High school students in Chicago staged walkouts and protests in support of a proposed Chicago City Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. The students marched on City Hall, demanding solidarity with Palestine and a vote on the Gaza ceasefire resolution. The protest was met with support from some public figures, including Rev. Jesse Jackson, and is expected to lead to a contentious meeting at the City Council. The students' actions have drawn attention to the ongoing debate and potential vote on the resolution, with Mayor Brandon Johnson playing a role in ensuring its passage.
Biden, Biden, you won’t hide, you support genocide!” Public high school students occupied Chicago City Hall, demanding that the City Council vote on a Gaza ceasefire resolution. https://t.co/wdy3fpvJNQ
Chicago today: City council spent the day dena and passing a ceasefire resolution in Gaza, with Mayor Brandon Johnson making sure it passed. Also Chicago today: Multiple people shot near a school with kids having to do CPR. https://t.co/75TY2z5Yth
Chicago alderpeople primed for a sensitive and potentially bitter debate on Wednesday over calls for a cease-fire in Gaza. https://t.co/FYiQxpc6w2 @MariahWoelfel @WBEZ
Greetings from Chicago City Hall, where the City Council meeting is about to start. The chambers are filled with people wearing keffiyehs & olive-green T-shirts calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war ... & members of the leadership team of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Rev. Jesse Jackson is here at Chicago City Hall today to show support for the Gaza ceasefire resolution that is finally up for a City Council vote. Aldermen expect a tight vote and a contentious meeting. https://t.co/SM8PyqeIuB
Chicago alderpeople have tried to postpone a city council vote on a Gaza ceasefire by citing proximity to International Holocaust Remembrance Day and even the upcoming Democratic National Convention. A vote is finally scheduled for this week. https://t.co/XtvkLxEhXY
Hundreds of CPS students marched on City Hall Tuesday, demanding solidarity with Palestine. https://t.co/jol16J5O6p https://t.co/37gmhZQT82
City Council members are expected to vote on a resolution that would call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza amid the Mideast war and CPD arbitration https://t.co/x2Ra7aivOk
President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign events have been met with relentless pro-Palestine protesters chanting "Genocide Joe", reported Politico on Monday. https://t.co/HTAa1ZkyMK
Hundreds of CPS students stage walkouts in support of cease-fire in Gaza https://t.co/39oojVzdWo
Chicago — Far-left protesters are occupying city hall to demand that city council vote for a symbolic Israel ceasefire in Gaza. https://t.co/hCvmLP0Qib
Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools students walked out of class Friday to protest the Israel-Hamas war and call for a cease-fire in Gaza. https://t.co/hdWzRfPlTJ
And, while staging a City Hall lobby sit in, the students chanted "From the river to the sea," which isn't exactly a call for peace: CPS students walk out to support City Council’s Gaza cease-fire resolution https://t.co/aBk5NdXpNz
NEW: High school students at several Chicago Public Schools staged a noon walkout and protest in support of a proposed Chicago City Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. https://t.co/dsAf5BlVxL
BREAKING: Joe Biden is greeted by pro-Trump protesters as he arrives in Jupiter, FL, for his fundraiser at The Pelican Club. https://t.co/NjMAI590kQ
Protestors calling on the Chicago City Council to pass a resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza are sitting in at City Hall. It’s part of a widespread school walkout — 100s here chanting now. They marched on LaSalle earlier and sat in the road. The resolution vote is tomorrow. https://t.co/5NnkFmwTdj
Chicago high schoolers are now sitting in City Hall calling for the City Council to pass a Gaza ceasefire resolution https://t.co/JMnqcnhzKO https://t.co/128BlcICBY
Hundreds of high school students across Chicago walked out of their schools Tuesday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The walkouts are meant to be “pro-peace and pro-humanity,” said the high school senior who led the planning of the protest. https://t.co/h1j4LENb0a
About 200 students at Jones College Prep walk out class and toward City Hall in support of a city ceasefire resolution in Gaza. @BlockClubCHI https://t.co/Z9i9jomzTJ
SCOOP: @JoeBiden is visiting The Pelican Club in Jupiter, Florida this afternoon at a private event. Very weird because Jupiter is a super pro Trump area. I never met a Democrat in Jupiter and used to campaign there. Many of the patrons are now wondering why the owner would…
As Biden's re-election campaign kicks into new gear, his support for Israel's war in Gaza has spurred organized groups of pro-Palestinian protestors to action / @Bsamuels0 https://t.co/v7NlTi9O1Z
Today CPS Students are staging walkout in solidarity with Palestine. Suggested chants are: From Chicago to Gaza! Globalize the intifada! Intifada, intifada! Long live the intifada! There’s only one solution! Intifada revolution! How many solutions? One! https://t.co/TqxfWhhMCW
A contingent of students at Lane Tech walking out to protest for a city council resolution supporting a Gaza ceasefire. Some parents had been concerned about planned chants and slogans - but all peaceful now https://t.co/qXeNXx9uYS