By Gerry Scoppuottelo The Starbucks Workers United rank and file union organizing campaign continues to stir hopes among union activists. Last month (June 2022) was the best month ever with 82 election wins. The 5,080 […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Protests have continued in Akron, Ohio after the June 27 police killing of Jayland Walker, 25, who had 90 bullets fired at him by officers, 60 of those rounds struck the victim. […]
By Fighting Words Staff On June 29 the Michigan Supreme Court unanimously decided in favor of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case brought by activist David Sole on behalf of the Moratorium Now Coalition. […]
By Terri Kay July 3rd marked the 40th anniversary of the conviction and death sentence of honored and celebrated political prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal. Activists in over 40 cities around the world held events on this […]
By Cheryl LaBash Havana, Cuba — When you have touched a woman you have struck a rock, says a South African proverb. It continues, you have dislodged a boulder, you will be crushed. The U.S. […]
By Fighting Words Staff July 3, 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the conviction of African American journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal in the city of Philadelphia. Activists from around the country and the […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since January 17, 1961, the circumstances surrounding the kidnapping and assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba have remained a symbol of the legacy of colonialism on the African continent. Lumumba rose […]
By Robert Roth, Haiti Action Committee Reprinted from the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper On May 20th, The New York Times published a meticulously documented series entitled, “The Ransom,” detailing the devastating impact […]
From VT AFL-CIO Facebook page Today Vermont AFL-CIO Executive Director Liz Medina, a UAW member) spoke from the floor of the National AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in order to call on the labor federation […]
By Cassandra Devereaux Looking through the history of white nationalism and fascism in the U.S. and beyond, it’s striking that it is always married to anti-communism. While they tend to be unclear on what communism […]
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