Friday January 30, 2015
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Florida State students protest police militarization
(Fight Back! News/Staff)
Florida State students stand against police militarization
Tallahassee, FL - Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) led a protest against the militarization of the Florida State University Police Department (FSU-PD) at the steps of the Westcott...
Saudi oil and U.S. hypocrisy
United States - Few events expose the utter hypocrisy of U.S. politicians’ grand words about democracy so starkly as their praise for the recently deceased King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
Chicago students host fundraiser for Rasmea Odeh
Chicago, IL - Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Chicago Network is hosting a fundraiser Feb. 3 to celebrate the resilience of Rasmea Odeh. The event, at 8:00 p.m. at DePaul University, will include dinner, a...
Tallahassee cops suspended for tasing 62-year-old African American woman
Tallahassee, FL - On Jan. 26, Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo announced that two officers involved with using a stun gun on 62-year-old African American woman Viola Young will be suspended without pay, a sharp...
Marissa Alexander released from jail
Jacksonville, FL - Activists, some coming from as far away as California, converged on the Duval County Courthouse bright and early on Jan. 27. Hopes were high, as Marissa Alexander was due for another day in court...
Democratic Korea calls for end to U.S. military occupation of south Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea - The leading newspaper of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Rodong Sinmun, urged all Koreans to put an end to U.S. military occupation and domination over south Korea, in a Jan. 26 article.
Huge march against police violence in Salt Lake City
1000 rally and march against police brutality in Salt Lake City
More than 1000 people rallied in front of the Wallace Bennett Federal Building on Nov. 29 to stand in solidarity with the people of Ferguson in their...
Protesters rally on I - 35, demand end to police brutality.
Minneapolis protest demand justice for Eric Gardner, shuts down I-35
About 300 people took to the streets here Dec. 4 to demand justice for Eric Gardner, Mike Brown, Terrence Franklin and others killed by racist police.
Protesters at Durham police headquarters
Durham protests slam police repression
About 60 people marched to the Durham police headquarters, Dec. 19, to protest attacks by Durham riot police on peaceful protesters in recent weeks.
Protest demands the closure of the U.S. prisons at Guantanamo Bay
Miami protest: End U.S. torture! Close Guantanamo now!
In spite of pouring rain, nearly 70 people took to the streets near Miami, Jan. 11 demanding the immediate closure of the U.S. prisons at Guantanamo...
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