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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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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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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NYC International Women’s Day march demands freedom for Venezuela’s Cilia Flores
Brooklyn, NY – On March 8, close to 80 people marched to the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) to commemorate International Women’s Day and demand the kidnapped First Lady of Venezuela, Cilia Flores, be released by the Trump Administration. Cilia Flores was kidnapped alongside her husband, Venezuelan President Maduro, in the January 3 U.S. attack on Venezuela.
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NYU students and faculty rally to demand no war with Iran
New York, NY – On March 3, around 25 NYU students and faculty gathered in the rain at Washington Square Park to oppose the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/nyu-students-and-faculty-rally-to-demand-no-war-with-iran
New Yorkers mark 2-month anniversary of Maduro and Flores Kidnapping
Brooklyn, NY — On the rainy and blustery evening, March 3, around 50 people gathered in front of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
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NYC: Hundreds rally and march to protest Iran bombing
New York, NY – On Saturday, February 28, hundreds gathered in the center of Times Square to protest the bombing campaign being carried out by Israel and endorsed by the United States. One of the supporting organizations was Brooklyn Against War.
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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/nyc-hundreds-rally-and-march-to-protest-iran-bombing
NYU students deliver petition demanding a sanctuary campus
New York, NY – On February 20, over 30 NYU students and faculty gathered near Garibaldi Plaza during a rainy day to demand NYU become a sanctuary campus.
The rally was organized by the Students for a Democratic Society chapter at NYU (NYU SDS) with a dozen other student organizations endorsing the action.
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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/nyu-students-deliver-petition-demanding-a-sanctuary-campus
NYU Langone cuts gender-affirming care for trans youth
New York, NY – On February 18, NYU Langone announced that it would cut gender-affirming care for trans youth. In a statement, the hospital said, “given the recent departure of our medical director, coupled with the current regulatory environment, we made the difficult decision to discontinue our Transgender Youth Health Program.”
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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/nyu-langone-cuts-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-youth
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