Israel’s 22-day assault on the Palestinian people in Gaza, starting Dec. 27, 2008, ended when Israel acknowledged defeat – declaring a unilateral ‘ceasefire’ Jan. 17. Israel’s political and military goals were not met and, as in the summer of 2006, when the Lebanese resistance defeated Israel’s military, the Palestinians and their resistance emerged victorious.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Sudan Workers Trade Unions Federation on the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for Sudanese president, Omar Hassan Al Bashir.

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

Leila Khaled, a leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was interviewed in Beirut, Lebanon Jan. 17 by Fight Back! editor Mick Kelly.

2009 started off poorly for U.S. and NATO forces occupying Afghanistan. Shortly after the U.S. military invaded and occupied Afghanistan in October 2001, Fight Back! reported, “No one wants their country occupied by foreign powers. So, the people of Afghanistan will mount a resistance. Its scope and power remain to be seen, but it will certainly be a factor.” (Afghanistan Occupied, New Targets Ahead, Winter 2002, Fight Back!)

Venezuelan socialists netted another electoral victory, Feb. 15, winning a popular referendum on constitutional changes. The changes will remove the two-term limit on elected office.

The Colombia Action Network is organizing events in six cities to honor and remember those killed by the U.S.-backed war in Colombia. March 1 is significant because one year ago the U.S. government directed an attack inside Ecuador that killed Raul Reyes and 25 others. Raul Reyes was a commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP). Angela Denio who will be speaking in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, said, “We will remember the brave Colombian rebels, Ecuadorian supporters and Mexican students who died at the hands of the U.S.-sponsored attack in Ecuador, especially FARC leader Raul Reyes who gave his life for the freedom of the Colombian people.”

Chapel Hill, NC – Six members of UNC-Chapel Hill’s chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) met with Congressman David Price and his staff on Jan. 23 to demand a just U.S. policy toward the Palestinian people. SDS is outraged with Representative Price for his vote in support of House Resolution 34, a one-sided resolution passed by Congress on Jan. 9 that condoned Israel’s massacre of hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza.

Vast numbers of Iraqis responded angrily to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed between the United States government and their local allies in the Green Zone. The SOFA will provide a legal basis to continue the U.S. occupation of Iraq when the United Nations Security Council mandate for the occupation expires on Dec. 31, 2008. Hundreds of thousands protested before the agreement was signed and protests are set to continue as the SOFA legislation heads to the puppet parliament for final approval. The Iraqi resistance has also intensified its attacks on the U.S. occupation in response to the agreement.

La Organización Socialista Camino de la Libertad (FRSO) está de luto por la muerte del revolucionario colombiano Raul Reyes. El ataque que mató al Cdte. Raul Reyes y a 17 otros de sus camaradas cuando dormían en un campamento temporal dentro del territorio de Ecuador. Sucedió el 1o. de marzo y fue llevado a cabo por los militares colombianos y dirigido por el gobierno de Estados Unidos (EE.UU ). Esto fue un asesinato a sangre fría.

Servicio de noticias de Fight Back / Lucha y Resiste, está circulando esta declaración del Comité Nacional para la Libertad de Ricardo Palmera (Simón Trinidad).

San Salvador, El Salvador – Cerca de 20,000 personas marcharon en San Salvador el sábado 7 de julio protestando en contra del arresto y detención de 13 activistas políticos en Suchitoto, departamento de Cuzcatlán en la zona rural de El Salvador.

Washington D.C. – Sonia, una revolucionaria colombiana y prisionera política del gobierno norteamericano, fue condenada aquí el 20 de febrero en un Tribunal Federal de los EE.UU. El juicio de Sonia es parte del plan de la administración Bush a criminalizar a los revolucionarios colombianos.

Washington, D.C. – En un comienzo fuerte al segundo juicio del revolucionario colombiano Ricardo Palmera, el juez nombrado al caso, Thomas F. Hogan, tuvo que renunciar su posición el 26 de marzo y terminar su participación en el caso de Palmera. Participantes en el Día Internacional de Acción para Liberar a Ricardo Palmera estuvieron presentes en el tribunal y celebraron esta verdadera victoria.