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Meeting Erupts In Protest Over Contract With Israeli Company

July 15, 2026 Meredith Aby, Fight Back! News. , , ,
St. Paul, MN – The Saint Paul Board of Water Commissioners, which governs the public water utility for the city and surrounding suburbs, voted on July 14 to renew Israeli tech company Waterfall Security Solutions’ contract for five years, after an hours-long public hearing. The chamber was full of people prepared to testify in what Chris Tolbert, the water board’s president, called the most well-attended meeting in the board’s history. Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) mobilized for the meeting, and over 50 people turned up to give testimony against the contract renewal.

In Eugene, Housing Advocates Call For Tenant Right To Purchase Act

June 16, 2026 Steve Dubb, Grassroots Economic Organizing. , , ,
Jeff Albanese, program director at SquareOne Villages, an affordable housing co-op developer in Eugene, Oregon, notes that Oregon’s housing crisis has become so severe that it has vastly expanded the range of the possible. “There’s a lot of stuff that is on the table, including TOPA [tenant opportunity to purchase act] and social housing. We have [a] statewide rent control law now in Oregon,” he says. “Ten years ago, that just wasn’t on the table.” One sign of what Albanese is referencing: During a February work session, the Eugene City Council voted by a unanimous 7–0 margin to “ask the city manager to bring back more information on the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act for the council to discuss as a rental protection.”

Philadelphia City Council Passes ‘ICE Out’ Bills

April 28, 2026 Joe Piette, Workers World. , , ,
After months of community outreach and growing popular support, on April 23 the Philadelphia City Council, with a 15-to-2 majority, passed a series of bills called ICE OUT. The bills make it legally harder for city officials, agencies and police to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Several events were held leading up to the Council’s passage of this bill. Immigrants and workers from migrant solidarity groups, including Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition, rallied in Love Park on April 11 to support the ICE OUT package, prior to an initial April 13 City Council hearing on the bill.

Kentucky City’s Unusual Experiment In Citizen-Led Governance

April 13, 2026 Anabel Peterman, Next City. , , ,
Public trust in government is near historic lows. But Americans’ trust in their local government far outweighs trust in the federal government. It’s been this way since the mid-2000s, when the State of the Nation Project began keeping track. Standing on the sidelines of Kentucky’s first civic assembly – and one of the first carried out anywhere in the country – the palpable excitement I saw in that conference room was a far cry from the profound polarization, distrust, skepticism, and fatigue driving American political disengagement.

Detroit Working Class Unites For A Peoples’ City Budget

April 3, 2026 Noelle Belanger, People's World. , , ,
Detroit—Labor and community groups joined forces in a spontaneous show of solidarity at the Detroit City Council budget meeting on March 30. Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 26 and its president, Schetrone Collier, teamed up with the State of Southwest Coalition (SSWC)—a group fighting for residents of District 6 and immigrant families—to demand a city budget that prioritizes people’s needs over the greed of billionaires. On Monday afternoon, community activists from the SSWC gathered in large numbers in front of the Spirit of Detroit for a press conference ahead of the council meeting.

Detroiters Demand City Council Ban ICE From Communities

January 15, 2026 Noelle Belanger, People's World. , , , ,
Detroit—Demonstrating through the bitter cold, Detroiters rallied at the Spirit of Detroit statue on Tuesday before a City Council meeting to demand an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in their communities. The action centered on a resolution submitted by Councilmember Gabriela Santiago-Romero that would prohibit ICE from schools, religious institutions, clinics, and all city property. “If our neighbors are not safe and free, then we are not safe and free,” said Board of Police Commissioner Victoria Camille of District 7, who joined the action. “Immigration status matters should not be handled with masks, guns, chemical spray, battering rams, and handcuffs.

Washington DC Turns Up Heat On ICE With Bill Banning Police Cooperation

January 14, 2026 Damion Dixon, People's World. , , ,
Washington, D.C. lawmakers are trying to put the heat on ICE and take a stand for residents with the introduction of the Safe Community Places and Policing Amendment Act of 2025 by Ward 4 Council Member Janeese Lewis George, who is also running for mayor of Washington. The bill would ensure that the District’s policies reflect local residents’ values and public safety priorities by prohibiting D.C. police from joining in on immigration enforcement without a judicial warrant or court order. The bill is supported by Council Members Brianne Nadeau, Robert White, Charles Allen, and Zachary Parker.

Shreveport City Council Disrupted Over Secretive AI Data Center

January 1, 2026 Fight Back! News. , , ,
Shreveport, LA – On December 18, community members packed a Shreveport city council meeting Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m. to oppose a proposed artificial intelligence data center being introduced through a special use permit. The meeting became a flashpoint for public anger over secrecy, environmental harm and corporate control of local government. City council members met to discuss and vote on the proposal despite having signed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that conceal critical details of the project from the public.

New Orleans City Council Refuses To Hear Public Comment On ICE

December 7, 2025 Fight Back! News. , , ,
New Orleans, LA – On Thursday December 4, a crowd of 30 people packed the city council chamber to demand that the city stand up against ICE and Border Patrol operations in the city. Operation “Swamp Sweep” began in New Orleans and surrounding areas this past Monday, December 1. A host of federal agents have descended on the city, including Gregory Bovino, chief of Border Patrol operations, who also made stops in Chicago and Charlotte earlier this year. During a rally before the meeting, speakers united on the need to challenge city leadership, including Mayor-elect Helena Moreno, not to collaborate with ICE. “Children are skipping school because they are afraid of ICE, parents are unable to go to the grocery store, workers are losing their jobs and losing their businesses.

DC Residents Blast Trump’s ICE ‘Occupation’ At Hearing

December 7, 2025 Mark Gruenberg, People's World. , , ,
Washington, DC - Residents of Washington, D.C.,  are upset and unhappy with Donald Trump’s ICE troops’ invasion, occupation, and deportations–and with their own officeholders’ cooperation with it. So a parade of 150 witnesses let the City Council know it in a day-long hearing on December 4. They didn’t get much satisfaction, however, from the council members who attended.  Councilmember Brooke Pinto, D-2nd Ward, who chaired the session, explained the city’s hands are tied because Washington is really under federal control and subject to Trump’s edicts and his troops. Council Chair Phil Mendelson (D) gave lip service to witnesses’ complaints while pushing an unrelated piece of legislation. 

From Coast To Coast, The Public Banking Movement Grows

November 25, 2025 Marco Rosaire Rossi, The Raven. , , ,
After years of being considered a niche concept, relegated to a few academic articles and zealous activists, the idea of public banking is about to hit the mainstream. From coast to coast, 2025 witnessed a blossoming of support for public banking, especially on the local level. Not only did several activist groups hold conferences to drum up support for public banking, but numerous municipalities took concrete actions to inch closer to creating their own public banks, and politicians who supported public banking achieved historic victories during the most recent election.

Sit-In At Mayor’s Office To Demand Stronger Sanctuary Policy

November 2, 2025 Myrka Zambrano and Mira Altobell-Resendez, Fight Back! News. , , , ,
Minneapolis, MN – On October 28, members of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) held a rally outside Minneapolis City Hall, demanding stronger protections for immigrant communities. The demonstration culminated in a sit-in at Mayor Jacob Frey’s office, where 11 MIRAC members and supporters refused to leave until the mayor publicly committed to supporting their Real Sanctuary Now campaign. The campaign calls for a significant overhaul of Minneapolis’s current “separation ordinance” – a law meant to prohibit collaboration between city employees and federal immigration enforcement agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Mass Opposition To Flock Surveillance Grows In Denver

October 29, 2025 Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. , , ,
Hundreds packed a conference room in Denver, Colorado on the evening of Wednesday, October 22, after the city’s Mayor Mike Johnston renewed a contract with surveillance company Flock without a public process or City Council vote, according to activists. Just weeks after Denver’s City Council unanimously voted down a two-year, USD 666,000 extension with Flock in May, Johnston’s office approved a shorter-term deal worth USD 498,500, which is narrowly under the USD 500,000 threshold that would have triggered council oversight. “Instead of joining us here at this town hall tonight, the mayor announced this morning that he is again unilaterally extending the city’s contract with Flock,” Katie Leonard, an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, told the crowd.

Los Angeles Is Asking Us To Act

June 22, 2025 David Isaak, Next City. , , , , ,
We’ve seen that federal overreach in Los Angeles precipitated massive collective action, but equally important is how Mayor Bass and municipal governments across the country absorb this energy to build more democratically resilient cities. At home and abroad we’ve seen this before — when protests are framed as security threats, when military force is used to override local authority, and when federal funding is used to intimidate. And, we have also seen a wellspring of tools to help cities win against contemporary authoritarian tactics. During my time as a democracy expert overseas, I saw a range of strategies used by civil society and governments to resist authoritarian backsliding. From them, we should take inspiration.

Tacoma City Council Passes Climate Commission Ordinance

December 21, 2024 Talison Crosby, Fight Back! News. , , ,
Tacoma, WA – Dozens of community members gathered at the Tacoma City Council chambers on Tuesday, December 17, in preparation for the city of Tacoma’s vote to pass the city’s first Climate and Sustainability Commission into law. “It’s great that the city council is planning to pass an ordinance enshrining the Climate Commission into law, but as it stands there are some serious problems with it,” said Haze Bender, a rank-and-file member of Teamsters Local 174. “As written, the commission is only advisory, has no real power, and all members are appointed, rather than elected.”
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