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The Workers Circle denounces the Trump administration’s abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk, a lawfully present Turkish Ph.D. student and Fulbright Scholar at Tufts, and calls for her immediate release.
On Tuesday, masked federal agents abruptly confronted Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts and a Fulbright scholar on the sidewalk, took her phone, and swept her into an unmarked vehicle. They refused to clearly identify themselves, showed no warrant or badges, and did not tell her why she was being arrested. Despite a court order that she remain in Massachusetts, she is being held in Louisiana in violation of the US Constitution’s guarantee of due process. Her student visa has been cancelled.
The Workers Circle condemns the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil and demands his immediate release.
We unequivocally condemn the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian American permanent resident and Columbia University graduate student, by ICE without demonstrating a warrant, and we demand his release and the reinstatement of his green card immediately.
WORKERS CIRCLE CONDEMNS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DAY ONE PARDON OF JANUARY 6 INSURRECTIONISTS
In pardoning loyalists whose actions were in support of his failed candidacy and who aimed to override the will of the voters, he has abandoned the cornerstone commitment to the peaceful transition of power that has defined our nation since its founding.
Workers Circle CEO Ann Toback applauds Pres. Biden for affirming the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and calls on the Archivist of the United States to fulfill her duty and publish the ERA
Now, the Archivist of the United States must fulfill her ministerial duty and publish the ERA in the national register as the 28th Amendment to the US Constitution.
The Workers Circle Convenes Democracy Leaders to Address “Where We Go From Here.”
One week after Election Day, the Workers Circle convened democracy leaders including award-winning author and journalist Ari Berman, Executive Vice President at People For the American Way and courts expert Marge Baker, and grassroots mobilization powerhouse and founder of the Center for Common Ground Andrea Miller.
Upon the re-election of Donald J. Trump to the Presidency and a likely MAGA majority to Congress, Ann Toback, CEO of the Workers Circle released the following statement:
This is not the first time in history that fascists have risen to power through democratic means. We have seen it,resisted it, and overcome it before. We know that when we stand together, we can forge a way forward for freedom, even in the darkest of times.
Ann Toback, CEO of the Workers Circle, Condemns Supreme Court Opinion Allowing Virginia to Purge Voters from the Voting Rolls in Violation of Law
Ann Toback, CEO of the Workers Circle, Condemns Supreme Court Opinion Allowing Virginia to Purge Voters from the Voting Rolls in Violation of Law
The Workers Circle Elects New Board President and Welcomes New Board Members
New President Eva Zasloff will be joined on the board by Andrea Miller and Ellen Cassedy, highlighting a strong representation of women's leadership at the Workers Circle.
On the anniversary of October 7, Ann Toback’s tells The New Republic the erosion of democracy is driving human suffering and the expansion of the conflict.
On the anniversary of October 7, Ann Toback’s insights in The New Republic highlight the impacts we must reflect on.
We Reflect on October 7, 2023.
On the anniversary of October 7, Ann Toback’s insights in The New Republic highlight the impacts we must reflect on.
The Workers Circle Responds to Biden-Harris Administration Executive Action Capping Asylum-Seeking Refugees at Southern Border
The Workers Circle Responds to Biden-Harris Administration Executive Action Capping Asylum-Seeking Refugees at Southern Border
The Workers Circle Honors Henry Winkler and Zoe Winkler Reinis with Generation to Generation Jewish Culture and Activism Award
The Workers Circle Honors Henry Winkler and Zoe Winkler Reinis with Generation to Generation Jewish Culture and Activism Award