Patriotism Reclaimed: Peace on Parade

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On July 3rd and 4th, Labor Beat joined local peace contingents as they marched in their neighborhood Independence Day parades. The SouthSiders for Peace led a group of friends and US veterans against war through Evergreen Park, a suburb on Chicago's southwest side, to an often hostile reception. In Hyde Park, a liberal, integrated neighborhood - and Obama's home - on Chicago's lakefront, the Hyde Parkers for Peace and Justice and friends walked in a parade where "everybody marches, nobody watches". The segment ends in "the Peoples' Republic of Evanston" - a suburb on Chicago's north shore, where the North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice and Evanston Neighbors for Peace marched to the applause of the community and words of welcome from the mayor. The show is a tribute to the courage and persistence of small, neighborhood peace groups across the country who stand up among their neighbors and continue to condemn US wars and occupations.

The show is dedicated to the memory of a local woman, Blanca Luna (1980 - 2008), US Air Force Senior Airman, who was found murdered in her hotel room on Ft. Sheppard Airbase, in Texas. For more information, see Chicago Reader, July 3, 2008.

The video ends with an "anti-commercial" for the upcoming Air and Water Show, the annual display of militarism on Chicago's lakefront, reprised from coverage in 2006.

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