Rasmea Odeh takes the stand!
Fight Back New Service is circulating this Nov. 6 statement from the Rasmea Defense Committee.Report on trial day 3: Rasmea takes the stand!Rasmea’s supporters packed the courtroom in anticipation of...
View ArticleUniversity of Florida students support Rasmea Odeh
Gainesville, FL—Twenty-five University of Florida (UF) students and allies rallied on campus in solidarity with Arab American women’s leader Rasmea Odeh. Odeh’s trial began in Detroit on Nov. 4 and is...
View ArticleSouth Florida anti-war activists rally as Rasmea Odeh trial begins in Detroit
Ft. Lauderdale, FL – At the start of rush hour on Nov. 4, a dozen anti-war organizers and members of the Palestinian community gathered outside the Federal Courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale with a...
View ArticleTampa rally in solidarity with Odeh and Osmakac - targets of political...
Tampa, FL - Anti-war activists protested outside the Sam Gibbons Federal Courthouse on Nov. 4 to demand justice in two cases of political repression. One is the current trial of Palestinian American...
View ArticleUtah rally against political repression, and for Rasmea Odeh
Salt Lake City, UT – Fifteen anti-war activists gathered in front of the William F Bennet Federal Building on Nov. 4 to stand in solidarity with Rasmea Odeh. Rasmea Odeh is an Arab American and women's...
View ArticleRasmea and her defense finish strong on last day of trial
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Rasmea Defense Committee.Rasmea Defense Committee statementOn the coldest morning all week, supporters gathered early outside the...
View ArticleLegalization for All Network statement on mass killing of Mexican students
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Legalization for All (L4A) Network. Normalista refers students at a "normal school" or teaching college.Solidarity from the North...
View ArticleAfter unjust guilty verdict, prosecutor trying to jail Rasmea Odeh
Detroit, MI – Prosecutor Jonathan Tukel of the U.S. Attorney’s Office is asking that the bond for Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh be revoked. This comes on the heels of an unjust guilty verdict...
View ArticleUniversity of MN vigil shows solidarity with 43 missing Mexican students
Minneapolis, MN - 50 students and community members gathered for a vigil Nov. 11 in solidarity with the 43 disappeared - and likely murdered - Mexican student activists in Ayotzinapa. The vigil was in...
View ArticleSupporters of Rasmea Odeh lock down U.S. Federal Court building in Oakland
Oakland, CA - Activists with the Bay Area Rasmea Defense Committee chained themselves to doors of the federal courthouse here, Nov. 12 to protest the conviction and imprisonment of 67-year-old...
View ArticleChicago rally demands ‘Free Rasmea now’
Chicago, IL - 250 people came together here, Nov. 12, in the Federal Plaza to express their grief and anger at the injustice that took place on Monday, Nov. 10, at the trial of beloved community leader...
View ArticleDetroit demonstration to demand ‘Free Rasmea now!’
Detroit, MI – Supporters of long-time Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh are planning a protest here at the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse, 231 W Lafayette Blvd, Nov. 14, at 1:30 p.m., to demand...
View ArticleFlorida students show solidarity with Rasmea Odeh
Gainesville, FL--On Nov. 10 the University of Florida’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) held a corner sign-holding protest in support of Rasmea Odeh. Odeh is a 67-year-old...
View ArticleMilwaukee rallies against verdict in Rasmea Odeh case
Milwaukee, WI - Over two dozen people gathered here in freezing temperatures the night of Nov. 14 to stand in solidarity with Rasmea Odeh and demand she be released from jail.The event was organized...
View ArticleMO Governor Nixon declares state of emergency, troops heading to Ferguson
St. Louis, MO – Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency. According to reports, the National Guard is heading to Ferguson. Citing the “possibility of expanded unrest,” government...
View ArticleStudents Say "Shut Down the SOA!"
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).November 21-23 Students for a Democratic Society will be joining thousands of other...
View ArticleRasmea Defense Committee demands #FreeRasmeaNow
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Nov. 18 statement from the Rasmea Defense Committee.After an unjust conviction November 10th, U.S. Marshals placed our beloved leader Rasmea Odeh in...
View ArticleSalt Lake protest: 'Rasmea is standing strong!'
Salt Lake City, UT - Activists rallied in front of the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building on Nov. 16, as part of a national week of action in support of Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh....
View ArticleDefense files motion to release political prisoner Rasmea Odeh from jail
Detroit, MI - Michael E. Deutsch, one of the attorneys on the defense team of prominent Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh, filed a motion to Federal Court here, Nov. 14, asking Judge Gershwin...
View ArticleTucson protest demands “Free Rasmea now!”
Tucson, AZ - Over a dozen activists rallied in solidarity with Rasmea Odeh outside the Federal Courthouse in front of busy Tucson traffic on Nov. 18. Amid the presence of Border Patrol, sheriffs and...
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