fightback &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:fightback News and Views from the People's Struggle Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:35:18 +0000 https://i.snap.as/RZCOEKyz.png fightback &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:fightback Minneapolis Fight Back! fundraiser shatters expectations, exceeds $7000 https://fightbacknews.org/minneapolis-fight-back-fundraiser-shatters-expectations-exceeds-7000?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Fight Back! editor Mick Kelly speaking at Twin Cities fundraiser. | Fight Back! News/staff Minneapolis, MN - On Saturday, February 10, well over 100 activists, organizers, trade unionists and revolutionaries gathered under the signs and banners from movements past and present to celebrate the work of Fight Back!. During the short program, various sectors of the people’s movement toasted to the important role of Fight Back! plays in uplifting the demands and wins from the mass movement. Organizers from the student movement, labor, climate, immigrant rights, police crimes, women’s and reproductive rights and the anti-war movement led the attendees in raising their glasses to the revolutionary reporting and editorials of Fight Back!. !--more-- The evening also featured a photo booth, trivia contest and a chili bar. “There is myth making and there is truth telling,” said Noah Schu of Twin Cities Coalition 4 Justice 4 Jamar, as the crowd cheered. Shuh declared, “Information warfare is used in the United States to confuse and disorient the masses and inhibit us from gaining our liberation. Fight Back!’s commitment to solidarity - local and international - is vital.” “It is so good to see so many of you out here tonight to support the newspaper that serves all of us in our collective struggle for revolution and liberation,” said Fight Back! editor Mick Kelly, “We know that the existing order of things does not serve us. In fact, it serves our enemy, the monopoly capitalists who rule this country. It is on our agenda to abolish that system and one of the things we do in the course of that is shine a light on the people’s struggle and the crimes the enemy has committed against us.” Fight Back! is powered by our movements and our collective work and struggle. When editor Mick Kelly asked how many had written an article for the paper, nearly the entire room raised their hands. With the goal of raising funds to pay of a single print edition of Fight Back! newspaper, $2500, in the first minute of the fundraising pitch the goal was met and in total at the end of the event enough was raised to pay for three print issues and spread the news and views from the people’s struggle. As the event ended, as clean up started and people began to make their way out of the event, Kelly’s ending words lingered in the room: “We were talking about the saying Mao had, ‘The future is bright.’ Some say it's trite, some say it’s corny; I think it is real. We are about changing this world, changing this society. It’s something that we can do, it’s something that we will do, and Fight Back! will be a part of that.” #MinneapolisMN #PeoplesStruggles #FightBack! #TCC4J div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Fight Back! editor Mick Kelly speaking at Twin Cities fundraiser. | Fight Back! News/staff

Minneapolis, MN – On Saturday, February 10, well over 100 activists, organizers, trade unionists and revolutionaries gathered under the signs and banners from movements past and present to celebrate the work of Fight Back!.

During the short program, various sectors of the people’s movement toasted to the important role of Fight Back! plays in uplifting the demands and wins from the mass movement. Organizers from the student movement, labor, climate, immigrant rights, police crimes, women’s and reproductive rights and the anti-war movement led the attendees in raising their glasses to the revolutionary reporting and editorials of Fight Back!.

The evening also featured a photo booth, trivia contest and a chili bar.

“There is myth making and there is truth telling,” said Noah Schu of Twin Cities Coalition 4 Justice 4 Jamar, as the crowd cheered. Shuh declared, “Information warfare is used in the United States to confuse and disorient the masses and inhibit us from gaining our liberation. Fight Back!’s commitment to solidarity – local and international – is vital.”

“It is so good to see so many of you out here tonight to support the newspaper that serves all of us in our collective struggle for revolution and liberation,” said Fight Back! editor Mick Kelly, “We know that the existing order of things does not serve us. In fact, it serves our enemy, the monopoly capitalists who rule this country. It is on our agenda to abolish that system and one of the things we do in the course of that is shine a light on the people’s struggle and the crimes the enemy has committed against us.”

Fight Back! is powered by our movements and our collective work and struggle. When editor Mick Kelly asked how many had written an article for the paper, nearly the entire room raised their hands. With the goal of raising funds to pay of a single print edition of Fight Back! newspaper, $2500, in the first minute of the fundraising pitch the goal was met and in total at the end of the event enough was raised to pay for three print issues and spread the news and views from the people’s struggle.

As the event ended, as clean up started and people began to make their way out of the event, Kelly’s ending words lingered in the room: “We were talking about the saying Mao had, ‘The future is bright.’ Some say it's trite, some say it’s corny; I think it is real. We are about changing this world, changing this society. It’s something that we can do, it’s something that we will do, and Fight Back! will be a part of that.”

#MinneapolisMN #PeoplesStruggles #FightBack! #TCC4J

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/minneapolis-fight-back-fundraiser-shatters-expectations-exceeds-7000 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:20:49 +0000 Fighting back and advancing the struggle in 2022 https://fightbacknews.org/fighting-back-and-advancing-struggle-2022?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN - There was a high tide of struggle on many fronts in 2022. With so much going on, it can be easy to forget some of the things our movements have accomplished. That makes it all the more important to look back and review the lessons from this year’s resistance so we can move forward stronger. !--more-- First, we’d like to recognize the people that Fight Back! wrote about who passed away in 2022 and say in their honor: ¡presente! LAPD kills 2 inside of crowded store, 14-year-old dead Community leader Mel Reeves remembered in Minneapolis Minnesota: Protests follow police killing of Amir Locke FRSO leader condemns white supremacist murders in Buffalo, NY Grand Rapids cop executes youth from Congo Minnesota: Remembering Marie Braun’s commitment to peace and justice Twin Cities organizers memorialize 53 migrants who died in south Texas, press Senator Smith for immigrant rights action Minneapolis police murder Tekle Sundberg Colorado Springs demands justice for Dezarae Archuleta Padre José Landaverde: Presente! Freedom Road Socialist Organization mourns the passing of Jean Pestieau, of the Workers Party of Belgium FRSO: The contributions of Comrade Jose Ma. Sison will live forever! Among the first to lead this struggle: The legacy of Charlene Mitchell And here are the exclusive interviews that Fight Back! published in 2022: Interview with Frank Chapman, of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) as we start 2022 Day 1 of Colorado King Soopers strike: Interview with a striker Activist explains why anti-war movement wants U.S. out of Ukraine Interview with Starbucks union organizer in New Orleans Interview with William Camacaro on the Workers’ Summit of the Americas Denver: Interview with wrongfully fired Chicano high school teacher Tim Hernández Interview with Venezuelan trade union leader Jacobo Torres de Leon Hope for Colombia: An interview with James Jordan about the election of Petro Interview with FRSO leader Masao Suzuki: The fight against national oppression and the struggle for socialism In 2022, Fight Back! launched our own podcast! Here’s the article announcing the launch of the new podcast on International Workers Day, which incidentally was the most viewed article on fightbacknews.org all year! You can find links to the podcast on the main podcast platforms here \- be sure to subscribe and check out all the episodes from 2022. Also in 2022, Fight Back! printed a series of ‘red theory’ articles on the basics of Marxism-Leninism. Here is the article introducing the series. You can browse all the articles in the series here. There are plans to compile the articles into a book - watch for that in the new year! Fight Back! reported on the 9th Congress of Freedom Road Socialist Organization this year, as well as the Workers and Communist Parties around the world that sent greetings to FRSO's 9th Congress. Since there were so many Fight Back! articles covering important struggles this year, there’s no way we can include everything that was important in this review. So we’ll do the best we can by highlighting five of the most popular articles from each month of 2022. January Florida Gov. DeSantis spreads lies, Jax community members disrupt his press conference Reflections on the 30th anniversary of the end of the Soviet socialist project Chicago: Community and labor organizations mobilize for voting rights WAMM still saying ‘No to war’ - 40th anniversary celebration Florida students protest anti-abortion bill at state capitol, disrupt House subcommittee meeting February UPS Teamsters fight against wage cuts No U.S. war with Russia, end U.S. intervention in Ukraine Bigger than bomb threats: The political violence of national oppression Activists arrested at Florida state capitol for opposing abortion ban law Chicanos confront an LA Sheriff Department community meeting March No to NATO Transgender rights: China advances while U.S. backslides PSUV 5th Congress held in Venezuela: Resistance, Rebirth, Revolution! Protest against torture in Illinois prisons Minneapolis teachers and education support professionals ratify contract after 20-day strike April 2022 election in the Philippines: Repression and resistance 1000 rally, march: U.S. and Israel: Hands off Jerusalem! Students fight back against Florida’s ‘Don’t say gay bill’ Celebrate International Workers Day, May 1, 2022 Tampa’s housing crisis and the fight for rent control May Keep abortion legal! Defend women’s and reproductive rights! The full story of how Louisianans defeated the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill ‘Ban off our bodies’ protest ended in Homeland Security, LAPD attack How frame-ups work: The Antony Gay trial Los Angeles victory: One step closer to winning community control over LA County Sheriff’s Department June Young Lords pass the torch, honor Jose “Cha Cha” Jimenez Prepare for mass action to keep abortion legal! Final Declaration of the Workers’ Summit of the Americas Cryptocurrency meltdown topples digital asset businesses Poor People's Campaign protests at Capitol in DC July FRSO: Resolution Against the U.S./NATO-Provoked War in Ukraine A Marxist view of the Asian American National Questions Number of people collecting unemployment benefits jumps by 51,000 Red Theory: Against Sakai on settler colonialism and the national question in the U.S. Condemn the FBI raids in St Louis, MO and St Petersburg, FL! August Chicago: Movement forces the release of Chicago police torture survivors No, the economy is not in a recession (yet) UPS Teamsters kick off 2023 contract fight with national week of action Saint Paul rallies to demand Minnesota divest from Israel East LA commemorates the 52nd Chicano Moratorium September Chicago: Election season begins for Police Accountability Councils Red Theory: Imperialism, or monopoly capitalism A revolutionary view of the 2022 midterm elections Minnesota Abortion Action Coalition demands no state funding for ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ Cuba accepts new Families Code, approves same-sex marriage, women’s rights October Philippines: Intensify mass struggles amid peso devaluation and rising prices Join the effort to promote the political program of FRSO Scabby the rat tours U of MN campus, Teamsters ready to strike Red Theory: Bourgeois democracy and fascism Students for a Democratic Society 16th Annual Convention say, ‘Not another step back!’ November Chicago: Electing candidates to hold the police accountable Rally in support of DACA and ‘Legalization for All’ Oslo is long dead. Time to revive the PLO 2022 midterm results and the coming struggle Biden: Hands off rail workers and their right to strike! December USF students protest at university president’s mansion over declining Black enrollment COP27 Recap and response: Green capitalism as class warfare Protests call to “Free Alex Saab,” jailed in Miami Some in the shadow, some in the sun: A roundup of the semi-finals of the soccer World Cup Milwaukee rally to save labor and delivery department at St. Francis Hospital #UnitedStates #Remembrances #FightBack #YearInReview div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Minneapolis, MN – There was a high tide of struggle on many fronts in 2022. With so much going on, it can be easy to forget some of the things our movements have accomplished. That makes it all the more important to look back and review the lessons from this year’s resistance so we can move forward stronger.

First, we’d like to recognize the people that Fight Back! wrote about who passed away in 2022 and say in their honor: ¡presente!

And here are the exclusive interviews that Fight Back! published in 2022:

In 2022, Fight Back! launched our own podcast! Here’s the article announcing the launch of the new podcast on International Workers Day, which incidentally was the most viewed article on fightbacknews.org all year! You can find links to the podcast on the main podcast platforms here - be sure to subscribe and check out all the episodes from 2022.

Also in 2022, Fight Back! printed a series of ‘red theory’ articles on the basics of Marxism-Leninism. Here is the article introducing the series. You can browse all the articles in the series here. There are plans to compile the articles into a book – watch for that in the new year!

Fight Back! reported on the 9th Congress of Freedom Road Socialist Organization this year, as well as the Workers and Communist Parties around the world that sent greetings to FRSO's 9th Congress.

Since there were so many Fight Back! articles covering important struggles this year, there’s no way we can include everything that was important in this review. So we’ll do the best we can by highlighting five of the most popular articles from each month of 2022.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

#UnitedStates #Remembrances #FightBack #YearInReview

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/fighting-back-and-advancing-struggle-2022 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 17:56:01 +0000 Top 20 Fight Back! articles of 2019: the struggle grows and spreads https://fightbacknews.org/top-20-fight-back-articles-2019-struggle-grows-and-spreads?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[There was a high tide of struggle on many fronts in 2019 - both in the U.S. and around the world. Within the U.S. there were large strikes of General Motors workers, Chicago teachers and others. There was a successful movement to defend public education from mega-charters in Los Angeles. There were mass protests nation-wide for immigrant rights and against the concentration camps at the U.S.-México border. And there were growing movements against police crimes and for community control of the police that came together to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression in Chicago in November. !--more-- Around the world, in several countries like Chile millions of people took to the streets to reject decades of Wall Street-imposed neo-liberal austerity, privatization and cuts. In Puerto Rico the people succeeded in forcing the resignation of the hated governor Ricky Rossello through relentless mass protests. In Venezuela the government and the people succeeded in fending off imperialism’s repeated regime change efforts. In Bolivia imperialism succeeded in removing Evo Morales with a coup, but the struggle is far from over. Since there were so many Fight Back! articles covering important struggles this year, there’s no way we can include everything that was important. So we are highlighting the 20 most popular articles of the year. There were many excellent Fight Back! articles that aren’t listed here - you can see them all at the archive. If there were other Fight Back! articles you liked this year that aren’t listed here, let us know which one in the comments! Here are the top 20 Fight Back! articles of 2019 Boyle Heights families file lawsuit against mega KIPP Charter School, urge support for UTLA teachers strike (January 6, 2019) Venezuela: Who is Juan Guaido? (January 16, 2019) Green Bay, WI protests after DA refuses to charge killer cop (February 5, 2019) Hoffa forces another rejected contract on UPS Teamsters (February 12, 2019) UPS record profits mean more exploitation and automation (March 5, 2019) A big win for public education in LA: Kipp mega-charter school defeated (April 8, 2019) Eyewitness Venezuela: No coup, people defend President Maduro (April 30, 2019) Reflections on Tiananmen Square and the attempt to end Chinese socialism (June 4, 2019) Interview with Jose “Cha Cha” Jimenez on original Rainbow Coalition: Young Lords founder remembers (July 1, 2019) Over 1000 union educators protest Houston Detention Center (July 5, 2019) Chicago teachers show solidarity in Venezuela (July 23, 2019) ‘Never Again is Now’ protest shuts down ICE in Minneapolis (July 31, 2019) Grocery workers ready to strike in Southern California (August 1, 2019) The Hong Kong protests are an attack on socialism (August 17, 2019) Community demands justice for Ronald Davis (September 24, 2019) Minneapolis overpowers Trump rally with mass protest (October 11, 2019) Minnesota: United Steelworkers strike Carley Foundry (November 2, 2019) Commentary: Coup in Bolivia (November 10, 2019) Evo’s Bolivia is not over (November 14, 2019) Chicago conference to refound National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression a huge success (November 25, 2019) (You can also see the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018 retrospectives.) #UnitedStates #FightBack div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> There was a high tide of struggle on many fronts in 2019 – both in the U.S. and around the world. Within the U.S. there were large strikes of General Motors workers, Chicago teachers and others. There was a successful movement to defend public education from mega-charters in Los Angeles. There were mass protests nation-wide for immigrant rights and against the concentration camps at the U.S.-México border. And there were growing movements against police crimes and for community control of the police that came together to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression in Chicago in November.

Around the world, in several countries like Chile millions of people took to the streets to reject decades of Wall Street-imposed neo-liberal austerity, privatization and cuts. In Puerto Rico the people succeeded in forcing the resignation of the hated governor Ricky Rossello through relentless mass protests. In Venezuela the government and the people succeeded in fending off imperialism’s repeated regime change efforts. In Bolivia imperialism succeeded in removing Evo Morales with a coup, but the struggle is far from over.

Since there were so many Fight Back! articles covering important struggles this year, there’s no way we can include everything that was important. So we are highlighting the 20 most popular articles of the year. There were many excellent Fight Back! articles that aren’t listed here – you can see them all at the archive.

If there were other Fight Back! articles you liked this year that aren’t listed here, let us know which one in the comments!

Here are the top 20 Fight Back! articles of 2019

(You can also see the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018 retrospectives.)

#UnitedStates #FightBack

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/top-20-fight-back-articles-2019-struggle-grows-and-spreads Sat, 28 Dec 2019 22:05:08 +0000 Minneapolis: Fundraising event nets more than $3000 for Fight Back! https://fightbacknews.org/minneapolis-fundraising-event-nets-more-3000-fight-back?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN – More than 75 trade unionists, anti-police-terror, immigrant rights, anti-war and student activists came together January 26 for a successful house party that netted more than $3000 for Fight Back!. !--more-- One of the event organizers, Matt Boynton stated, “The revolutionary press is of major importance in the struggle against capitalism in this country and around the globe. This fundraiser for Fight Back! was an incredible success.” Leader of trade unions and other people’s organizations offered short toasts where they explained the importance of Fight Back! to their work. Fight Back! editor Mick Kelly stated, “We aim to overthrow capitalism, and replace it with socialism and to do that we need revolutionary organization, and we need media sources that illuminate how the system we live under works and what we need to do to get rid of it. Fight Back! is a partisan paper. It takes the side of working class and oppressed against the rich and powerful.” #MinneapolisMN #FightBack div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Minneapolis, MN – More than 75 trade unionists, anti-police-terror, immigrant rights, anti-war and student activists came together January 26 for a successful house party that netted more than $3000 for Fight Back!.

One of the event organizers, Matt Boynton stated, “The revolutionary press is of major importance in the struggle against capitalism in this country and around the globe. This fundraiser for Fight Back! was an incredible success.”

Leader of trade unions and other people’s organizations offered short toasts where they explained the importance of Fight Back! to their work.

Fight Back! editor Mick Kelly stated, “We aim to overthrow capitalism, and replace it with socialism and to do that we need revolutionary organization, and we need media sources that illuminate how the system we live under works and what we need to do to get rid of it. Fight Back! is a partisan paper. It takes the side of working class and oppressed against the rich and powerful.”

#MinneapolisMN #FightBack

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/minneapolis-fundraising-event-nets-more-3000-fight-back Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:39:52 +0000 Top Fight Back! articles of 2017 https://fightbacknews.org/top-fight-back-articles-2017?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Fighting back against Trump every step of the way There was a high tide of struggle on many fronts in 2017. The pace and intensity of the struggles this year makes it easy to forget some of the things we have accomplished, which makes it all the more important to look back and review the lessons from this year’s resistance so we can move forward stronger. !--more-- Since there were so many Fight Back! articles covering important struggles this year, there’s no way we can include everything that was important. So we’ll do the best we can by highlighting five key articles from each month. If there were other Fight Back! articles you liked this year that aren’t listed here, let us know which one in the comments! First, we’d like to recognize the people that Fight Back! honored who passed away in 2017 and say in their honor: ¡presente! On the passing of fighter for justice and people’s lawyer Ted Dooley Lynne Stewart tribute Margaret Sarfehjooy, prominent Minnesota peace activist, remembered Marianne Hamilton presente! Great Chicana revolutionary Yvonne de Los Santos will always be remembered Josephine Wyatt, fighter for African American freedom and socialism remembered People’s Thanksgiving honors memory of Pat Hunt Now, here are 5 important Fight Back! articles for each month of 2017. January Young Black activists tell why they disrupted the Jeff Sessions confirmation hearing 1 million-plus join Women’s March on Washington DC The election of Donald Trump and women’s liberation 25 campuses hold walkouts on Inauguration Day Trump’s election sets up potential new attacks on unions February Thousands join ‘8 Days of Resistance’ to Trump’s executive orders in Chicago The Farce of the Deal: Trump, the TPP and trade Frank Chapman speaks on Black liberation and socialism Record turnout for San Jose Day of Remembrance Trump executive orders on policing are new threat to African Americans and Latinos March UNF students sit in demanding justice, sanctuary campus Progressives clash with Trump supporters at MN state capitol Hundreds join FRSO International Women’s Day march Students shut down University of Utah administration Japanese American and American Muslim solidarity march April Vicious police attack on Jacksonville anti-war protest Chicago: Beloved teacher fired for defending students Lessons from the victory in the cases of Robert Almodovar and William Negron Supporters of Rasmea Odeh in Detroit for plea agreement hearing May Day 2017! Defend immigrant rights and build workers unity! Defeat Trump! May Boyle Heights May Day protest demands end to deportations and police killings Jamar Clark remembered on his 26th birthday The fight for immigrant rights under Trump Resistance marks Trump’s first 100 days Oscar López Rivera, freed Puerto Rican political prisoner, welcomed home to Chicago June Charges dropped: The Jacksonville 5 win The Jacksonville 5 speak out after beating police repression in the Deep South Anti-Muslim bigots forced to flee at MN State Capitol Massive protest underway protesting verdict in case of Philando Castile Charges dropped against Ariel Vences Lopez from arrest on Minneapolis light rail July Unions victorious after year-long battle against Mayo Clinic YPRC organizes ‘Resist and Flourish’ summer school Rasmea Odeh and Arab Women's Committee release book ‘Towards the Sun’ Minneapolis anti-police terror movement shuts down Mayor Hodges press conference Jacksonville activists demand police accountability at city council August Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns white supremacist attack in Charlottesville Farewell rally for Rasmea Odeh, Palestinian icon Arizona immigrant rights leader slams Trumps pardon of ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio Fight Back! interview with Jose Maria Sison on the people’s war in the Philippines Empowering Boyle Heights event marks 47th anniversary of Chicano Moratorium September Jacksonville community rallies for #Justice4Keegan Defend DACA, Hit the streets for DREAMers! Thousands march in Milwaukee for DACA, demand ‘Legalization for all’ Black and Brown unite to demand LA district attorney prosecute killer cops Hugs and tears as Rasmea Odeh deported October Jose Maria Sison: On the significance of the Great October Socialist Revolution Northeastern University dining hall workers win incredible victory The October Revolution and some lessons for the struggle for socialism in the U.S. Students for a Democratic Society holds 12th annual national convention Interview with Mercedes Martínez, President of the Puerto Rican Teachers Federation - "Puerto Rico: The crisis for working class and poor people has intensified" November Interview with Frank Chapman: “We have a spark with Charlottesville” U.S. delegation’s address to World Working Youth Congress in Rome Saudi Arabia's gangster 'Game of Thrones' reflects crisis for imperialism in Middle East Students at UNF oppose racists, KKK and Nazis MeToo Campaign and Beyond: Combating Sexual Violence December Zimbabwe’s leadership change and the enduring legacy of Robert Mugabe UPS imposes 70-hour work week Yemen’s Houthi movement eliminates former president Saleh for ‘treason’ amid Saudi war People’s Thanksgiving 2017 - FRSO speech by Frank Chapman Milwaukee Labor Council confronts white supremacist There were many excellent Fight Back! articles that aren’t listed here - you can see them all at the archive. (Also see the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 retrospectives). #UnitedStates #FightBack #YearInReview div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Fighting back against Trump every step of the way

There was a high tide of struggle on many fronts in 2017. The pace and intensity of the struggles this year makes it easy to forget some of the things we have accomplished, which makes it all the more important to look back and review the lessons from this year’s resistance so we can move forward stronger.

Since there were so many Fight Back! articles covering important struggles this year, there’s no way we can include everything that was important. So we’ll do the best we can by highlighting five key articles from each month.

If there were other Fight Back! articles you liked this year that aren’t listed here, let us know which one in the comments!

First, we’d like to recognize the people that Fight Back! honored who passed away in 2017 and say in their honor: ¡presente!

Now, here are 5 important Fight Back! articles for each month of 2017.

January

  1. Young Black activists tell why they disrupted the Jeff Sessions confirmation hearing
  2. 1 million-plus join Women’s March on Washington DC
  3. The election of Donald Trump and women’s liberation
  4. 25 campuses hold walkouts on Inauguration Day
  5. Trump’s election sets up potential new attacks on unions

February

  1. Thousands join ‘8 Days of Resistance’ to Trump’s executive orders in Chicago
  2. The Farce of the Deal: Trump, the TPP and trade
  3. Frank Chapman speaks on Black liberation and socialism
  4. Record turnout for San Jose Day of Remembrance
  5. Trump executive orders on policing are new threat to African Americans and Latinos

March

  1. UNF students sit in demanding justice, sanctuary campus
  2. Progressives clash with Trump supporters at MN state capitol
  3. Hundreds join FRSO International Women’s Day march
  4. Students shut down University of Utah administration
  5. Japanese American and American Muslim solidarity march

April

  1. Vicious police attack on Jacksonville anti-war protest
  2. Chicago: Beloved teacher fired for defending students
  3. Lessons from the victory in the cases of Robert Almodovar and William Negron
  4. Supporters of Rasmea Odeh in Detroit for plea agreement hearing
  5. May Day 2017! Defend immigrant rights and build workers unity! Defeat Trump!

May

  1. Boyle Heights May Day protest demands end to deportations and police killings
  2. Jamar Clark remembered on his 26th birthday
  3. The fight for immigrant rights under Trump
  4. Resistance marks Trump’s first 100 days
  5. Oscar López Rivera, freed Puerto Rican political prisoner, welcomed home to Chicago

June

  1. Charges dropped: The Jacksonville 5 win
  2. The Jacksonville 5 speak out after beating police repression in the Deep South
  3. Anti-Muslim bigots forced to flee at MN State Capitol
  4. Massive protest underway protesting verdict in case of Philando Castile
  5. Charges dropped against Ariel Vences Lopez from arrest on Minneapolis light rail

July

  1. Unions victorious after year-long battle against Mayo Clinic
  2. YPRC organizes ‘Resist and Flourish’ summer school
  3. Rasmea Odeh and Arab Women's Committee release book ‘Towards the Sun’
  4. Minneapolis anti-police terror movement shuts down Mayor Hodges press conference
  5. Jacksonville activists demand police accountability at city council

August

  1. Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns white supremacist attack in Charlottesville
  2. Farewell rally for Rasmea Odeh, Palestinian icon
  3. Arizona immigrant rights leader slams Trumps pardon of ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio
  4. Fight Back! interview with Jose Maria Sison on the people’s war in the Philippines
  5. Empowering Boyle Heights event marks 47th anniversary of Chicano Moratorium

September

  1. Jacksonville community rallies for #Justice4Keegan
  2. Defend DACA, Hit the streets for DREAMers!
  3. Thousands march in Milwaukee for DACA, demand ‘Legalization for all’
  4. Black and Brown unite to demand LA district attorney prosecute killer cops
  5. Hugs and tears as Rasmea Odeh deported

October

  1. Jose Maria Sison: On the significance of the Great October Socialist Revolution
  2. Northeastern University dining hall workers win incredible victory
  3. The October Revolution and some lessons for the struggle for socialism in the U.S.
  4. Students for a Democratic Society holds 12th annual national convention
  5. Interview with Mercedes Martínez, President of the Puerto Rican Teachers Federation – “Puerto Rico: The crisis for working class and poor people has intensified”

November

  1. Interview with Frank Chapman: “We have a spark with Charlottesville”
  2. U.S. delegation’s address to World Working Youth Congress in Rome
  3. Saudi Arabia's gangster 'Game of Thrones' reflects crisis for imperialism in Middle East
  4. Students at UNF oppose racists, KKK and Nazis
  5. #MeToo Campaign and Beyond: Combating Sexual Violence

December

  1. Zimbabwe’s leadership change and the enduring legacy of Robert Mugabe
  2. UPS imposes 70-hour work week
  3. Yemen’s Houthi movement eliminates former president Saleh for ‘treason’ amid Saudi war
  4. People’s Thanksgiving 2017 – FRSO speech by Frank Chapman
  5. Milwaukee Labor Council confronts white supremacist

There were many excellent Fight Back! articles that aren’t listed here – you can see them all at the archive. (Also see the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 retrospectives).

#UnitedStates #FightBack #YearInReview

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/top-fight-back-articles-2017 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 00:53:23 +0000 Salt Lake City activists celebrate with Fight Back! fundraiser https://fightbacknews.org/salt-lake-city-activists-celebrate-fight-back-fundraiser?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Fight Back! fundraising event in Salt Lake City") Salt Lake City, Utah - Twenty students and young working people gathered to celebrate and raise funds for Fight Back! on May 28. Activists gathered for a night of music, raffles, and fun, recognizing the contributions of activists to the people’s movements in Utah. !--more-- In one activity, Theresa Nielson wrote, “I read Fight Back! because it covers the people's struggle.” The evening closed with a raffle where winners claimed revolutionary posters, Marxist books and literature, or Fight Back! flags. The fundraiser netted $220, which will ensure that Fight Back! can continue to cover the people's struggle in Salt Lake City and elsewhere for a long time to come. #SaltLakeCityUT #FightBack #Socialism div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Fight Back! fundraising event in Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah – Twenty students and young working people gathered to celebrate and raise funds for Fight Back! on May 28. Activists gathered for a night of music, raffles, and fun, recognizing the contributions of activists to the people’s movements in Utah.

In one activity, Theresa Nielson wrote, “I read Fight Back! because it covers the people's struggle.”

The evening closed with a raffle where winners claimed revolutionary posters, Marxist books and literature, or Fight Back! flags. The fundraiser netted $220, which will ensure that Fight Back! can continue to cover the people's struggle in Salt Lake City and elsewhere for a long time to come.

#SaltLakeCityUT #FightBack #Socialism

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/salt-lake-city-activists-celebrate-fight-back-fundraiser Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:24:05 +0000 May Day fundraiser for Fight Back! held in Tampa https://fightbacknews.org/may-day-fundraiser-fight-back-held-tampa?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Fight Back! fundraising event in Tampa, FL") Tampa FL - A dozen Tampa Bay activists gathered on May Day weekend to commemorate International Workers Day. Members of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) held a Fight Back! fundraiser. They explained the history of International Workers Day, discussed strategy for revolution and explained the importance of having a newspaper that favored the people’s movements. !--more-- FRSO members gave speeches about the historical turning points for the working class, such as the general strike and massive protests that led to the Haymarket Square Massacre. They discussed the brutality of the police against the strikers and the bravery of the protesters. The speakers concluded with the need for socialism and for state power to go into the hands of the working class. Everyone donated to the paper and then participated in a rich question-and-answer session. Activists discussed concrete ways to support organized labor and the people’s movements, including writing for and distributing Fight Back! Participants criticized corporate news outlets for only presenting the views of wealthy politicians, bankers and CEOs. Elizabeth A’ya, with Tampa Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) said, “ Fight Back! consistently reports on the progressive movements in the U.S., without demonizing the people, or ignoring the ills of our current society.” Gage Lacharite, of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization said, “On May Day, we commemorate the working class’s efforts to change society, from protests to strikes to building a vanguard party. It is not the property-owning minority who will change society for the workers, not the class of the bosses or the bankers. It is only the working class that can bring about revolution, because the laboring class produces everything and makes society run. It is the largest and most powerful class in human history.” #TampaFL #internationalWorkersDay #FightBack #FreedomRoadSocialistOrganizationFRSO #Socialism div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Fight Back! fundraising event in Tampa, FL

Tampa FL – A dozen Tampa Bay activists gathered on May Day weekend to commemorate International Workers Day. Members of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) held a Fight Back! fundraiser. They explained the history of International Workers Day, discussed strategy for revolution and explained the importance of having a newspaper that favored the people’s movements.

FRSO members gave speeches about the historical turning points for the working class, such as the general strike and massive protests that led to the Haymarket Square Massacre. They discussed the brutality of the police against the strikers and the bravery of the protesters. The speakers concluded with the need for socialism and for state power to go into the hands of the working class.

Everyone donated to the paper and then participated in a rich question-and-answer session. Activists discussed concrete ways to support organized labor and the people’s movements, including writing for and distributing Fight Back! Participants criticized corporate news outlets for only presenting the views of wealthy politicians, bankers and CEOs.

Elizabeth A’ya, with Tampa Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) said, “ Fight Back! consistently reports on the progressive movements in the U.S., without demonizing the people, or ignoring the ills of our current society.”

Gage Lacharite, of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization said, “On May Day, we commemorate the working class’s efforts to change society, from protests to strikes to building a vanguard party. It is not the property-owning minority who will change society for the workers, not the class of the bosses or the bankers. It is only the working class that can bring about revolution, because the laboring class produces everything and makes society run. It is the largest and most powerful class in human history.”

#TampaFL #internationalWorkersDay #FightBack #FreedomRoadSocialistOrganizationFRSO #Socialism

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/may-day-fundraiser-fight-back-held-tampa Thu, 05 May 2016 23:53:52 +0000 Fight Back! Top 40 of 2015 https://fightbacknews.org/fight-back-2015-top-40?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[As 2015 comes to an end, we pause to look back at the 40 most viewed Fight Back! articles of the past year. Fight Back! published more than 1,000 articles this year. There were many excellent Fight Back! articles that aren’t listed here -- you can see them all at the archive. (Also see the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 retrospectives). !--more-- If there were other Fight Back! articles you liked this year that aren’t listed here, let us know which one in the comments! But before we get into the Top 40, we’d like to start by recognizing the people that Fight Back! honored who passed away in 2015. ¡Presente! On the passing of Nelson Peery, an outstanding American revolutionary Twin Cities rally and march honors the life of Jesús Estrada-Pérez Activist Sharon Rice Vaughan remembered Hundreds gather to celebrate life of Gabriel Johnson-Ortiz And without further delay, here are the Fight Back! Top 40 most viewed articles of 2015 01. 3 arrested at protest slamming Israeli war crimes apologist at University of MN by Meredith Aby-Keirstead, November 3, 2015 02. Illinois governor out to destroy unions by Richard Berg, July 30, 2015 03. Police seize private Facebook account info in Black Lives Matter case by staff, February 4, 2015 04. Kohler Company forced back to bargaining table by Kas Schwerdtfeder, December 13, 2015 05. May Day 2015 march and rally set for LA’s Boyle Heights by staff, April 22, 2015 06. Community mourns loss of James Barker to police shooting, demands change by C. R. Manor, January 12, 2015 07. Kohler workers on strike by Kas Schwerdtfeger, November 15, 2015 08. White supremacists shoot 5 at Minneapolis justice for Jamar Clark protest by staff, November 24, 2015 09. Twin Cities rally and march honors the life of Jesús Estrada-Pérez by staff, August 14, 2015 10. Michigan truck drivers, warehouse workers rally for union at Sysco by Tom Burke, April 30, 2015 11. Celebrate International Women’s Day 2015: Build the fight for justice, equality and liberation editorial by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, March 3, 2015 12. White supremacist terror attack in Charleston and the need to shatter the chains of oppression, editorial by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, June 20, 2015 13. Jacksonville sheriff's office shoots another unarmed Black man, community plans rally by Fernando Figueroa and Dave Schneider, March 29, 2015 14. Corrupt College of DuPage president forced out by staff, March 10, 2015 15. Houston protest against prison labor at Whole Foods by Fabian Van Onzin and Adam Gann, September 26, 2015 16. University of MN students start sit-in with demands targeting institutionalized oppression by Brad Sigal, February 9, 2015 17. Commentary on the presidential candidacy of Bernie Sanders by Fight Back! Editors, July 20, 2015 18. UPS, ALEC behind anti-worker laws like Right to Work: Teamster workers demand UPS withdraw from ALEC by Dave Schneider and Richard Blake, July 11, 2015 19. Anti-immigrant judge blocks expansion of Deferred Action by Masao Suzuki, February 21, 2015 20. 100,000 march in Moscow against fascist coup in Ukraine by Joe Iosbaker, February 21, 2015 21. Pilots at UPS authorize strike by staff, October 26, 2015 22. 20 Boyle Heights families fight back against displacement and gentrification by staff, September 13, 2015 23. Scott Walker greeted by protesters in Minnesota by staff, August 19, 2015 24. Family and friends rally, demand justice for Dillon Taylor: Video exposes brutal police killing by C. R. Manor, June 15, 2015 25. Baltimore police use tear gas, fire rubber bullets at protesting high school students by Michael Sampson, April 27, 2015 26. Greek communists blast new austerity memorandum: Statement by Communist Party of Greece (KKE), July 11, 2015 27. Photo Essay: Minneapolis protest blocking I-94 to demand justice for Jamar Clark by Chris Getowicz, November 18, 2015 28. 100 Florida students march against the KKK by Zachary Schultz, April 11, 2015 29. 13 arrested in sit-in at University of MN president's office by Matt Boynton, February 10, 2015 30. Jacksonville community gathers for D'angelo Stallworth, killed by police by Dave Schneider and Richard Blake, May 14, 2015 31. Mad Max: Beyond imperial capitalism Review by Gus Fromke, May 18, 2015 32. Immigrants demand Minnesota drivers licenses on opening day of legislature by Brad Sigal, January 7, 2015 33. Florida student conference takes up revolutionary theory by Fernando Figueroa, August 15, 2015 34. Tim Sylvester to Run for Teamster General President by staff, September 11, 2015 35. Historic visit of the Cuban 5 to El Salvador by staff, July 26, 2015 36. Miami students protest former president of Dominican Republic for ethnic cleansing law by Michael Sampson, October 23, 2015 37. Wisconsin right-wing politicians move to take over Milwaukee Public Schools by Sean Orr, May 20, 2015 38. Beyond armistice: Analysis of the Labor Movmeent by Gus Fromke, October 28, 2015 39. Corrupt Jacksonville police union president pleads guilty in corruption case: Jacksonville police union president was a close ally of State Attorney Angela Corey by staff, January 17, 2015 40. No assistance for long-term unemployed by staff, January 22, 2015 #UnitedStates #FightBack #YearInReview div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> As 2015 comes to an end, we pause to look back at the 40 most viewed Fight Back! articles of the past year. Fight Back! published more than 1,000 articles this year. There were many excellent Fight Back! articles that aren’t listed here — you can see them all at the archive. (Also see the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 retrospectives).

If there were other Fight Back! articles you liked this year that aren’t listed here, let us know which one in the comments!

But before we get into the Top 40, we’d like to start by recognizing the people that Fight Back! honored who passed away in 2015. ¡Presente!

And without further delay, here are the Fight Back! Top 40 most viewed articles of 2015

  1. 3 arrested at protest slamming Israeli war crimes apologist at University of MN by Meredith Aby-Keirstead, November 3, 2015
  2. Illinois governor out to destroy unions by Richard Berg, July 30, 2015
  3. Police seize private Facebook account info in Black Lives Matter case by staff, February 4, 2015
  4. Kohler Company forced back to bargaining table by Kas Schwerdtfeder, December 13, 2015
  5. May Day 2015 march and rally set for LA’s Boyle Heights by staff, April 22, 2015
  6. Community mourns loss of James Barker to police shooting, demands change by C. R. Manor, January 12, 2015
  7. Kohler workers on strike by Kas Schwerdtfeger, November 15, 2015
  8. White supremacists shoot 5 at Minneapolis justice for Jamar Clark protest by staff, November 24, 2015
  9. Twin Cities rally and march honors the life of Jesús Estrada-Pérez by staff, August 14, 2015
  10. Michigan truck drivers, warehouse workers rally for union at Sysco by Tom Burke, April 30, 2015
  11. Celebrate International Women’s Day 2015: Build the fight for justice, equality and liberation editorial by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, March 3, 2015
  12. White supremacist terror attack in Charleston and the need to shatter the chains of oppression, editorial by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, June 20, 2015
  13. Jacksonville sheriff's office shoots another unarmed Black man, community plans rally by Fernando Figueroa and Dave Schneider, March 29, 2015
  14. Corrupt College of DuPage president forced out by staff, March 10, 2015
  15. Houston protest against prison labor at Whole Foods by Fabian Van Onzin and Adam Gann, September 26, 2015
  16. University of MN students start sit-in with demands targeting institutionalized oppression by Brad Sigal, February 9, 2015
  17. Commentary on the presidential candidacy of Bernie Sanders by Fight Back! Editors, July 20, 2015
  18. UPS, ALEC behind anti-worker laws like Right to Work: Teamster workers demand UPS withdraw from ALEC by Dave Schneider and Richard Blake, July 11, 2015
  19. Anti-immigrant judge blocks expansion of Deferred Action by Masao Suzuki, February 21, 2015
  20. 100,000 march in Moscow against fascist coup in Ukraine by Joe Iosbaker, February 21, 2015
  21. Pilots at UPS authorize strike by staff, October 26, 2015
  22. 20 Boyle Heights families fight back against displacement and gentrification by staff, September 13, 2015
  23. Scott Walker greeted by protesters in Minnesota by staff, August 19, 2015
  24. Family and friends rally, demand justice for Dillon Taylor: Video exposes brutal police killing by C. R. Manor, June 15, 2015
  25. Baltimore police use tear gas, fire rubber bullets at protesting high school students by Michael Sampson, April 27, 2015
  26. Greek communists blast new austerity memorandum: Statement by Communist Party of Greece (KKE), July 11, 2015
  27. Photo Essay: Minneapolis protest blocking I-94 to demand justice for Jamar Clark by Chris Getowicz, November 18, 2015
  28. 100 Florida students march against the KKK by Zachary Schultz, April 11, 2015
  29. 13 arrested in sit-in at University of MN president's office by Matt Boynton, February 10, 2015
  30. Jacksonville community gathers for D'angelo Stallworth, killed by police by Dave Schneider and Richard Blake, May 14, 2015
  31. Mad Max: Beyond imperial capitalism Review by Gus Fromke, May 18, 2015
  32. Immigrants demand Minnesota drivers licenses on opening day of legislature by Brad Sigal, January 7, 2015
  33. Florida student conference takes up revolutionary theory by Fernando Figueroa, August 15, 2015
  34. Tim Sylvester to Run for Teamster General President by staff, September 11, 2015
  35. Historic visit of the Cuban 5 to El Salvador by staff, July 26, 2015
  36. Miami students protest former president of Dominican Republic for ethnic cleansing law by Michael Sampson, October 23, 2015
  37. Wisconsin right-wing politicians move to take over Milwaukee Public Schools by Sean Orr, May 20, 2015
  38. Beyond armistice: Analysis of the Labor Movmeent by Gus Fromke, October 28, 2015
  39. Corrupt Jacksonville police union president pleads guilty in corruption case: Jacksonville police union president was a close ally of State Attorney Angela Corey by staff, January 17, 2015
  40. No assistance for long-term unemployed by staff, January 22, 2015

#UnitedStates #FightBack #YearInReview

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/fight-back-2015-top-40 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 04:33:05 +0000 Year in Review: Top Fight Back stories of 2013 https://fightbacknews.org/top-fight-back-stories-2013?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[As 2013 comes to an end, we pause to look back at some of the most important Fight Back! stories of the past year. 2013 has seen an upsurge in many struggles - and Fight Back! News has been there on the front lines with on-the-spot reporting and timely analysis. !--more-- Here we list five of the top stories from each month this year. There were many more excellent stories in Fight Back! this year that aren’t listed here -- you can see all of the 2013 stories in the archive. (Also see the 2010, 2011 and 2012 retrospectives). If there were other Fight Back! articles you liked this year that aren’t listed here, let us know which one in the comments! JANUARY U.S. hands off Mali, U.S. out of Africa! by staff, January 2, 2013 Compromise to stop the so-called ‘fiscal cliff’ no victory for working class by Fight Back! editors, January 3, 2013 Ex U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald hit by protest challenging his grand jury by staff, January 20, 2013 Florida rallies for reproductive rights on Roe v. Wade anniversary by Jared Hoey, January 24, 2013 Activists confront pro-Israel rally at University of New Orleans by Jacob Flom, January 29, 2013 FEBRUARYFreedom Road Socialist Organization Student Commission meets, lays plans for building student movement in 2013 by staff, February 1, 2013 Arrests imminent as Milwaukee students occupy campus office for Palermo's Pizza workers by staff, February 6, 2013 What ‘immigration enforcement’ looks like in North Carolina: Pulled over 13 times in one month at an immigration checkpoint an interview with Bobby Sullivan, February 15, 2013 The Unending Fight for Justice: From Fred Korematsu to the Holy Land 5 by Masao Suzuki, February 24, 2013 Chicago protest disrupts speech by Israeli drone war expert by staff, February 26, 2013 MARCHFreedom Road Socialist Organization message to Venezuela on passing of President Hugo Chavez by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, March 5, 2013 Florida Dream Defenders challenge Governor Scott, state politicians by staff, March 7, 2013 Tampa students occupy administration building to defend education rights by Jared Hamil, March 7, 2013 Protesters in Chicago shut down presentation by Holy Land 5 prosecutor Barry Jonas by Kait McIntyre, March 13, 2013 Trumka’s turn around proposal for the labor movement by Kas Schwerdtfeger, March 30, 2013 APRILChicago anti-drone marchers confront Boeing Company by staff, April 7, 2013 Protesters confront white supremacists in Tennessee by Preston Gilmore, April 9, 2013 Florida State students protest rape culture by Jess Schwartz, April 15, 2013 Newark, NJ protest demands “Hands off Social Security” by David Hungerford, April 19, 2013 Victory for African woman in Utah immigration case by staff, April 21, 2013 MAYPhoto Essay: International Workers Day 2013 in Havana, Cuba by staff, May 1, 2013 May Day in Los Angeles: Thousands of militant marchers demand ‘Legalization for all now!’ by staff, May 2, 2013 Thousands rally as Minnesota lawmakers pass same-sex marriage bill; Governor Dayton will sign tomorrow by Kim DeFranco, May 13, 2013 U.S./Israel Hands Off Syria! by United National Antiwar Coalition, May 15, 2013 Rank-and-file Teamsters say: “Vote no on UPS contract” by Kas Schwerdtfeger, May 24, 2013 JUNEChokwe Lumumba elected mayor of Jackson, Mississippi by staff, June 4, 2013 UPS Teamsters in Tampa Bay organize for ‘no’ vote on proposed contract by Jared Hamil, June 8, 2013 Interview with Ralph Poynter, husband of jailed people’s lawyer Lynn Stewart June 11, 2013 MN Welfare Rights Committee wins first welfare increase since 1986 by Deb Konechne, June 20, 2013 Legalization For All network on Senate immigration reform bill by Legalization for All Network, June 30, 2013 JULYRank-and-file Teamsters block deal with UPS by staff, July 1, 2013 Five arrested protesting murder by Milwaukee police by Jacob Flom, July 7, 2013 30,000 California prisoners begin hunger strike and work stoppage against long-term solitary confinement by staff, July 9, 2013 Build the fight to get justice for Trayvon Martin by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, July 16, 2013 126-mile Walk for Dignity to Sanford, rally at Trayvon Martin Memorial by staff, July 30, 2013 AUGUST Zimbabwe reelects Robert Mugabe as president by Dave Schneider, August 3, 2013 Chicago anti-war leader Joe Iosbaker speaks out on Syria by staff, August 4, 2013 10,000 join Ashville Mountain Moral Monday protest by Sarah Buchner, August 7, 2013 Chelsea Manning is a hero by Meredith Aby, August 23, 2013 More than 300,000 gather for March on Washington by staff, August 24, 2013 SEPTEMBERFreedom Road begins ‘Socialist Stamp of the Day’ on Facebook by staff, September 1, 2013 Five things anti-war activists should know about Syria by Steff Yorek and Jess Sundin, September 5, 2013 The ISO and the war on Syria: Silly and shameful by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, September 11, 2013 Gains made by Teamster ‘Vote No’ movement at UPS. Keep voting no! by Kas Schwerdtfeger, September 12, 2013 Jacksonville protesters take over Senator Nelson’s office, demand ‘Hands off Syria’ by staff, September 17, 2013 OCTOBER Commentary: Crisis of Monopoly Capitalism Dims Economic Future for Youth by Masao Suzuki, October 10, 2013 With deportations approaching 2 million - Stop the deportations now! by Fight Back! editors, October 10, 2013 SDS: Study and struggle at 8th National Convention by Stephanie Taylor , October 17, 2013 Drop the Charges against Rasmea Odeh by Arab American Action Network, October 23, 2013 Top 5 progressive horror films for activists on Halloween Dave Schneider, October 28, 2013 NOVEMBER Anti-war activists fight government secrecy in push to unseal documents on FBI raids by staff, November 1, 2013 Filipino communists step up typhoon relief efforts, condemns Aquino regime’s slow response statement by the Communist Party of the Philippines, November 11, 2013 Florida Students Advance Tuition Equity Campaign by Michela Martinazzi, November 16, 2013 Two paths ahead for the immigrant rights movement by Masao Suzuki, November 22, 2013 Florida workers and activists unite against Walmart by Cassia Laham, November 29, 2013 DECEMBEROn the passing of Nelson Mandela, listen to his own words by staff, December 5, 2013 Tampa Workers Outsmart Ronald McDonald’s Police by Dustin Ponder, December 8, 2013 Victory: Jacksonville activists win name change for Nathan B. Forrest High School by staff, December 16, 2013 Arizona communists join Freedom Road Socialist Organization by Tom Burke, December 20, 2013 NSA, CIA role in murder of FARC leaders exposed by staff, December 22, 2013 #UnitedStates #FightBack #YearInReview div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> As 2013 comes to an end, we pause to look back at some of the most important Fight Back! stories of the past year. 2013 has seen an upsurge in many struggles – and Fight Back! News has been there on the front lines with on-the-spot reporting and timely analysis.

Here we list five of the top stories from each month this year. There were many more excellent stories in Fight Back! this year that aren’t listed here — you can see all of the 2013 stories in the archive. (Also see the 2010, 2011 and 2012 retrospectives).

If there were other Fight Back! articles you liked this year that aren’t listed here, let us know which one in the comments!

JANUARY U.S. hands off Mali, U.S. out of Africa! by staff, January 2, 2013

Compromise to stop the so-called ‘fiscal cliff’ no victory for working class by Fight Back! editors, January 3, 2013

Ex U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald hit by protest challenging his grand jury by staff, January 20, 2013

Florida rallies for reproductive rights on Roe v. Wade anniversary by Jared Hoey, January 24, 2013

Activists confront pro-Israel rally at University of New Orleans by Jacob Flom, January 29, 2013

FEBRUARYFreedom Road Socialist Organization Student Commission meets, lays plans for building student movement in 2013 by staff, February 1, 2013

Arrests imminent as Milwaukee students occupy campus office for Palermo's Pizza workers by staff, February 6, 2013

What ‘immigration enforcement’ looks like in North Carolina: Pulled over 13 times in one month at an immigration checkpoint an interview with Bobby Sullivan, February 15, 2013

The Unending Fight for Justice: From Fred Korematsu to the Holy Land 5 by Masao Suzuki, February 24, 2013

Chicago protest disrupts speech by Israeli drone war expert by staff, February 26, 2013

MARCHFreedom Road Socialist Organization message to Venezuela on passing of President Hugo Chavez by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, March 5, 2013

Florida Dream Defenders challenge Governor Scott, state politicians by staff, March 7, 2013

Tampa students occupy administration building to defend education rights by Jared Hamil, March 7, 2013

Protesters in Chicago shut down presentation by Holy Land 5 prosecutor Barry Jonas by Kait McIntyre, March 13, 2013

Trumka’s turn around proposal for the labor movement by Kas Schwerdtfeger, March 30, 2013

APRILChicago anti-drone marchers confront Boeing Company by staff, April 7, 2013

Protesters confront white supremacists in Tennessee by Preston Gilmore, April 9, 2013

Florida State students protest rape culture by Jess Schwartz, April 15, 2013

Newark, NJ protest demands “Hands off Social Security” by David Hungerford, April 19, 2013

Victory for African woman in Utah immigration case by staff, April 21, 2013

MAYPhoto Essay: International Workers Day 2013 in Havana, Cuba by staff, May 1, 2013

May Day in Los Angeles: Thousands of militant marchers demand ‘Legalization for all now!’ by staff, May 2, 2013

Thousands rally as Minnesota lawmakers pass same-sex marriage bill; Governor Dayton will sign tomorrow by Kim DeFranco, May 13, 2013

U.S./Israel Hands Off Syria! by United National Antiwar Coalition, May 15, 2013

Rank-and-file Teamsters say: “Vote no on UPS contract” by Kas Schwerdtfeger, May 24, 2013

JUNEChokwe Lumumba elected mayor of Jackson, Mississippi by staff, June 4, 2013

UPS Teamsters in Tampa Bay organize for ‘no’ vote on proposed contract by Jared Hamil, June 8, 2013

Interview with Ralph Poynter, husband of jailed people’s lawyer Lynn Stewart June 11, 2013

MN Welfare Rights Committee wins first welfare increase since 1986 by Deb Konechne, June 20, 2013

Legalization For All network on Senate immigration reform bill by Legalization for All Network, June 30, 2013

JULYRank-and-file Teamsters block deal with UPS by staff, July 1, 2013

Five arrested protesting murder by Milwaukee police by Jacob Flom, July 7, 2013

30,000 California prisoners begin hunger strike and work stoppage against long-term solitary confinement by staff, July 9, 2013

Build the fight to get justice for Trayvon Martin by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, July 16, 2013

126-mile Walk for Dignity to Sanford, rally at Trayvon Martin Memorial by staff, July 30, 2013

AUGUST Zimbabwe reelects Robert Mugabe as president by Dave Schneider, August 3, 2013

Chicago anti-war leader Joe Iosbaker speaks out on Syria by staff, August 4, 2013

10,000 join Ashville Mountain Moral Monday protest by Sarah Buchner, August 7, 2013

Chelsea Manning is a hero by Meredith Aby, August 23, 2013

More than 300,000 gather for March on Washington by staff, August 24, 2013

SEPTEMBERFreedom Road begins ‘Socialist Stamp of the Day’ on Facebook by staff, September 1, 2013

Five things anti-war activists should know about Syria by Steff Yorek and Jess Sundin, September 5, 2013

The ISO and the war on Syria: Silly and shameful by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, September 11, 2013

Gains made by Teamster ‘Vote No’ movement at UPS. Keep voting no! by Kas Schwerdtfeger, September 12, 2013 Jacksonville protesters take over Senator Nelson’s office, demand ‘Hands off Syria’ by staff, September 17, 2013

OCTOBER Commentary: Crisis of Monopoly Capitalism Dims Economic Future for Youth by Masao Suzuki, October 10, 2013

With deportations approaching 2 million – Stop the deportations now! by Fight Back! editors, October 10, 2013

SDS: Study and struggle at 8th National Convention by Stephanie Taylor , October 17, 2013

Drop the Charges against Rasmea Odeh by Arab American Action Network, October 23, 2013

Top 5 progressive horror films for activists on Halloween Dave Schneider, October 28, 2013

NOVEMBER Anti-war activists fight government secrecy in push to unseal documents on FBI raids by staff, November 1, 2013

Filipino communists step up typhoon relief efforts, condemns Aquino regime’s slow response statement by the Communist Party of the Philippines, November 11, 2013

Florida Students Advance Tuition Equity Campaign by Michela Martinazzi, November 16, 2013

Two paths ahead for the immigrant rights movement by Masao Suzuki, November 22, 2013

Florida workers and activists unite against Walmart by Cassia Laham, November 29, 2013

DECEMBEROn the passing of Nelson Mandela, listen to his own words by staff, December 5, 2013

Tampa Workers Outsmart Ronald McDonald’s Police by Dustin Ponder, December 8, 2013

Victory: Jacksonville activists win name change for Nathan B. Forrest High School by staff, December 16, 2013

Arizona communists join Freedom Road Socialist Organization by Tom Burke, December 20, 2013

NSA, CIA role in murder of FARC leaders exposed by staff, December 22, 2013

#UnitedStates #FightBack #YearInReview

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/top-fight-back-stories-2013 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 03:45:19 +0000 Fighting back in 2012: A look back https://fightbacknews.org/fighting-back-2012-look-back?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[As 2012 comes to an end, we pause to look back at some of the most important Fight Back! stories of the past year. 2012 has been a year full of struggle - and Fight Back! News has been there on the front lines with on-the-spot reporting and timely analysis. !--more-- We look back to learn from the past and to get inspiration to continue and expand the struggle in 2013. If there are other articles you liked that aren’t listed here, leave a comment! (Also see 2010 and 2011 retrospectives). Editorials 2012 was an election year in the U.S. In August, we put out a perspective on the upcoming elections: The 2012 presidential election: In the midst of economic hard times, hope is in the people’s struggles, change is in the streets. Fight Back! celebrated the defeat of reactionary constitutional amendments in Florida, where 8 right-wing constitutional amendments were defeated, and in Minnesota where voter restriction and anti-gay marriage amendments went down to surprising defeats. Our post-election editorial weighed in on the election results and what to expect next. Earlier in the primary election season, Fight Back’s editorial Ron Paul: No friend of the 99% weighed in on the Ron Paul phenomenon in the context of Paul’s efforts to influence the Occupy movement, leading to a lively debate with over 140 comments. National Mobilizations There were several national mobilizations in 2012. In July, a broad coalition of anti-war and other groups mobilized to confront NATO’s meeting in Chicago. After the protests, Chicago FRSO leader Joe Iosbaker wrote in Fight Back on lessons of the NATO protests. In September, as a hurricane menaced Tampa, Florida, over 1000 marched on the Republican National Convention. Then a week later in Charlotte, NC, protesters marched outside the Democratic National Convention protesting ‘Wall Street South’. Labor Movement The labor movement won a major battle in the fall when the Chicago Teachers Union went on strike, challenging Mayor Emmanuel and the national wave of right wing education ‘reform’. Fight Back’s coverage included a post-strike talk with a leader of the Chicago teacher strike. In North Carolina, the least unionized state in the country, workers at a large SITEL call center started organizing to form a union. Fight Back covered the SITEL workers and supporters standing up to union busting. In Milwaukee, a group of mostly immigrant workers at Palermos Pizza went on strike, and Fight Back has given ongoing coverage, such as in this article, No justice, No Pizza! Also in Milwaukee, immigrant and non-immigrant workers once again had a huge march on International Workers Day, and Fight Back was there to cover it: Milwaukee immigrants and workers march celebrates May Day. Workers at Chicago’s Republic Windows & Doors who carried out a successful factory occupation in 2008 had to take action again in February 2012 when workers occupied their Chicago factory. Around the country, conservative governors and state legislatures tried to pass anti-union ‘right to work’ (for less) laws, and everywhere they tried they met resistance. Fight Back has covered these struggles around the country, such as in Indiana: Indiana workers say “What’s disgusting? Indiana union busting!”. The Economy As the economy continued to flounder, Fight Back! gave coverage and analysis. Federal government on course for austerity in 2013 lays out the economic reality facing the country in the new year. The unequal effect of austerity was covered in Rise in unemployment rate means growing unemployment for African Americans and Latinos. People continued to build movements to fight back against the effects of the economic crisis. In Minnesota, the Welfare Rights Committee launched a campaign to “Raise the Welfare Grants”. In New Jersey, groups launched a drive for criminal prosecution of banks. Fighting Back Against Repression Fight Back! continues to be one of the most important sources on the growing political repression in the U.S. and the fight back against repression. Fight Back! gave an overall assessment in September of building the battle against repression. In 2012 Fight Back! covered some important victories and many ongoing struggles against political repression. The biggest victory we covered in 2012 was Carlos Montes’s victory against repression. We also reported on a victory for an immigrant rights activist Joe Callahan who faced charges for ‘human smuggling’ for helping two Salvadoran immigrants trying to get asylum in Canada. Another important victory came at the very end of 2011, when long-time political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal was taken off death row, where he had been since 1981. The struggle continues to free Mumia Abu-Jamal. An important victory happened in Los Angeles, when charges were dropped against Alex Sanchez. Fight Back also covered the Puerto Rican people’s important victory against repression this year when they defeated two repressive constitutional amendments championed by conservative Gov. Fortuño. The struggle to stop the repression against the Anti-War 23 continued through 2012. Early in the year the Chicago U.S. Attorney office confirmed ‘investigation is continuing’ against anti-war, international solidarity activists, so the Committee to Stop FBI Repression has continued to remain vigilant and organize to stop the repression against them. Government repression against the Occupy Wall Street movement continued and deepened, so Fight Back! published an assessment of the repression against the movement. Occupy activists and many others continued to protest the NDAA and indefinite detention, such as a protest in Minneapolis at President Obama’s campaign headquarters. Fight Back gives some analysis when President Obama signed the NDAA, allowing for indefinite detention without trial. At the protest in Chicago against NATO this summer, police singled out 5 people for ridiculous and harsh charges. Fight Back! covered the case and demanded that the government drop the charges against the NATO 5. A grand jury in the Pacific Northwest started calling anarchists to testify against their movement and each other. Fight Back! covered the resistance to the grand jury in solidarity with NW Grand Jury Resisters. An important movement continued in Minnesota in 2012 to free CeCe McDonald. Fight Back gave ongoing coverage to the movement, including when Leslie Feinberg was jailed for solidarity with CeCe. Some setbacks also happened this year, but these struggles continue too. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the Holy Land Five case. Two Somali women in Rochester, Minnesota were jailed for sending humanitarian aid to their homeland in an outrageous verdict. And in a shocking case, Facebook ‘likes’ were used as evidence of material support for terrorism. African-American Struggle The African-American struggle and the movement against police brutality surged in 2012. In March the murder of Trayvon Martin led to protests around the country as people demanded Justice for Trayvon Martin. Fight Back! covered protests in Florida, in Minneapolis, in Milwaukee, and elsewhere. In Anaheim, CA police killings sparked community protests. In Milwaukee, protesters demanded justice for Derek Williams. A People’s Tribunal was held on police brutality. The movement surged again in Florida in response to the murder of Jordan Davis. Black students in Tallahassee and the Tampa Dream Defenders protested to demand justice for Jordan Davis. Student Movement Nationally, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) kept building. At their national convention, SDS strategized for the year. Students in Florida protested throughout the year. The Dream Defenders took bold action several times, including when they challenged a presidential debate and 15 people were arrested. In Utah, the Revolutionary Students Union worked together with others to defend the cosmetology program at Salt Lake Community College from attacks and cuts. See more Fight Back coverage of the student movement here. Immigrant Rights Under Attack The immigrant rights movement continued fighting attacks in 2012. In June, the Supreme Court struck down most of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law SB1070. Meanwhile DREAMERS continued to fight to win, as their 10 year struggle moved forward. In March in Alabama, civil rights and labor groups joined to protest voter suppression and anti-immigrant laws. The immigrant rights struggle continued to be sharp in California: in East L.A. the community denounced car impounds, and demanded driver's licenses for all. In July in Anaheim police killings sparked community protests. Los Angeles County Sheriff Baca was told to break ties with ‘Secure Communities’ deportation program. This program was protested around the country, like in Minnesota when the Secure Communities deportation program was implemented there. LGBTQ struggles In the 2012 election there were several marriage equality victories. For example in Minnesota an anti-gay marriage amendment and a voter restriction amendment went down to surprising defeat. Also in Minnesota, the fight to free CeCe McDonald came to a conclusion in May when Chrishaun “CeCe” McDonald accepted a plea agreement. In North Carolina, a strong struggle was waged to Say no to Amendment One. In Utah students fought against anti-gay discrimination. International In 2012 Fight Back continued with important international coverage. In November we demanded a stop to Israel’s war on Gaza, and covered the protests around the U.S., including this one in Minnesota. We also gave analysis when Palestine’s status was elevated at the UN, in a rebuff to Israel and the U.S. And in December Fight Back! covered Leila Khaled’s return to Gaza. As the U.S. government continued war threats against Iran, Fight Back! gave voice to the anti-war movement, covering protests like one in Salt Lake City. When Iran’s President Ahmadinejad was in New York for a U.N. visit, Fight Back covered his meeting with U.S. U.S. anti-war and religious leaders. In Latin America, we reported on the gains of socialism in Cuba, where child malnutrition has been eliminated, while in the U.S. nearly a quarter of children are hungry. We also reported on MORENA’s protests of election fraud in Mexico, and reported on Colombian Political Prisoner Lily Obando’s freedom from prison. Remembrances In 2012, Fight Back! recognized people who passed away that have made contributions to the struggle. In April, we shared the statement of Freedom Road Socialist Organization on the passing of Comrade Ernesto Bustillos, as well as a remembrance of Joel Olson: A life dedicated to uncompromising struggle. In December, we ran Felicia Montes’s remembrance of Jenni Rivera – La Chicana de la Banda. Fight Back! at the Movies In 2012 Fight Back reviewed the new James Bond movie, On Her Majesty’s Imperialist Service: Skyfall and the politics of 007 in 2012 and the new Batman movie, Blackshirts & Bats: Chris Nolan’s far right worldview in The Dark Knight Rises. The remake of the 1980s anti-communist movie Red Dawn was also reviewed, ‘First tragedy, then farce’: The scandalous imperialism of the Red Dawn remake. #UnitedStates #FightBack #YearInReview #2012 div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> As 2012 comes to an end, we pause to look back at some of the most important Fight Back! stories of the past year. 2012 has been a year full of struggle – and Fight Back! News has been there on the front lines with on-the-spot reporting and timely analysis.

We look back to learn from the past and to get inspiration to continue and expand the struggle in 2013. If there are other articles you liked that aren’t listed here, leave a comment! (Also see 2010 and 2011 retrospectives). Editorials

2012 was an election year in the U.S. In August, we put out a perspective on the upcoming elections: The 2012 presidential election: In the midst of economic hard times, hope is in the people’s struggles, change is in the streets. Fight Back! celebrated the defeat of reactionary constitutional amendments in Florida, where 8 right-wing constitutional amendments were defeated, and in Minnesota where voter restriction and anti-gay marriage amendments went down to surprising defeats. Our post-election editorial weighed in on the election results and what to expect next. Earlier in the primary election season, Fight Back’s editorial Ron Paul: No friend of the 99% weighed in on the Ron Paul phenomenon in the context of Paul’s efforts to influence the Occupy movement, leading to a lively debate with over 140 comments. National Mobilizations

There were several national mobilizations in 2012. In July, a broad coalition of anti-war and other groups mobilized to confront NATO’s meeting in Chicago. After the protests, Chicago FRSO leader Joe Iosbaker wrote in Fight Back on lessons of the NATO protests. In September, as a hurricane menaced Tampa, Florida, over 1000 marched on the Republican National Convention. Then a week later in Charlotte, NC, protesters marched outside the Democratic National Convention protesting ‘Wall Street South’. Labor Movement

The labor movement won a major battle in the fall when the Chicago Teachers Union went on strike, challenging Mayor Emmanuel and the national wave of right wing education ‘reform’. Fight Back’s coverage included a post-strike talk with a leader of the Chicago teacher strike. In North Carolina, the least unionized state in the country, workers at a large SITEL call center started organizing to form a union. Fight Back covered the SITEL workers and supporters standing up to union busting. In Milwaukee, a group of mostly immigrant workers at Palermos Pizza went on strike, and Fight Back has given ongoing coverage, such as in this article, No justice, No Pizza! Also in Milwaukee, immigrant and non-immigrant workers once again had a huge march on International Workers Day, and Fight Back was there to cover it: Milwaukee immigrants and workers march celebrates May Day. Workers at Chicago’s Republic Windows & Doors who carried out a successful factory occupation in 2008 had to take action again in February 2012 when workers occupied their Chicago factory. Around the country, conservative governors and state legislatures tried to pass anti-union ‘right to work’ (for less) laws, and everywhere they tried they met resistance. Fight Back has covered these struggles around the country, such as in Indiana: Indiana workers say “What’s disgusting? Indiana union busting!”. The Economy

As the economy continued to flounder, Fight Back! gave coverage and analysis. Federal government on course for austerity in 2013 lays out the economic reality facing the country in the new year. The unequal effect of austerity was covered in Rise in unemployment rate means growing unemployment for African Americans and Latinos. People continued to build movements to fight back against the effects of the economic crisis. In Minnesota, the Welfare Rights Committee launched a campaign to “Raise the Welfare Grants”. In New Jersey, groups launched a drive for criminal prosecution of banks. Fighting Back Against Repression Fight Back! continues to be one of the most important sources on the growing political repression in the U.S. and the fight back against repression. Fight Back! gave an overall assessment in September of building the battle against repression.

In 2012 Fight Back! covered some important victories and many ongoing struggles against political repression. The biggest victory we covered in 2012 was Carlos Montes’s victory against repression. We also reported on a victory for an immigrant rights activist Joe Callahan who faced charges for ‘human smuggling’ for helping two Salvadoran immigrants trying to get asylum in Canada. Another important victory came at the very end of 2011, when long-time political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal was taken off death row, where he had been since 1981. The struggle continues to free Mumia Abu-Jamal. An important victory happened in Los Angeles, when charges were dropped against Alex Sanchez. Fight Back also covered the Puerto Rican people’s important victory against repression this year when they defeated two repressive constitutional amendments championed by conservative Gov. Fortuño.

The struggle to stop the repression against the Anti-War 23 continued through 2012. Early in the year the Chicago U.S. Attorney office confirmed ‘investigation is continuing’ against anti-war, international solidarity activists, so the Committee to Stop FBI Repression has continued to remain vigilant and organize to stop the repression against them.

Government repression against the Occupy Wall Street movement continued and deepened, so Fight Back! published an assessment of the repression against the movement. Occupy activists and many others continued to protest the NDAA and indefinite detention, such as a protest in Minneapolis at President Obama’s campaign headquarters. Fight Back gives some analysis when President Obama signed the NDAA, allowing for indefinite detention without trial.

At the protest in Chicago against NATO this summer, police singled out 5 people for ridiculous and harsh charges. Fight Back! covered the case and demanded that the government drop the charges against the NATO 5. A grand jury in the Pacific Northwest started calling anarchists to testify against their movement and each other. Fight Back! covered the resistance to the grand jury in solidarity with NW Grand Jury Resisters. An important movement continued in Minnesota in 2012 to free CeCe McDonald. Fight Back gave ongoing coverage to the movement, including when Leslie Feinberg was jailed for solidarity with CeCe.

Some setbacks also happened this year, but these struggles continue too. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the Holy Land Five case. Two Somali women in Rochester, Minnesota were jailed for sending humanitarian aid to their homeland in an outrageous verdict. And in a shocking case, Facebook ‘likes’ were used as evidence of material support for terrorism. African-American Struggle

The African-American struggle and the movement against police brutality surged in 2012. In March the murder of Trayvon Martin led to protests around the country as people demanded Justice for Trayvon Martin. Fight Back! covered protests in Florida, in Minneapolis, in Milwaukee, and elsewhere. In Anaheim, CA police killings sparked community protests. In Milwaukee, protesters demanded justice for Derek Williams. A People’s Tribunal was held on police brutality. The movement surged again in Florida in response to the murder of Jordan Davis. Black students in Tallahassee and the Tampa Dream Defenders protested to demand justice for Jordan Davis. Student Movement

Nationally, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) kept building. At their national convention, SDS strategized for the year. Students in Florida protested throughout the year. The Dream Defenders took bold action several times, including when they challenged a presidential debate and 15 people were arrested. In Utah, the Revolutionary Students Union worked together with others to defend the cosmetology program at Salt Lake Community College from attacks and cuts. See more Fight Back coverage of the student movement here. Immigrant Rights Under Attack

The immigrant rights movement continued fighting attacks in 2012. In June, the Supreme Court struck down most of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law SB1070. Meanwhile DREAMERS continued to fight to win, as their 10 year struggle moved forward. In March in Alabama, civil rights and labor groups joined to protest voter suppression and anti-immigrant laws. The immigrant rights struggle continued to be sharp in California: in East L.A. the community denounced car impounds, and demanded driver's licenses for all. In July in Anaheim police killings sparked community protests. Los Angeles County Sheriff Baca was told to break ties with ‘Secure Communities’ deportation program. This program was protested around the country, like in Minnesota when the Secure Communities deportation program was implemented there. LGBTQ struggles In the 2012 election there were several marriage equality victories. For example in Minnesota an anti-gay marriage amendment and a voter restriction amendment went down to surprising defeat. Also in Minnesota, the fight to free CeCe McDonald came to a conclusion in May when Chrishaun “CeCe” McDonald accepted a plea agreement. In North Carolina, a strong struggle was waged to Say no to Amendment One. In Utah students fought against anti-gay discrimination. International

In 2012 Fight Back continued with important international coverage. In November we demanded a stop to Israel’s war on Gaza, and covered the protests around the U.S., including this one in Minnesota. We also gave analysis when Palestine’s status was elevated at the UN, in a rebuff to Israel and the U.S. And in December Fight Back! covered Leila Khaled’s return to Gaza.

As the U.S. government continued war threats against Iran, Fight Back! gave voice to the anti-war movement, covering protests like one in Salt Lake City. When Iran’s President Ahmadinejad was in New York for a U.N. visit, Fight Back covered his meeting with U.S. U.S. anti-war and religious leaders.

In Latin America, we reported on the gains of socialism in Cuba, where child malnutrition has been eliminated, while in the U.S. nearly a quarter of children are hungry. We also reported on MORENA’s protests of election fraud in Mexico, and reported on Colombian Political Prisoner Lily Obando’s freedom from prison. Remembrances

In 2012, Fight Back! recognized people who passed away that have made contributions to the struggle. In April, we shared the statement of Freedom Road Socialist Organization on the passing of Comrade Ernesto Bustillos, as well as a remembrance of Joel Olson: A life dedicated to uncompromising struggle. In December, we ran Felicia Montes’s remembrance of Jenni Rivera – La Chicana de la Banda. Fight Back! at the Movies

In 2012 Fight Back reviewed the new James Bond movie, On Her Majesty’s Imperialist Service: Skyfall and the politics of 007 in 2012 and the new Batman movie, Blackshirts & Bats: Chris Nolan’s far right worldview in The Dark Knight Rises. The remake of the 1980s anti-communist movie Red Dawn was also reviewed, ‘First tragedy, then farce’: The scandalous imperialism of the Red Dawn remake.

#UnitedStates #FightBack #YearInReview #2012

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/fighting-back-2012-look-back Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:19:54 +0000 Glenn Beck attacks Fight Back! News and Committee to Stop FBI Repression https://fightbacknews.org/glenn-beck-attacks-fight-back-news-and-committee-stop-fbi-repression?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Strange and desperate attempt to divide growing union movement Wisconsin union protesters express their opinion about Fox News") On March 3, notorious right-wing FOX TV personality Glenn Beck launched a 12-minute attack against Fight Back! News, the Committee to Stop FBI Repression and many individual labor and anti-war activists associated with these projects. The purpose of his attack was to try to sow division among the many forces that have united in Wisconsin to boldly fight back against the anti-union agenda of Governor Scott Walker. !--more-- The Committee to Stop FBI Repression organizes to defend the 23 anti-war and international solidarity activists who have been subpoenaed to a secret grand jury in Chicago. Many of the activists’ homes and one office was raided by the FBI in September 2010. The grand jury witch hunt is supposedly investigating ‘material support for foreign terrorism.’ If indicted, these activists will face severe charges and the possibility of long jail sentences even though they haven't given any material support to terrorism. They have organized against U.S. wars and military aid and have used their First Amendment right to express their political ideas in solidarity with people facing oppression in places like Palestine and Colombia. Many of the 23 activists attacked by the FBI and grand jury are long-time union activists and a number of unions have publicly criticized the government harassment against them. Unions have a long history of standing up for freedom of speech, freedom of association and civil liberties, because throughout history, unions have had to fight for these basic rights against harsh attacks from companies and the government. Conservatives attack unions and accuse them of being communistic, terroristic and any other thing they can think of. So it's not strange that unions are questioning the FBI's attacks on these labor and anti-war activists. Despite the plainly obvious fact that the FBI repression against these 23 activists has no direct connection with the union fight back against Wisconsin Gov. Walker's attempt to destroy public sector unions, this is where Glen Beck starts his attack. In the face of the bold and united response in Wisconsin against Gov. Walker's plan to destroy public sector unions, reactionaries like Beck are mortified. They rightly see it as a threat to their agenda of helping the rich get richer and more powerful while keeping workers and oppressed nationalities divided, confused and powerless. So what does Beck do? He conjures up the same old, tired tactics of McCarthyistic red-baiting. In the March 3 show, Beck tries to scare his viewers with the spectre of ‘communism,’ ‘Islam’ and ‘terrorism.’ His goal with this line of attack is to try to turn some sectors of the working class against the union movement by spinning a laughably strange story claiming that unions are basically fronts for communist, Islamist terrorism. Beck particularly tries to appeal to fire fighters, teachers and police officers to turn against the union movement in Wisconsin. The teachers have been central to the movement since they would lose their union and bargaining rights if Gov. Walker’s bill passes. The unhinged incoherence of Beck's rants would be laughable if he didn't have a major TV network at his disposal to spout his lunatic theories day after day. His daily screeds lambasting any group or individual to the left of Attila the Hun have earned him the scorn of millions of workers and progressive people. At every protest in Wisconsin, many people bring signs ridiculing the shrill pro-corporate propaganda of Fox News and Glenn Beck. Over the past week protesters have started to bring pictures of palm trees to the wintery Wisconsin union rallies, after Fox News ran a clip they claimed showed Wisconsin union protesters shoving conservative counter-protesters. But the clip was obviously not from Wisconsin - because there was no snow on the ground and you could see palm trees in the background. This made it clearer than ever that Fox will use fake footage and outright lies to try to divide the union movement. Other popular signs people bring to the Wisconsin protests say “Faux News: We make it up” and “Fox News will lie about this.” Protesters hope these signs will show up on the TV cameras whenever they’re filming. In that sense, the union movement and other progressive movements take it as a badge of pride to be attacked by Fox and its hosts like Beck. This is the right attitude. In Wisconsin, the divide-and-conquer attacks haven't worked and the movement's broad unity has continued to stop the union-busting bill from being voted on. This has opened up space for the movement in the streets to keep growing, with daily protests attracting as many as 100,000 people. Whenever large numbers of people challenge the powers that be, like we're seeing in Wisconsin, these divide-and-conquer attacks from the right are as predictable as the sun rising in the east. As the movement grows, we can expect the attacks to get louder, more frequent and more shrill. We believe that this won't be the last time Beck (and others like him) attack Fight Back! News and the Committee to Stop FBI Repression. In the 1950s and 60s these kinds of McCarthyistic attacks were common against all progressive movements, including the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement and the labor movement. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of many prominent leaders who the FBI and prominent conservatives constantly branded as a dangerous communist because of his successes in fighting for civil rights and workers rights and his outspokenness against the U.S. war in Vietnam. It’s important not to let such attacks sidetrack or divide our movements. When we are attacked by Fox News and its cast of characters like Glenn Beck, it means we’re doing something right and we should keep moving forward boldly. You can find out more about the Committee to Stop FBI Repression at stopfbi.net. See Glenn Beck's March 3 tirade here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK75lEjH11w #UnitedStates #Labor #Editorials #FightBack #CommitteeToStopFBIRepression #GovernorScottWalker #Wisconsin #GlennBeck #FOXNews div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> _Strange and desperate attempt to divide growing union movement _

Wisconsin union protesters express their opinion about Fox News

On March 3, notorious right-wing FOX TV personality Glenn Beck launched a 12-minute attack against Fight Back! News, the Committee to Stop FBI Repression and many individual labor and anti-war activists associated with these projects. The purpose of his attack was to try to sow division among the many forces that have united in Wisconsin to boldly fight back against the anti-union agenda of Governor Scott Walker.

The Committee to Stop FBI Repression organizes to defend the 23 anti-war and international solidarity activists who have been subpoenaed to a secret grand jury in Chicago. Many of the activists’ homes and one office was raided by the FBI in September 2010. The grand jury witch hunt is supposedly investigating ‘material support for foreign terrorism.’ If indicted, these activists will face severe charges and the possibility of long jail sentences even though they haven't given any material support to terrorism. They have organized against U.S. wars and military aid and have used their First Amendment right to express their political ideas in solidarity with people facing oppression in places like Palestine and Colombia.

Many of the 23 activists attacked by the FBI and grand jury are long-time union activists and a number of unions have publicly criticized the government harassment against them. Unions have a long history of standing up for freedom of speech, freedom of association and civil liberties, because throughout history, unions have had to fight for these basic rights against harsh attacks from companies and the government. Conservatives attack unions and accuse them of being communistic, terroristic and any other thing they can think of. So it's not strange that unions are questioning the FBI's attacks on these labor and anti-war activists.

Despite the plainly obvious fact that the FBI repression against these 23 activists has no direct connection with the union fight back against Wisconsin Gov. Walker's attempt to destroy public sector unions, this is where Glen Beck starts his attack.

In the face of the bold and united response in Wisconsin against Gov. Walker's plan to destroy public sector unions, reactionaries like Beck are mortified. They rightly see it as a threat to their agenda of helping the rich get richer and more powerful while keeping workers and oppressed nationalities divided, confused and powerless. So what does Beck do? He conjures up the same old, tired tactics of McCarthyistic red-baiting. In the March 3 show, Beck tries to scare his viewers with the spectre of ‘communism,’ ‘Islam’ and ‘terrorism.’

His goal with this line of attack is to try to turn some sectors of the working class against the union movement by spinning a laughably strange story claiming that unions are basically fronts for communist, Islamist terrorism. Beck particularly tries to appeal to fire fighters, teachers and police officers to turn against the union movement in Wisconsin. The teachers have been central to the movement since they would lose their union and bargaining rights if Gov. Walker’s bill passes.

The unhinged incoherence of Beck's rants would be laughable if he didn't have a major TV network at his disposal to spout his lunatic theories day after day. His daily screeds lambasting any group or individual to the left of Attila the Hun have earned him the scorn of millions of workers and progressive people. At every protest in Wisconsin, many people bring signs ridiculing the shrill pro-corporate propaganda of Fox News and Glenn Beck. Over the past week protesters have started to bring pictures of palm trees to the wintery Wisconsin union rallies, after Fox News ran a clip they claimed showed Wisconsin union protesters shoving conservative counter-protesters. But the clip was obviously not from Wisconsin – because there was no snow on the ground and you could see palm trees in the background. This made it clearer than ever that Fox will use fake footage and outright lies to try to divide the union movement. Other popular signs people bring to the Wisconsin protests say “Faux News: We make it up” and “Fox News will lie about this.” Protesters hope these signs will show up on the TV cameras whenever they’re filming.

In that sense, the union movement and other progressive movements take it as a badge of pride to be attacked by Fox and its hosts like Beck. This is the right attitude. In Wisconsin, the divide-and-conquer attacks haven't worked and the movement's broad unity has continued to stop the union-busting bill from being voted on. This has opened up space for the movement in the streets to keep growing, with daily protests attracting as many as 100,000 people.

Whenever large numbers of people challenge the powers that be, like we're seeing in Wisconsin, these divide-and-conquer attacks from the right are as predictable as the sun rising in the east. As the movement grows, we can expect the attacks to get louder, more frequent and more shrill.

We believe that this won't be the last time Beck (and others like him) attack Fight Back! News and the Committee to Stop FBI Repression. In the 1950s and 60s these kinds of McCarthyistic attacks were common against all progressive movements, including the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement and the labor movement. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of many prominent leaders who the FBI and prominent conservatives constantly branded as a dangerous communist because of his successes in fighting for civil rights and workers rights and his outspokenness against the U.S. war in Vietnam. It’s important not to let such attacks sidetrack or divide our movements.

When we are attacked by Fox News and its cast of characters like Glenn Beck, it means we’re doing something right and we should keep moving forward boldly.

You can find out more about the Committee to Stop FBI Repression at stopfbi.net.

See Glenn Beck's March 3 tirade here:

#UnitedStates #Labor #Editorials #FightBack #CommitteeToStopFBIRepression #GovernorScottWalker #Wisconsin #GlennBeck #FOXNews

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/glenn-beck-attacks-fight-back-news-and-committee-stop-fbi-repression Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:12:37 +0000 Year in review: Some of the top Fight Back! stories of 2010 https://fightbacknews.org/some-top-fight-back-stories-2010?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Here we will take the occasion of the end of the year to look back at some of the most important stories of the past year on the Fight Back! website. It has definitely been a year full of struggle and conflict - and Fight Back! News has been there on the front lines with on-the-spot reporting and timely analysis. !--more-- As 2010 ends and a new year begins, we look back to learn from the past and to get inspiration to continue and expand the struggle in 2011. If there are other articles you liked that aren’t listed here, leave a comment! Government Repression of the Anti-War & International Solidarity Movements Homeland Security harasses Haiti activists by Tom Burke, January 2010 Facebook censors Ricardo Palmera group by Josh Sykes, July 2010 Activists denounce FBI raids on anti-war and solidarity activists homes; Subpoenas, searches, and FBI visits carried out in cities across the country by Staff, September 24, 2010 FRSO statement condemning FBI Raids, Grand Jury witch hunt by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, October 2010 New York meeting builds movement against Grand Jury, FBI repression of anti-war activists by Maureen Murphy, November 2010 Statement from Angela Davis against FBI and Grand Jury repression, November 2010 The Continuing Crisis of Capitalism MN foreclosure moratorium at Senate and House hearings by Staff, January 2010 St. Paul, MN protest demands moratorium on foreclosures, tax the rich, no cutbacks by Staff, February 2010 Parent responds to TV attack on school kids joining protest by Jess Sundin, March 2010 New Jersey protest demands banks be held responsible for housing crisis by David Hungerford, April 2010 Almost a million lose benefits while layoffs continue and businesses refuse to hire the unemployed by Masao Suzuki, June 2010 Labor Movement UIC Graduate employees vote to authorize strike by Joe Iosbaker, February 2010 Tuscaloosa Crimson Ride bus drivers get first contract by Jenae Stainer, March 2010 Interview with Sal Rosselli, leader of National Union of Healthcare Workers Fight Back! reporters interviewed Sal Rosselli on April 21, 2010 One Nation' rally brings 175,000 to Washington, DC with demands for jobs, education, and civil rights by Kati Ketz, October 2010 Ongoing U.S. Occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan Afghan civilians in bus gunned down by U.S. troops by Kosta Harlan, April 2010 Leaked video shows U.S. military murdering over one dozen Iraqis by Kosta Harlan, April 2010 10 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan, U.S. occupation crumbling by Kosta Harlan, June 2010 U.S. scrambles to conceal video of Afghanistan massacre; Whistleblower fears for his life by Jacob Flom, June 2010 Occupation of Iraq to continue, we must oppose it: Interview with Meredith Aby, August 2010 International Iran celebrates 31 years of sovereignty by Kosta Harlan, February 2010 Electric shock "trial," sickening violation of Ricardo Palmera’s human rights by Staff, March 2010 Serfs Emancipation Day celebrated in Tibet by Staff, March 2010 Revolutionaries Deal Setback to India’s ‘Operation Green Hunt’ by David Hungerford, April 2010 Minnesotans Protest the Zionist Lobby, AIPAC, and U.S. Aid to Israel by Meredith Aby, July 2010 Colombia Action Network says “No to U.S. bases in Colombia” by Colombia Action Network, August 2010 Chicagoan arrested calling for boycott of Israel’s Guantanamo by Staff, September 2010 Is the FARC-EP (really) a terrorist organization? by James Brittain, November 2010 Immigrant Rights Movement Continuing the struggle for immigrant rights in 2010: Year one of the new administration saw change but not progress editorial by Fight Back! editors, February 2010 March 21 DC immigrant rights protest photo essay by Kosta Harlan, March 2010 Eyewitness Arizona: report from the frontlines by James Jordan, April 2010 Students take the streets of Arizona for immigrant rights and against racism by James Jordan, May 2010 Lines Drawn over SB1070 in Arizona by James Jordan, May 2010 Photo Essay: Over 250,000 march for immigrant rights in Los Angeles, denounce Arizona’s SB1070 by Kosta Harlan and Eric Gardner, May 1, 2010 Three North Carolina immigrant youth on hunger strike in Raleigh, demanding Senator Kay Hagan support DREAM Act by Kosta Harlan, June 2010 Say no to border militarization by Fight Back! Editors, July 2010 Jimmy John’s franchise owner condemns SB1070 under pressure from boycott by Brad Sigal, July 2010 Immigrant rights potesters confront baseball bigwigs, 5 arrested by Brad Sigal, August 2010 Right wing seeks to overturn historic Civil Rights case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark by Masao Suzuki, August 2010 Support the legalization of undocumented students and youth! statement by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, August 2010 Latino Chipotle workers speak out after mass immigration firings in Minnesota by Staff, December 2010 Oppressed Nationalities MLK Day in Birmingham, saying no to war and poverty by Jenae Stainer, January 2010 Gainesville students demand justice for Kofi Adu-Brempong by Jared Hamil, April 2010 Hundreds rally, bogus charges against black student accused of stealing chicken nuggets dropped by Jacob Flom, July 2010 Over 1000 Chicanos march in East Los Angeles against war and racism by Carlos Montes, August 2010 Hundreds march against threatened Koran burning in Gainesville by Staff, September 2010 Manuel Jamines, Guatemalan day laborer killed by LA police by Staff, September 2010 Waukesha SDS stands up to campus racism by Chance Zombor, October 2010 On the passing of Ray Sosa, an outstanding community leader and revolutionary by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, November 2010 Education Rights Movement March 4 education protests rock the nation by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, March 2010 UCLA: Students storm administration building by Eric Gardner, March 2010 Interview with FRSO student leader on the campus movement and October 7 protests, September 2010 SDS holds 5th National Convention, lays plans to build student movement by Mike Gold, October 2010 October 7: Thousands across the country protest against cuts to education by Chapin Gray, October 2010 LGBTQ Movement Hundreds march in Asheville to protest hate crimes by Jeremy Miller, May 2010 Target targeted for contribution to anti-gay and anti-immigrant candidate Tom Emmer by Brad Sigal, August 2010 Women’s Movement International Women’s Day celebrated in Minneapolis by Staff, March 2010 Environment Make BP pay! Florida protests Gulf Oil spill by Fernando Figueroa, May 2010 Culture Why communists love the World Cup by Foster Richards, June 2010 Review of Capitalism: A Love Story by Doug Michel, October 2010 #UnitedStates #FightBack #history #YearInReview div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Here we will take the occasion of the end of the year to look back at some of the most important stories of the past year on the Fight Back! website. It has definitely been a year full of struggle and conflict – and Fight Back! News has been there on the front lines with on-the-spot reporting and timely analysis.

As 2010 ends and a new year begins, we look back to learn from the past and to get inspiration to continue and expand the struggle in 2011. If there are other articles you liked that aren’t listed here, leave a comment!

Government Repression of the Anti-War & International Solidarity Movements Homeland Security harasses Haiti activists by Tom Burke, January 2010

Facebook censors Ricardo Palmera group by Josh Sykes, July 2010

Activists denounce FBI raids on anti-war and solidarity activists homes; Subpoenas, searches, and FBI visits carried out in cities across the country by Staff, September 24, 2010

FRSO statement condemning FBI Raids, Grand Jury witch hunt by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, October 2010

New York meeting builds movement against Grand Jury, FBI repression of anti-war activists by Maureen Murphy, November 2010

Statement from Angela Davis against FBI and Grand Jury repression, November 2010

The Continuing Crisis of Capitalism MN foreclosure moratorium at Senate and House hearings by Staff, January 2010

St. Paul, MN protest demands moratorium on foreclosures, tax the rich, no cutbacks by Staff, February 2010

Parent responds to TV attack on school kids joining protest by Jess Sundin, March 2010

New Jersey protest demands banks be held responsible for housing crisis by David Hungerford, April 2010

Almost a million lose benefits while layoffs continue and businesses refuse to hire the unemployed by Masao Suzuki, June 2010

Labor Movement UIC Graduate employees vote to authorize strike by Joe Iosbaker, February 2010

Tuscaloosa Crimson Ride bus drivers get first contract by Jenae Stainer, March 2010

Interview with Sal Rosselli, leader of National Union of Healthcare Workers Fight Back! reporters interviewed Sal Rosselli on April 21, 2010

One Nation' rally brings 175,000 to Washington, DC with demands for jobs, education, and civil rights by Kati Ketz, October 2010

Ongoing U.S. Occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan Afghan civilians in bus gunned down by U.S. troops by Kosta Harlan, April 2010

Leaked video shows U.S. military murdering over one dozen Iraqis by Kosta Harlan, April 2010

10 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan, U.S. occupation crumbling by Kosta Harlan, June 2010

U.S. scrambles to conceal video of Afghanistan massacre; Whistleblower fears for his life by Jacob Flom, June 2010

Occupation of Iraq to continue, we must oppose it: Interview with Meredith Aby, August 2010

International Iran celebrates 31 years of sovereignty by Kosta Harlan, February 2010

Electric shock “trial,” sickening violation of Ricardo Palmera’s human rights by Staff, March 2010

Serfs Emancipation Day celebrated in Tibet by Staff, March 2010

Revolutionaries Deal Setback to India’s ‘Operation Green Hunt’ by David Hungerford, April 2010

Minnesotans Protest the Zionist Lobby, AIPAC, and U.S. Aid to Israel by Meredith Aby, July 2010

Colombia Action Network says “No to U.S. bases in Colombia” by Colombia Action Network, August 2010

Chicagoan arrested calling for boycott of Israel’s Guantanamo by Staff, September 2010

Is the FARC-EP (really) a terrorist organization? by James Brittain, November 2010

Immigrant Rights Movement Continuing the struggle for immigrant rights in 2010: Year one of the new administration saw change but not progress editorial by Fight Back! editors, February 2010

March 21 DC immigrant rights protest photo essay by Kosta Harlan, March 2010

Eyewitness Arizona: report from the frontlines by James Jordan, April 2010

Students take the streets of Arizona for immigrant rights and against racism by James Jordan, May 2010

Lines Drawn over SB1070 in Arizona by James Jordan, May 2010

Photo Essay: Over 250,000 march for immigrant rights in Los Angeles, denounce Arizona’s SB1070 by Kosta Harlan and Eric Gardner, May 1, 2010

Three North Carolina immigrant youth on hunger strike in Raleigh, demanding Senator Kay Hagan support DREAM Act by Kosta Harlan, June 2010

Say no to border militarization by Fight Back! Editors, July 2010

Jimmy John’s franchise owner condemns SB1070 under pressure from boycott by Brad Sigal, July 2010

Immigrant rights potesters confront baseball bigwigs, 5 arrested by Brad Sigal, August 2010

Right wing seeks to overturn historic Civil Rights case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark by Masao Suzuki, August 2010

Support the legalization of undocumented students and youth! statement by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, August 2010

Latino Chipotle workers speak out after mass immigration firings in Minnesota by Staff, December 2010

Oppressed Nationalities MLK Day in Birmingham, saying no to war and poverty by Jenae Stainer, January 2010

Gainesville students demand justice for Kofi Adu-Brempong by Jared Hamil, April 2010

Hundreds rally, bogus charges against black student accused of stealing chicken nuggets dropped by Jacob Flom, July 2010

Over 1000 Chicanos march in East Los Angeles against war and racism by Carlos Montes, August 2010

Hundreds march against threatened Koran burning in Gainesville by Staff, September 2010

Manuel Jamines, Guatemalan day laborer killed by LA police by Staff, September 2010

Waukesha SDS stands up to campus racism by Chance Zombor, October 2010

On the passing of Ray Sosa, an outstanding community leader and revolutionary by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, November 2010

Education Rights Movement March 4 education protests rock the nation by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, March 2010

UCLA: Students storm administration building by Eric Gardner, March 2010

Interview with FRSO student leader on the campus movement and October 7 protests, September 2010

SDS holds 5th National Convention, lays plans to build student movement by Mike Gold, October 2010

October 7: Thousands across the country protest against cuts to education by Chapin Gray, October 2010

LGBTQ Movement Hundreds march in Asheville to protest hate crimes by Jeremy Miller, May 2010

Target targeted for contribution to anti-gay and anti-immigrant candidate Tom Emmer by Brad Sigal, August 2010

Women’s Movement International Women’s Day celebrated in Minneapolis by Staff, March 2010

Environment Make BP pay! Florida protests Gulf Oil spill by Fernando Figueroa, May 2010

Culture Why communists love the World Cup by Foster Richards, June 2010

Review of Capitalism: A Love Story by Doug Michel, October 2010

#UnitedStates #FightBack #history #YearInReview

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/some-top-fight-back-stories-2010 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:42:59 +0000 Chicago People’s Thanksgiving a Big Success https://fightbacknews.org/chicago-people-s-thanksgiving-big-success?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Event helps Build Fight Back! Newspaper SK Strikers with Armando Robles of the Republic Windows and Doors workers of the Republic Windows and Doors workers. \(Fight Back! News/Ben Seese\)") Chicago, IL - A full house of supporters of Fight Back! newspaper chanted, talked and raised over $1500 Dec. 5 at the 18th Annual People’s Thanksgiving in Chicago. !--more-- Honored guests included Stan ‘Kwame’ Willis of Black People Against Police Torture. He spoke about the struggle against Mayor Daley’s bid for the 2016 Olympics. Students for Justice in Palestine, many of whom shut down the speech by war criminal and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the University of Chicago this fall, came from several colleges and universities. Victorious strikers from University of Illinois-Urbana Graduate Employees Organization and members of Teamsters Local 743 from SK Hand Tools in Chicago rounded out the night. The SK Strikers were introduced by Armando Robles of the Republic Windows and Doors workers. Robles said, “One year ago tonight I stood in this room on the day we occupied our factory. Tonight we are honoring these fighters who continue making history.” #ChicagoIL #PeoplesThanksgiving #FightBack div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Event helps Build Fight Back! Newspaper

SK Strikers with Armando Robles of the Republic Windows and Doors workers

Chicago, IL – A full house of supporters of Fight Back! newspaper chanted, talked and raised over $1500 Dec. 5 at the 18th Annual People’s Thanksgiving in Chicago.

Honored guests included Stan ‘Kwame’ Willis of Black People Against Police Torture. He spoke about the struggle against Mayor Daley’s bid for the 2016 Olympics. Students for Justice in Palestine, many of whom shut down the speech by war criminal and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the University of Chicago this fall, came from several colleges and universities.

Victorious strikers from University of Illinois-Urbana Graduate Employees Organization and members of Teamsters Local 743 from SK Hand Tools in Chicago rounded out the night. The SK Strikers were introduced by Armando Robles of the Republic Windows and Doors workers. Robles said, “One year ago tonight I stood in this room on the day we occupied our factory. Tonight we are honoring these fighters who continue making history.”

#ChicagoIL #PeoplesThanksgiving #FightBack

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/chicago-people-s-thanksgiving-big-success Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:04:14 +0000 Fight Back!'s First Year https://fightbacknews.org/birthday?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[With this issue of Fight Back!, we begin our second year of publication. In our very first issue, we said; "this paper exists to build the people's struggle." We have done everything in our power to make that commitment a reality. !--more-- We have consistently covered some of the key battles for justice in Minnesota, Central Wisconsin, and Chicago, including: the fight against welfare cuts in Minnesota, police terror in Chicago, and the reform movement in the Teamsters Union, to name a few. Dozens of fighters in the people's movements have stepped forward to take photos, write articles, and do the technical work that makes Fight Back! possible. If you want to work on the paper in any capacity, contact us. Each issue we distribute about 7000 copies of Fight Back! 1000's have been sold and given out at rallies of Northwest Airline workers, anti-war protests, and national events like the Millions for Mumia March in Philadelphia. Low income activists have regularly distributed the paper in some of the Minnesota's smaller cities and towns. Fight Back! is a constant presence in a number of Chicago trade union locals. While many of the articles in the paper focus on the Midwest, much of what we cover has a national significance. As a result, Fight Back! is being regularly distributed in Florida, California, New York, and Iowa. Any reader who wants to join us in getting this paper out, should contact us about receiving bundles. Also, starting with this issue, we will begin placing Fight Back! in progressive book stores around the country. As we have received many requests for our paper from other countries, we now are sending Fight Back! to more than 50 revolutionary organizations internationally. Regular readers of this paper know, Fight Back!'s coverage of events is not "neutral" or "evenhanded." We believe that the existing order of things needs to be challenged, and that the rich have no right to their wealth and privilege. To this end we have done our best to cover important developments in the movements of workers and oppressed peoples. Last year, we laid a lot of stress on the founding convention of the Black Radical Congress, a key gathering for the African American Liberation Movement. This Fall, a similar convention will take place in the Chicano movement; the New Raza Left Conference. We look forward to promoting, and covering it. You may have noticed, this issue of Fight Back! is larger than previous issues. More pages and more news. Over the course of the next year, we are going to be issuing two calls which are crucial to Fight Back!'s growth. The first, is that we will be urging readers to make regular financial contributions and become sustainers. This will help us print more papers, with more pages, more often. The second, a launching of a subscription drive. The editors and staff of Fight Back! believe that our first year of publication has been marked by success. And, more importantly, we have heard the same thing from many of our readers. We look forward to serving the people's struggle in the coming year! #UnitedStates #Editorial #Editorials #FightBack div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> With this issue of Fight Back!, we begin our second year of publication. In our very first issue, we said; “this paper exists to build the people's struggle.” We have done everything in our power to make that commitment a reality.

We have consistently covered some of the key battles for justice in Minnesota, Central Wisconsin, and Chicago, including: the fight against welfare cuts in Minnesota, police terror in Chicago, and the reform movement in the Teamsters Union, to name a few.

Dozens of fighters in the people's movements have stepped forward to take photos, write articles, and do the technical work that makes Fight Back! possible. If you want to work on the paper in any capacity, contact us.

Each issue we distribute about 7000 copies of Fight Back! 1000's have been sold and given out at rallies of Northwest Airline workers, anti-war protests, and national events like the Millions for Mumia March in Philadelphia. Low income activists have regularly distributed the paper in some of the Minnesota's smaller cities and towns. Fight Back! is a constant presence in a number of Chicago trade union locals.

While many of the articles in the paper focus on the Midwest, much of what we cover has a national significance. As a result, Fight Back! is being regularly distributed in Florida, California, New York, and Iowa. Any reader who wants to join us in getting this paper out, should contact us about receiving bundles.

Also, starting with this issue, we will begin placing Fight Back! in progressive book stores around the country. As we have received many requests for our paper from other countries, we now are sending Fight Back! to more than 50 revolutionary organizations internationally.

Regular readers of this paper know, Fight Back!'s coverage of events is not “neutral” or “evenhanded.” We believe that the existing order of things needs to be challenged, and that the rich have no right to their wealth and privilege. To this end we have done our best to cover important developments in the movements of workers and oppressed peoples.

Last year, we laid a lot of stress on the founding convention of the Black Radical Congress, a key gathering for the African American Liberation Movement. This Fall, a similar convention will take place in the Chicano movement; the New Raza Left Conference. We look forward to promoting, and covering it.

You may have noticed, this issue of Fight Back! is larger than previous issues. More pages and more news.

Over the course of the next year, we are going to be issuing two calls which are crucial to Fight Back!'s growth. The first, is that we will be urging readers to make regular financial contributions and become sustainers. This will help us print more papers, with more pages, more often. The second, a launching of a subscription drive.

The editors and staff of Fight Back! believe that our first year of publication has been marked by success. And, more importantly, we have heard the same thing from many of our readers.

We look forward to serving the people's struggle in the coming year!

#UnitedStates #Editorial #Editorials #FightBack

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