Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression

Monthly District Council meetings bring neighbors together to address public safety and police misconduct or violence in their communities. The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression is a branch of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, a mass defense organization founded in 1973. It works to defend the rights of Black people and other oppressed peoples to organize and fight for freedom, justice and equality. The group mobilizes for actions, meetings and court dates, and supports efforts to increase community power over policing, including the CPOP referendum. Its work also includes coalition activity around immigrant rights, unionizing and striking, education, reproductive rights and other issues. The organization identifies police occupation of communities and mass incarceration as major obstacles to democracy and liberation.