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Fight Back! Radio
by Fight Back! Radio
Fight Back! Radio takes you to the heart of the peoples' struggles, and brings you a working class perspective on labor, Black liberation, anti-imperialism, and all other struggles for a better world.
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Activists Resist Repression: Solidarity with Palestine
While the U.S. continues it's war on Iran, it's simultaneously targeting protesters at home, especially those standing in Palestine.To cover the onslaught of attacks on the Palestine Solidarity Movement in the U.S., we talk to multiple guests:Alan Chavoya from the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repressions tells us about Salah Sarsour, president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee and organizer with American Muslims for Palestine, who was detained by ICE in Milwaukee and the fight to free him.https://freesalah.org/https://www.instagram.com/freesalahsarsourShayne Tremblay interviews Conor Cauley, a Florida organizer and member of the Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network. Conor was arrested at a city council meeting along with fellow organizers who were guilty of nothing but standing with Palestine.https://jaxpsn.org/drop-the-charges/https://www.instagram.com/jaxpsnChrisley Carpio speaks on behalf of Rick Toledo, a student organizer in the Students for Democratic Society, who is facing four bogus felonies for his participation in a sit-in protest at Cal Poly Tech Humboldt. https://fightbacknews.org/articles/solidarity-with-rick-toledo-no-charges-for-standing-up-for-palestinehttps://www.instagram.com/sds_humboldt/We urge our listeners to checkout the Anti-War Action Network.Look out for the 2026 Anti-War Action Network Conference happening on July 11th and 12th in Chicago.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebook
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A Communist Take on May Day with Mick Kelly
A happy International Workers' Day from Fight Back! Radio to all whole celebrate, which should be all working people.To commemorate this significant holiday, we have on the political secretary of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization and editor of Fight Back! News, Mick Kelly. Mick is a veteran of the movement, and brings us a communist analysis of May Day, the state of the US, and the international struggle against monopoly capitalism and imperialism.We encourage all of our listeners to read about the peoples' struggles on Fight Back! News.You can find the Freedom Road Socialist Organization online at.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebook
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Militant Teamsters Then & Now with Ken Paff
In the 1970s, in response to the lack of rank-and-file power in the Teamsters union, the Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) reform caucus was formed with the goal of, as Ken Paff puts it, "building power from below".Ken Paff was the national organizer of TDU for most of its existence, and in this interview he discloses the history of TDU's forming, the power struggles they had with labor bureaucrats, and all that they have won for Teamsters and workers everywhere.You can find TDU online on their website, and we encourage any of our Teamster listeners to join TDU.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebook
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Black Liberation Confronts Racism with Kobi Guillory
There's currently no shortage of struggle across the peoples' movements, many of which are dominating the mainstream news outlets. We want to highlight a critical struggle that is not making the headlines, and that is the fight for Black Liberation. This movement is alive and well in the US, and leaders like Kobi Guillory are on the front lines of resisting the racist Trump agenda, killers cops, and any opposition to the self-determination of Black people.Kobi is the labor chair of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, an executive committee member of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, a member of the Central Committee of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, a union delegate and executive board member of the Chicago Teachers Union, and maybe the most demanding of all, a middle school teacher on the South Side of Chicago.Anyone that will be in the Chicago area on April 18th should attend the Working Class Awards Dinner: Resisting Trump's Mass Deportations.We invite all organizations to sign onto the following call, in defense of grad student Rick Toledo, pro-palestine student and member of Students for a Democratic Society, at California State Polytechnic University Humboldt.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebook
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Celebrating 100 Episodes with Richard Berg and special guest Monica Gold
On behalf of the Fight Back! Radio team, we want to thank all of our listeners for tuning in to 100 episodes of the news and views of the Peoples' Struggles. For this special episode, we decided to flip the mic around to Richard Berg. You have heard Richard speak to countless fighters from the various Peoples' Movements, but Richard has been a lifelong fighter himself. In today's episode, Richard gives us his origin story as an activist, discusses the various movements he's been involved in, and provides valuable insights into how to struggle and how to win.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebook
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Labor Legend Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: The East Side Joan of Arc with Mary Anne Trasciatti
The Fight Back! Radio team categorically condemns the shameful attacks on Iran, its people, and its sovereignty by the US and Israel. We recommend that our listeners hit the streets and join the other people of conscious calling for hands off Iran, the U.S. out of the Middle East, and an end to the Zionist project.We would also like to wish everyone a happy International Women's Day (IWD). Our guest today, Mary Anne Trasciatti helps us celebrate IWD by commemorating the life and legacy Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a legend of the labor movement. Marry is a professor of rhetoric and a director of labor studies Hofstra University, and has written a book: "Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: The Rebel Girl, Democracy, and Revolution".You can buy Mary's book at Rutgers University Press (and use code RUP30 for 30% off).You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebook#Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #labor #iww #wobblies #cpusa #women #feminist
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Ice Out of the Super Bowl! with Lyla Salinas
Struggle is intensifying across the US against ICE and for immigrant rights. Our guest today, Lyla Salinas, an organizer with the Community Service Organization (CSO) San José, is on the front lines of this struggle. From protesting ICE at Super Bowl LX, to on the ground community outreach, Lyrla gives us their first-hand account and a strategy for winning rights and legalization for all.You can find CSO San José online on their website as well as their Instagram.CSO San José is an affiliate of the Legalization 4 All Network.Help Ulises' Family After ICE's Violent and Unlawful Arrest.Read more about the Ice Out of the Super Bowl! protest on Fight Back! News: San José demands ICE out of Super Bowl, no killer ICE in San JoséYou can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebook#Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #cso #sanjosé #san #josé #communityserviceorganization #ice #superbowl #super #bowl #immigrant #rights #l4a #legalization4all
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No Ceasefire to be Seen: The Continued Fight for a Free Palestine with Husam Marajda
Since the ceasefire agreement in October of 2025, we've seen Israel commit daily bombings, blocking of aid, the withholding of hostages and bodies of martyrs, and no sign of giving up their genocidal agenda.We're honored to be joined by Husam Marajda, co-chair of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), to unpack the current situation. Husam provides us with his analysis of the so-called "ceasefire", describes the current conditions in Gaza and the Arab world more broadly, and spells out what the continued fight for a free Palestine looks like, both domestically and abroad.To our Palestinian and Arab listeners that live in the U.S. and who want to join the fight for a Free Palestine, we urge you to join the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN). USPCN is a Palestinian and Arab community-based organization, founded in 2006 to revitalize grass-roots organizing in Palestinian and Arab communities in the U.S., as part of the broader Palestinian nation in exile and the homeland.Read about the fight for divestment from Israel in Illinois on Fight Back! News: Illinois residents demand the state divest from genocide of PalestiniansRichard's Black History Month Book Recommendations: Marxist-Leninist Perspectives on Black Liberation and Socialism - Frank ChapmanNegro Liberation - Harry HaywoodYou can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebook#Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #chicago #uspcn #palestine #palestinian #community #network #ceasefire #gaza #israel
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Fighting for Immigrant Rights in Minnesota with Mira Altobell-Resendez
The Fight Back! Radio production team sends our condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of Renee Nicole Good, and we extend them to all those who have been taken from us by ICE. We wholeheartedly condemn Jonathan Ross for his brutal murder of Renee, and we extend that condemnation to all federal agents wreaking terror across the US, and the Trump administration for orchestrating this terror.On January 7th, 2026 Renee Nicole Good was gunned down by in broad daylight by Jonathan Ross for the crime of serving as a community observer. That moment lit a fire in Minneapolis, and the people immediately began flooding the streets to direct that fire and to defend their city from these murderous thugs.Our guest today, Mira Altobell-Resendez has been on the front lines of this fight. As an organizer in the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC), Mira describes the struggles being waged out in the streets of Minneapolis and the work MIRAC and the community has done to prepare for these struggles. As a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), Mira also breaks down how these local fights are related to US imperialism at a global scale.If you live in Minnesota and want to join the fight against ICE terror, check out the Minnesota Immigrants Rights Action Committee.If you don't live in Minnesota, you can get connected with an org in your area that's affiliated with the Legalization For All network, or look into starting your own.Since the fight for immigrant rights is a fight for everyone's' rights, consider joining the Freedom Road Socialist Organization to fight for a free world.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebook#Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #chicago #ICE #DHS #immigrant #rights #immigration #renee #nicole #good
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Hands Off Venezuela! An on the Ground Perspective with Jae Franklin
On December 9, 2025, organizers from the US touched down in Venezuela to participate in the International Peoples' Assembly for Sovereignty and Peace conference. This was in an effort to show solidarity and support the people of Venezuela and their fight for the sovereignty of their country. Jae Franklin was one of these organizers. As a Black Queer organizer in Chicago, Jae serves as a co-chair of the Anti-War Committee Chicago, the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda, and is a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. We had the honor of sitting down with Jae to discuss their first-hand experience of being in Venezuela, and to analyze the US shameful intervention in the country, and how the people of Venezuela and across the world are fighting back.In the early morning hours of January 3, 2026, after this interview was recorded, explosions lit up the skies over Caracas at least seven times. US forces launched a coordinated attack on civilian and military sites across Venezuela including in Miranda, Aragua and La Guairá. President Nicolás Maduro and the First Lady Cilia Flores were kidnapped by U.S. military forces. Fight Back! Radio whole heartedly condemns this act of war, and we call upon all people of conscience to hit the streets and demand HANDS OFF VENEZUELA and FREE PRESIDENT MADURO!You'll fight back better and stronger by joining an organization. If you're in Chicago, consider joining Anti-War Committee Chicago.or finding an affiliate of the Anti-War Action Network in your area.You can also join the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda.Consider joining the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and read their statement on the shameful kidnapping on Fight Back! News.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebookfight #back #radio #fightback! radio #ifpte #federal #workers #afge #union
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Trump is a Union Buster with Colin Smalley
From the government shutdown, to DOGE initiatives, to classic union busting tactics, federal workers in the US are under attack by the Trump administration. Colin Smalley joins us today to talk us through these attacks, the fights federal workers are waging to defend their rights, and the true motives of the Trump administration to sew chaos among the federal labor force.Colin serves as the president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) LU 777, as well as on the steering committee of the Federal Unionists Network (FUN).You can find the Federal Unionists Network online on their website.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebookfight #back #radio #fightback! radio #ifpte #federal #workers #afge #union
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No War Against Venezuela! with the Freedom Road Socialist Organization
This is a rebroadcast of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization's online event: No War Against Venezuela!The speakers at this event were Meredith Aby of the Anti-War Action Network; Tom Burke, FRSO Organizational Secretary; Jim Byrne, FRSO member & anti-war activist; and Carlos Montes of the FRSO Central Committee. The speakers provided their analysis on the revolutionary state of Venezuela, the Bolivarian Revolution, and the shameful invasion of the United States.Consider joining the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), a national organization of revolutionaries fighting for socialism in the United States.The Anti-War Action Network (AWAN) is a progressive network of grassroots anti-war organizations around the United States committed to building a broad movement opposed to the greatest cause of injustice in the world today: the U.S. and its senseless, destructive wars, sanctions, and interventions.Support the Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network's Campaign to Fight Political Repression, Defend Palestine, Drop the Charges on Conor, Leah, and Dragon by answering the calls to action on the campaign page.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebook#Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #venezuela #bolivarian #revolution #maduro #US #invasion
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Building the Movement to Defeat Trump's Agenda & Win Community Control of the Police with Monique Sampson
Chicago, IL – 500 organizers convened at the Chicago Teacher’s Union Hall from Friday, November 14 through Sunday, November 16 for the 52nd anniversary national conference of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR).The conference was the fourth of its kind since the refounding of NAARPR in 2019. It showcased the tremendous growth of the organization and its fighting capacity since its original founding in 1973 out of the movement to free Angela Davis. 530 people registered for the conference, representing 31 NAARPR branches and affiliate organizations.We joined by Monique Sampson who serves as the treasurer of NAARPR, as well as organizer in the Jacksonville Community Action Committee and a rank-and-file leader in her teacher's union. Monique describes the mission and strategy of NAARPR, recaps the conference, and breaks down the struggles that NAARPR chapters and affiliates are waging across the country.Checkout the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) online.Checkout the Jacksonville Community Action Committee (JCAC) online.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebook#Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #naarpr #national #alliance #against #racist #and #political #repression #chicago
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No War With Venezuela with Tom Burke
After bombing multiple boats that Trump claimed to be smuggling drugs, the US, under the leadership of Trump, has deployed its military, including the world’s largest warship, aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, towards the Venezuelan coast. Tom Burke joins us today to talk about the possible US invasion of Venezuela that looms ahead, and the response we can expect from the steadfast Venezuelan people. Tom is a co-chair of the Anti-War Action Network (AWAN), the organizational secretary of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and president of his union, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) local 26.Checkout the Anti-War Action Network online.Join the fight for a better world by joining the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.Read up on developments in Venezuela on the Orinoco Tribune.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebook#Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #venezuela #us #attacks #war #antiwar #anti-war #anti #war
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When Ice Invades, Chicago Fights Back with Omar Flores
In an egregious attempt to build power through fear, Donald Trump has sicced his thugs from ICE (as well as DHS) upon the city of Chicago. These federal agents are indiscriminately grabbing people off the street, including documented civilians, resorting to violence, and even deadly force.Omar Flores, chair of the Immigrant Rights Work Team of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) joins us today to give us an in-the-streets account of what’s happening in Chicago, the harm that this regime is bringing to their community, and the ways in which the people of Chicago have been running these thugs out of town.You can find the Chicago Alliance Against Racists and Political Repression online.Build the Movement to Defeat Trump's Agenda & Win Community Control of the Police! Attend the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR)'s fourth National Conference November 14th-16th in Chicago.Read more about Chicago resisting ICE on Fight Back! News:Chicagoans mobilize to demand an end to the federal occupationChicago’s immigrants kick ICE out of their communities!West Chicago fights back against ICEYou can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #chicago #ICE #DHS #immigrant #rights #immigration
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On the Legacy of Assata Shakur with Merawi Gerima
Assata Shakur was a fighter for freedom and an icon of the Black liberation movement. She came of age during the struggles of the 1960s and 70s, and everything that was good and powerful about that time, Assata embodied. The deep understanding that a better world is possible, and most importantly, the conviction to never give up. Never surrender.In today's episode, we look back on the legacy of Assata's life with the help of Merawi Gerima, a a Chicago based activist, a filmmaker, and is the co-chair of the Campaign to Free Incarcerated Survivors of Torture (CFIST).Read Fight Back! News for more on Assata Shakur:On the legacy of Assata ShakurAssata Shakur passes away in CubaLet us know what you'd like to see and hear for episode 100 of Fight Back! Radio!You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials:InstagramTwitterTikTokFacebookYouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News:InstagramWebsiteTwitterFacebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #assata #shakur #black #panthers #black #liberation #freedom #fighter #police #resistance
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Fighting the FBI and Winning with Jess Sundin
On Sept. 24, 2010, more than 70 FBI agents took part in a series of coordinated raids that were aimed at activists of the anti-war and international solidarity movements, and also members of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). In a bogus investigation of “material support of terrorism” charges, seven houses and an office in Minneapolis and Chicago were raided. One of those houses was the home of Jess Sundin, a lifelong activist, a fighter in the anti-war movement, and a member of the Committee to Stop FBI Repression and the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice (TCC4J). Jess joins us today to recall the day she and her comrades were raided by the FBI, the immediate response from the committee, and to make it clear that the only correct response to FBI repression is standing up and fighting back. Read more on Fight Back! News:"Look back with anger: The 2010 FBI raids on anti-war and international solidarity activists""Indigenous and immigrant rights organizations demand: ‘Drop the charges against Isavela López!’""Teamsters at U of MN win their demands, ending strike in victory!"Let us know what you'd like to see and hear for episode 100 of Fight Back! Radio!You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #FBI #Repression #raid #anti-war #antiwar #frso #freedomroad
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D.C. Against Trump's Racist Occupation with K.B.
As Trump's occupation of DC continues on, so does the fight against his repression. The people of DC are rising up, taking the streets, and making it clear who their city belongs to.KB is one of the leaders of this resistance, and we're honored to sit down with them and discuss how the repression they are facing in DC, and how the DC Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression standing up and fighting back.You can find the DC Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression online on their website.Read more about the people's fights in DC on Fight Back! News:DC Against Trump Coalition unites with Long Live GoGo to defend the districtDC Against Trump Coalition shuts down racist curfew zoneWashington DC protest slams mayor’s executive order allowing indefinite police cooperation with federal law enforcementFRSO African American Commission condemns Trump’s occupation of Washington DC and the blatant attacks on Black democratic rightsDC stands tall against Trump’s racist police invasionYou can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #DC #police #trump #nationalguard #national #guard #occupation #dcaarpr
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The Fight to Free Simón Trinidad with Mark Burton
Colombian revolutionary Simón Trinidad has lived 75 years on this earth and his last 21 have been spent as a prisoner of the U.S. Empire. Once a valuable thinker and peace negotiator for the FARC-EP, four sham trials based on bogus charges saw a U.S. federal court eventually sentence Trinidad to 60 years in the Federal Supermax prison in Florence, CO. The terms of his imprisonment included the psychologically challenging isolation of Special Administrative Measures (SAMs) and the restrictive access to legal support. Mark Burton, Simón's lawyer, joins us today to discuss Simón's contributions to the struggle for a socialist Columbia, the injustice he's facing as a political prisoner of the US, and the continued fight to free Simón and for a liberated Columbia."Demand Freedom for Simón Trinidad on his 75th birthday!""Lawyer for Simon Trinidad speaks at SDS convention"You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #columbia #simon #simón #trinidad #socialism #farc #farc-ep
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A Trip to Socialist China with Sydney Loving
Sydney Loving is a long time activist that got her start in student activism, took part in the Black Lives Matter movement, was a founding member of the North Texas Action Committee and the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR).Sydney now serves on the central committee of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), and in serving this role, she visited China to get a first-hand experience of what life is like in a contemporary socialist country. On the show today, we discuss the economic differences between socialist and capitalist countries, what life is like for minorities and what democracy looks like in China, and we also dispel some of the myths surrounding socialism and China.Sydney did an interview with Fight Back! News that dives deeper into the experience she had on her trip to China: "FRSO leader Sydney Loving reflects on how China is building socialism"Sydney will be discussing this trip live on a speaking tour! Stops include:8/15/25 - Minneapolis, MN 8/22/25 - Chicago, IL8/30/25 - Dallas, TX9/2/25 - Orlando, FLCheckout out FRSO's instagram for more updates on the speaking tour.Consider joining the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.Build the Movement to Defeat Trump's Agenda & Win Community Control of the Police! Attend the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR)'s fourth National Conference November 14th-16th in Chicago.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #chicago #china #socialist #socialism
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Electoral Politics and Capitalism! with Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez
Whether we're fighting in the streets, or fighting at the ballot box, Fight Back! Radio believes in winning all that can be won. Few people could speak truth to that more than Byron Sigcho Lopez, who is currently serving as the alderman of Chicago's 25th ward, and who truly represents the people and the people's movements.Read about Byron's involvement in Chicago telling local officials to shut down the Broadview ICE facility on Fight Back! News.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #chicago
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Organizing to End Genocide with Sara Mahmoud
We're 645 days in to a genocide, and Israel, with the US's support, isn't letting up. Furthermore, in an attempt to maintain US imperialist hegemony in the region, both Israel and the US have attacked Iran, all while Donald Trump is at the helm.Sara Mahmoud has been organizing for Palestinian liberation for nearly a decade. As a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and as chair of the Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network (JPSN), she has a thorough understanding of the role of US imperialism in these conflicts. She joins us today to talk about the underlying motivations for these attacks, the strength of the Iranian people, and how we need to organize to defeat Trump, Israel, and US imperialism.You can read about the Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network's march to demand "Hands Off Iran!" on Fight Back! News.You can find the Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network online on their website as well as on Instagram. Find out more about and considering joining the Freedom Road Socialist Organization,You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #jacksonville #palestine #solidarity #network #jpsn #iran #trump #israel
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Repression and Resistance in L.A. with Sol Marquez
The streets of L.A. are on fire right now as the community goes toe to toe against ICE, the FBI, and even the US military as they fight to protect their immigrant friends and family.Sol Marquez of Centro CSO joins us today to give us a first-hand account on the struggles she and her fellow activists are waging in Boyle Heights. This includes the campaign to drop the charges of Alejandro Orellana, who is facing federal charges for protesting recent ICE raids in Los Angeles.We urge all organizations and individuals committed to justice, immigrant rights and civil liberties to join us in defending Alejandro. Call U.S. Attorney Bilal Essayli at 213-894-2400 and tell him to drop the charges!Get involved with Centro CSO.Find out more about Legalization For All (L4A)Read more about the fight to drop Alejandro's charges on Fight Back! News:Drop the charges! New Orleans weekly anti-ICE action rallies in defense of Alejandro OrellanaEast LA rally against FBI attacks on Alejandro Orellana and Verita TopeteSan José: 300 protesters take to the streets in solidarity with Los Angeles and Alejandro OrellanaLegalization for All (L4A) Network: June 27 National Call-In Day to “Drop the Charges against Alejandro Orellana!”You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #centrocso #centro #cso #immigrant #rights #alejandro #orellana #dropthecharges #drop #the #charges
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Marching Towards a Free Palestine with Emerson Wolfe
ALEJANDRO ORELLANA IS FREE!On Friday, June 13, Alejandro Orellana, an immigrant rights activist who was arrested by the FBI, was freed from federal custody. Read more on Fight Back! News.Check our call to action at the end of these show notes.Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids is planning a 70-mile March Against Genocide from Grand Rapids to Lansing, June 26 to 30, to bring the effects of genocide to the media and raise money for Playgrounds for Palestine and HEAL Palestine.Our guest today is Emerson Wolfe, who leads Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids. We go into depth on their plan for this march and the current state of the fight for a free Palestine.You can find Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids online.Release Alejandro Orellana,drop the charges now! The Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CFSR) condemns the unjust arrest and targeting of immigrant rights activist and Centro Community Service Organization (CSO) member Alejandro Orellana. On the morning of June 12, FBI agents, National Guard troops and LA County Sheriff's deputies descended on Orellana's East Los Angeles home in a coordinated, militarized raid. Agents forcibly entered his residence and ransacked his belongings before taking him away in handcuffs.Alejandro faces absurd charges of "conspiracy to commit civil disorders." This is a transparent political accusation meant to criminalize and deter the wave of protests and legitimate activism against ICE terror in Los Angeles. Alejandro has done nothing wrong, and his arrest is unjustifiable. As an organizer who has spent years courageously defending immigrant families, he represents exactly the kind of grassroots leadership that the Trump administration seeks to eliminate with intimidation and repression. This arrest is part of a broader pattern of political persecution, from the FBI's historical targeting of Chicano activists, Black liberation organizers, and anti-war protesters to the current escalation of attacks against those resisting Trump's deportation agenda. The state is seeking to crush dissent. The charges against Alejandro follow this same playbook of manufacturing crimes where none exist and equating organizing with conspiracy. We reject this attack in the strongest possible terms. We stand with Alejandro and call for his immediate release and that all charges against him are dropped. We urge all organizations and individuals committed to justice, immigrant rights and civil liberties to join us in defending Alejandro. Call U.S. Attorney Bilal Essayli at213-894-2400and tell him to drop the charges!You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #grand #rapids #palestine #solidarity #march
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Marking 5 Years Since George Floyd's Murder with Jae Yates
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, MN at the age of 46 by Derek Chauvin. It's been 5 years since this moment that ignited the US on fire, and the people have not forgotten. Our guest today is Jae Yates, who is an executive board member of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR), and a member of the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice (TCC4J), as well as the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), and a co-chair of Taking Back Pride. They joins us to discuss the movement for community control of police and Black Liberation, the fights being waged in Minneapolis, and the intersections of LGBTQ+ and Black Liberation.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #george #floyd #black #queer #liberation
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A White Supremacist Shooter & Political Repression on Campus with Lain Dorsey
On Thursday, April 24, Tallahassee Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) organized a rally demanding the FSU administration stop allowing manifestations of white supremacy on campus. The protest was called in response to a mass shooting by a white supremacist on April 17 that resulted in the deaths of Robert Morales and Tiru Chabba, as well as the injury of six others.Towards the end of the protest, Lain Dorsey, head of communications with the SDS chapter, turned on a microphone with a hidden speaker and pointed it toward the admin building. One FSU police officer gave Dorsey a trespass warning for using amplified sound, but they ignored it. A swarm of police descended upon Dorsey, arresting them as they chanted, “Robert Morales and Tiru Chabba! Say their names!”.Lain joins us on the show today to breakdown their arrest, the intensification of repression on college campuses, and how student activists are fighting back!Checkout Tallahassee Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) online.Read more about the work of Lain and Tallahassee SDS on Fight Back! News:FSU student activist arrested during rally against white supremacyTallahassee students hold “Queer Rave” fundraiser in wake of mass shooting at FSUTallahassee students rally to celebrate restoration of LGBTQ+ housingYou can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #palestine #protests #fsu #floridastate #floridastateuniversity #shooter #whitesupremacist #arrest #student #sds
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Palestine and Other Unresolved Issues with Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers is the author of My Chicago Activist Life: From Ireland to Palestine 1968 - 2025. In this memoir, Bill covers the major social justice movement that he was an active participant in, including the 1968 Democratic Convention Protests. stopping the Vietnam War, the Northwestern Student Strike, the Irish Republican Fight for United Ireland, Palestine Solidarity, Black Lives Matter, Community Control of the Police. stopping the abuses of the War on Terrorism, fighting Islamophobia, the 2024 Democratic National Convention Protest, and ending the Genocidal War on Gaza.We encourage our listeners to buy and read his book.Join the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #palestine #protests #memoir
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Trump's Economic Policy with Masao Suzuki
From Masao Suzuki's latest article on Fight Back! News:On Wednesday, April 9, one week after President Trump declared a universal 10% tariff and for all the countries that the United States ran trade deficits with, he announced even higher tariffs of up to 50%. Even while members of his administrators were saying the tariffs were going to stick, Trump blinked and declared a 90-day pause for all countries except China.Trump's tariff war is developing rapidly. Fortunately we got to talk to Masao Suzuki, a retired professor of economics and lifelong activist, who breaks down the economic and political implications of these tariffs, and what we should be expecting to come down the pike.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #tariffs #trump #china #economy
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Trump Attacks, Workers Fight Back! with Loreen Targos
We're 3 weeks deep into this Trump presidency, and we're seeing attacks on federal workers that are simply unprecedented. Beyond the damage being done to the lives of these workers, the attacks from Trump, Musk, and DOGE inflict direct harm to the physical planet we live on.Today on the show we have Loreen Targos, executive vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 704, and scientist that works to defend the environment. In this episode, we dive deep into the important work that federal workers do to protect the environment and the humanity as a whole, and the ways in which this valuable work is being jeopardized by the current administration.If you live in Chicago, please consider attending the FRSO's Working Class Awards Dinner. Your favorite podcast host, Richard Berg, will be receiving a lifetime achievement award, and would love the chance to meet listeners of the show. You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #workers #federal #afge #attack #environment
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Student Activism & SDS Today with Erin Boyle
Since April of last year, starting with the fire lit by the student activists at Columbia university, students in the US have been fighting non-stop to show their solidarity to Palestine within the belly of the beast.Erin Boyle, vice president of the New Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), joins us today to discuss the fights students are waging across their campuses, the repression they face in response, and the ways their fighting back.If you are a student who wants to fight for a better world, we recommend that you get involved with the New Students for a Democratic Society.If you live in Chicago, please consider attending the FRSO's Working Class Awards Dinner. Your favorite podcast host, Richard Berg, will be receiving a lifetime achievement award, and would love the chance to meet listeners of the show. You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #palestine #columbia #students #sds #newsds #palestine
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Trump's War on Workers with Pat Kearns
Trump and his cronies have taken aim at the federal workforce. Elon Musk has been leading a purge of federal workers, issuing sweeping terminations and policies that aim to harass any workers that are fighting to hold onto their jobs.Pat Kearns joins us today to give us an insider's perspective on these attacks. Pat is a 30+ year nurse, as well as the president of his local union, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2547.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #immigrant #rights #deportation #trump #imperalism
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Black Trans Liberation with Delilah Pierre
Trans rights have been under attack, and these attacks have only intensified under the second Trump presidency. Delilah Pierre, president of the Tallahassee Community Action Committee, joins us today to discuss the nature of these attacks, the ways in which trans liberation ties into the liberation of all people, and how we're gonna fight back.You can find the Tallahassee Communication Action Committee online at: Website Instagram Facebook TwitterRead "Defend Trans Rights! Stand Against Trump!", a statement from the LGBTQ & Women's Movement Work Team of FRSO, on Fight Back! News.You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #immigrant #rights #deportation #trump #imperalism #trans #transrights
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Imperialism & Trump with Mick Kelly
Fight Back! Radio shares its condolences with the family, friends and comrades of Jose “Cha Cha” Jimenez, chairman of the Young Lords Organization. He died on January 10, 2025, at the age of 75 in Chicago. This episode is dedicated to him.Read Fight Back! New's in memoriam piece on Cha Cha.We're a month deep into a second Trump presidency, and it's critical that we stay grounded and think strategically about the fights we have ahead of us.Joining us today to give us a socialist analysis on what the next four years will bring is Mick Kelly, editor of Fight Back! News, and the political secretary for the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.Listen to our episode: "Ron DeSantis Vs. the Tampa 5 with Gia Davila".Listen to our episodes with Masao Suzuki: "Trump, Inflation and the Working Class" "Slavery, the 14th Amendment, and Trump's Attack on Immigrants"You can reach us by email at [email protected] Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTubeAnd as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #immigrant #rights #deportation #trump #imperalism
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Mao, China, and the Development of Marxism-Leninism with Josh Sykes
For those fighting for a better world, the teachings of Mao Zedong are essential in understanding how to bring about revolution. To give us a crash course on Mao's teachings, we welcome back Josh Sykes, author of "The Revolutionary Science of Marxism-Leninism", and contributing author of "People's China at 75 - The Flag Stays Red". In today's episode, Josh covers Mao's primary texts, and breaks down how Mao contributed to the strengthening of Marxism-Leninism. We encourage listeners to read Josh's book: "The Revolutionary Science of Marxism-Leninism". That book was the topic of our last episode with Josh: "What is Marxism-Leninism?" Our listeners should also buy a copy of "People's China at 75 – The Flag Stays Red". You can reach us by email at [email protected] Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #mao #maoism #zedong #leninism
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Slavery, the 14th Amendment, and Trump's Attack on Immigrants with Masao Suzuki
From Masao Suzuki's latest article on Fight Back! News: "President-elect Trump is claiming that he can abolish birthright citizenship, seeking to strip citizenship from 7 million or more Americans who are children of undocumented immigrants." Masao is a retired professor of economics and lifelong activist who joins us today to breakdown the historical context of birthright citizenship, the historical relationship of the US's treatment of oppressed nationalities, and the fight we have ahead of us under the next presidency. Read the rest of Masao's article on this topic on Fight Back! News. We encourage all of our listeners to hit the streets on January 20th to protest inauguration of Trump. You can contact us directly if you need help finding a protest near you, and you can read Fight Back! News's official article on the nationwide protest. Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #sds #chicano #chicana #palestine #encampment #students #protest #economy #trump #working #class #workingclass #immigrants #legalizationforall #undocumented #ice
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Resist Attacks on Immigrant Rights! with Marisol Marquez and Louise Carhart
As a second Trump presidency approaches, we're bracing for an onslaught of attacks from the GOP, especially attacks on our undocumented friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family members. Marisol Marquez, a community activist in LA and member of Centro Community Service Organization (CSO) joins us to break down these nature of these attacks, how it's not just the Republicans we have to blame, and how the people need to fight back. As a bonus, Louise Carhart joins us at the end to break down the legal implications of these attacks. Louise is a chief steward and executive committee member of her union, the United Legal Workers (ULW), and works as a staff attorney for the ULW's farm worker project. Get involved with Centro CSO. You can find Legalization For All online on their website. Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #sds #chicano #chicana #palestine #encampment #students #protest #economy #trump #working #class #workingclass #immigrants #legalizationforall #undocumented #ice
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Trump, Inflation and the Working Class with Masao Suzuki
Today on the show we're headed across campus to analyze the economic implications of another Trump presidency. Masao Suzuki is a recently retired professor who spent the last 35 years teaching and researching economics. When not in the classroom, Masao has been in the streets and fighting for change since the 70s. Read Masao's article on the current state of US unemployment on Fight Back! Radio. Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #sds #chicano #chicana #palestine #encampment #students #protest #economy #trump #working #class #workingclass
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Marxism in Action with Ryan Delaney
The left often touts the importance of theory and practice, but what does that actually look like? Today on the show, we have Ryan Delaney to break down the dialectal relationship of theory and practice, and how to use them in the streets to bring about revolution. Ryan is a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and an activist in both the Jacksonville Community Action Committee and the Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network. Join the fight for a better world by joining the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Checkout the Jacksonville Community Action Committee online. Checkout the Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network online. Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #sds #chicano #chicana #palestine #encampment #students #protest #studentsforademocraticsociety #climatechange #climatejustice #climate #change #environmentalism
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Fighting for Environmental Justice in the Trump Era
Imperialism is not only exploiting the multinational working class, but is actively destroying the planet we live on. Charlie Berg, a climate justice activist in Minnesota Climate Justice Committee (CJC MN), joins us today to dive into how the ruling class is doing nothing to stop climate change, and how it's up to the people to fight and win this critical battle. You can find the Minnesota Climate Justice Committee online on all their platforms at their Linktree. Read about what the various actions of CJC MN on Fight Back! News: Climate Justice Committee holds emergency bannering near St. Paul polluter Northern Iron Shut down Smith Foundry: Climate Justice Committee stages foundry replica at home of MPCA commissioner Listen to our previous episode: Fighting Climate Crsis by Building Movements and Hitting the Streets with Tracy Molm. Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #sds #chicano #chicana #palestine #encampment #students #protest #studentsforademocraticsociety #climatechange #climatejustice #climate #change #environmentalism
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ICE, Murder, and The War on Drugs with Bill Conroy
Fight Back! Radio is going down a different path for this episode's topic. Today's guest is Bill Conroy, an investigative journalist and author of Dispatches from the House of Death: A journey into the dark heart of the "war for drugs". Bill recounts his treacherous and horrific investigation into the international crimes and atrocities that occurred under the watch, and even at the hand of, US federal agencies. You can find Dispatches From the House of Death online on the official website. Read Fight Back! News's statement on the 2024 Election: The 2024 elections, Palestine, and the road ahead Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #sds #chicano #chicana #palestine #encampment #students #protest #studentsforademocraticsociety #ICE #FBI #CIA #warondrugs #informant #murder
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US Empire, China, and The Middle East with Mick Kelly
Our committed listeners will know that our recent episodes have been majorly focused on the Palestinian Liberation struggle. This is for good reason, as it is one of the most important struggles against imperialism the world has seen in recent history. In today's episode, we continue our analysis of this struggle, but also discuss the Middle East more broadly, socialist China, and the role U.S. Empire has been playing on the international stage. We'd be hard-pressed to find a better companion for this world-wide tour than Mick Kelly. Name a type of people's struggle, and you can bet Mick has served some time fighting in it. From doing work with the urban poor, to being a militant trade unionist in the Teamsters union, Mick's done it all. He currently serves as the editor of Fight Back! News, as well as the political secretary for the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. We hope that all listeners of Fight Back! Radio are also readers of Fight Back! News. Join the Freedom Road Socialist Organization to fight for a better world. You can reach us by email at [email protected] Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #sds #chicano #chicana #palestine #encampment #students #protest #studentsforademocraticsociety #china #socialistchina #middleeast #middle #east
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US & Israel Expand War with USPCN’s Muhammad Sankari
Nearly one year ago, on October 7, the sound of freedom thundered across Palestine, and its echoes are still being heard around the world. The Palestinian resistance launched Operation Al Aqsa Flood, a mass breakout from the world’s largest open air prison, Gaza. And, in doing so, they took a historic step towards liberation. To discuss the events of the last year, as well as the most recent developments in Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestine, we're having on the show today Muhammad Sankari. Muhammad is an activist and leader in the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), and is someone who has a strong grasp and a rich analysis on what is going on in the Middle East. The US Palestinian Solidarity Network is leading the charge for pro-Palestine work in the US, and we encourage our listeners to get involved with them. You can find them online at: Website Instagram Twitter Facebook We also encourage our listeners to support USPCN's campaign to sign onto Bernie Sander's push for "Ending Unfettered Military Aid to Israel". You can reach us by email at [email protected] Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #sds #chicano #chicana #palestine #encampment #students #protest #studentsforademocraticsociety
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Palestine and The 2024 Presidential Elections with Frank Chapman and Hatem Abudayyeh
As we are fast approaching the one year anniversary of October 7th, as well as contentious US presidential election, there is a lot that needs to be said about the US's role in aiding Israel's genocide of Palestine. We'd be hard-pressed to find better guests to discuss this topic with than Frank Chapman and Hatem Abudayyeh. Frank is the executive director of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR), a central committee member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), and a legend of the Black Liberation movement. Hatem is the national Chair of the US Palestine Community Network (USPCN), and a prolific figure in the Palestine Liberation movement. For up to the minute updates from the Palestine resistance, check out the Resistance News Network on Telegram. Watch Hatem's feature on Electronic Intifada: After DNC, we're escalating our protests for Palestine, with Hatem Abudayyeh You can watch our interview with Hatem on The Al-Aqsa Flood & the Fight for Palestinian Liberation Listen to all of our past episodes with Frank: Marxist-Leninist Perspectives on Black Liberation and Socialism The Damned Don't Cry: Five Decades in the Struggle with Frank Chapman Part I The Damned Don't Cry: Five Decades in the Struggle with Frank Chapman Part II You can reach us by email at [email protected] Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #sds #chicano #chicana #palestine #encampment #students #protest #studentsforademocraticsociety
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Free Palestine! Protesting the DNC with Faayani Aboma Mijana
On August 19, over 20,000 people marched on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention, demanding an end to U.S. aid to Israel and an end to the genocide in Gaza. The march was the result of over a year of work by the Coalition to March on the DNC. Marchers came within sight and sound of the Democratic National Convention, putting heat on United States government as it facilitates a genocide. More than 270 organizations from across the country worked for over a year to organize the March on the Democratic National Convention. Israel has relied on U.S.-supplied aid to carry out its genocidal campaign in Gaza. The coalition made its main slogans “Stand with Palestine” and “End U.S. aid to Israel.” Other issues included immigrant rights and legalization for all; defending LGBTQ and reproductive rights; stopping police crimes and enacting community control of the police; defending the right to unionize and strike; and demanding money for jobs, schools, healthcare, housing and the environment. To recap the march we have Faayani Aboma Mijana, who served as the spokesperson for the event. They breakdown the motivation for marching on the DNC, the success of the march, as well as the repressive push back the coalition received when organizing the event. https://fightbacknews.org/articles/tens-of-thousands-march-for-palestine-at-the-democratic-national-convention You can reach us by email at [email protected] Fight Back! Radio is online at https://fightbackradio.show/, and on the following socials: • https://www.instagram.com/fightbackradio/ • https://twitter.com/FightBackRadio • https://www.tiktok.com/@fightbackradio • https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086367974328 • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYumN0_BMX_W2cl9ZTdHY-g And as always, check out Fight Back! News: • https://www.fightbacknews.org/ • https://twitter.com/fightbacknews • https://www.facebook.com/fightbacknews #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #dnc #coalitiontomarchonthednc #marchonthednc
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All Out for the March on the DNC
Next week is the Democratic National Convention, and thousands will be showing up to make the voices of the people heard. The entire Fight Back! Radio team is joining the coalition, leaving us with less time to produce an episode than usual. For this reason, we will be rebroadcasting the All Out for the March on the DNC online meeting call. We hope to see you out there marching alongside us! Find out more about the Coalition to March on the DNC. You can reach us by email at [email protected] Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #dnc #coalitiontomarchonthednc #marchonthednc
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Why Workers Need Unions with Rasaq Adeyemi, Flight Attendant Activist
Whether it's the unionizing campaign, or the uproar over their response to the "pin incident", Delta Airlines has been making headlines, and we're on the side of the workers. Our guest today is Rasaq Adeyemi, who is an airline attendant at Delta, as well as an organizing member of Delta AFA which is driving the unionizing campaign. We discuss the unique working conditions of airline attendants, how to battle a multi-billion dollar airline company, and the importance of worker solidarity. We urge our listener to support Delta AFA's unionizing campaign. You can find them online at: deltaafa.org Instagram TikTok Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #afa #airline #attendents #union #labor
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What's Going On With The Teamsters with Jared Hamil
In a surprising turn of events, Sean O'Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, spoke at the Republican National Convention. To unpack this bold choice, we are joined today by Jared Hamil, a UPS package car driver in LA and Teamsters Local 396 shop steward. Jared gives us his assessment of O'Brien's speech, the failure of both political parties to serve the working class, and how trade unionists should engage with electoral politics. If you are a Teamsters and want to join the fighters of your union, you should join Teamsters for a Democratic Union. We encourage our listeners to march on the DNC with us this August. Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #teamsters #seano'brien #obrien #rnc #speaks #union #labor
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Immigrant Protest of Capitalist Parties with Carlos Montes
Today we are joined by Carlos Montes, an iconic leader of the Chicano National Movement. Carlos was the founder, spokesperson and minister of information for the Brown Berets. He was also a key leader of the 1968 Los Angeles High School walkouts, the Chicano Moratorium against the Viet Nam War, the mega-marches from 2006 and continues today as a leader of Centro Community Service Organization in Los Angeles. This will be our third interview with Carlos, and this time around he highlights the protests of both the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Conventional. We dive into how neither of these parties have any interesting in serving the working class of this country, their collective attack on immigrants, and the importance of resisting these two parties. We encourage everyone to join the Coalition to March on the RNC on July 15th. as well as the Coalition to March on the DNC on August 19th. Our previous episodes with Carlos: Fighting Repression from the Schools to the Streets with Carlos Montes and Angel Naranjo Building Chicano Power Then and Now with Carlos Montes You can reach us by email at [email protected] Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #legalizationforall #chicano #chicana
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Organizing the Unorganized: The Labor Movement in the 21st Century with Chris Townsend
Chris Townsend, labor movement veteran, joins us today to talk about the legacy of William Z. Foster, and how it relates to today's labor movement. You can buy a copy of "American Trade Unionism: Selected Writing by William Z. Foster" at International Publishers. Read Chris's article "The Biggest Organizing Wave You Never Heard Of" on Marxism-Leninism Today. You can also find all of Chris Townsend's contributions to Marixist-Leninism Today through this search. You can find out more about the Inside Organizer School online. Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #ue #chris #townsend #william #foster #american #trade #unionism
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Fighting Union in a Non-Traditional Sector with Louise Carhart
Today on the show, Louise Carhart gives us some insight into the shop floor struggles of legal aid workers. Louise is a chief steward and executive committee member of her union, the United Legal Workers (ULW), and works as a staff attorney for the ULW's farm worker project. Louise describes the unique struggles involved with organizing workers in a more "professional" industry, the need to fight the boss even at non-profit organizations, and the reasons to fight as a union that go well beyond getting pay raises. You can read more about the ULW picket in the article Louise wrote for Fight Back! News. Fight Back! Radio is online at fightbackradio.show, and on the following socials: Instagram Twitter TikTok Facebook YouTube And as always, check out Fight Back! News: Website Twitter Facebook #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Marx #Engels #Leninism #Lenin #Stalin #Mao #fight #back #radio #fightback! radio #black liberation #frso #freedom #road #socialist #organization #women's liberation #union #labor #revolution #interview #podcast #uaw #uawd #unitedautoworkers #uniteallworkersfordemocracy #rankandfile #caucus #ulw #unitedlegalworkers #legalaid #legalaidworkers
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