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At an October 14 press conference, Teamsters Local 135 President Dustin Roach announced that 92% of dealers and dual rates voted yes to authorize a strike.

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Horseshoe Casino workers authorize strike for recognition amid government shutdown
Shelbyville, IN - Table games dealers and dual rates at the Horseshoe Indianapolis casino have authorized a strike for union recognitio...
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“Today, protect freedom of speech. Stand up and protest for those who can’t. Don’t wait until it’s too late. UT has to stick together – UT cannot be bought and sold!”

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UT Austin protests Trump’s compact on higher education
Austin, TX – On October 13, over 200 students, faculty, staff and community members at the University of Texas at Austin gathered at th...
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On Friday, October 10, President Trump announced that he would be ordering an increase in tariffs on imports from China by 100%. If applied to all imports, this would increase the average tariffs rate on goods from China to 150%.

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Trump announces tariff increases on imports from China by 100%
San José, CA - On Friday, October 10, President Trump announced that he would be ordering an increase in tariffs on imports from China by...
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As a result of an outpouring of negative community feedback, the tech giant announced that they would not be moving forward with the data center project at this time.

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Caledonia, WI: Community throws back Microsoft, but more threats to the region's environment loom
Caledonia, WI – On October 8, residents of the small village of Caledonia in southeastern Wisconsin - just south of Milwaukee, scored a m...
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“For many of us across DFW, learning that a bomb body plant, disguised as an aerospace defense site, sits blocks from a high school field was like a blow to the gut."

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Dallas Fort Worth unites to stop the bombs in Garland
Garland, TX - A coalition of DFW Anti War Committee, Palestinian Youth Movement and Freedom Road Socialist Organization rallied outside...
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“Billionaires are standing in the way of working families being able to afford healthcare, to put food on the table, to have a home, to put their kids through school.”

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Chicago demands “Funds, not feds!”
Chicago, IL - Over 100 Chicagoans rallied outside the offices of Google and Valor Equity Partners in the West Loop on Saturday, October...
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“I don’t know when this is going to end,” said Mark Caldwell, a Brulin Teamster who addressed the crowd. “All I know is that if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”

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Brulin Teamsters hold the picket line during day 8 strike rally
Indianapolis, IN — On October 9, striking Teamsters at Brulin Holding Company marked the eighth day of their unfair labor practice stri...
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“Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been massacred. 2 million are being starved and deprived of humanitarian aid. Journalists have been targeted and murdered in cold blood."

#Gaza

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Chicanos stand in solidarity with Palestine on 2-year anniversary of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
Los Angeles, CA – On October 7, the two-year anniversary of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, Centro CSO held a rally in solidarity with Palesti...
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“We will continue to come out in order to stop these corrupt cops from killing our family members. Not just for me, but for all the other cousins, mothers, aunts who also had dealings with these corrupt cops.”

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Community vigil held one year after police killing of Kory Dillard
Aurora, CO - On Friday, October 3, family, friends and members of the community gathered for a candlelight vigil to remember the life o...
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"We will continue fighting on the right side of history and fighting for the right to free speech on USF campus. We're going to continue fighting for our right to protest the genocide happening in Gaza!”

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Tampa, FL: Student protesters sue University of South Florida to defend free speech on campus
Tampa, FL — On Thursday October 9, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society held a press conference to announce they had filed a law...
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“While I was detained for just a few hours, I spent my time thinking about Palestine – how the freedom fighters never gave up despite being held in similar and worse ways for years, decades even.”

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Portland marches for Palestine on October 7
Portland, OR - On October 7, over 100 people gathered in downtown Portland to rally and march on the two-year anniversary of October 7,...
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“Two years of this genocidal state that has every dollar of U.S. support, every weapon in its arsenal. And yet, our people in Gaza and across Palestine continue to fight.”

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Chicago stands with Palestine
Chicago, IL- Hundreds of Chicagoans came out on October 4 in response to a national call for protests against the two-year anniversary ...
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“When I see the people of Gaza ... I see an unbreakable spirit of sheer will and determination to resist their own extermination. The people of Palestine will never stop resisting.”

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Twin Cities communities gather to protest two years of genocide in Gaza, celebrate resistance
Minneapolis, MN – On Tuesday, October 7, protesters from across Minnesota converged outside the federal courthouse to protest Israel’s ...
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“Just because there might be a new ceasefire doesn’t mean that it’s suddenly okay to sell Israel military jets. Now is the time to keep up the pressure!”

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Pittsburgh says no arm manufacturers welcome
Pittsburgh, PA – On October 10, the Pittsburgh BDS Coalition led hundreds into the streets to speak out against Howmet Aerospace, a loc...
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“There is absolutely no proof that any substantial amount of drugs that reach the U.S. are coming from or passing through Venezuela."

#Venezuela

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Minneapolis says U.S. hands off Venezuela
Minneapolis, MN – On Saturday, October 4, the MN Anti-War Committee held a protest at Mayday Plaza in response to the recent attacks an...
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Over the course of the meeting, many people highlighted the need to make deeper connections with parents, students and community members in and around the school system to build trust and develop community circles to protect against ICE raids

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NYC: MORE Caucus General Assembly tackles immigrant rights
New York, NY - On October 8, in Midtown Manhattan the MORE Caucus (Movement for Rank and File Educators) of the United Federation of Teac...
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"We deserve to live without fear. We deserve to live. I know it's scary to be living in times of violence, but we must be loud. We must resist.”

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UIC students protest ICE kidnapping on campus
Chicago, IL – On Thursday, October 9, Mexican Students de Aztlán (MeSA) at the University of Illinois Chicago organized an emergency pr...
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“We are not standing on equal ground. [There is] too much data that says having a police officer in a school creates more disproportionality, not less.”

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Seattle school board rejects cops in classrooms proposal
Seattle, WA – On Wednesday, October 8, the Seattle Public School Board voted 5-2 to reject bringing cops into Garfield High School hall...
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“Labor is with Palestine 100% Dock workers are shutting down ports, and workers in Italy went on a general strike. When workers of the world unite, there is nothing we cannot do.”

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Hundreds march for Gaza in Seattle on October 7
Seattle, WA – On October 7, over 500 protesters gathered Cascade Playground in South Lake Union to take part in a march for Gaza, calli...
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“Our fight is not only for our land, it is for the soul of humanity itself. You do not need to stand in Gaza to resist – you need only to stand in your place with conviction and with compassion.”

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West Michigan protests war profiteer, encourages workers to question contracts
Zeeland, MI - For the second year in a row, Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids rallied outside of war profiteer Woodward FST to commemor...
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"While in custody, they overheard officers say, “We've got to figure out what we’re going to charge these kids with,” AFTER they had already been arrested. Some officers were overheard using ChatGPT to understand the charges they were writing."

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LSU Students for a Democratic Society statement on the unjust arrest of 7 members by LSU PD
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following October 5 statement by LSU Students for a Democratic Society. On Wednesday, Octob...
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“Not only is the U.S. fueling the genocide, but the fueling is happening in our own backyard. JAXPORT, the port right behind us, has contracts with Maersk and ZIM, two logistics companies that are well-known for transporting U.S.-made weapons to Israel."

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Jacksonville, FL October 7 rally in solidarity with Palestine
Jacksonville, FL – On October 7, over 100 community members gathered outside the Dames Point terminal of the Jacksonville Port Authorit...
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fightbacknews.bsky.social @fightbacknews.bsky.social · 6d
“Today people are being taken from their homes, schools and workplaces. And our leaders remain silent. But silence isn’t neutrality, it’s complicity. It allows fear to grow.”

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DC Against the Trump Agenda Coalition joins “Families not Feds” protesting mayor’s complicity with ICE
Washington, D.C. - Over 50 activists, faith leaders and immigrants mobilized in the early morning of October 8 at the city hall in down...
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The National Security Agency (NSA) was set to participate in an upcoming career fair at NYU on October 8. Their participation prompted the NYU Students for a Democratic Society to launch an initiative to have them removed from the fair.

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NSA cancels registration at NYU career fair after student protest
New York, NY - The National Security Agency (NSA) was set to participate in an upcoming career fair at NYU on October 8. Their participat...
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"The ceasefire agreement is a first step toward ending the genocide, and the steadfastness of our people and their valiant resistance broke the zionist war machine and imposed the agreement."

#Gaza #PFLP

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