"This political trial is an effort to silence pro-Palestine activism and distract the public from the war crimes that educational institutions and the federal government are complicit in." www.workers.org/2026/06/93443/

"These convictions likely preview what is to come–increasingly aggressive political prosecutions against left ideologies and political identities. Now is not the time to be silent. We call on mvmts to condemn these sentences & the Prairieland prosecution."

Words are failing us. This was a severe miscarriage of justice and a blatant crackdown on dissent and first amendment rights. We stand in solidarity with these defendants, and we know the fight is far from over. Free them all! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Our hearts are with the Prairieland defendants today as some of the group await their sentencing (others will be sentenced on July 1). We will be closely monitoring developments in the case and are here as a resource for families dealing with the fallout. prairielanddefendants.com/press-releas...

On today's anniversary of the Rosenbergs' execution, their granddaughter/RFC Exec Dir Jenn Meeropol is reflecting on the milestone achievement of the RFC turning 35 in the midst of political turmoil, and as of this spring, surpassing $10 mil total granted. www.rfc.org/blog/2026-06...

Happy #Juneteenth! On this day we celebrate freedom and our commitment to the fight against racism. Our struggles were born from the same roots. Our struggles are one. Su lucha es mi lucha. Together we are more powerful.

On this day in 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed, despite protesters around the world rallying to save their lives, with public figures from the pope to Pablo Picasso urging clemency. The pair were accused of selling the secret of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.

“I think this is intended to make workers shy away from being vociferous in their opposition to state sponsored violence by saying things like, ‘Fuck ICE and ICE out.’ They want us to get to a point that we’re scared to say the things we should be able to say.” said Marcia Howard.

"All 15 of the defendants are members of the community, active in mutual aid, union members, workers, neighbors," says defense attorney Bruce Nestor, who represents one of the 15. "The point of this is to spread fear to try to divide us."

School leaders, teachers and community members have not backed down and instead created models for other communities on how to resist and protect all members of their community hechingerreport.org/this-school-...

Grateful to the Kendra Alexander Foundation for carrying forward Pete Seeger's long-standing support for the RFC 🕊️

We're really looking forward to catching Rosenberg granddaughter Ivy Meeropol's latest doc, "Ask E. Jean" at Amherst Cinema this week! Check the listings for a showing near you: www.askejeanfilm.com/watch

Our latest grants let children of incarcerated ICE protesters attend summer camp, visit parents in prison & purchase school supplies, & also allowed children of doxxed or fired university professors to access art supplies, take music classes, attend sports camp and more. www.rfc.org/blog/2026-05...

Many thanks to the artists, speakers, performers, staff and volunteers who made the event possible and to everyone who attended on the 11th. It was so good to mark this milestone together ❤️ peoplesworld.org/article/rose...

Applications for the RFC's spring grants are now open! (Due March 21) If you are a young person or a parent who has been targeted for your progressive activism, we encourage you to review our guidelines and apply at rfc.org/grants. Youth under 25 are eligible.

Tickets now available! Join Angela Y. Davis, Martín Espada, Pamela Means & more as the RFC celebrates 35 years supporting grassroots movements and nurturing the next generation of activists. Together we will face the current political moment with hope, resilience and determination. www.rfc.org/35th

ICE shot a woman driving away from them in the face in broad daylight and immediately began to smear her as a perpetrator of violence and domestic terrorism. The greatest threat to Americans is our own “law and order.”

The RFC has quadrupled our emergency funds for grocery gifts cards this season to help fams currently served by our granting programs who are facing severe hardship. Help us fund groceries and the edu/emotional needs of kids of targeted activists: bit.ly/give-rfc-2025

trial by jury clearly has a role to play today as it did then. you can read other lessons from this history - ways that multiracial groups people living and working in the North resisted slave power under Black leadership in the latest @hammerandhope.bsky.social hammerandhope.org/article/unde...

Nearly a million incarcerated people depend on rural hospitals for care – but now, thanks to Trump's 'big beautiful bill,' many of those hospitals are at risk of closing This will devastate entire communities, including people behind bars More here👇

Long live sandwich guy! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

How are the Rosenberg Fund for Children and "Strange Fruit" connected? Full story in thread 🪡

Withholding SNAP benefits leaves millions without the means to survive. We’ve heard from numerous RFC grantee families impacted by the loss, many of whom are facing the real fear of being unable to feed their children as they grapple with the targeting they’ve already experienced.

Bushart’s case is just one of many, including those of activists within the RFC beneficiary community, dealing with the fallout of an escalating censorship culture and rising authoritarianism across the U.S. theintercept.com/2025/10/30/l...

Execution by nitrogen gas is so clearly cruel and inhumane and amounts to torture. What will it take to finally abolish the death penalty? Boyd: "There will be no justice in this state until we change this system. I want all my people to keep fighting. Let’s get it.” #AbolishTheDeathPenalty

Stay weird, Portland 😂 www.huffpost.com/entry/portla...

The RFC's fall newsletter is here! In this issue, activist parents reflect on the current state of the nation. Plus, Angela Y. Davis to headline the RFC's 35th event in spring 2026, and $220K awarded to the children of targeted activists and youth activists already this year. www.rfc.org/newsletter

This is very welcome news. The Stop Cop City protesters should never have faced these unjust charges, and although the fight is not over we're grateful that at least the racketeering charges were dismissed. www.democracynow.org/2025/9/10/he...

Back-to-school beneficiary photos and sweet messages like this one have made our inboxes brighter these days. We remain so inspired by the activist parents around the country making the future more hopeful for the next generations.

Summer is drawing to a close and we are starting to look towards a new granting cycle this fall. This note from an RFC beneficiary serves as a reminder of why we do what we do. Our community’s generosity allows us to support young folks all across the country, and for that, we’re grateful.

Sharing this sweet message from a beneficiary dad whose son, now a young man, has received RFC grants since the spring of 2009. As a long week draws to a close, we’re thankful for the #activist families we admire and the community around us who makes it possible for us to support them.

Thursday, join RFC Founder Robert Meeropol, Ellen Meeropol, and film historian Rick Winston at the Colonial Theatre in NH for a screening of Daniel, “... based on E. L. Doctorow’s novel inspired by the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg”. Tickets & info: www.catamountarts.org/show/details...

This admin is firing on all cylinders to deny human rights, attack people in their homes, work places, places of worship, schools and hospitals and cut off vital resources that help people survive. Here's one creative way a dear friend of the RFC is pushing back. www.axios.com/2025/07/16/d...

Organizers for liberatory movements have always faced intense suppression, surveillance and elevated charges for their activism. But in the last few months we have observed a marked escalation to the threats and harassment families in our community are facing. We are standing firm to support them.

Our members and organization have had a history of being targeted by political repression. Trump's actions are nothing new, in an ever increasing and openly fascist government.

The Rosenbergs were wrongfully executed at the height of the McCarthy era—now 47 is thrusting the U.S. back into the Red Scare days. The recent unlawful arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, the targeting of Yunseo Chung & too many others is a warning sign. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/14/o...

A jury ruled Greenpeace liable for $660M in Energy Transfer’s baseless SLAPP suit. They want to erase Indigenous leadership at Standing Rock, but we know the truth—our movement was born from prayer, led by Native women + youth. No corporation can silence us. #WaterIsLife #WeWillNotBeSilenced

HAPPENING NOW: 1000+ U.S. Jews are outside ICE headquarters in NYC demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil and protest the Trump-Musk deportation agenda.  We are Jews for freedom and democracy saying #FreeMahmoud

This is one more example of an alarming rise in the crackdown on free speech, protest and dissent. “In my six decades of legal practice, I have never witnessed a trial as unfair as the one against Greenpeace that just ended in the courts of North Dakota."

‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs

"It isn’t clear in the moment which actions will work. Many didn’t seem to. But it was the ability to step forward and act again and again amid that fear and uncertainty that made the difference. It did then, and it will today." jacobin.com/2025/03/civi...

Today marks 60 years since the brutal attacks on Civil Rights marchers in Selma, Alabama (known as "Bloody Sunday") in protest of Jim Crow era Black voter suppression. Today we remember the marchers and lift up all who continue their fight to end racial discrimination and protect voting rights.

Applications for the RFC's spring grants are now open! (Due March 21) If you are a young person or a parent who has been targeted for your progressive activism, we encourage you to review our guidelines and apply at www.rfc.org/grants. Youth under 25 are eligible.

These are dark times. Violent, racist, misogynistic and xenophobic rhetoric has taken hold. We’re faced with an increased assault on civil liberties. Progressive activists in the US are facing repression and their families are suffering as a result. That’s where we come in. Learn more: www.rfc.org