News and Views from the People's Struggle
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Aug. 27 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP):
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Aug. 17 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP): PFLP vows to work to rebuild homes as delegation visits Khuza’a and Shuja’iya
Detroit, MI – Judge Paul D. Borman was forced to remove himself from the case of Palestinian community leader Rasmea Odeh, Aug 11. Late last month, Judge Borman stridently denied a defense motion calling on him to step down. The motion asserted that his lifelong support for the state of Israel – whose arrest, torture and conviction of Odeh for alleged Jerusalem bombings in 1969 is at issue in this case – would not allow for a fair trial. Odeh has pleaded not guilty to the charge of Unlawful Procurement of Naturalization and vehemently refutes the Israeli convictions, which were based on a forced confession after extended periods of vicious physical and sexual torture.
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Gaza.
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Gaza.
Tucson, AZ – On the evening of July 31, a dozen activists rallied outside the Tucson District Court of Arizona in an emergency action supporting Rasmea Odeh and Palestine. Protesters demanded that charges against Palestinian-American activist Rasmea Odeh be dropped and that the U.S.-backed Israeli occupation and pillaging of Gaza cease now. Protesters held signs reading “Free Rasmea! Hands off Palestine!” and “Justice for Rasmea, justice for Palestine.”
Chicago, IL – 350 people gathered across the street from the Zionist “Chicago Stands with Israel’ rally, July 28, to stand in solidarity with Gaza. One of the more popular chants at the counter-protest was “Gaza, Gaza, don't you cry; we stand with you in the Chi!” Despite the police's efforts to physically divide the counter-protest, the Palestinians and their supporters stayed until the Zionists left. Afterwards, they marched through Daley plaza and reaffirmed their commitment to organize and protest until Palestine is free.
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Fox Point, WI 350 people gathered for a counterdemonstration against an ‘Israel Solidarity Gathering’ held at Congregation Shalom in the Milwaukee suburb of Fox Point, July 27. Supporters of Palestine gathered across the street from the pro-Israel event for two and a half hours, at one point enduring a thunderstorm.
Chicago, IL – A counter demonstration to the July 28 “Chicago Stands With Israel” rally is being organized by Coalition for Justice in Palestine.
Chicago, IL – Chanting, “Gaza, Gaza, Gaza,” a crowd estimated by organizers at 15,000 people marched in Chicago July 26. Sponsored by the Coalition for Justice in Palestine, the march is the sixth mass protest sponsored by the coalition since July 5.