Tampa activists stand in solidarity with Rasmea Odeh
Tampa. FL - Around 20 activists gathered in front of the Sam M. Gibbons Federal courthouse, Oct. 15 carrying a Palestinian flag and holding signs reading, “Justice for Rasmea.”The day before, Rasmea...
View ArticleLos Angeles demands justice for Rasmea and Palestine
Los Angeles, CA - During rush hour, Oct. 13, two dozen people gathered in front of the Los Angeles federal building to demand justice for Rasmea Odeh. Odeh appeared before an appeals court in...
View ArticleFlorida SDS, anti-war activists protest SOA
Columbus, GA - Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and anti-war activists from college campuses in Tampa, Gainesville and Tallahassee, Florida traveled to Columbus to protest the School of the...
View ArticlePeople’s Thanksgiving Dinner held in Chicago
Chicago, IL - Palestinian icon Rasmea Odeh; Black youth leaders Veronica Morris-Moore and LaCreshia Birts; Black Liberation Movement veteran Frank Chapman and Eric Koene, a striking worker from the...
View ArticleChicago Teachers Union honors Rev. Sekou of Ferguson, Sekou honors Rasmea Odeh
Chicago, IL - The Chicago Teachers Union invited Rev. Osagyefo Sekou as their guest of honor and keynote speaker for a Martin Luther King, Jr. breakfast on Friday, Jan. 15. Reverend Sekou became well...
View ArticleRasmea Defense Committee announces social media campaign
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call for action from the Rasmea Defense Committee.Wednesday, Jan. 27 Social Media Campaign#Justice4RasmeaJoin the Rasmea Defense Committee for a...
View ArticleFBI attempts to question Tampa activist
Tampa, FL - Tampa anti-war activist Jessica Schwartz says a family member handed her an FBI agent’s card. The card was stuck in the front door of the family home and belonged to FBI Special Agent A....
View ArticleSan Jose stands with Rasmea Odeh
San Jose, CA - On June 10, members and supporters of the South Bay Committee Against Political Repression (SBCAPR), passed out flyers and held signs in support of Rasmea Odeh, whose case is being...
View ArticleNew York rally and march demands ‘Justice for Rasmea’
New York, NY - 45 activists and community organizers gathered at 19 W 44 th Street, the office of G4S Security Solutions, June 10, to stand in support for Rasmea Odeh, a Palestinian American leader who...
View ArticleTampa plans rally in support of Rasmea Odeh
Tampa activists plan to rally here in support of long-time Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh, on Monday, June 13, 5:30 p.m. at 56th and Fowler Avenue. The rally coincides with Odeh’s same-day...
View ArticleRasmea Odeh appeal moves towards new trial
Detroit, MI - Over 100 supporters of Rasmea Odeh chanted her name in excitement as she emerged from the Federal Court Building in downtown Detroit on June 13. The crowd could see on Odeh’s face that...
View ArticleTampa rallies in support of Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh
Tampa, FL - The Committee to Stop FBI Repression - Tampa (CSFR-Tampa) held a rally attended by 15 activists and community members here, June 13, at the corner of 56th and Fowler Avenue, to stand with...
View ArticleMore victories for the defense in Rasmea’s case!
Over 100 people from all over the Midwest gathered in Detroit to support Rasmea Odeh as she, her attorneys, and the prosecution appeared before Judge Gershwin Drain for a status conference on Monday,...
View ArticleEyewitness to a new chapter for Colombia: Interview with James Jordan
Meredith Aby-Keirstead, of Fight Back! interviews James Jordan, with the Alliance For Global Justice in Tucson, Arizona. Jordan recently returned from the Accompaniment Delegation to Support Colombia’s...
View ArticleFBI attempts to question LA activist
Los Angeles, CA – On the morning of July 5, Los Angeles activist Jared Hamil received repeated phone calls from FBI Special Agent A. Brett Fears.Hamil told Fears that had nothing to say and the agent...
View ArticleHappy birthday to Colombian revolutionary Ricardo Palmera (Simon Trinidad)
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by the National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera (Simon Trinidad).The National Committee to Free Ricard Palmera (Simon Trinidad) wishes...
View ArticleProsecutors launch new legal attack on Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh
Fight News Service is circulating the following August 5 statement from the Rasmea Defense Committee.Attorneys representing Palestinian American icon, Rasmea Odeh, are pushing back against a new legal...
View ArticleRasmea’s prosecutors deny the horror of torture; Judge Drain accepts their...
Detroit, MI - Rasmea Odeh, a survivor of vicious torture at the hands of the Israeli military, will be compelled to undergo hours of psychological evaluation by a government forensic examiner,...
View ArticleBurhan Mohumed speaks out against government repression of Somali community
Minneapolis, MN - Burhan Mohumed, a Somali-American leader in the West Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis and a member of Minnesotans Against Islamophobia, was visited by law enforcement on July 22....
View ArticleMinneapolis rally to stop deportation of Cambodian refugees
Minneapolis, MN - A hundred people rallied in Minneapolis Sept. 14, calling for a stop to the deportation of several Twin Cities-area Cambodian (Khmer) refugees who have been detained by Immigration...
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