New Yorkers protest U.S. wars on Tax Day

NYC, NY – Anti-war activists from the five boroughs came together on April 15, to protest the waste of U.S. taxes on war, sanctions and oppression. The protesters targeted the U.S. Post Office – a historic location that has been the target of Tax Day protests for decades. The April 15 protest was part of a larger National Day of Action called for by the Anti-War Action Network (AWAN).

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/new-yorkers-protest-u-s-wars-on-tax-day

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New Yorkers mark Good Friday by remembering those martyred in Venezuela

Brooklyn, NY – On the early evening of April 3, a dozen people gathered outside of the Metropolitan Detention Center to observe Good Friday. The vigil was called by Black Alliance for Peace on what is also the three-month anniversary of President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores’ kidnapping.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/new-yorkers-mark-good-friday-by-remembering-those-martyred-in-venezuela

New Yorkers launch monthly picket at precinct where cops that murdered Eudes Pierre are based

Brooklyn, NY – Dozens of community members gathered for a picket at the NYPD’s 71st Precinct in Brooklyn on March 31. In December 2021, 26-year-old Haitian American Eudes Pierre dialed 911 while experiencing a mental health crisis. Instead of assistance or care, officers Peter Lan and Conrado Abreu-Gerez from the 71st Precinct followed him in and out of a train station and to his home before shooting him ten times.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/new-yorkers-launch-monthly-picket-at-precinct-where-cops-that-murdered-eudes

Contract faculty at NYU reach tentative agreement on contract

New York, NY – On March 23, the Contract Faculty Union at NYU (CFU-UAW) called a strike at 11 a.m. after contract negotiations failed to advance by the strike deadline. Over 200 faculty, students and community members convened at the John A. Paulson Center to picket in response to the strike call. Several classes were cancelled, which created a massive disruption amongst the university community.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/contract-faculty-at-nyu-reach-tentative-agreement-on-contract

350,000 New Yorkers march against war, ICE and Trump during No Kings

New York, NY – Over 350,000 New Yorkers convened at Central Park on March 28 to join the No Kings protest. The No Kings protests have been called to oppose the Trump administration and its policies. Protesters convened on Saturday to oppose the Trump administration’s attacks on the people, ICE detentions and deportations of immigrants and the ongoing war on Iran.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/350-000-new-yorkers-march-against-war-ice-and-trump-during-no-kings

Protesters gather to support for President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores at court appearance

New York, NY – On March 26, around 100 people gathered at 8 a.m. across the street from the Southern District of New York courthouse in solidarity with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/protesters-gather-to-support-for-president-maduro-and-first-lady-cilia-flores

NYC teachers and community protest at chancellor's town hall, demand AI moratorium in schools

New York, NY – On March 14, outside the Martin Luther King Educational Campus in Lincoln Square, unionized teachers, parents, students and community members, led by the Movement of Rank and File Educators/United Federation of Teachers Caucus (MORE Caucus) in collaboration with the organization Climate Families, held a protest against the NYC Department of Education’s push for AI in public school curriculum.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/nyc-teachers-and-community-protest-at-chancellors-town-hall-demand-ai

NYU students picket university senate demanding sanctuary campus

New York, NY – On March 12, around 20 NYU students and faculty picketed at the front of the Kimmel Center, where the university senate was set to take place. The Students for a Democratic Society at NYU organized the picket to demand a sanctuary campus.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/nyu-students-picket-university-senate-demanding-sanctuary-campus

New Yorkers gather to protest the war on Iran and genocide in Gaza

New York, NY – on the afternoon of Friday, March 13, hundreds gathered in Times Square to protest the war in Iran and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/new-yorkers-gather-to-protest-the-war-on-iran-and-genocide-in-gaza