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Majority of City Council demanding Chicago Cultural Center remove controversial art display
Silverstein and more than 20 other council members have signed a letter to Mayor Johnson about the “US-Israel War Machine” display at the Chicago Cultural Center, which features a bloodied puppets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Chicago lawmakers demand 'US-Israel War Machine' art be removed from city cultural center
Israel War Machine' piece at the Chicago Cultural Center was signed by 27 members of the Chicago City Council on Tuesday.
Majority of City Council call for removal of 'antisemitic' art display
A majority of City Council members are calling for the removal of what they consider an offensive puppet display at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Chicago aldermen blast Cultural Center display as antisemitic, call on Mayor Brandon Johnson to remove it
A majority of the City Council signed a letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson Wednesday condemning a puppet display at the Chicago Cultural Center as antisemitic and calling on the city to take it down. The free,
Aldermen demand removal of Chicago Cultural Center art display they call antisemitic
A majority of the City Council is demanding that an art exhibit they believe is antisemitic be immediately removed from the Chicago Cultural Center downtown. The display, titled U.S-Israel War Machine,
City Council majority demands removal of artwork at Cultural Center that it calls antisemitic
The display, titled U.S.-Israel War Machine, includes one puppet branded “Uncle Sam” with blood on his face. Another puppet depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with blood on his hands.
Chicago City Council blocks proposal allowing local police to help with deportations
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City Council blocks bid to roll back Chicago's protections for undocumented immigrants
Two of the council's more conservative alders wanted to allow CPD to work with federal immigration authorities in cases where ...
Chicago City Council approves almost $40M in settlements; speed limit vote deferred
Alderman Daniel LaSpata deferred a vote on lowering the speed limit in Chicago to 25 miles per hour Wednesday.
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