Fort Lauderdale, FL – On Sunday, April 15, about 25 members of the South Florida activist community joined together outside of the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale to protest the latest U.S. attacks on Syria. The event was in reaction to the attack Friday night by U.S. and its accomplices, in which they illegally bombed three government-controlled sites in and around heavily populated areas in Syria.

Dallas, TX – About 40 people gathered in Dealey Plaza in Downtown Dallas, April 14, to raise their voices against Trump’s attack on Syria the day before. Signs were present with slogans such as “Hands off Syria,” “No war on Syria” and “U.S. out of the Middle East.”

New York, NY – Around 50 people gathered in Union Square April 13 to stand in solidarity with the third week of Palestinians protesting on the border of Gaza.

Minneapolis, MN – The Minnesota Peace Action Coalition (MPAC) organized a news conference on the afternoon of April 14 to speak out against the U.S. bombing of Syria the evening before.

Minneapolis, MN – On Friday, April 13, in the City Hall rotunda, the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) held their third press conference with their coalition partners since the launch of their campaign for ‘Sanctuary Now’ in Minneapolis. Before the meeting of the city council, they demanded urgent action to implement a Municipal ID for Minneapolis residents – one of 13 points in MIRAC’s Minneapolis Sanctuary Platform unveiled on Sept. 20, 2017.

¡Lucha y Resiste! entrevistó al concejal Carlos Ramirez Rosa y Frank Chapman de la Alianza de Chicago contra la Represión Racista y Política sobre la lucha por un Concilio Elegido de Transparencia Policial (CPAC, por sus siglas en inglés). La legislación para establecer este concilio fue promovido por el concejal Rosa y otros ocho miembros del concilio de la cuidad de Chicago. ¡Lucha y Resiste!: Quiero pedir que usted exprese su opinión sobre la legislación de transparencia policial recién avanzada esta semana en el concilio municipal. Los concejales Osterman y Sawyer no han apoyado al CPAC, pero ahora están promoviendo un proyecto de ley para una comisión comunitaria de seguridad pública y de transparencia. ¿En su opinión, por que lo han hecho?

Part three of a three-part interview with Professor Masao Suzuki

This is part three of a three-part interview. Click for part one and part two of this interview. Fight Back!: President Trump seems intent on risking on a trade war with China in order to narrow the U.S. trade deficit. Trump thinks the U.S. trade deficit means that the U.S. is a loser, and by bringing down the trade deficit the U.S. economy will grow by the same amount, creating jobs and income here in the U.S. What do you think?

West Valley City, UT – In the third recent act of brutality by the West Valley City Police Department, on April 8, officers killed Elijah James Smith, a young Black man who was fleeing for his life.

Minneapolis, MN – A coalition of Twin-Cities peace, anti-war and other organizations will hold protest on Sunday, April 15 as part of a nationally coordinated weekend of events in cities across the U.S.

_Part one of a three-part interview with Professor Masao Suzuki _

This is part one of a three-part interview. Click for part two and part three of this interview. Fight Back!: Professor Suzuki, there has been a lot in the news about the Trump administration’s new tariffs and the U.S. trade deficit. How big is it really?

Milwaukee, WI – Former FBI agent and anti-Muslim activist John Guandolo had planned to speak in five Midwestern cities from April 5-9, but protests forced him to cancel all five events.

New York, NY – On April 6, around 200 people gathered in Union Square to in solidarity with Palestinians as they protest on the Gaza border for their right to return. The protest was called by the organization Within Our Lifetime.

New York, NY – On April 5, about 2000 people marched in the streets of Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights in response to the NYPD’s murder of Saheed Vassell.

The U.S. stock market fell again Friday, April 6, with the broadest measure, the S&P 500, falling more than 2%. This followed President Trump’s tweet on Thursday that he would ask for a list of an additional $100 billion in imports from China to put tariffs on, raising the total to more than $150 billion. It was also revealed that there are no negotiations between China and the U.S., raising the likelihood of a full-blown trade war.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from trade unionists in the Philippines.

Gaza officials report that on April 4, an Israeli drone strike killed a Palestinian youth in the border area.

Memphis, TN – Members of AFSCME and other unions, along with civil rights activists, marched in Memphis, April 4, the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. King was in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers, members of AFSCME Local 1733, at the time of his 1968 murder.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following April 16, 1968 statement from Mao Zedong on the assassination of Martin Luther King. Statement by Comrade Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Support of the Afro-American Struggle Against Violent Repression

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network.

Tampa, FL – Two dozen University of South Florida students, workers and community members came together at the MLK plaza, at USF, March 29, to protest the police killing of Stephon Clark. Clark was 22 years old, a father, African American, and unarmed. He was murdered by Sacramento police when he was shot 20 times in his grandmother’s backyard.