Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The rising of Chicago

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The rising of Chicago:

The rising of Chicago

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise.

-- Maya Angelou

The Nation

The Nation's Rick Pearlstein documents the rise of Chicago's modern-day freedom movement:  "Chicago Rising! A resurgent protest culture fights back against Rahm Emanuel’s austerity agenda." 

Rick's been around long enough to know that this movement didn't suddenly drop from the skies.

To many national observers, this rebirth of the city’s militant protest culture seemingly came out of nowhere. But it didn’t. It’s the product of years of organizing from sources both expected and surprising. And while the radicalized