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Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

Official Fb account of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, fighting injustice since the racist frame-up of Angela Davis in 1973. S.

Free Innocent Prisoners:

Please visit our website for information on upcoming court dates by viewing the court date calendar, and how to support incarcerated survivors of police torture: https://www.caarpr.org/survivors

Over the years the NAARPR has successfully campaigned for the release of many persons falsely charged and sentenced to death or to long prison terms. Currently the CAARPR is work

ing to get an Executive clemency petition for Mark A. Clements, who served more then 28 years behind prison walls for a crime that he did not commit. On August 18, 2009, he won his freedom and now works with the CAARPR as Prison Liaison and coordinator for the struggle against wrongful convictions. Chicago police working under the command of Jon Burge tortured hundreds of Black and Latino men. We are working to win hearings and new trials for 20 of them who remain incarcerated. We have investigated two of those cases: Stanley Wrice and Antonio Nicholas. We are convinced they are innocent and were convicted only by confessions made under torture. We are struggling for the release of Nicole Harris, a young Chicago mother accused of killing her son who was coerced to confess. We are also struggling for freedom for Derrick Searcy, James Harris, Michael Harris, Clayborn Smith, Charles Solo Harris and a host of others. See our web site for information on these cases, http://www.naarpr.org. Systematic Racism:

In this country African Americans and Latinos continue to be affected by racism. We struggle against all forms of white supremacy, and we understand that this struggle is at the center of the fight against racist and political repression. Abolish the Death Penalty:

The U.S.A. has more people on death row than any other country in the world. The CAARPR works with other organizations in a campaign to end the death penalty. The moratorium in Illinois has helped thrust this issue on the national agenda, resulting in the introduction of several National Death Penalty Moratorium bills in Congress. Two States have abolished capital punishment. Texas leads the country in executions, in spite of evidence of innocence. We work to abolish all capital punishment. Expose the Prison Industrial Complex:

The CAARPR has been in the forefront of the struggle against the prison-industrial complex, one of the fastest growing industries in the country. Its profits depend on the incarceration of more than two million people - mostly African Americans - and most for non-violent crimes. The CAARPR works to draw the connections between this intolerable situation and the white supremacy and class exploitation that lies at its roots. Secure Health Care for Prisoners:

The CAARPR is working to hold the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and the County Jails across the state to the standard of the Eighth Amendment to the U. Constitution, which bans cruel and unusual punishment, including the denial of medical care to prisoners. Our highest priority is to work for a rapid and responsive procedure independent of the IDOC through which prisoners being denied care can protest and be heard. We often Intervene directly with IDOC medical staff to address urgent crises in medical care when we are aware of them. We work in coalitions aimed at winning legislation to improve the situation. We are actively reviewing medical records and complaints from prisoners to document this problem and explore action to compel a system-wide solution to this problem. We have exposed and brought legal action in the case of Montell Johnson, which is an example of what's wrong with the system. We have won the medical treatment he needs, and his sentence was commuted on humanitarian grounds by Governor Blagojevich. However, Johnson remains a prisoner because of a hold on him by the State of California. Establish Civilian Control of Police:

From its inception, the NAARPR campaigned against police crimes, primarily against the poor and people of color. Model Legislation to establish a Civilian Police Control Board that holds police officers accountable for their actions has been drafted and circulated. At the same time we are cooperating with other groups that have drafted ordinances to achieve the same goal of police accountability to the citizens of the city of Chicago. Support Affirmative Action:

We defend and call for extension of affirmative action programs to end the legacy of white supremacy and genocide practiced against peoples of color in the United States. We also struggle for full representation of Black people and others in the elected bodies of city, state, and federal government. Human Rights Award:

The CAARPR has established a Human Rights Award which is presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the cause of justice and human rights. The CAARPR maintains relations with other former branches of the NAARPR in Kentucky and Nevada.

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06/10/2026

🚨UPDATE! Due to the severe thunderstorms and weather warnings, today's IRWC meeting will be held ONLY on Zoom! 🚨

🚨¡ALERTA! ¡La reunión de hoy del IRWC es SOLO POR ZOOM debido a la alerta ambiental!🚨

JOIN US for our next IRWC general meeting on Wednesday, June 10th at 7:30PM ONLY ON ZOOM!

¡ÚNETE por nuestra próxima reunión general, el miércoles, 10 de junio a las 7:30pm SOLO POR ZOOM!

WHEN: TODAY, Wednesday June 10th at 7:30PM
Where: ON ZOOM! DM/email us at [email protected] for the link

Cuando: Miércoles, 10 de junio, 7:30PM
Dónde: SOLO POR ZOOM! Escríbenos a [email protected] o envíanos un DM para recibir el link.

LA MIGRA, LA POLICÍA, ¡LA MISMA PORQUERÍA! CPD, K*K, ICE-- THEY'RE ALL THE SAME!

06/08/2026

JOIN US for our next IRWC general meeting on Wednesday, June 10th at 7:30PM IN-PERSON ONLY at Casa Michoacán!

¡ÚNETE por nuestra próxima reunión general, el miércoles, 10 de junio a las 7:30pm SOLO EN PERSONA en Casa Michoacán!

WHEN: Wednesday, June 10th at 7:30PM
WHERE: Casa Michoacán
1638 S Blue Island Avenue

LA MIGRA, LA POLICÍA, ¡LA MISMA PORQUERÍA! CPD, K*K, ICE-- THEY'RE ALL THE SAME!

05/28/2026

⚡️Court support is an invaluable way to show the judge the strength of our communities, and our dedication to the cause. If you're available, please consider joining us for court support next week for:

(1) Pierre James on June 2nd (11am) • Room 306
Zoom ID: 928 9663 2736 • Password: 813 107

(2) Clayborn Smith on June 2nd (1:30am) • Room 702
In person only

(3) Micheail Ward on June 3rd (9:30am) • Room 203
Zoom ID: 982 8817 8716 • PW: 592583

(4) Quenton Bates on June 4th (9:30) • Room 504
In person only

(5) Walter (Malik) Thompson on May 28th (9:30) • Room 108
Zoom ID: 930 1700 7680 • Password: 503944

We won't stop fighting until ALL survivors of police torture and wrongful conviction have justice!

JUSTICE FOR ALL! FREE THEM ALL! FREE THEM NOW ⛓️‍💥

BlackLivesMatter

05/27/2026

🗣️ JOIN US the weekend of Juneteenth to fight back against police crimes and racist attacks on voting rights!

When: 12 PM, Saturday, June 20th
Where: Federal Plaza, Chicago IL

The recent supreme court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act is a racist attack on the fundamental democratic rights of Black people in the United States. Trump wants to take us back to the era of Jim Crow racism and disenfranchisement that was ushered in with the violent betrayal of reconstruction in 1877. But we will not go back.

Black people and all oppressed people have always fought back against racist and political repression. This Juneteenth weekend, join us in the streets to fight back and demand:
DEFEND VOTING RIGHTS!
DEFEND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY POLICE CRIMES!
FREE SURVIVORS OF TORTURE AND WRONGFUL CONVICTION!
END CPD-ICE COLLABORATION!

When voting rights are under attack, what do we do? STAND UP FIGHT BACK!

05/27/2026

Not another penny, not another dollar! Illinoisans won’t pay for Gaza’s slaughter! 🚨CALL-IN ACTION 🚨

Join us by telling that Illinois residents do not want their taxpayer dollars to fund a genocide!

Call Frerichs today and everyday that you can! Use the scripts or send out social media blasts with our toolkit: (bit.ly/ILDivestFromGenocideToolkit).

For over a year, Frerichs has avoided the people of Illinois with sending their calls to voicemail, not answering, or disconnecting phone lines.

Let him know we are not backing down!

05/26/2026

🚨NEW TIME🚨
Johnny Plummer’s court date on Tuesday May 26 has been moved earlier and will start at 11 am. Please join us!

Johnny Plummer has been in prison for over 30 years, going in as a teenager, as a child, 15 years old, for something that he did not do. He was tortured into a false confession by notorious torture cop, Kenneth Boudreau. Now Johnny coming back to court to try to get justice.

On May 26th at 11 AM at 26th & California, we ask all of our friends and allies to come to court with us, to stand with Johnny Plummer in honor of his mother and all those who have perished fighting for freedom and demanding justice now.

FREE THEM ALL! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

05/22/2026

Join us on Sunday, May 31st at 4pm on Zoom for a teach-in on the connections between the fight of the wrongfully convicted and immigrants, the history of police crimes in Chicago, and how the Community Power Over Policing (CPOP) Referendum can help us hold the police accountable for their atrocities by increasing the people's democratic control over the police!

We hope to see you there! Register at bit.ly/CFISTxIRWC-teachin (this is case sensitive).

Acompáñanos en domingo, 31 de Mayo a las 4pm por zoom para un entrenamiento sobre las conexiones entre la lucha de los condenados injustamente y los inmigrantes, la historia de los crimines policiales en chicago, y como el referéndum Community Power Over Police (Control Comunitario De La Policía) nos puede ayudar en tener la policía responsable por sus atrocidades con el crecimiento de los derechos democráticos del pueblo sobre la policía!

Esperamos verte ahí! Regístrate en bit.ly/CFISTxIRWC-teachin

FREE THEM ALL!
COMMUNITY POWER OVER POLICING NOW!
CPD, K*K, ICE-- THEY'RE ALL THE SAME!

¡LIBÉRENLOS A TODOS!
¡CONTROL COMUNITARIO DE LA POLICÍA AHORA!
¡LA MIGRA, LA POLICÍA, LA MISMA PORQUERÍA!

05/22/2026

☎️EMERGENCY PHONE ZAP FOR SAM ELAM! Join us in demanding that proper medical care is facilitated for Sam, a survivor of wrongful conviction.

On Mother’s Day, Sam suffered from a life-threatening heart attack. He received surgery but has received absolutely no aftercare or follow-up check ups, going against the doctors orders.

Sam, like so many others, health and dignity is being neglected by Menard Correctional Facility and we wont stand by while incarcerated loved ones are suffering! Demand that Sam receive regular check-ups on his heart, per the doctors orders!

Script and phone numbers are on the second slide. Let us know how your calls go!

FREE THEM ALL!

05/22/2026

Protest then pack then court room on May 26 for Johnny Plummer!

Johnny Plummer has been in prison for over 30 years, going in as a teenager, as a child, 15 years old, for something that he did not do. He was tortured into a false confession by notorious torture cop, Kenneth Boudreau. Now Johnny coming back to court to try to get justice.

On May 26th at 9:30 AM at 26th & California, we ask all of our friends and allies to come to court with us, to stand with Johnny Plummer in honor of his mother and all those who have perished fighting for freedom and demanding justice now.

FREE THEM ALL! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

05/22/2026

📣 NO CPD-ICE COLLABORATION! Join us at the upcoming CCPSA meeting to demand that the commission:

1. Present to the community on a monthly basis all communications, internal memos and guidances regarding CPD and ICE collaboration, and
2. End CPD crowd control during immigration enforcement activities

When:
✍️ Sign up by 6 PM for public comment
⏰️ Meeting begins 6:30 PM
📅 Thursday, May 28th, 2026

Where: Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N Knox Chicago, IL 60630

WHEN WE FIGHT. WE WIN! ¡CHINGA LA MIGRA!

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