Thursday May 23, 2013
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Immigrants Rights

Workers demand Cub Foods negotiate for better wages and conditions
Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 5/23/11
On May 21, four retail cleaning workers and four of their supporters started a hunger strike to demand justice. The goal of the hunger strike is to get...
Campaign for Justice in Retail Cleaning, Center for Workers United in Struggle, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha, CTUL, Cub Foods
MIRAc condemns FBI raid on immigrant rights leader Carlos Montes
Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee | Minneapolis, MN | 5/23/11
Fight Back News is circulating the following statement from the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAc) condemning the brutal raid conducted...
Carlos Montes, FBI, Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, MIRAc, State Repression
Immigrant rights activists insist that Gov. Dayton veto ‘Secure Communities’ deportation program
Brad Sigal | Saint Paul, MN | 5/22/11
On May 20, protesters from the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAc) and the No More Deportations campaign marched through the State Capitol...
deportations, Governor Mark Dayton, Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, MIRAc, No More Deportations campaign, Secure Communities
Supporters of Carlos Montes denounce FBI/Sheriff's raid, demand that charges be dropped
Eric Gardner | Los Angeles, CA | 5/21/11
On May 20, a lively crowd of over 100 supporters gathered in front of the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles to denounce the recent home invasion...
Carlos Montes, COINTELPRO, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, FBI
“Law as a weapon of war” people’s assembly held in Atlanta
Kosta Harlan | Atlanta, GA | 5/17/11
Over eighty people from across the South gathered at the Auburn Research Library in downtown Atlanta on May 14 for the people’s assembly, “Law as a Weapon...
Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Communication Management Units, HB87, National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms, Project South
Chicago celebrates May Day, marches for immigrant rights
Staff | Chicago, IL | 5/03/11
Rallies and marches marked the celebration of International Workers Day in Chicago, starting at noon with a protest called by Jobs With Justice at a...
international workers day, May 1, May Day
Dallas marches on May Day
Staff | Dallas, TX | 5/03/11
About 80 activists, union members and socialists came together to celebrate May Day with a call for respect for the rights of workers and immigrants.
international workers day, May 1, May Day, SDS, Students for a Democratic Society
More than 500 march to MN State Capitol on International Workers Day
Staff | Saint Paul, MN | 5/02/11
More than 500 people braved frigid temperatures and gusty winds to march from the Cathedral to the Minnesota State Capitol for International Workers Day.
international workers day, May 1, May Day
Massive Milwaukee May Day march for immigrant and workers rights
Staff | Milwaukee, WI | 5/01/11
Tens of thousands marched here, May 1, in the Wisconsin Solidarity March for Immigrant and Worker Rights.
Freedom Road Socialist Organization, frso, international workers day, May 1, May Day, SDS, Students for a Democratic Society, Voces de la Frontera
Anti-war, international solidarity activists mobilize for May Day 2011
Staff | United States | 4/30/11
In building for May Day 2011 events, Tom Burke with the Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CSFR) says, “Anti-war and international solidarity activists are...
Committee to Stop FBI Repression, May Day 2011