Protesters demand Illinois State Board of Investments, state treasurer divest from apartheid Israel

Fight Back! News | March 23, 2025

On Friday morning, March 21, over 50 protesters gathered outside the Illinois State Board of Investments (ISBI) office in downtown Chicago. They came to demand that ISBI and Vice Chair Michael Frerichs, who currently sits as the Illinois state treasurer, divest from Israeli genocide, apartheid and occupation.

Protesters demand Illinois treasurer divest from Israeli occupation
Fight Back! News | Dec 18, 2024
Dozens of protesters led by Anti-War Committee – Chicago (AWC) and Boycott Divest Sanctions – Chicago (BDS) descended on the offices of the Illinois State Board of Investments (ISBI), December 13 in a militant action demanding Illinois divest over $120 million worth of bonds from Israel.

500-plus march in Chicago protesting Trump election
Fight Back! News | Nov 8, 2024
More than 500 protesters gathered in downtown Chicago on Wednesday, November 6, to denounce the rotten system that will return Donald Trump to the White House early next year, and to demand a people’s agenda and a free Palestine.

March on the DNC Will Center Palestine Solidarity
Black Agenda Report | May 10, 2024
Faayani Aboma Mijana and Hatem Abudayyeh discuss plans for mobilization during the Democratic National Convention and why it will focus on Palestine.

Campus police raid University of Chicago Palestine solidarity encampment
Fight Back! News | May 8, 2024
After a week of threats from the university administration, the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) raided the student encampment before dawn on Tuesday, May 7.

May Day march for Palestine prepares for protest at DNC
Fight Back! News | May 5, 2024
On May 3, the Coalition to March on the Democratic National Convention held a rally and march to celebrate International Workers Day. The 400 attendees heeded the call from the coalition to come stand with Palestine for May Day and vowed to show up again to protest against the Democratic National Convention.

Coalition against Gaza genocide seeks injunction for right to march on DNC
Fight Back! News | May 2, 2024
At an April 30 press conference, speakers announced that a motion for a preliminary injunction has been filed in federal court by the Coalition to March on the DNC. They are asking a federal judge to block the city of Chicago from enforcing its ordinance regulating parade permits, as it violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Palestinians in Chicago stand up to police repression
Fight Back! News | April 23, 2024
Thousands of protesters took Michigan Avenue, Saturday afternoon, April 20 and marched to demand an end to U.S. funding for Israeli genocide in Palestine.

March on the DNC plans Chicago’s ‘largest mobilization for Palestine’
Chicago Reader | April 17, 2024
Groups from around the country plan to take their demands to the United Center this August “with or without” a permit.

The War on Protest
In These Times | April 17, 2024
The FBI has already been knocking on doors in Chicago, home to the largest Palestinian American diaspora community in the country.

Chicago: Hundreds gather to plan march on the Democratic National Convention
Fight Back! News | April 15, 2024
More than 450 people representing 75 organizations gathered in Chicago, April 13, to plan a massive march at the Democratic National Convention, which will stand with Palestine and promote a people’s agenda.