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Zeeland, MI – For the second year in a row, Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids rallied outside of war profiteer Woodward FST to commemorate the anniversary of the Al Aqsa flood. Over 40 people chanted to the sounds of snares, claves and cymbals as surrounding factories marked their second shift change and employees filtered into the parking lot. Before the action, PSGR learned that Woodward sent out an all staff memo claiming organizers were being paid to protest, and cautioning employees from speaking with anyone. In their speech to the crowd, FRSO member Anthony O'Hegarty said, “We aren't here at Woodward… […]
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following October 5 statement by LSU Students for a Democratic Society. On Wednesday, October 1st, LSU Students for a Democratic Society attended the second meeting of the LSU Presidential Search Committee to protest the corrupt and undemocratic presidential search process. Several SDS members gave public comments to voice their concerns and demands to the committee. After going over her allotted time by a mere 10 seconds, Gabriela Juarez was violently dragged out of the building by LSU PD officers Thomas Schiebe and Dayton Landry without warning, resulting in extensive bruising. LSU’s Todd Woodward… […]
Jacksonville, FL – On October 7, over 100 community members gathered outside the Dames Point terminal of the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT). These folks answered the call put out by the Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network (JPSN) to “Rise Up For Gaza!” and to get “Genocide out of JAXPORT!” on the two year anniversary of Al-Aqsa Flood. Sara Mahmoud, the chair of JPSN, kicked off the rally, stating, “Two years. two long years, the people of Gaza have endured, while the U.S. and the Zionist entity continue to wage genocide. In those two years, the official reports count our martyrs at… […]
Washington, D.C. – Over 50 activists, faith leaders and immigrants mobilized in the early morning of October 8 at the city hall in downtown DC, to call out Mayor Muriel Bowser’s cooperation with ICE and the Trump administration’s racist occupation. The action, called by a coalition Families Not Feds, sought to expose Bowser’s continued cooperation with ICE and pressure her to cease further coordination and use her political power to fight for DC. The organizers conducted a press conference outside the chambers of the Committee of the Whole, where they heard from community members affected by the surge of ICE… […]
New York, NY – The National Security Agency (NSA) was set to participate in an upcoming career fair at NYU on October 8. Their participation prompted the NYU Students for a Democratic Society to launch an initiative to have them removed from the fair. After calling for a picket, garnering 60 signatures on a petition and raising awareness on social media, the NSA cancelled their registration at the career fair. The NSA surveils communication data from the internet, text messages and phone calls globally and domestically. Under the authority of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the… […]
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The English translation appeared on the Resistance News Network on Telegram. The ceasefire agreement is a first step toward ending the genocide, and the steadfastness of our people and their valiant resistance broke the zionist war machine and imposed the agreement. The achievement of a ceasefire agreement and the start of implementing its first phase is considered an important accomplishment and a first step on a long road toward ending the suffering of our people. The time has come for the… […]