Drop the Charges on Jackie G!

The baseless charges against Jackie and other protesters are an outrageous attempt to intimidate and silence people from standing up to the ICE-Gestapo and other horrors, they must be defeated!

Fuck Dick Cheney

On Operation Midway Blitz – The ICE-Gestapo’s Attack on Chicago

Resistance is the Only Way Forward

On Operation Midway Blitz – The ICE-Gestapo’s Attack on Chicago

Jail Bovino!

“Behind Enemy Lines confronted CBP chief Gregory “Göring” Bovino, before his court appearance, making it clear that there is only one appropriate punishment for his crimes against humanity: Lock Him Up!”

Drop the charges on Sandra Infante!

“Sandra Infante was unjustly arrested while protesting the ICE-Gestapo in Little Village. It is an absurd mockery of Chicago’s so-called “Sanctuary City” status for residents of Chicago to be arrested by the Chicago Police Department for trying to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped.”

Hands off Venezuela

“…Since early September, Donald Trump’s ICE-Gestapo has been unleashing a reign of terror on Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Dubbed ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and personally headed by SS-wannabe Gregory Bovino, this operation has been a mix of media sensationalism and full on fascist kidnapping of everyday Latino residents, including the murder of Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez.”

Why is the CPD Protecting the ICE-Gestapo… Again?

“For the second day in a row, the ICE-Gestapo, personally supervised by Gregory “Göring” Bovino terrorized the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. Anonymous, masked agents grabbed people off the street, including a a high school student.”

What is and isn’t allowed in Brandon Johnson’s Chicago:

“Just days after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson gave a boisterous speech, calling for a “general strike” against the Trump government, the ICE-Gestapo went on another rampage through the suburb of Cicero and Chicago Latino Little Village neighborhood.”

The Great Gaslighters: How Chicago’s Democrat Leaders are Aiding and Abetting the Mass Deportation Machine

“Since early September, Donald Trump’s ICE-Gestapo has been unleashing a reign of terror on Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Dubbed ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and personally headed by SS-wannabe Gregory Bovino, this operation has been a mix of media sensationalism and full on fascist kidnapping of everyday Latino residents, including the murder of Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez.”

The ICE-Gestapo Shot a Woman in Chicago Today

“Today in Chicago, while actively terrorizing the Latino neighborhood of Brighton Park, the ICE-Gestapo shot a woman. They have released all kinds of bizarre and contradictory details to the media to try and smear her name while she was still hospitalized.”

What Illinois politicians actually mean when they say they’re against ICE

“For weeks it has been clear that Chicago and Illinois political leaders are utterly failing at standing up the ICE-Gestapo. On Friday alone, a new “Unified Command”, made up of phalanxes of Illinois State Police, Cook County Sheriffs, Broadview Police, and Northern Illinois Police stood in defense of the ICE-Gestapo, and Illinois State Police literally were shoulder to shoulder with the ICE-Gestapo in brutally attacking protesters, including clergy.”

If they wanted to, they would.

“For nearly three weeks, Chicago and the surrounding suburbs have been invaded by Donald Trump’s ICE-Gestapo. Every day, these anonymous, masked thugs terrorize whole neighborhoods, rolling up on fathers, mothers, and friends, to kidnap people going about their daily lives, making a mockery of due process.”

The ICE gestapo murdered a man in Chicago today

“Donald Trump’s ICE Gestapo murdered a man today in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park. The 38-year-old man, identified as Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, was supposedly stopped by ICE thugs because of his history of ‘reckless driving’.”

Victory to the Hunger Strikers!

“For more than three weeks, T Hoxa, a political prisoner in the UK held without trial, has been on hunger strike in Peterborough prison.”

Treason to US imperialism is loyalty to humanity: In reply to Donald Trump’s executive order

“What flag flies over the White House, where genocide is funded and defended by presidents of both parties?

In his recent executive order, Donald Trump threatens to bring the wrath of the federal government down on the brave people who burn or desecrate the American flag. “

No National Guard in Chicago

“Donald Trump, the racist, chauvinist head of this decrepit empire, is threatening to send the National Guard to Chicago on the heels of deployments to Los Angeles and Washington, DC.”

Last Week in Imperialism: 8/26

Last week in imperialism covering;

– The Gaza famine

– The assassination of journalist Anas al-Sharif

– Anti-Alawite pogroms in Syria

– Elections in Bolivia

– LA anti-ICE protester found dead in jail

Yet Another Bomb

“Yesterday, 20 people were murdered at Nasser Hospital in Gaza by a double-tap drone strike, including five journalists and medical personnel. Facing near immediate backlash from the international community, Netanyahu commented and referred to the deaths of the journalists and medical staff as a “tragic mishap”. There is no mishap. It is not a mishap to target journalists. It is not a mishap to target hospitals. It is not a mishap to annihilate civilians.

This is another day of empire.”

Fuck the Air and Water Show

“Former Superman actor Dean Cain has decided to try to crawl out of irrelevance by becoming a mascot for the ICE Gestapo. This is part of a larger trend by reactionaries like Trump and Netanyahu using celebrities and influencers like quack Doctor Phil and the thankfully deceased racist Hulk Hogan to sanitize the image of their barbaric violence. If you could sum up their messaging in a sentence, it would be “It’s your American Patriotic duty to terrorize migrants”If you are in Chicago this weekend, you will hear the obnoxious, loud jets from the Air and Water Show. If you live on the north side, your windows may have even been shattered from a sonic boom. For us in the belly of the US empire, these sounds and vibrations are a nuisance; for Palestinians in Gaza, that sound is the last thing they hear before being blown to pieces in an Israeli airstrike”.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s washed-up actor Dean Cain!

Former Superman actor Dean Cain has decided to try to crawl out of irrelevance by becoming a mascot for the ICE Gestapo. This is part of a larger trend by reactionaries like Trump and Netanyahu using celebrities and influencers like quack Doctor Phil and the thankfully deceased racist Hulk Hogan to sanitize the image of their barbaric violence. If you could sum up their messaging in a sentence, it would be “It’s your American Patriotic duty to terrorize migrants”.

Last Week in Imperialism: 8/12

– The US-Israel onslaught on Gaza continues unabated

– Trump’s recycled war on drugs rhetoric and real threats against Mexico

– US imperialists impose a 50% tariff on Brazil

– At least asylum seekers killed fleeing US sponsored devastation in Libya.

Can France and Majorie Taylor Greene free Palestine?

This past week felt like a Seussical-themed opposite day – suddenly, the genocide in Gaza is correctly being called a genocide, votes against Israeli arms deals are stacking up, and Palestine is (almost) a state?! Blink and you might’ve missed it, but after 21 months of relentless terror across Gaza, do the US and other imperialist nations finally have a conscience? Of course not.

Last Week in Imperialism: 8/2

– US-Israel war machine bombs Gaza’s Holy Family Church

– Cambodia-Thailand border clashes and the rotten afterlife of French colonialism

– US Imperialists abandon the Kenyan Masses and Compradors alike

– Japan: elections and tariffs

– The MAGA freak out over Epstein, and the potential Mossad connection

“Those children look very hungry” They’re not hungry, they’re starving

Mass starvation is not collateral damage. It is a tactic of genocide, deliberately executed by the US-Israel war machine. Every day the US empire continues unchecked, in lockstep with Israel, every day people in this country go about business as usual​​​​​​​ is another day where children are starved, and another day where families gathering food serve as target practice.

Last week in US Imperialism – 7/21/25

– The Hague group conference in Colombia
– The ongoing starvation and massacres of people in Gaza desperately seeking food aid
– US-Israel belligerence towards Syria
– Withdrawal of National Guard troops from LA
– Israel pogroms in the West Bank and the death of a US citizen

Brandon Johnson: Why was CPD working with ICE?

“On June 4th, ICE thugs brutally kidnapped 10 people who had shown up to a supposed routine “check-in” at the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP, a subcontractor of ICE). This fascist gestapo was able to get away with snatching these people because of assistance from the Chicago Police Department.“

Last Week in Imperialism: July 16th

Last week in imperialism:
-New reporting reveals ICE thugs relying on canary mission blacklists

– Stepped up US-Israel campaign of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank

– US imperialism injecting a new round of weapons into its proxy war with Russia

– Trump government targeting Brazilian sovereignty with tariff threats

Last Week in Imperialism: July 7th

Last week in imperialism:
– new forms of depravity in the ongoing US-Israel genocide on Gaza
– mass protests and repression in Kenya
– new revelations of the international crackdown by Pakistan’s US-backed military
– The US imperialists hunt for minerals in the Rwanda-DRC peace accords.

Last Week in Imperialism: June 2025

Last week in imperialism: US crimes in Okinawa, attacks on Gaza, and mass rebellion in Panama.

Defend Palestine Action

“On Monday June 30th, the UK government began the process of banning the group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws.”

Two Weeks in US Imperialism

Two weeks in imperialism: Israel continues to attack with impunity and ICE kicks off the summer.

With ICE raids on the horizon, Brandon Johnson says “rise up” (but not like that).

“Reports indicate that Chicago will be among the next wave of cities targeted for ICE kidnappings. With that horrific possibility looming, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson suggested that Chicagoans should “rise up in this moment” against Donald Trump. He made this audacious statement just one day after protesters at an anti-ICE march were attacked by the police, resulting in several injuries and 17 arrests. “

The mass deportation machine in Chicago

“On the same day as pathetic weasel Donald Trump announced travel bans from 12 countries, several of which are long-time victims of US imperialism, his ICE brown shirts descended on Chicago. At least 10 people were summoned for routine check-ins, only to be separated from lawyers, arrested by masked ICE agents, and denied any kind of legal due process.”

US Imperialism Attacks the People Who Feed It

“On May 2nd, ICE agents stopped a bus of farm workers near Rochester, NY, detaining 14 individuals on their way to work”…

This Week in Imperialism 5/26

This week in imperialism – Syria bends to imperialists, raids in the West Bank, failure of humanity at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and Hegseth in Shangri-La.

Who should be Remembered this Memorial Day…

“Who should really be remembered on Memorial Day? While people around the US are celebrating with cook outs, trips to the beach, and perhaps remembering US soldiers killed in “action” – we know that this holiday marks the occasion to remember those who died in the fight to expand and maintain US imperialism.”

This week in Imperialism: 5/25

“This week in imperialism: the famine in Gaza, Gideon’s Chariots, and the Philippines “free” elections.”

The US-Israel war machine is imposing a final solution in Gaza. What are you going to do about it?

“Every day since the October 7th jailbreak, the US-Israel war machine has been unleashing a living hell on the people of Gaza. They have waged war on Gaza’s beleaguered medical system: denying the entry of life-saving medicine, dropping bombs on hospitals, executing patients, and kidnapping doctors.”

This Week in US Imperialism

This week in US imperialism: Gaza is on the brink of starvation, Kashmir is under attack, and Trump tries to extend Israel’s reach. Join Behind Enemy Lines and make the choice to stand with the people of the world.

José “Pepe” Mujica

“José “Pepe” Mujica, former President of Uruguay, passed away Tuesday at 89, leaving a legacy as a powerful, yet humble, revolutionary leader.”

Catholics worldwide: Will you stand with the people of the world as Pope Francis did?

The night Pope Francis died, he made the same phone call he’d been making every evening for over a year: to Holy Family Church in Gaza City, checking on the congregation and the refugees sheltering there- including many Muslims.

Charges Dropped – 5/1 Final DNC Trial Update

CHARGES DROPPED!
City: 0 Protestors: 10

It’s a clean sweep, 10-0 for the DNC protestors BEL has been supporting since August! Not guilty, not liable. It is right to rebel against genocide!

Not Guilty – 4/28 DNC Trial Update

Months ago, Behind Enemy Lines and a group of DNC protesters made a decision to reject all plea deals and go to trial, because the only people who did anything wrong on 8/20 were the genocidal freaks in the convention center and Brandon Johnson’s CPD thugs defending them.

Not a single one of that group has been found guilty or liable, all of the charges have been dropped or disproven in court. The city of Chicago has not won a single 8/20 DNC protest case in court.

Not Guilty – 4/24 DNC Trial Update

“Today, we’re proud to share that our partner, Latiera Scott-Johnson, secured a trial victory for one of those clients—an individual arrested while protesting in support of the rights and dignity of the Palestinian people.”

Charges Dropped – 4/22 DNC Trial Update

More than 8 months after the CPD police riot on 8/20, city prosecutors dropped another case. The protester, rightfully and righteously demanded their right to trial, and flew in from out of town, only for City of Chicago prosecutors to drop the case at the least minute.

This week in imperialism

This week in US imperialism: Endemic Power Outages in Puerto Rico, the US War on Yemen reigns terror, and The US-Israeli Genocide in Gaza continues unabated. Join Behind Enemy Lines and make the choice to stand with the people of the world.

Not Guilty – 4/17 DNC Trial Update

“Just a day after city prosecutors dropped charges against one DNC protester, they went to trial against three other protesters and lost, again.”

Charges Dropped – 4/16 DNC Trial Update

“Another DNC case dismissed!
It’s right to rebel against genocide!

Today the City of Chicago was forced to drop another case resulting from the CPD police riot on August 20th.”

What Scandal? US Bombs continue to resign down on Yemen

“On March 15th, US Navy warplanes began a systematic bombing campaign of northern Yemen. To date, starting from March 15th, there have been 34 airstrikes conducted by the US military on Yemeni soil, killing at least 53 people in the process.

Why?”

Charges Dropped! DNC Trial Update – 3/27

“Today one of the DNC defendants who courageously chose to take their case to trial had both city and state charges dropped and his dismissed!”

Internationalist & Seriously Mutinous: The San Patricios

“Today, the San Patricios are revered as heroes of Mexican history and honored during St. Patrick’s day celebrations across the country every year. They are recognized as people who, given the choice to side with the oppressor and remain in the invading army, instead joined the people of Mexico to fight US imperialism.”

3/15/25 Bombing of Yemen

“Donald Trump’s murderous and criminal bombing of Yemen is a continuation of the bipartisan US legacy of terror! Just yesterday, Trump’s airstrikes killed 31 and injured over 100, including women and children.”

Rosenbury, Resign!

“In the span of one week, Barnard expelled 3 students for protesting Columbia’s role in the Gaza genocide.

Yesterday (3/5/25), the students once again occupied a building on campus to demand amnesty. They called on fellow students to be brave and join them, in an act that broke the silence that has fallen on campuses since last Spring’s encampments.
In response, Barnard College President Rosenbury deployed the NYPD on campus to arrest those participating.“

Not Guilty! March 4th DNC Trial Update

“Today one of the DNC defendants who courageously chose to take their case all the way to trial was found not liable in Cook County Court. The judge found that the City of Chicago, failed to meet the burden of proof to prove that a city ordinance violation had been committed.”

Why are people immigrating to the US?

History of U.S. intervention in Latin America

“US intervention across the world is nothing new. Whether explicit or covert, in the form of government coups, proxy wars, or “humanitarian aid”; history has painted a clear picture of the reality the US leaves in its wake—destabilization and destruction.“

Drop the Charges 2/18 Update! 

“It’s been nearly six months since Brandon Johnson and Larry Snelling’s thugs in the CPD staged the police riot against the Behind Enemy Lines anti-protest. That police riot resulted in injuries and more than 70 arrests, including of several journalists. While Brandon Johnson was inside of the convention partying with B-List rappers and the butchers of Gaza, the people arrested at the BEL protest spent hours inside of police vans, before being held overnight in filthy jail cells.”

Brandon Johnson, Arrest Yoav Gallant

“Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson has tried to have it both ways about Palestine. He’s denounced the US-Israel onslaught as a genocide, but never retracted his outrageous comments equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism. He supported a toothless, symbolic, city council ceasefire resolution, but threw a party for genocide Joe and killer Kamala.”

Zionists at DePaul University call CPD on BEL

“Today outside of DePaul University, which has outrageously banned Behind Enemy Lines from campus, a group of Zionist snowflakes tried to shut down a BEL street team by having CPD roll up on us.” 

Brandon Johnson’s Trumpian prosecution of DNC protesters 

“Brandon Johnson has joined the chorus of Democratic Party voices claiming that they will stand up to the worst excesses of Donald Trump, so why is he engaging in a Trumpian prosecution of his political critics? “

Cost to Prosecute DNC Protestors

“The city of Chicago is still pursuing charges for DNC protestors, led by prosecutor Marianna Kiselev. Not only are these charges meant as a deterrent for resistance but they’re a big waste of money…”

You Dare to Call Me a Terrorist

“What does it mean for the most violent empire in human history to call someone a terrorist? In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the Bush administration declared a “war on terror” as the U.S. massacred 3 million people. More Palestinian children have been killed since 10/7/2023 than have been killed in all military aggression worldwide in the last four years, and again the people of the world are told that this is necessary to “defend Israel from terrorism.”

Genocide Joe’s Lame-Duck Imperialism 

“International Terrorist Genocide Joe Biden will not only go down in history as an electoral and political embarrassment, but as a mass murdering representative of the bloodthirsty US empire, justifiably hated around the world.”

Montreal Escalates for Gaza

Protest at the NATO summit, November 22, 2024

The US-Israel Rampage in Lebanon

“The media is reporting that there is now a ceasefire between Israel and the resistance organization Hezzbollah in Lebanon. This agreement represents a defeat for US-Israel aggression in Lebanon, which has led a trail of destruction in its wake.”

An interview with Sophie Ross of the Merrimack 4​​​​​​​

“I think people understand their duty. I think they’re just not carrying it out.”

Why is DePaul University allowing IOF Butchers to roam free on its campus?

“Wanted: Reservist in the fascist criminal Israeli army, invader & participant in the genocide in Gaza”

Interview with Natalie Knight

“Despite being put on leave and slandered in the media, they continued to agitate and stand up against the US-Israel Genocide, and Natalie was eventually reinstated at her job. This is just one example of how to respond to repression: with more resistance.”

Is the Ceasefire Demand Enough?

Interview with a comrade from Samidoun from our December 2023 teach-in on why the ceasefire demand is inadequate.

Does Israel Control the US?

Is US support for Israel a result of the Israel lobby influencing US politicians? Max Ajl, at our December 2023 teach-in breaks down the reality that the occupation of Palestine is an extension of US imperialism.

Debunking Myths of October 7th

“The Palestinian political priostners are at the center of everything that is happening right now.”

A comrade from Samidoun joined our December 2023 teach in. They share insights on the situation of Palestinian prisoners, the Palestinian resistance, and the truth about October 7.

Journalism and Liberation in Palestine

“Gaza is a small extermination camp that dared to stand up, not just to Israel, but to every oppressor in this cruel and heartless world”

Tamara Nassar of the Electronic Intifada speaks on the Gaza genocide, resistance, journalism, and the legacy of Dr. Refaat Alareer at our December 2023 teach-in.