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By Sean Orr

The working class of Venezuela is advancing.

Chicago, IL – In the months since President Nicolás Maduro’s re-election, the Venezuelan bourgeoisie – more politically and socially isolated than at any point in their history – has launched into a vicious struggle against the working class, which is rising to a position of revolutionary potential not yet seen.

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By Jose Maria Sison

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Nov. 28 statement by Prof. Jose Maria Sison, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Chief Political Consultant.

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By Anti-War Committee

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Twin Cites based Anti-War Committee.

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By Renmin Malaya, Spokesperson, National Executive Committee, Christians for National Liberation – National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP)

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Nov. 21 statement from Renmin Malaya, Spokesperson, National Executive Committee, Christians for National Liberation – National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).

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By staff

Washington, D.C. – On November 19 AXIOS reported that after years of controversy, Airbnb will remove all home-sharing lists – roughly 200 – in illegal Israeli settlements built on occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank. According to a blog post, Airbnb said they have developed a five-part checklist to evaluate how it handles listing in occupied territories and based off that checklist, they “concluded that we should remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians.”

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By staff

Emergency protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza.

Brooklyn, NY – Forty activists and community members gathered in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn on November 17 in response to the Palestinian protesters killed and wounded in Gaza this past week. The Palestinian protesters were part of the Great Return March, and were met by Israeli Occupation Forces at the border.

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By Wyatt Miller

Steve Ellner speaking in Minneapolis against U.S. intervention in  Venezuela.

Minneapolis, MN – On November 10, more than 40 people gathered to hear Steve Ellner, a professor, writer and longtime Venezuela resident speak against U.S. sanctions and the Trump administration’s efforts to destabilize Venezuela.

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Gaza under attack.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Nov. 12 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

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By Sean Orr

President Nicolás Maduro.

Chicago, IL – On November 1, John Bolton gave perhaps the sharpest anti-communist speech by a U.S. National Security Advisor since the end of the Cold War. While celebrating the election of far-right thug Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil as a “positive sign” for South America, he condemned Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua as “the Troika of Tyranny… the genesis of a sordid cradle of communism in the Western Hemisphere.” He declared that all peoples of Latin America should “look to the north, look to our flag” and that soon “the Troika will crumble, the people will triumph, and the righteous flame of freedom will burn brightly again in this hemisphere.”

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By staff

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Fidel Agcaoilli, Chairperson, Negotiating Panel, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).

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