NAARPRDallas &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:NAARPRDallas News and Views from the People's Struggle Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:16:47 +0000 https://i.snap.as/RZCOEKyz.png NAARPRDallas &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:NAARPRDallas Arlington, TX: Sam Houston High School students walkout to protest attacks from ICE https://fightbacknews.org/arlington-tx-sam-houston-high-school-students-walkout-to-protest-attacks-from?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Northern Texas students walkout of high school to oppose deportations. Arlington, TX – On Friday, January 31, student organizers at Sam Houston High School staged an 11 a.m. walkout in response to demands from ICE for the school to release student documentation status. High school students Joselin Ibarra and Ximena Basilio had previously called a mass protest in Dallas which gathered over 2000 people. !--more-- Community members arriving at the event were met with a large police presence from both the high school and Arlington PD. Despite this, the walkout protest gained over 40 people at its height, featuring speakers from Sam Houston High, La Frontera Nos Cruzo (FNC), NAARPR Dallas, and Progressive Student Union at Arlington. Just days before the walkout, though after the walkout was called, the Arlington Independent School District (AISD) School Board voted that they would not comply with ICE’s demands to release their students’ immigration records, demonstrating the strength of organization within the student and immigrant communities in Arlington. #ArlingtonTX #ImmigrantRights #FNC #NAARPRDallas #ProgressiveStudentUnionatArlington div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Northern Texas students walkout of high school to oppose deportations.

Arlington, TX – On Friday, January 31, student organizers at Sam Houston High School staged an 11 a.m. walkout in response to demands from ICE for the school to release student documentation status. High school students Joselin Ibarra and Ximena Basilio had previously called a mass protest in Dallas which gathered over 2000 people.

Community members arriving at the event were met with a large police presence from both the high school and Arlington PD. Despite this, the walkout protest gained over 40 people at its height, featuring speakers from Sam Houston High, La Frontera Nos Cruzo (FNC), NAARPR Dallas, and Progressive Student Union at Arlington.

Just days before the walkout, though after the walkout was called, the Arlington Independent School District (AISD) School Board voted that they would not comply with ICE’s demands to release their students’ immigration records, demonstrating the strength of organization within the student and immigrant communities in Arlington.

#ArlingtonTX #ImmigrantRights #FNC #NAARPRDallas #ProgressiveStudentUnionatArlington

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/arlington-tx-sam-houston-high-school-students-walkout-to-protest-attacks-from Tue, 04 Feb 2025 03:50:25 +0000 Dallas: Town Hall meeting on policing https://fightbacknews.org/dallas-town-hall-meeting-on-policing?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Dallas, TX - Roughly 40 people sat down Sunday October 12 at Pan-African Connection in Oak Cliff to expand their knowledge and understanding of policing at home and abroad at an ongoing series of town halls held by National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) Dallas. !--more-- The event, titled “Perspectives on Policing: Connected Struggles Abroad” is the latest entry in the series on policing town hall series. One of the presenters was Ramon Mejia. He is an ex-marine and prominent anti-war organizer with the group About Face, and gave an unflinching portrayal of the ever-growing violence in the military, explaining how the violence is turned back on the very people the military claims to protect, through the exchange programs with police. In close coordination with Freedom Road Socialist Organization, the Palestinian Youth Movement, and Bayan USA, NAARPR DALLAS was able to hold a rousing and informative event with presenters from all walks of life. The struggle continues but the Dallas community showed a great willingness to learn and better understand that interconnected struggle all thanks to the people at NAARPR DALLAS. More town halls to come in the coming weeks and months. #DallasTX #NAARPRDallas #BayanUSA #FRSO #PYM #AboutFace #AntiWar #Policing div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Dallas, TX - Roughly 40 people sat down Sunday October 12 at Pan-African Connection in Oak Cliff to expand their knowledge and understanding of policing at home and abroad at an ongoing series of town halls held by National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) Dallas.

The event, titled “Perspectives on Policing: Connected Struggles Abroad” is the latest entry in the series on policing town hall series.

One of the presenters was Ramon Mejia. He is an ex-marine and prominent anti-war organizer with the group About Face, and gave an unflinching portrayal of the ever-growing violence in the military, explaining how the violence is turned back on the very people the military claims to protect, through the exchange programs with police.

In close coordination with Freedom Road Socialist Organization, the Palestinian Youth Movement, and Bayan USA, NAARPR DALLAS was able to hold a rousing and informative event with presenters from all walks of life.

The struggle continues but the Dallas community showed a great willingness to learn and better understand that interconnected struggle all thanks to the people at NAARPR DALLAS. More town halls to come in the coming weeks and months.

#DallasTX #NAARPRDallas #BayanUSA #FRSO #PYM #AboutFace #AntiWar #Policing

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