BY staff | Chicago, IL | 9/18/12
Sarah Chambers, a teacher at Saucedo Academy in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, was exhausted but happy when Fight Back! reached her Tuesday night, Sept. 18.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 9/17/12
On Sept. 16 the members of the House of Delegates of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) received the contract offer from management of the Chicago Public Schools. The mood of the House of Delegates was distrustful of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s school board.
BY J Burger | Chicago, IL | 9/17/12
Over 25,000 striking teachers and supporters converged on Union Park on Chicago’s Westside, September 15.
BY staff | Milwaukee, WI | 4/01/12
100 people protested Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in Milwaukee as he spoke at a $400 dollar-a-plate fundraiser for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s run for governor.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 2/20/12
In February, the National Lawyers Guild reached a $6.2 million settlement in the case of Vodak v City of Chicago, which arose from the arrest of 800 protesters on the night the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq began.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 1/20/12
As part of the pressure campaign to stop Mayor Emanuel from restricting the freedom to assemble, the Interfaith Committee of the Coalition Against NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda (CANG8) circulated the following statement to faith leaders in the Chicago area.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 1/18/12
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following joint statement from the Coalition Against NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda (CANG8) and Occupy Chicago on the Jan. 18 vote by the Chicago City Council.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 1/18/12
Over 50 people gathered in City Hall, Jan. 17, to speak out against plans by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to restrict the right to protest.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 12/11/11
The U.S. State Department and City of Chicago officially announced Dec. 8 that the May 2012 meetings of NATO and the G8 will be held at McCormick Place in Chicago.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 11/17/11
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has again refused to guarantee the First Amendment right to protest in Chicago.
Re: Milwaukee rally supports Palestine, says "Don't award apartheid!"
Way to go, Milwaukee Palestine Solidarity Coalition!!
Re: UPS Teamsters in Tampa Bay organize for ‘no’ vote on proposed contract
AND THE FAT CATS GET FATTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE NO!!!
You go UPS brother and sisters! Fight that "CORPORATE GREED!"
Re: The Obama Doctrine: Kill civilians to save them from ‘terrorism’
Amazing article on drone strikes.s
Re: Florida Governor Scott stops bill allowing driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
This is clearly a racist, anti-immigrant move. While other states are giving driver's...