Milwaukee, WI - On Thursday, March 23, members of the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, families who have lost loved ones to police violence, and members of the public attended the most recent Fire and Police Commission Policies and Standards Committee meeting. After a special session in February, this regular Policies and…

Strikers rally in LA. (Fight Back! News/staff) Los Angeles, CA - With chants of, “We are the union, the mighty, mighty union - fighting for justice, respect and fair wages,” 30,000 SEIU and UTLA teachers and service workers in Los Angeles went on strike from March 21 to March 23. Los Angeles Unified School District and SEIU’s contract expired…

Georgia Teamsters sign Unity Pledge. (Fight Back! News/staff) Atlanta, GA - Members, stewards and executive board members from Teamsters Local 728 have been collecting contract unity pledges at UPS barns across the state of Georgia. The statewide effort has been a part of the national campaign started by the International in February. The contract unity…

FSU students march to defend diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. (Fight Back! News/staff) Tallahassee, FL – On Thursday, March 23, around 30 students marched from Landis Green to Westcott Fountain demanding Florida State University President Richard McCollough take a stand to protect diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, especially…

Protesters exit lecture while holding banner and chanting. (Fight Back! News/staff) New Orleans, LA - On March 22, a group of LGBTQ activists interrupted a public interview with Governor John Bel Edwards at Loyola University. They unfurled a banner reading “Gov. Edwards: Will you veto hate?” Ed Abraham, the main protest speaker, demanded that Edwards…

Activists hold banner in front of passing traffic at New Orleans immigrant rights protest. (Fight Back! News/staff) Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from New Orleans Immigrant Rights Action. New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Immigrant Rights Action (NOIRA) condemns the subpoenas issued by Attorney General Jeff Landry against…

Students march for diversity at U.T. Arlington. (Fight Back! News/staff) Student sit-in to demand an end to attacks on diversity programs. Arlington, TX - On Wednesday, March 22, the Progressive Student Union rallied over 60 students and community members at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) student center to protest the pause of diversity…

Austin SDS action in defense of Indian Child Welfare Act. (Fight Back! News/staff) Austin, TX - On Wednesday, March 22, members of Austin Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) gathered on a busy street, Speedway, on the University of Texas-Austin campus to speak out against the judicial attack on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).  SDS members…

Venezuelans demand freedom for Alex Saab. (Fight Back! News/staff) Caracas, Venezuela - It has now been more than 1000 days since Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was first kidnapped by the U.S. government on the island of Cabo Verde, off the west coast of Africa. Since then, he’s been subjected to physical, psychological and chemical torture and moved…

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine We salute the victory of the prisoners in this battle and call for the continuation of a broader process of political, on the field, media, and popular support, considering that their cause is one of the main issues of the struggle against…

Freedom Road Socialist Organization at Washington DC antiwar march. (Fight Back! News/staff) Washington, DC - On Saturday, March 18, several thousand people gathered at Lafayette Plaza in front of the White House to protest ongoing U.S. wars and interventions. The rally was organized and attended by the Answer Coalition, United National Antiwar Coalition…

Masao Suzuki. (Fight Back! News/staff) In 2023, there have been many announcements of layoffs by technology firms. This is a result of what the media calls post-COVID normalization. But this “normalization” has also shown that many technology companies that boomed during the pandemic were in fact overproducing and building new capacity too quickly…

Protestors picket outside the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office. (Fight Back! News/staff) Milwaukee, WI - On Tuesday, March 21, members of the Justice for Brieon Green Coalition picketed in front of the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. The picket was originally planned to pressure Sheriff Denita Ball after she failed to hold the promises she made…

Brandon Johnson campaign event. (Fight Back! News/Merawi Gerima) Chicago, IL - Brandon Johnson’s campaign for mayor of Chicago held an event at Saint James Community Church on Chicago’s South Side on Thursday, March 16. The event was organized by United Working Families, a movement group behind Johnson. The purpose of the event was the launch of…

Hundreds rally and march in Madison in opposition to the rise of anti-trans legislation and violence nationwide. (Fight Back! News/staff) Madison, WI - 400 people braved snowy conditions to join the Day of Resistance to Trans Genocide rally on March 18. The rally, organized by a grassroots coalition from southern Wisconsin, was held to demonstrate stalwart…

Anti-war activists in Milwaukee demonstrate for an end to endless wars in sub-zero temperatures. (Fight Back! News/staff) Milwaukee, WI - In solidarity with the protest in Washington D.C. on March 18 that saw organizers from all over the country descend on the capital, the Milwaukee Anti-War Committee (MAC) hosted a rally downtown to demand peace in…

Minneapolis protest against U.S. wars. (Fight Back! News/staff) Minneapolis, MN - To mark 20 years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a coalition of Minneapolis anti-war, peace and social justice groups held a protest on Saturday, March 18 as part of a national day of anti-war actions. The protest was held in the very busy Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis…

LA school worker on the picket line (Fight Back! News/staff) Los Angeles, CA - At 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday March 21, over 30,000 school workers in the Los Angeles Unified School (LAUSD) including food service workers, custodians, special education assistants and many more job titles will walk off the job on a strike. The workers are members of SEIU Local…

Trotskyism disagrees with Marxism-Leninism on a number of important theoretical points. These disagreements aren’t limited to the field of theory but have a real practical impact on the movements of working class and oppressed peoples. In our day-to-day struggles, we see them come up again and again. Practically, the question of the united front illustrates…

Briony Smith of NYCAP leading the chants. (Fight Back! News/staff) Brooklyn, NY – The New York Community Action Project (NYCAP) hosted an International Women’s Day rally outside of the Barclay Center on Sunday, March 19.  The Barclay Center is not only well-known as a venue for basketball games and concerts, but it’s a gathering spot in Brooklyn…

By Sasmit Rahman and Siobhan Moore | March 20, 2023 Protest on the U of MN Twin Cities campus demands expansion of tuition program for native students. (Fight Back! News/staff) Minneapolis, MN - On Friday, March 17, over 50 students and community members gathered outside the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and braved the bitter winds to demand the…

Detroit protest against U.S. intervention in the Ukraine. (Fight Back! News/staff) Detroit, MI - In the early afternoon of March 18, braving the sub-freezing temperatures and biting wind, 40 activists gathered at Hart Plaza, in the heart of Detroit, to demonstrate against the U.S. escalation of its war against Russia in the Ukraine. The rally was in…

LA public school workers are ready to strike. (Fight Back! News/staff) Los Angeles, CA – On March 15, the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) and SEIU Local 99, which represents cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians, teacher assistants and other education workers, held a massive rally at Grand Park in Downtown Los Angeles. The action culminated…

Denver students demand demilitarization of campus police. (Fight Back! News/staff) Denver, CO – On March 15, students at Auraria Campus in Denver gathered to voice support for a resolution that would prohibit their campus police from obtaining military weapons from the Pentagon’s 1033 Program. The resolution comes after a yearlong fight led by Students…

Grandchildren of Miguel Lopez chanting at deputy recognized to be responsible for their grandfather's death. (Fight Back! News/Luis Sifuentes) Los Angeles, CA – On March 11, about 30 people gathered in front of the East LA Sheriff’s Station to protest the recent murder of Miguel Angel Lopez, a 70-year-old Chicano man, during an early morning raid…