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By Freedom Road Socialist Organization

As things stand, billionaire and bigot Donald Trump will be the Republican standard bearer for the presidency. In many ways he is a symbol of everything that is wrong with this country. He is a tireless promoter of racist anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim attacks. He is a misogynist, who defends the oppression of women. Trump spreads the gospel of ‘greed is good’ while pretending to be a friend of the working person. He is a right-wing populist with only one redeeming feature – that, barring some big change, he is unelectable.

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By Dave Schneider

Highlights the need for a alliance between the working class and the Black liberation movement

It's hard to imagine a movie like Free State of Jones coming out at a better time. A little over a year ago, a white supremacist murdered nine Black members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston, South Carolina, drawing inspiration from the Confederate States of America (CSA) and the KKK. In response, activists battled to tear down the Confederate flag from state buildings and won. All of this took place exactly 150 years after the end of the Civil War.

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By staff

Cleveland, OH – Organizers of the Coalition to Stop Trump and March on the RNC and officials from the City of Cleveland came to an agreement today, July 11, on a place and time for the ‘Stop Trump’ protest during the opening day of the Republican National Convention.

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By staff

Cleveland, OH – Organizers of the ‘Stop Trump’ protest set for July 18, the opening day of the Republican National Convention, will be attending a meeting to appeal the City of Cleveland’s decision to deny permits for a rally and march.

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By staff

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Coalition to Stop Trump and March on the RNC.

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By staff

Cleveland, OH – Tom Burke, of the Coalition to Stop Trump and March on the RNC put in an appeal today, July 5, of the City of Cleveland’s decision to reject the application to rally and march on first day of the Republican National Convention. The City rejected the application last week. The appeal was made to Director Michael McGrath, the head of Public Safety.

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By staff

Los Angeles, CA – On the morning of July 5, Los Angeles activist Jared Hamil received repeated phone calls from FBI Special Agent A. Brett Fears.

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By staff

Protest organizers respond, defend right to speak out against Trump

Cleveland, OH – Organizers of the major ‘Stop Trump’ protest, set for July 18, the opening day of the Republican National Convention, received word from City officials July 1 that the applications for a rally and march had been rejected.

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By staff

Call Cleveland Mayor Jackson (center) July 6 and tell him to grant permits

Fight Back News Service is urging all of our readers to participate in the July 6 call-in day demanding permits for the rally and march at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Cleveland, Ohio. On July 1 the city of Cleveland contacted the Coalition to Stop Trump and March on the RNC and said that permits for the July 18 rally in Cleveland Public Square would not be granted.

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By Brad Sigal

MIRAC members and Tracy Molm of the Welfare Rights Committee ask for donations

Minneapolis, MN – Large numbers of people came together July 1 on a beautiful Minneapolis summer evening for a ‘happy hour and appetizers’ fundraiser. The event raised money for a bus from Minneapolis to Cleveland to protest Donald Trump’s racist and anti-immigrant agenda on the first day of the Republican National Convention (RNC).

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