Chicago Independent Television for May: Chicago School Closings, Walk the Walk, Oil Fracking in Southern Illinois, Chicago Fracking Protest
Chicago Independent Television is the monthly TV series of the Chicago Independent Media Center.
ON THE SHOW IN MAY 2013:
Chicagoans protest public school closings
The Chicago Public School system announced a closing of 54 public schools, which spurred protest actions in the city. We'll learn more in this segment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eap0GrQ9tvo&t=2m14s
Walk the Walk Protest Highlights Safety Concerns Raised by School Closings
The proposed closing of 54 Chicago public schools has raised safety concerns among Chicago residents. Many effected students will have to walk through crime ridden neighborhoods to get to their new school. The proposed closing of Leif Ericson is one example as you'll learn in this segment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eap0GrQ9tvo&t=11m45s
An In-Depth Look at Oil Fracking in Southern Illinois
We'll take a look at the destructive and controversial oil extraction process known as fracking, especially as it pertains to Southern Illinois.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eap0GrQ9tvo&t=19m33s
Anti-Fracking Protest at Thompson Center
Illinois opposition to the destructive and controversial oil extraction process known as fracking has increased recently. Here's a short segment about a creative protest in Chicago's Thompson Center.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eap0GrQ9tvo&t=25m58s
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We are the Chicago Indymedia Video Collective. We operate along the same lines as Indymedia, fostering the same ideals and processes. We are a collective of media producers, activists, videographers and concerned citizens offering your alternative to mainstream corporate coverage of local and international events, movements and expression. In the summer of 2003 the idea of an independent television show, free from corporate bias and serving the needs of the community, was conceived. Chicago Independent Television is the result of that
movement.
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