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 Palestinians

Richard's Black History Month Book Recommendations:

• Marxist-Leninist Perspectives on Black Liberation and Socialism - Frank Chapman
• Negro Liberation - Harry Haywood

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 occupation
• Chicago’s immigrants kick ICE out of their communities!
• West Chicago fights back against ICE

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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:

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• Assata Shakur passes away in Cuba

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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!"

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