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Milwaukee program in solidarity with disappeared Mexican students.

Milwaukee, WI – The case of the forced disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students in Iguala, Mexico continues to draw immense support from communities across the nation, including Milwaukee, where over 150 students and community members participated in the Caravana 43 event on the UW-Milwaukee’s campus April 2.

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Fight Back News Service is circulating the following March 31 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Palestinians in Gaza stand in solidarity with Venezuela.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following March 21 statement for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

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Fight Back News Service is circulating the following March 18 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

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Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza, the Consul General (second left) with Chicago activist

Chicago, IL – Last week, President Barack Obama issued a new Executive Order declaring a national emergency in response to the “extraordinary threat to the national security” posed to the U.S. by Venezuela. What did Venezuela do? They stopped a U.S.-backed plot to overthrow their government.

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By Alexander Ionov

Fight Back! is circulating the following article from the Anti-Globalization Movement (AGM) of Russia. The views expressed are those of Alexander Ionov, president of AGM.

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Chicago, IL – In response to new U.S. government moves against Venezuela, anti-war activists are speaking out against Washington’s actions and threats.

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Fight Back News Service is circulating the following March 8 statement from the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees.

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By mick

Minneapolis, MN – Midwest anti-war leaders had harsh world to say about Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s March 3 speech to Congress. Netanyahu was invited to speak before Congress by the House Republican leadership, a move that drew fire from the Obama administration and some congressional Democrats.

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Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Feb. 26 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

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By Joe Iosbaker

The historic Hotel Metropol where Soviet leaders such as Lenin and Stalin spoke

The delegation of anti-war activists from the U.S. have been staying at a fancy, old hotel right by Red Square in Moscow. The Metropol is over 100 years old.

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By Joe Iosbaker

Vanya, boy wounded when shells fired by the Ukrainian army that hit his home

Moscow – Vanya is a determined boy of nine. He has a competitive streak, especially for races and bike riding. Because of the war being waged on the people in the Eastern Ukraine region called Donbass, he’s become a celebrity. That’s because he survived shells fired by the Ukrainian army that hit his home, although he lost his legs, one of his arms, and his eyesight. His five-year-old brother, Artem, didn’t survive the blast.

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Lina Khattab

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Feb. 18 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

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Twin Cities protest against U.S. military aid to Ukraine

St. Paul, MN – 15 people braved the cold and wind to say no Cold War with Russia and no U.S. weapons to the Ukraine, Feb 18. The vigil took place on the Lake Street Marshall Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River between Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

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Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Samidoun -Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network.

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following March 12 statement for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

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By Meredith Aby

Sabry Wazwaz speaking on Israeli apartheid in occupied Palestine.

Minneapolis, MN – Sabry Wazwaz reported back to over 100 people, Feb. 7, at Karmel West from his month long trip to Palestine this winter, where he did interviews for his upcoming documentary. Wazwaz is an outspoken leader in both the Palestinian American community and the Anti-War Committee. He is an advocate for a free Palestine and against U.S.-backed Israeli apartheid. Wazwaz explained his motivation for his trip as a desire to “wake people up about what’s really going on” in Palestine and to counter the lies of U.S. mainstream media.

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By Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Feb. 6 statement from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

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Washington, DC – At a Feb. 3 press conference in Beijing, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Hong Lei, stated that China is against any meeting between President Obama and the Tibetan separatist leader, the Dalai Lama.

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By Sara Flounders

Few events expose the utter hypocrisy of U.S. politicians’ grand words about democracy so starkly as their praise for the recently deceased King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. For decades U.S. imperialism and all the imperialist powers have given political, military and diplomatic support to the corrupt feudal family that rules Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest exporter of oil.

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