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Chicago, IL – Members of the Chicago Teachers Union and their supporters hit the picket lines today, April 1, in a huge one day strike. Picket lines and protests against attacks on public education are taking place across the city.

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Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from FENSUAGRO, the largest agricultural workers union in Colombia. Nidia Quintero the Secretary General of FENSUAGRO is attending the Labor Notes Conference in Chicago starting on April 1, the same day as the large teachers union protests in Chicago. DECLARATION OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF CHICAGO

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Minneapolis, MN – More than four months after Minneapolis police shot Jamar Clark, the county prosecutor is expected to announce on Wednesday, March 30 whether he will prosecute the Minneapolis police officers that shot and killed him. However Freeman decides to handle the case, the community plans to respond with protests calling not only for indictment, but prosecution of officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze to the full extent of the law.

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Milwaukee, WI – Hundreds of protesters are marching though the streets of downtown Milwaukee tonight, March 29, as a Town Hall meeting featuring Donald Trump and other GOP candidates gets underway amid a heavy police presence.

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Milwaukee, WI – Hundreds have converged downtown, weaving through police barricades, to get within blocks of a Republican Town Hall featuring Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

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Janesville, WI – Over 40 activists are occupying the Janesville Holiday Inn Express lobby demanding the hotel cancel Trump's rally tomorrow, March 29. Some of the activists are locked together.

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Milwaukee, WI – On March 26, organizers from across Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin gathered to prepare the protest against the upcoming March 29 Town Hall meeting featuring Donald Trump and other GOP candidates.

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Minneapolis, MN – About 300 people rallied in front of the Hennepin County government building, March 26, demanding that County Attorney Mike Freeman bring charges against the Minneapolis police officers who murdered Jamar Clark. Clark was killed by officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze on Nov. 15, 2015.

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Tampa, FL – Over a dozen students from Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held signs and chanted on March 22 to mark the 13th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. In 2003, the U.S. launched an illegal invasion of Iraq in order to destabilize the region and secure its own interests. Meanwhile, the people of Iraq continue to suffer from U.S. intervention. Since 1991, the U.S. has been responsible for the death of an estimated 1 million Iraqis due to sanctions and invasions.

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Minneapolis, MN – Organizers the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar will hold several local actions to win justice prosecution of the police who killed Jamar Clark in November, and they are asking supporters from across the country to lend their voices in the effort, with a national call-in day set for Thursday, March 24.

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Fight Back News Service is circulating the following March 22 statement for the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)

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Marching against U.S wars in Minneapolis. March 19.

Minneapolis, MN – Over 50 people joined a Minneapolis anti-war protest on March 19.

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Tucson, AZ – More than 1000 protesters converged on a Tucson Trump campaign rally, March 19. “We were not going to allow for Trump, a promoter of racism, hate and xenophobia to come to Tucson and be unchallenged by the social movements of justice,” says immigrant rights activist Edwards Cott.

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Tucson, AZ – Protesters have gotten inside the March 19 campaign rally for the right wing billionaire Donald Trump. Some chanted, “No Trump, No KKK, No racist USA.” Riot police have been deployed, and some of the protesters have been removed.

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Tucson, AZ – Protesters are gathering here, March 19, at a campaign rally of the right wing billionaire Donald Trump. More than 500 people have assembled to oppose Trump’s message of racism and reaction. Earlier today in Phoenix, protesters blockaded the road leading to a Trump rally.

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Salt Lake City, UT – About 2500 people have joined the protest against presidential hopeful Donald Trump this evening, Mach 18, in Salt Lake City. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is participating in the demonstration.

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Salt Lake City, UT – About 2500 people have joined the protest against presidential hopeful Donald Trump this evening, Mach 18, in Salt Lake City. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is participating in the demonstration.

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Salt Lake City, UT – A protest against presidential hopeful Donald Trump is taking place this evening, Mach 18, in Salt Lake City. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is participating in the demonstration.

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Tucson, AZ – The National 2016 MEChA conference is being held in the heart of the city of Tucson, Arizona on March 18-20. MEChA stands for Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, the Chicano student movement founded in 1969. Thousands are expected to meet for discussions and workshops on a variety of cultural, political and national struggles that affect the Chicano nation and other oppressed nationalities.

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Fight Back News Service is circulating the following joint statement from communist and workers parties. Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is among the signers. JOINT STATEMENT OF COMMUNIST AND WORKERS PARTIES

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