On Sunday, labor activists gathered on the hottest day on record at Chicago's Navy Pier -- the site of the AFL-CIO convention -- to oppose the government-funded National Endowment for Democracy, which has been implicated in a range of foreign policy atrocities, from supporting a failed coup in Venezuela to bankrolling company unions. The U.S. federal government provides over 90% of the funds to the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center -- and activists want that parasitic relationship to end.

1) AFSCME chief steward Earl Silbar addresses the rally. (Hi-resolution: chicago.indymedia.org/media/all/display/15402/index.php)
2) Dozens gathered to rally and march. (hi-res: chicago.indymedia.org/media/all/display/15403/index.php)
3) Deena (center) came from Sacramento to attend the rally. (Hi-res: chicago.indymedia.org/media/all/display/15404/index.php)
4) Haitian activist Lionel Jean Baptiste spoke about the roll that NED and Solidarity House have played in supressing democracy in places like Haiti. (Hi-res: chicago.indymedia.org/media/all/display/15405/index.php)
5) No to NED! (Hi-res: chicago.indymedia.org/media/all/display/15406/index.php)
6) Signs in the heat. (Hi-res: chicago.indymedia.org/media/all/display/15407/index.php)

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