Year: 2019

Detroit delegation headed by Helen Moore to Cincinnati for the literacy case appeal on Oct. 24, 2019
Domestic News

Moratorium NOW! Coalition Joins Delegation to Federal Appeals Court for Constitutional Right to Literacy Case

November 4, 2019 fwstaff
By FW Detroit staff These photographs were taken on Thurs. Oct. 24, 2019 surrounding the 6th Circuit United States Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio hearing on a landmark civil rights case involving whether the […]
International News

Ecuadoran General Strike Wins Concession on Fuel Subsidies

November 3, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After days of mass demonstrations and work stoppages, the Ecuadorian people have illustrated their revolutionary tradition in the ongoing battle against the imposition of austerity. Beginning on October 3, people responded angrily […]
Justice for DuJuan Armstrong
Domestic News

Prisoners strike at Santa Rita jail

November 2, 2019 fwstaff
By Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee – Oakland (Press release) Prisoners inside Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, CA are staging a one day hunger strike and work stoppage to protest widespread institutional neglect and abuse, including […]
Community protest the murder of Ronell Foster by
Domestic News

Whom do police serve, and what do they protect?

October 25, 2019 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux A 2014 Washington Post piece has been making the rounds on the internet of late. It bears a title you might hear in a bad Hollywood film from a bloviating villain: “I’m […]
Supporters of Literacy Lawsuit v State of Michigan 10-24-2019
Domestic News

Detroit students demand right to literacy in education

October 23, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff On October 24, 2019, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral argument on a remarkable court case. The case, Gary B, et. al. v. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan […]
CTU on strike
Domestic News

Chicago teachers strike to improve education system

October 22, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is leading the way in the fight for a decent quality education in major cities. In addition to demands for a fair wage increase beyond the 3.2% […]
Domestic News

Workers vote on UAW contract with GM

October 22, 2019 fwstaff
By Thomas Michalak For over a month United Auto Workers (UAW) members employed by General Motors have been on a countrywide strike after a breakdown at the negotiation table between the union and the company. […]
Protestors demanding that GM pay state and federal taxes
Domestic News

Make G.M. Pay Taxes – Support the UAW Strike

October 21, 2019 fwstaff
By FW Detroit Staff With the UAW strike against General Motors in its 30th day, community activists gathered on October 15 at the State of Michigan Building to show their support. The target of this […]
International News

Turkey Manbij offensive begins as Trump preps sanctions on Ankara

October 21, 2019 fwstaff
By Jim Carey October 14, 2019 The situation surrounding Syria is proving to be as complicated as ever as day six of Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring in northeast Syria comes to a close. Despite the […]
Trump and Erdogan
International News

Trump outsources Syria destabilization to Turkey in bid to ease tensions

October 18, 2019 fwstaff
By Jim Carey About two months ago now, it seemed as if NATO allies Turkey and the United States had finally reached some kind of agreement over the situation in northern Syria with a rough […]