocates)
  • Chicago Air and Water Show 2005
  • The future of video and the internet
  • Z Media Institute 2005

    Episode Twelve (Aug. 2005) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • 2005 National Conference for Media Reform
  • Taste of Chicago Demonstration
  • Three films from Street Level Youth Media

    Episode Eleven (June 2005) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Two segments about H. Kramer-related pollution in Pilsen
  • Investments of Mass Destruction: Banks and Illegal Logging
  • March 19, 2005 revisited

    Episode Ten (May 2005) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Our coverage of the March 19, 2005 peace protests in Chicago

    Episode Nine (April 2005) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • T.H.O.N.G. Protest against GMOs
  • Struggles for the Chicago Public Schools
  • Interview with Menna Khalil about DePaul University art exhibit regarding Palestine
  • Turn Off Your TV by Brian Hart / Christina Hertzel

    Episode Eight (March 2005) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Inaugural Parody: Our coverage of 2005 George W. Bush Inauguration protests in Washington DC and Chicago

    Episode Seven (January 2005) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • World Naked Bike Ride
  • Embed This (embeddded reporter with police in 2003 Chicago protests)
  • Blood, Sweat, Cheers (protests against the 2004 G8 protests at Sea Island, Georgia)
  • Chicago Critical Mass
  • Interview with Owen Lloyd of the Working Bikes Cooperative

    Episode Six (December 2004) in four parts: part one | part two | part three | part four
  • Extreme Dancing - Southwest Youth Collaborative
  • Kathy Kelly Interview - Part Three
  • Bush and Kerry: Flush 'em Both (protest against the 2004 DNC in Boston)
  • Protest against the 2004 St. Louis Bush/Kerry presidential debate

    Episode Five (September 2004) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Beyond the Streets
  • Kathy Kelly Interview - Part Two
  • Radios Populares

    Episode Four (April 2004) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • March 20, 2004 protest coverage
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction Scavenger Hunt
  • Kathy Kelly Interview - Part One
  • M20 - The World Still Says No to War

    Episode Three (March 2004) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • National Lawyers' Guild Update - M20 Lawsuit
  • Not In My Name protest against Israeli separation wall
  • Gay Marriage Protest
  • Pink Bloque
  • Aztec Dancers

    Episode Two (February 2004) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Chicago Social Forum
  • Miami Video
  • The Air we Breathe in Pilsen
  • INFOWAR

    Episode One (January 2004) in three parts: part one | part two | part three
  • Coca-Cola Boycott
  • Latino Union
  • March to St. Joseph
  • Be The Media / National Conference on Media Reform
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