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Rasmea Odeh speaks on Palestine and political repression

New York, NY - A crowd gathered at The People’s Forum on June 9 to hear Rasmea Odeh and Suzanne Adely speak on the repression of the Palestinian solidarity movement by the United States and Israel....

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Interview with Jose “Cha Cha” Jimenez on original Rainbow Coalition

There are many 50-year anniversaries being celebrated these days, including the founding of the Young Lords on September 23, 1968, and the Rainbow Coalition in April 1969.Fight Back! interviewed the...

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ILPS stands in solidarity with Khaled Barakat!

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) in solidarity with Khaled Barakat, that was adopted at its 6th International...

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Milwaukee: ‘Drop the Charges’ rally for student who took placard from Nazi

Milwaukee, WI - Activists rallied outside the Milwaukee County courthouse on the afternoon of July 11 to stand in solidarity with a student who was arrested and charged for taking a vulgar, racist sign...

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Police assault Salt Lake City pollution protesters

Salt Lake City, UT - More than 100 people gathered at the City and County Building on July 9 to protest the construction of the Inland Port in northwest Salt Lake Valley. The Inland Port will worsen...

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Crime, poverty, policing point to need for a People’s Budget in Jacksonville,...

Jacksonville, FL - There is no denying the separation between the community and city officials in Jacksonville, Florida when it comes to solutions on crime and poverty. Community advocates continually...

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BAYAN-USA: Stop the Attacks on Human Rights Defenders Now!

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from BAYAN-USA.Threats and Harassment by Government Forces Foreshadowed Shooting of Human Rights Defender Brandon LeeBAYAN-USA condemns...

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Philippines: On the proposal to revive the Anti-Subversion Law

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 14 statement by Jose Maria Sison, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Chief Political Consultant. The proposal of General...

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Say no to the McCarthyite attack on Chicago teachers

As the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) find itself locked in tough contract negotiations and faces the possibility of a strike, corporate and right-wing media like the Chicago Tribune, Breitbart and...

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Representatives Omar and Tlaib speak out against being banned from Palestine

St. Paul, MN - On August 19, Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) held a press conference in the State Capitol in Saint Paul to a packed room, with an overflow of...

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Protesters demand MN divest from Elbit

St. Paul, MN - “In 2017, the Trump administration awarded Elbit a contract to work on the expansion of the Mexico border wall. Elbit System’s CEO has said that the company’s current growth can be...

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Civil rights conference featuring renowned activist Angela Davis to gather in...

Chicago, IL - Founded in 1973 as an organization that grew out of the movement to free the wrongfully imprisoned Angela Davis and other political prisoners, the National Alliance Against Racist and...

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Resistance is key: The 2010 FBI raids on anti-war and international...

Nine years ago, on September 24, 2010, the FBI raided and subpoenaed Midwest anti-war and international solidarity activists in a bogus attempt to discover “material support of terrorism.” The FBI’s...

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Young Lords remember martyrs and march for the future

Chicago, IL - A standing room only crowd filled the Holy Covenant United Methodist Church on September 29 to commemorate Reverend Bruce Johnson and Eugenia Johnson. The reverend and his wife Eugenia...

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Labor unions to join national civil rights conference with Angela Davis in...

Chicago, IL - Unions are on the march in defense of their members across the country, with the autoworker strike against GM and strike authorization votes by teachers and other city employees in...

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Philippines: Shooting of Bukidnon teachers is handiwork of military agents

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 19 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines.The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounces the dastardly shooting of...

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Condemn mass arrest and Duterte regime’s heightened fascist drive

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Nov. 2 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines.The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns in the strongest terms the mass...

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NYC protest demands release of activists, union members jailed in Philippines

New York, NY - Several dozen organizers and community members gathered outside the Philippine Consulate on 5th Avenue, November 4, to demand that the government of the Philippines release the 62...

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FRSO condemns wave of repression against trade unionists, progressive...

Freedom Road Socialist Organization stands in opposition to the wave of political repression that is being unleashed in the Philippines. The U.S.-backed regime of President Duterte has carried out a...

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All out for relaunching of the National Alliance against Racist and Political...

Fight Back! interviews Frank Chapman on the November 22-24 Chicago conference to refound the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression.Fight Back!: Could you say a few words about what...

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