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PFP First Prosthetic Limb Arrival in Gaza
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Detroit Benefit Concert Brings National & Local Artists Together to Support “Prosthetics for Palestine”

August 2, 2026 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff The Watani77: Prosthetics for Palestine Benefit Concert, held on Saturday, July 18, brought together Detroit artists alongside Bay Area headliners Tarik “Excentrik” Kazaleh & The Shadow Band for an evening of […]
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Inside the case against the ‘Michigan 8’: Palestine activism recast as antisemitic terror

July 30, 2026 fwstaff
By Yarden Katz and Stephen M. Ward Eight Palestine solidarity activists in Michigan face decades in prison over property damage. The Justice Department’s disproportionate charges reveal a broader effort to crack down on Palestine solidarity […]
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Where does ungrieved grief go? | What do we do with our battles won? | Burned bird blues | An ode to book margins

July 30, 2026 fwstaff
Donations are requested for the reinstatement of the Richard Wright Library in Hinds County, MS, shut down for lack of funds and several times vandalized from 2020 onwards – a glass case with Richard Wright […]
Political signage posted on the tent encampment, May 2024 (including Palestine)
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Long live labor internationalism!

July 26, 2026 fwstaff
` By Frank Hammer Two dramatic changes on the international front occurred at the recent UAW Constitutional Convention held in Detroit June 15-18, 2026 – one standing out way more than the other. What made […]
Selma to Montgomery March first attempt on March 7, 1965
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Voting Rights Advocates Continue Legal Challenges to Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Ballots

July 26, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe The claim of non-citizens voting in federal elections has been a false claim made by the “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) tendency for at least a decade. When the current United States […]
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Voting Rights Forum Set for Newark; Warning of Coup Attempt

July 26, 2026 fwstaff
By People’s Organization For Progress VOTING RIGHTS FORUM SCHEDULED FOR NEWARK, TRUMP FIRING OF ELECTION OFFICIALS CONDEMNED, WARNS AGAINST COUP ATTEMPT “The Attack On Voting Rights And The War On Black People,” will be the […]
Dred and Harriet Scott
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Supreme Court Rejects Executive Order Reversing Birthright Citizenship

July 26, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In a 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court struck down an executive order issued by President Donald Trump during the early days of his second non-consecutive term. Trump, who has built […]
ACT-UP demonstration in New York City, 1987
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The Global AIDS Crisis: The Future is Now

July 22, 2026 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo It was 1987, I was visiting a local gay club in Nashville, Tennessee where I had just moved. I noticed what looked like many small paper hearts taped on the far wall. […]
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Community reading of Frederick Douglass’ speech “what to the slave is the Fourth of July?”

July 21, 2026 fwstaff
  By People’s Organization for Progress As the United States celebrated the 250th anniversary of its independence, the People’s Organization For Progress (POP) held a public reading of a speech by the nineteenth century slavery […]
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U.S. Groups File Major Constitutional Suit Against Trump Administration

July 21, 2026 fwstaff
By Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) and the Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide (TAAG) held a virtual news conference on Wednesday, July 15 to discuss the filing […]