Members of Gay Liberation Network (GLN) were among the groups joined in a protest in front of Kluczynski Federal Building, 230 S. Dearborn St., Sept. 10 in anticipation of President Obama’s address about the escalating tensions in the Middle East. GLN’s Andy Thayer spoke at the gathering, saying that U.S. interventions in the region have only exacerbated problems in the region: “People have asked me, “What would you do about the violence?’ We can stop arming the world. The U.S. spends more on its military than the rest of the world combined. Over and over, the U.S. has aligned itself on the side of tyrants.”
—Matt Simonette