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Midwest Unrest

Midwest Unrest
Fight or Walk Anarchists Organize “No Fare” Days in the Chicago Transit Fare Strike

In September 2004, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) declared January 2, 2005 to be “Doomsday.” Unless the transportation department received $87 million from the state legislature, city bureaucrats threatened that Chicago’s public transit system would be slashed by 20 percent, eliminating numerous bus routes, overnight elevated train service (the “El”), and 1250 jobs.

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