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By Stephanie Weiner

Picket at Chicago Sister City International's Consular Corps Ball

Chicago, IL – “One, two, three, four – Petach Tikva – no more! Five, six, seven, eight – take away their dinner plate!” The chant came from protesters outside the Hilton Hotel June 2 as the Chicago Sister City International's Consular Corps Ball was happening.

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By Chapin Gray

Thousands protest Israeli war crimes in Chicago

Chicago, IL – More than 3000 people gathered here, June 1, to picket the Israeli consulate in Chicago and to express outrage over the Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.

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By Jacob Flom

Milwaukee protest condemns  Israel killings on Freedom Flotilla ship

Milwaukee, WI – 75 people rallied outside the Federal Building here June 1, condemning Israel's deadly attack on the Freedom Flotilla.

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By staff

Protesters line the streets to condemn Israeli killings on Freedom Flotilla ship

Minneapolis, MN – More than 200 people gathered here, June 1, at the office of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, to protest the Israeli murders of pro-Palestine activists who were bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza.

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

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

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

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

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By staff

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

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By staff

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

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By staff

Ahmad Sa'adat in court

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on the decision by the Israeli authorities to extend the isolation of Ahmad Sa'adat. Ahmad Sa'adat is an important leader of the movement to end the occupation of Palestine.

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

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

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By staff

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

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By staff

Comrade Jamil Mizher, member of the Central Committee of the PFLP

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Jamil Mizher, a leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

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By Kosta Harlan

SDS contingent at the march.

Washington, D.C. – About ten thousand demonstrators filled Lafayette Park across from the White House to demand an end to the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. March 20 marked the seventh anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, while the occupation of Afghanistan is now in its eighth year. A broad range of organizations mobilized for the demonstration, organized by the International ANSWER coalition. Military veterans, student groups, trade unions, Arab American organizations, church congregations, and many other groups brought thousands of people into D.C. for the rally.

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

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

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By staff

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

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

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

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on the kidnapping and imprisonment of Ahmad Sa'adat. We urge all of our readers to support the efforts to secure his immediate release.

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By staff

Protesters back Palestine in Chicago

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following letter, written by Labor for Palestine to the President of the AFL-CIO, urging support for the campaign to boycott Israel.

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By staff

_Interview with Ala Jaradat _

PFLP leader and Palestinian political prisoner Ahmad Sa'adat

Fight Back! interviewed Ala Jaradat, a Palestinian who lives in the West Bank and is the program manager for Addameer – a Palestinian prisoners support group. Ala Jaradat was in the Twin Cities in November and spoke at Hamline Law School and the University of Minnesota, during a nine-city tour of the United States. Israel currently holds more than 8000 Palestinian political prisoners.

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

PFLP rally in Gaza on 42nd Anniversary

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following account of the massive Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) rally, held in Gaza, Dec. 12. This account of the event was written by the PFLP.

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