Fight Back! Radio

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.

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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.

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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!

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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 Orellana
• East LA rally against FBI attacks on Alejandro Orellana and Verita Topete
• San José: 300 protesters take to the streets in solidarity with Los Angeles and Alejandro Orellana
• Legalization for All (L4A) Network: June 27 National Call-In Day to “Drop the Charges against Alejandro Orellana!”

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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.

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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 at
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and tell him to drop the charges!

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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.

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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 supremacy
• Tallahassee students hold “Queer Rave” fundraiser in wake of mass shooting at FSU
• Tallahassee students rally to celebrate restoration of LGBTQ+ housing

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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