San Jose, CA – On February 17, a dozen San José State University students gathered outside the administrative building to protest corporate war profiters that were participating in the Career Center’s Job & Internship. Students held signs that read “No war with Venezuela” and “Free Palestine.”

San José, CA – On Friday, February 20, the Supreme Court of the United States, or SCOTUS, ruled by a 6-3 vote that most of Trump’s trumps tariffs were illegal.

The court singled out Trump’s use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, or IEEPA, to levy tariffs on almost all countries and particular tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico – allegedly for facilitating the importation of fentanyl into the United States. The legal basis for the ruling was that the IEEPA makes no mention of tariffs.

San José, CA – On Friday, February 20, the first estimate of Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, for the last three months of 2025 was released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The 1.4% annualized rate of growth reported was much less than the forecast by economists of 2.5% and even less than the rate of GDP growth for the July to September period, which was 4.4%.

San José, CA – The December report on the U.S. trade deficit of goods and services, or how much more the U.S. imported as compared to exports, jumped to $70 billion. For 2025 as a whole, the U.S. trade deficit totaled a little more than $900 billion, almost the same as in 2024. This means that Trump’s on and off again tariffs failed to close the gap between imports and exports – which Trump claimed would bring more production home. This fact matched the deterioration in the number of manufacturing jobs, which shrank every month in 2025, for a total loss of more than 100,000 jobs last year.

San Jose, CA – On February 19, community members gave public comment at the San Jose Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee meeting to demand that the city pass an ethical investment policy.

Noticiero ¡Lucha y Resiste! está circulando la siguiente declaración de la Campaña de Justicia para Guillermo.

San José, CA – La Campaña de Justicia para Guillermo condena de manera inequívoca la decisión del juez de inmigración Steven M. Kirchner de ordenar la re-detención de Guillermo sin derecho a fianza. Esta decisión no solo viola el debido proceso, sino que quebranta la seguridad comunitaria que nuestros sistemas de justicia e inmigración dicen proteger. Guillermo luchó —y ganó— el derecho a que su caso fuera escuchado ante “juez neutral” mientras continuaba su proceso de rehabilitación. En cambio, fue arrestado nuevamente el Día de San Valentín. Guillermo Reyes fue violentamente detenido afuera de su hogar, procesado a través de Stockton ERO y transferido al Centro de Detención de California City—una antigua prisión que actualmente enfrenta una demanda legal en curso por condiciones abusivas de detención.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Justice for Guillermo Campaign.

San Jose, CA – The Justice for Guillermo Campaign unequivocally condemns Immigration Judge Steven M. Kirchner’s decision to order Guillermo’s re-detention without bond. The decision not only violates due process, but it undermines the community safety our justice and immigration systems purport to protect. Guillermo fought for-–and won-–the right to have his case heard before “a neutral adjudicator” while he continued his rehabilitative journey. Instead, he was re-arrested on Valentine’s Day. Guillermo Reyes was violently abducted outside his home, processed through Stockton ERO, and transferred to California City Detention Facility—a former prison currently facing ongoing litigation over abusive detention conditions.

San José, CA – The annual updating of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS, a division of the Department of Labor) of the job creation numbers cut the annual number by 403,000 new jobs. This meant that only 181,000 net new jobs were created for the year, or only about 15,000 new jobs per month. This is the lowest annual number outside of a recession year since 2003, when the U.S. economy was in what was then named a “jobless recovery” after the 2001 recession.

San Jose, CA – Over 1000 protesters marched and rallied during the Super Bowl LX, February 8, to demand Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) out of San José. Activists, community organizations and unions rallied against the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) threat to conduct immigration enforcement during the Super Bowl LX.

San Jose, CA – On January 29, 30 San Jose State University students gathered in front of Clark Hall to protest Trump’s military escalations in Venezuela, threats to invade Iran, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and the university’s ties to the war industry.

San Jose, CA – On January 28, around 80 San Jose State University students gathered near the Arch of Dignity and then marched to protest against recent ICE killings and in solidarity with the ongoing struggles against federal agents in Minneapolis and elsewhere in the country.

San Jose, CA – On January 24, In the wake of the killing of the two community observers in Minneapolis by ICE – Renee Good and Alex Pretti – CSO (Community Service Organization) San Jose organized and rally and march that took over 200 people to the streets in solidarity with Minneapolis, demanding an end to the ICE terror and to deportations.

San Jose, CA – On Saturday, January 17, San Jose Against War (SJAW) demonstrated against Trump’s second term and one year of Project 2025.

The group gathered at a busy intersection in the heart of Silicon Valley, leading chants and holding banners and signs as afternoon commuters looked on, many honking and waving as they passed by. Protesters carried signs reading, “Legalization for all!” “Silicon Valley has blood on their hands!” and “San Jose divest from genocide.”

San Jose, CA – Around 200 community members rallied at Mexican Heritage Plaza on the evening of Friday, January 9 to demand justice for Renee Good, a mother of three who was fatally shot by ICE officer Jonathan Ross two days earlier in Minneapolis.

January 4 – Over 200 protesters gathered at Mexican Heritage Plaza in East San Jose on Sunday in response to the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. The action was organized by local activist group San Jose Against War (SJAW) to demand “Hands off Venezuela!”

San José, CA – With the New Year, premiums for health insurance bought through the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) marketplace will more than double on average, from $888 in 2025 to $1904 in 2026.

Part of this is because private, for profit health insurance companies are raising the premiums on average of 18% this year. But most of the increase is because the Republican majority House of Representatives and Senate refused to extend government subsidies that lowered the cost of health insurance.

San Jose, CA – On December 14, San Jose Against War gathered dozens of people to commemorate International Human Rights Day. The U.S. has been a primary facilitator of human rights violations, including selling weapons to Israel, bombing fisherpeople off the coast of Venezuela, and a host of sanctions imposed on countries striving for national sovereignty.

San José, CA – On Tuesday, December 16 the Department of Labor released the monthly jobs report for November, after skipping the October report because of the federal government partial shutdown. The official unemployment rate jumped to 4.6% in November, up from 4.4% in September, hitting a new four-year high. This year, the unemployment rate has gone up 4.0% in January to 4.8%, a 20% increase in the rate, under the Trump administration.

San José, CA – On Thursday, December 18, the Department of Labor released its report on inflation for November. The CPI-W report showed that the increase in prices for urban wage earners and clerical workers was 2.7%, less than the last report on September inflation of 2.9% (the October report was skipped because of the partial government shutdown). The broader CPI-U, which includes all urban consumers, including professionals, small businesspeople and retirees, also was 2.7%.

San Jose, CA – Since the start of December, the Starbucks Workers’ Union (SBWU) has been on a national strike. In what has been dubbed the “Red Cup Rebellion,” the aim of the workers has been to disrupt the Starbucks corporation during one of its traditionally most busy times, the holiday season.