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Chicago Teachers Union Abruptly Cancels Screening of Documentary on Hamas Sexual Violence Following Complaints From Anti-Israel Activists
Alana Goodman
October 20, 2026

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) abruptly canceled the screening of a film documenting Hamas violence on Oct. 7, 2023, after anti-Israel activists objected to the film being shown at the union’s conference center, event organizers told the Washington Free Beacon. The news comes three months after the far-left union hosted a Marxist, anti-Israel conference at which speakers called on attendees to support Iran’s “axis of resistance” and advocated for violence against the United States and Israel. Defending Education, a nonprofit group that supports parental rights and fights antisemitism in the education system, organized the October 19 screening of Screams Before Silence, a documentary by businesswoman Sheryl Sandberg that chronicled the sexual violence Hamas terrorists committed while carrying out the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks on Israel. The CTU Foundation agreed to host the screening at its event space in Chicago before reversing course on Friday, just two days before the planned event…READ MORE