Selma: Day of Witness To Hate Crimes

Selma, AL - Over 100 activists, youth and community organizers met at the 21st Century Youth Leadership Center outside Selma, Alabama, July 14 to witness the aftermath of a recent attack on the center. The 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement is an organization that helps train African-American youth for future leadership roles in their communities. read more...

Birmingham protest: "Who is a terrorist? Drummond is a terrorist!"

Birmingham, AL - "Who is a terrorist? Drummond is a terrorist!" rang through downtown here, July 9 as members of Students for a Democratic Society at Tuscaloosa and Birmingham peace activists marched towards the Federal Courthouse to demand justice for the three Colombian trade unionists murdered in 2001 and 2002 Drummond, an Alabama-based coal company, is being charged with arranging the murders to halt unionizing efforts in its La Loma plant in Northern Colombia. Initially the corporation faced both wrongful death and war crimes charges, but the former charge was thrown out by Bush-appointed judge Karon Bowdre.read more...

PFLP calls Bush Mideast conference a deception

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), on Bush’s proposed international conference on the Middle East. The PFLP is one of the organizations leading the fight to end the occupation of Palestine. read more...

Teamsters 743 Guilty of Theft

Chicago, IL - Teamsters Local 743 officers admitted their guilt. Through their attorneys and in front of U.S. District Court Judge Kennelly they submitted a motion that admitted that they sent Teamster ballots in their own election to the bosses. And guess what, the bosses voted. read more...

Massive march protests against arrest of Salvadoran activists

San Salvador, El Salvador - About 20,000 people marched in San Salvador on Saturday, July 7 protesting against the arrest and detention of 13 political activists in Suchitoto, a town in El Salvador’s rural department of Cuzcatlán. The marchers departed from the El Salvador del Mundo monument in San Salvador, protesting against the illegal detention of the activists under the charge of ‘terrorism’ under a recently-approved ‘anti-terrorism’ law. read more...

Pride 2007: "Out Now: Queers Out of the Closet, U.S. Out of Iraq!" by Katrina Plotz (posted July 9, 2007)

Philippines: U.S. Admiral Timothy Keating threatens more military intervention by Joes Maria Sison (posted July 8, 2007)

U.S. anti-war activist on speaking tour, tells of meeting with Iraqi resistance by Staff (posted June 16, 2007)

Teamsters 743 Guilty of Theft by Staff (posted July 13, 2007)

U of M Workers Standing Up for Standard of Living by Brad Sigal (posted June 30, 2007)

UPS vs. Teamsters by Staff (posted June 20, 2007)

Minnesota: Protest Against Workfare / Slave Labor by Staff (posted June 9, 2007)

Selma: Day of Witness To Hate Crimes by Chapin Gray and Jim Toweill (posted July 22, 2007)

Newark African Americans blast Don Imus, racism Fight Back! interviews grassroots leaders of the Black community in Newark, New Jersey (posted June 25, 2007)

PFLP calls Bush Mideast conference a deception (posted July 19, 2007)

Massive march protests against arrest of Salvadoran activists by Daniel Santos (posted July 11, 2007)

PFLP statement on 40th anniversary of 1967 war (posted June 6, 2007)

The Immigration Reform Act of 2007: Not the Bill We Need by Fight Back! editors (posted June 21, 2007)

Resisting the RNC: Minnesota Town Hall Organizing Meeting by Staff (posted June 11, 2007)

RNC demonstration: Organizers announce route of anti-war protest by Mick Kelly (posted June 8, 2007)

Birmingham protest: "Who is a terrorist? Drummond is a terrorist!" by Jim Toweill (posted July 16, 2007)

Bush criminalizes the fight for liberation: Colombian revolutionary Ricardo Palmera convicted by U.S. court Statement by the National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera (posted July 10, 2007)

FARC member ‘Sonia’ sentenced to 17 years; Colombian revolutionary proclaims innocence by Staff (posted July 3, 2007)

Drummond Corporation and Colombia's Death Squads by staff (posted June 26, 2007)

Protest June 18th in D.C.: Colombian revolutionary Ricardo Palmera endures retrial (posted June 12, 2007)

Lawsuit hits Chiquita for backing Colombian death squads by Staff (posted June 12, 2007)

Protest demands freedom for Colombian revolutionary: Second trial begins for Ricardo Palmera by Staff (posted June 11, 2007)