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Elena Herrada stands at an ofrenda honoring five men whose lives were unfairly taken from them by their employer.

Dia de los Muertos: Remembering Fallen Workers in the Promised Land

November 14, 2018 fwstaff

By Elena Herrada The Day of the Dead is a Mexican tradition made increasingly popular each year through globalization. One of the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement is migration of culture, customs, […]

A section of the painting "Los Repatriados: Exiles from the Promised Land" by Nora Chapa Mendoza depicts Mexican immigrants traveling together in a caravan.

The Caravan Returns: From Sorrow to Hope

November 7, 2018 fwstaff

By Elena Herrada The story I heard from my father was that the welfare lady knocked on the door and told my grandfather that the family would have to leave, that they were not able […]

An American aircraft carrier transits in formation with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Destroyers

Will the US attack China? Part 3

November 7, 2018 fwstaff

By Chris Fry On October 4, Vice President Mike Pence addressed the right-wing think tank Hudson Institute with remarks on the administration’s policy towards China, where he launched a vicious attack on the government of […]

Detroit protest for trans rights, October 26.

‘Justice’ Department wants transphobia enshrined

November 2, 2018 fwstaff

By Cassandra Devereaux Three days after the leak of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services memo outlining its plan to narrowly define people’s sex (and gender) based on genitals at birth, another front […]

Humanitarian crisis in Venezuela caused by U.S.

November 1, 2018 fwstaff

By Randi Nord October 31 — United States sanctions against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela have cost the Latin American nation $6 billion since August 2017, leaving the fate of healthcare and access to basic […]

Justice for Kionte Spencer, dead at cops’ hands

November 1, 2018 fwstaff

By Jason Lambert Roanoke, Virginia — The struggle for justice for Kionte Spencer exposed the entire system. It showed us in Roanoke how things really run in this system, as well as the power of […]

Demanding pay justice for tomato workers

October 30, 2018 fwstaff

By Anne Pruden Two Wendy’s fast food restaurants in New York City’s West Village appeared to have more people picketing outside than they had customers inside on the rainy Saturday night of October 27. A […]

Bodies and devastation on steep incline inside North Taku Fort in China during the Second Opium War, August 21, 1860

Will the U.S. attack China? Part 2

October 29, 2018 fwstaff

By Chris Fry U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addressed the right-wing think tank Hudson Institute on October 4 with the Trump administration’s policy toward China in a vicious attack on the government of the PRC. […]

‘Trans people won’t be erased!’

October 29, 2018 fwstaff

By Fighting Words staff Detroit — Some 150 people rallied October 26 at the Ruth Ellis Center in Highland Park, Michigan, for transgender rights and lives, letting it be known loud and clear: Trans people […]

Parents demand School Bus Bill of Rights

October 28, 2018 fwstaff

By PIST-Parents to Improve School Transportation “OPT — get the kids to school on time!” people chanted at a lunch-time rally called by Parents to Improve School Transportation at New York City Hall on October […]

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