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Labor and strikes

Minneapolis teachers and education support specialists begin open-ended strike with no deal in sight

March 9, 2022 FightBack! News
Minneapolis — Teachers and education support professionals in Minneapolis began striking at 7:30 a.m., March 8, with pickets held at public schools all over the city. At Lyndale Community School in South Minneapolis spirits were […]
Labor and strikes

Teamsters United victory is historic step forward

November 22, 2021 FightBack! News
Washington, D.C. — Members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) around the country have much to celebrate. For over two decades, the IBT led by Jimmy Hoffa Jr. did very little to help union […]
In the U.S.

Austin protests Texas governor’s attack on women

September 4, 2021 FightBack! News
Austin, Texas – Around 100 people rallied at the Texas State Capitol on September 1 to protest against the statewide abortion ban that went into effect that same day. Texas abortion clinics have been forced […]
Venezuela

Venezuela: Workers take over a Kellogg factory, now known as ‘Socialist Kellogg’

August 9, 2021 FightBack! News
Maracay City, Venezuela — In the worker-controlled Venezuelan Kellogg factory, you see the workers working diligently to make corn flake and sugary cereals in a new package displaying the Venezuelan flag and the words “Together […]
Political Prisoners

After 31 years, Gerald Reed is free!

April 3, 2021 FightBack! News
Statement from the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) greets the commutation of Gerald Reed’s life sentence today by Governor J. B. Pritzker as a […]
Fight racism

Minnesota activist coalition to protest on March 8 for justice for George Floyd

March 8, 2021 FightBack! News
Minneapolis — A coalition of 20-plus Minnesota activist organizations plan to protest outside the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 8, the first day of the trial of […]
Labor and strikes

CTU forces Mayor Lightfoot to back down as Chicago Public Schools continue remote learning

January 31, 2021 FightBack! News
Teachers demand safety before returning to classrooms Chicago — Students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) stayed home and learned remotely again on Thursday, January 28. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) continued to demand that any […]
Elections

Minnesota takes to the streets on Inauguration Day to demand a People’s Agenda

January 24, 2021 FightBack! News
Minneapolis – More than 200 people gathered near South High School in Minneapolis, January 20, to demand a People’s Agenda that immediately reverses the policies of Trump and meets the demands of working people, immigrants […]
Fight racism

Wisconsin: Mass arrests, tear gas, National Guard used against protesters

October 12, 2020 FightBack! News
Cole family arrested one day after killer cop not charged Milwaukee — Protests in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa ramped up over the past two nights. On October 7, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm […]
Fight racism

Uprising underway in Kenosha, Wis., after the police shooting of Jacob Blake

August 24, 2020 FightBack! News
Kenosha, Wis. — Hundreds of people rallied at the scene of a shooting that took place around 5:30 p.m. on August 23. After breaking up a fight between two women, Jacob Blake, 29, attempted to […]