On May 14th, 2026, Virginia Democratic Governor, Abigail Spanberger, betrayed the labor movement by vetoing legislation that would have legalized and modernized the labor rights of public workers in the state. To discuss this shameful decision, and the relationship between organized labor and electoral politics, we are joined by Chris Townsend.

Chris has been a union member for 47, currently serves as the International Union Organizing Director with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), and has previously served as the International Representative and Political Action Director of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), and has served as a local officer in the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW).

Read the article Chris wrote on Abigail Spanberger's veto on Marxism-Leninism Today: Virginia Labor Movement Takes a Torpedo… from a Democrat

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The U.S. is ramping up it's aggression towards Cuba, and the Trump administration, especially Marco Rubio, are throwing out threats of a possible U.S. invasion of the socialist country.

Our guest today, Jessica Plichta ,had the chance to visit Cuba in May of 2026, and she sheds some light on what life is like in Cuba, and provides an analysis on how we should view the U.S. aggressive posture towards the sovereign country.

Jessica is a preschool teacher, a founding member of Grand Rapids Opponents of War (GROW), and an active member of Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids, the Anti-War Action Network (AWAN), and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO).

We encourage all of our listeners to attend the 2026 Anti-War Action Network National Conference, July 11-12 in Chicago, IL

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Public schools are under attack in the U.S., and to discuss the role charter schools are playing, we had the honor of talking to Chris Baehrend.

Chris Baehrend served as the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 4343 and the Charter School Chair for the Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU), and is current an organizer in CTU.

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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/freesalahsarsour

Shayne 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/jaxpsn

Chrisley 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-palestine

https://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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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 José

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