NYC protest demands freedom for Rasmea Odeh
New York, NY – Protesters converged on Federal Plaza here, Nov. 15 to demand justice for Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh. The protest was called by Students for Justice in Palestine groups from...
View ArticleMinnesotans march in solidarity with Ayotzinapa students
Minneapolis, MN - Students led a march of more than 200 people here Nov. 20 to demand justice for the 43 disappeared student activists from the rural teacher’s college in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero in...
View ArticleDespite prosecution’s ploys, Rasmea to be freed
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Rasmea Defense CommitteeAfter close to an hour-long deposition, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel withdrew his motion to...
View ArticleDurham protests slam police repression
Durham, NC - About 60 people marched to the Durham police headquarters, Dec. 19, to protest attacks by Durham riot police on peaceful protesters in recent weeks. The march kicked off with the chanting...
View ArticleMiami protest: End U.S. torture! Close Guantanamo now!
Doral, FL- In spite of pouring rain, nearly 70 people took to the streets near Miami, Jan. 11 demanding the immediate closure of the U.S. prisons at Guantanamo Bay. The march took place on the 13th...
View ArticleAll out for Detroit on March 12 to defend Rasmea Odeh
Chicago, IL – Organizers of the nationwide effort to get justice for longtime Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh are urging an all-out mobilization for Odeh’s sentencing in Detroit Federal Court...
View ArticleChicago students host fundraiser for Rasmea Odeh
Chicago, IL - Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Chicago Network is hosting a fundraiser Feb. 3 to celebrate the resilience of Rasmea Odeh. The event, at 8:00 p.m. at DePaul University, will...
View ArticleMomentum grows for ‘National Week of Action to Defend Rasmea’
Minneapolis, MN - Organizers of the Feb. 9 through 15 national week of actions to defend Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh say that activists in cities across the U.S. are committing to take...
View ArticleLarge turnout for Rasmea fundraiser at DePaul University, Zionist protest flops
Chicago, IL - Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at DePaul University held a fundraiser for Rasmea Odeh here, Feb. 3, with over 200 in attendance. Speaker after speaker rose to declare their...
View ArticlePolice seize private Facebook account info in Black Lives Matter case
Minneapolis, MN - Attorneys with Black Lives Matter Minneapolis obtained a copy of a warrant Feb. 2 from the Bloomington Police Department that grants police permission to seize private information...
View ArticleA farewell statement by Dr. Sami A. Al-Arian upon being deported from the U.S.
Professor Al-Arian is a Palestinian American civil rights and Palestine solidarity activist who was indicted in 2003 and put on trial for aiding the Palestinian resistance organization Islamic Jihad....
View ArticleTwin Cities joins national week of actions for Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh
Minneapolis, MN - Protests, speaking events and fundraisers are being organized across the U.S. as part of the growing national movement to win justice for Rasmea Odeh. Two events will take place in...
View ArticleCall to Action: Free Lina Khattab
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Samidoun -Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network.Palestinian student Lina Khattab, 18 years old and a first-year media student at...
View ArticleTampa stands with Rasmea Odeh
Tampa, FL - On Feb. 13 the Committee to Stop FBI Repression-Tampa held a sign-holding in support of Rasmea Odeh during the National Week of Action to Defend Rasmea Odeh. Members of CSFR-Tampa, Tampa...
View ArticleRasmea Odeh speaks to Tucson, Arizona solidarity activists
Tucson, AZ - People gathered Feb. 15 at a local radical bookstore and café to watch and listen to the inspiring words of Rasmea Odeh by video conference. The 67-year-old Arab American woman faces the...
View ArticleCourt denies defense motions for Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh
Detroit, MI – Chicago’s 68-year-old Palestinian community leader, Rasmea Odeh, is set to appear in a Detroit federal court for sentencing on March 12, following her conviction on a single charge of...
View ArticleNew York activists gather in solidarity with Rasmea Odeh
New York, NY - Over 35 people gathered at the historic Riverside Church in Harlem, Feb. 13 to show solidarity with Rasmea Odeh. Odeh is a 68-year-old Arab American Chicago community organizer and...
View ArticleHoward Morgan freed from prison
Chicago, Il - A Valentine’s Day event was held at the Church of the Living God on Chicago’s South Side to welcome home Howard Morgan. Presided over by his wife, Rosalind and the Howard Morgan Defense...
View ArticleTampa event opposes U.S. war and political repression
Tampa, FL - A group of 50 people gathered at the First United Church of Tampa for a panel discussion, “State Repression and the War on Terror.” Speakers focused on the U.S. government targeting of...
View ArticlePFLP denounces occupation military courts, salutes steadfastness of...
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Feb. 18 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The Ofer military court of the Zionist occupation sentenced a student at...
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