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ICE Out For Good Coalition Announces Nationwide Weekend of Action Demanding Accountability After ICE Killing of Renee Nicole Good, 1000+ events already anticipated
A broad national coalition, including the Workers Circle, is calling for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action on Saturday, January 10, and Sunday, January 11. In less than 24 hours after the announcement, there are already 1000 events anticipated nationwide.
The Workers Circle condemns those who use violence to advance their political agenda — and those who reward them for it
A statement from Ann Toback, CEO of the Workers Circle, on the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection.
What Virginia’s election teaches about power in numbers
Workers Circle CEO Ann Toback co-writes an op-ed in the Virginian Pilot about the power of grassroots organizing to revitalize democracy as shown by the 2025 Virginia elections.
Workers Circle Unveils Fully Digitized Archive of the Call, a Landmark of American Jewish History
The Workers Circle today announced the unveiling of a fully digitized and publicly accessible archive of the Call, its historic English-language newsletter published from 1929 through the twentieth century. Once distributed to more than 100,000 readers nationwide, the Call served as a vital voice for Jewish immigrants and their children as they navigated life in America and fought for democracy, labor rights, and social justice.
Communities Nationwide Mobilize for “Disappeared In America” Weekend of Action, Demanding Justice for Immigrant Communities
As the Trump administration continues its cruel campaign of detentions, deportations, and disappearances targeting immigrant communities, thousands of people across the country will gather on November 1–2 for the Disappeared In America Weekend of Action.
An Attack on the Right to Vote: Workers Circle Opposes Trump’s Mail-In Voting Ban
The Workers Circle condemns President Trump's announced plan to eliminate mail-in voting as a direct assault on the very heart of democracy — the fundamental right to vote.
Standing Up to ICE Is a Moral Imperative.
In this powerful op-ed in The Progressive magazine, Ann Toback, CEO of the Workers Circle, draws a chilling parallel between her great uncle’s disappearance during the Holocaust and the current wave of ICE raids targeting noncitizen residents across the U.S. She exposes how federal agents, often aided by local sheriffs, are detaining immigrants without due process, and calls on communities to take action. Through the #DisappearedInAmerica campaign, Toback urges voters to pressure their elected sheriffs to stop cooperating with ICE, warning that these unconstitutional actions threaten not just immigrants — but the future of American democracy itself.
US must end complicity in Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis
Since our founding in 1900 by Eastern European Jews who came to the United States seeking democratic freedoms and fleeing violence and persecution, again and again we have witnessed how the erosion of democratic norms enables systematic violence and expands conflict. The humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza right now is both a consequence of and contributor to a global crisis of democratic accountability.
Small Boise Group Tries to Leverage Big Changes for Democracy
A new Democracy Circle uses the model formed by the national Workers Circle movement
“Disappeared in America”: Social Justice Leaders, Including Workers Circle Director of Social Justice Noelle Damico, Unite to Expose Unlawful Detentions and Demand Accountability
Juan Cuba of Sheriff Accountability Action and Noelle Damico of the Workers Circle join Court Accountability Action’s Lisa Graves to discuss the “Disappeared in America” campaign—a cross-coalition collaboration across social justice groups that demands accountability for those who have been unlawfully detained and deported by the Trump administration
New York Residents Participate in Nationwide Demonstrations Confronting the Trump Administration’s Illegal Abductions, Detentions, and Deportations
On Thursday, June 26 at 12:00 noon, the Workers Circle gathered NYC residents at Thurgood Marshall Courthouse to join activists across the country for #DisappearedInAmerica, a national day of action led by a coalition of immigrant rights, faith, rule of law, and pro-democracy organizations.
In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in United States v Skrmetti, Ann Toback, CEO of the Workers Circle, released this statement:
Our hearts break today with the Supreme Court’s ruling on United States v. Skrmetti, which upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Workers Circle Joins National Coalition of Civil Rights Organizations to Defend Communities, Resist Government Retaliation, and Reaffirm Commitment to Justice for All
Standing united with millions across the country, we refuse to be silenced or divided as we fight for freedom, dignity, and opportunity for every person.
Ann Toback on iHeartRadio’s Lite FM – Honoring Selma and the Ongoing Fight for Democracy
Our CEO, Ann Toback, spoke powerfully about the Workers Circle’s trip to Selma for the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday — and why our fight for voting rights is as urgent as ever.
Listen Back: Ann Toback on Conversations on the Block with Pat Robinson
Our CEO, Ann Toback, recently joined Conversations on the Block on 94.7 and spoke with Pat Robinson to discuss vital democracy and voting rights work,
The Workers Circle joined an amicus brief supporting a Tufts student detained after campus protests, standing for free expression, due process, and student rights.
Jewish Organizations From Across the US Including the Workers Circle File Motion to Submit Amicus Brief in Support of Detained Tufts Student
Ignoring Jewish Community Opposition, House Passes H.R.22 the SAVE Act Voter Suppression Bill
Ignoring Jewish Community Opposition, House Passes H.R.22 the SAVE Act Voter Suppression Bill.
The Workers Circle joins over 80 organizations in condemning authoritarian overreach of the Trump administration
The Workers Circle has joined a coalition of over 80 national and local organizations to sound the alarm bell about the Trump administration’s embrace of authoritarianism and attacks on our democracy.
The Workers Circle organized a Jewish community letter to Congress opposing the SAVE Act, a federal voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise tens of millions of eligible American voters.
The Workers Circle organized a Jewish community letter to Congress opposing the SAVE Act, a federal voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise tens of millions of eligible American voters.