Accounts from the Battle of Grant Park: How Chicago Demonstrators Pushed Back the Police and Nearly Toppled a Statue

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A report from CrimethInc. on the recent mass mobilization in Chicago that nearly brought down the Christopher Columbus statue. On July 17, 2020, following a rally in Grant Park—the site of horrific police violence during the Democratic National Convention of 1968—demonstrators outwitted and outfought police officers, winning an opportunity to try to topple a hated... Read Full Article

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