BY Steff Yorek | United States | 11/26/14
Fight Back! is reposting the following article on holiday cooking. Steff Yorek is a member of Cooks for a Cause - a group of cooks who do labor-donated fundraising dinners for progressive causes such as Palestine solidarity and immigrants rights.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 12/10/13
Despite being the target of a major political attack by the U.S. government, Rasmea Odeh continues to work for the Palestinian people.
BY Marisol Marquez | Tampa, FL | 11/28/13
The U.S. prides itself in having a day to ‘give thanks.’ They call this, ‘Thanksgiving’ and it's supposed to be a time when the family unites and shares a home-cooked meal.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 11/27/13
Community advocates from Chicago’s West and South Sides delivered a petition with 1000 signatures to the office of Governor Quinn in the State of Illinois Building, Nov. 27.
BY Steff Yorek | United States | 11/21/12
Thanksgiving is upon us. It is a national holiday with the core idea of trying to make pretty the genocide of native nations and make normal the quest for empire. There is nothing to celebrate in the origins of Thanksgiving.
BY Steff Yorek | Minneapolis, MN | 11/23/11
Thanksgiving is upon us. It is a national holiday with the core idea of trying to make pretty the genocide of native nations and make normal the quest for empire. There is nothing to celebrate in the origins of Thanksgiving. You can say a lot about the holiday. Nonetheless, the fact is, that despite the capitalists’ best efforts, many of us still have the day off. That makes it a great day to get together with family, friends and comrades and be thankful for another year of surviving and struggling.
BY staff | St. Paul, MN | 11/30/04
Members of the Welfare Rights Committee at the governor’s mansion mock Minnesota’s Governor Pawlenty - who is portrayed as a king serving a holiday meal of budget cuts to the poor.
