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Orlando, FL protest against ICE terror.

Orlando, FL – On Saturday Jan 31, over 1000 community members from across Orlando lined the sidewalks for six blocks on East Colonial near the Fashion Square Mall to demand ICE out of Orlando!

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By Marcus Polzer

UCF students demand a sanctuary campus.

Orlando, FL – On January 14, University of Central Florida (UCF) Students for a Democratic Society rallied more than 100 students to march on Millican Hall, the campus’s primary administrative building, to demand UCF President Alexander Cartwright meet with student leaders about making UCF a sanctuary campus.

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Marching against police crimes in Orlando, Florida.

Orlando, FL – On Saturday, January 17, dozens of organizations joined a parade in downtown Orlando to commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

While the parade included local police, one of the organizations that marched in the parade wanted to send a clear message to the police, the city and county governments to hold police accountable, jail killer cops, and reinstitute a civilian police review board.

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By Carlos Barreto

Protest in Orlando, Florida against the U.S. attacks on Venezuela.

Orlando, FL — More than 20 protesters rallied at the George C. Young Federal Courthouse on January 9 to condemn the violent U.S. military actions against Venezuela that caused 100 civilian casualties, as well as the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.

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By Marcus Polzer

UCF Students and faculty demand sanctuary campus.

Orlando, FL – On October 22, over 70 students and members of faculty gathered at Memory Mall at the University of Central Florida to demand no ICE on the UCF campus and for the university to become a sanctuary campus.

The rally and march were organized by UCF Students for a Democratic Society, United Faculty of Florida, Young Democratic-Socialists of America, and Students for Education in Prison.

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By Anthony Renzetti

Orlando protest demands prosecution of killer cops.

Orlando, FL – Members of Orlando Against Police Crimes (OAPC) gathered outside the Orlando headquarters of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), October 21, to denounce the results of two investigations that found no officers accountable for the murder of Luis Lopez and Tyrone Bartley.

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Orlando, Florida October 7 protest in solidarity with Palestine.

Orlando, FL – 50 Palestine solidarity activists rallied October 7, to commemorate two years of both genocide and resistance. Progressive groups came together in front of Orlando’s federal courthouse on Tuesday evening to condemn the U.S. government’s ongoing support for Israeli crimes.

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