BY Adam Biel | Minneapolis, MN | 2/10/23
Dozens of activists, students and community members packed Mayday Books on February 2 for an informational panel on the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and how it relates to Minnesota’s State Board of Investments (SBI).
BY Andrew Josefchak | Saint Paul, MN | 8/25/22
On August 23, more than 40 protesters gathered outside the governor’s mansion, home to Governor Tim Walz, to demand Minnesota’s State Board of Investment (SBI) sell off its shares in Israeli corporations. The SBI is tasked with investing taxpayer money for public funds, largely state pensions.
BY Meredith Aby-Keirstead | St. Paul, MN | 9/02/19
“In 2017, the Trump administration awarded Elbit a contract to work on the expansion of the Mexico border wall. Elbit System’s CEO has said that the company’s current growth can be attributed to increased U.S. border spending,” said Sarah Martin of Women Against Military Madness.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 12/31/17
Yisrael Katz, the Israeli politician who wants to name a future Jerusalem train station after President Trump, is well known for a past statement calling for the “civil targeted killings “of activists who advocate for boycotting, sanctions and divestment from the apartheid state of Israel.
BY Zachary Schultz | Tallahassee, FL | 2/04/16
On the morning of Feb. 4, a group of Florida State students and community activists attended the Florida House State Affairs Committee to speak out against proposed House Bill 527.
BY Gage Lacharite | Tampa, Fl | 9/23/14
70 Palestine solidarity activists filed into the intersection of Maritime and 20th Street here to protest the docking of the ZIM Alabama, a container ship carrying Israeli goods.
BY Fernando Figueroa | Gainesville, FL | 9/21/14
Fight Back! caught up with University of Florida Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organizer Farah Khan after a militant demo against Michael Oren former U.S. Ambassador to Israel.
BY staff | Milwaukee, WI | 5/17/14
Dozens of Palestine solidarity activists gathered on the lakefront here, May 15, during rush hour to commemorate Nakba Day.
BY Milwaukee Palestine Solidarity Coalition | Milwaukee, WI | 4/07/14
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Milwaukee Palestine Solidarity Coalition.
BY Jacob Flom | West Milwaukee, WI | 11/29/13
The Milwaukee Palestine Solidarity coalition organized actions outside Target in West Milwaukee, calling on the store to drop illegal settlement products.
