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Priorities Revealed in Chicago: Hundreds of Millions Spent on Security While the People Suffer Cuts

 
Chicago Activists Denounce Massive Security Apparatus at NATO Summit Amid Cuts to Social Services
by Democracy Now!
Hundreds of protesters marched to the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s former chief of staff, on Saturday to oppose Emanuel’s cutting of social services while funding a massive security operation during the NATO summit. The day earlier, a group of nurses led a march in downtown Chicago to protest austerity cuts.
 
"They say cut back — we say fight back," the protesters chanted. "We need to come together," says retired nurse Kay McVay. "When you cut you bleed blood, not gold."

 
 
Guest: Kay McVay & Zakiyyah Muhammad, protesting security spending and cuts to social services in Chicago.