UIC student townhall meeting to demand admin serve students, not Trump
Chicago, IL – On March 19, New Students for a Democratic Society (New SDS) held a campus town hall meeting to demand campus administrators increase funding for cultural centers, protect DEI, and declare a sanctuary campus. A crowd of around 50 students faced the three administrators who were seated next to a podium to hear students’ testimony.
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Hands off Rick Toledo, pro-Palestine grad student at Cal Poly Humboldt! Give him his electronics back!
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression.
On the night of March 19, 2026, University Police Department returned with a warrant to the apartment of Rick Toledo, Students for a Democratic Society organizer at Cal Poly Tech Humboldt, and seized his laptop, phone, and other electronics such as a camera. They attempted to force him to give up his passcodes, and he told them no. He did the right thing.
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Jacksonville SDS holds teach-in on the Black Panthers
Jacksonville, FL – On Wednesday March 12, Jacksonville Students for a Democratic Society held a teach-in on the history of SDS and the Black Liberation Movement.
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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/jacksonville-sds-holds-teach-in-on-the-black-panthers
Tacoma Students say, “Rain, snow, sleet or hail, we will not let ICE prevail!”
Tacoma, WA – On March 13, over 60 students showed up for a rally in Tollefson Plaza protesting President Trump’s tyranny in their community. The students faced difficult weather that brought snow while they chanted “Rain, snow, sleet or hail, we will not let ICE prevail!”
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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
UIC students commemorate the legacy of the 2006 Mega Marches
By Sathvika Gowda and Ángel Naranjos
Chicago, IL – On Monday, March 9, members of Mexican Students de Aztlán (MeSA) at the University of Illinois at Chicago gathered in the Latin American and Latino Studies Conference Room in UIC’s University Hall to watch the documentary La Primavera de Immigrante (2006). This documentary screening kicked off the beginning of MeSA’s Sanctuary Campus Week of Action.
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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/uic-students-commemorate-the-legacy-of-the-2006-mega-marches
Montana State University students disrupt Department of War research event
Bozeman, MT – On March 13, Montana State University students and community members disrupted the “Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub: Montana” open house held at the EngineWorks building on Montana State University’s Innovation Campus, to protest the university’s ties to military research and surveillance technologies that assist Israel’s war on Iran and the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.
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UT Austin students rally against bogus charges
Austin, TX – On Friday, March 13, around 20 students rallied in front of the Student Services Building at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) in support of students targeted by UT administration for protesting against Trump’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” and the consolidation of ethnic and gender studies departments.
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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/ut-austin-students-rally-against-bogus-charges
Tampa students rally against USF attacks on international students and faculty
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New Orleans: Students rally in support of sanctuary campus policies at Loyola University
New Orleans, LA — On Friday, March 6, the Liberate and Unite New Orleans chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (LUNO-SDS) held a rally and speak-out event in support of adopting sanctuary campus policies at Loyola University New Orleans.
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