By the Labor Fightback Network The Labor Fightback Network condemns the Israeli military blockade and recent attacks on Gaza. We stand in solidarity with protestors across the globe who demand: “Stop the Massacre of the Palestinian People!” We condemn the U.S. political and financial support to the State of Israel — $3.8 billion per year in armaments alone. On May
Read moreCALL TO SUPPORT FLOC CAMPAIGN IN NORTH CAROLINAFLOC President Baldemar Velasquez Addresses Labor FightbackNetwork Conference in Cleveland, Denounces Corporate Attacks onFLOC in North Carolina and Calls for Support to Boycott of R.J. Reynolds “Vuse” Electronic Cigarette Speaking at the opening night session of the Third National Labor Fightback Conference in Cleve-land, Ohio, on July 21, Baldemar Velasquez, president of the
Read moreOn the Aftermath of Charlottesville, Virginia As was widely reported, white nationalists gathered on August 19 for a “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville. The rally was organized in opposition to a plan by local officials to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee, the Confederacy’s top general, from Emancipation Park in Charlottesville. However, it is also clear that the
Read moreAll Out August 16 to Cancel NAFTA, Tear Down the Wall of Shame, and Support Farm Workers in San Quintin (Baja California, Mexico) and North Carolina! Dear Sisters and Brothers, At the Third Labor Fightback Conference held in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 21-23, the participants agreed to promote a multi-pronged campaign to Cancel NAFTA, Tear Down the Wall of Shame/No More Deportations,
Read moreIf We Want to Stop Washington’s Wars, We Have a Lot of Work to Do T The second week of August is a time when peace activists throughout the United States pause to remember the holocaust that our own country visited upon the people of Japan in 1945. It is the right thing to do, to stop and reflect on
Read moreOctober 11, 2017 Attention:Antonio CorderoVenezuelan Consul General in San Francisco1700 California Street, Suite 420San Francisco, CA 94108(Email: ven.sanfrancisco@gmail.com) Dear Consul General Cordero, On October 7, labor and antiwar activists from across the San Francisco Bay Area came together at a “U.S. Out Now!” public forum that was sponsored by the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) and held at the Niebyl Proctor
Read moreBay Area antiwar planning meeting on Monday, February 12, 7-9 pm at the Niebyl Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland The sole objective of the meeting is to constitute a new Bay Area coalition for the purpose of organizing a Bay Area April 14 or April 15 regional antiwar mobilization, as part of coordinated national actions on those days. (See all the details below.) Please make every
Read more[LFN] Join us in Supporting the National Assembly for Black Liberation (May 18-20, 2018) National Assembly for Black Liberation – May 18-20, 2018Black people are fighting against oppression and injustice on every battlefront, but the Black liberation movement is still fragmented in various alignments whose programs and demands have much in common.The unity of these organizations and alignments would represent
Read moreAlameda Labor Council Resolution: Endorse and Support the April 15 End-the-Wars march and rally in Oakland (adopted unanimously by delegates on April 9, 2018) Whereas, the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan has gone on for sixteen years, the war in Iraq for fifteen years, and the U.S. is also engaged in military conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, Niger, Mali,
Read moreThe Anti-Trump Resistance and the Democratic Party By the Steering Committee of the Labor Fightback Network It would be surprising if anyone who believes in peace, justice, economic equality, and environmental protection did not feel white-hot anger at the policies and pronouncements of President Donald John Trump. He is not only a racist, sexist, labor-hating, war-mongering reactionary. He is also
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