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Pelican Bay cell
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Pelican Bay prisoners’ statement on 3rd anniversary of settlement

October 20, 2018 fwstaff
The following statement, lightly edited, was issued October 15 by prisoners in California on the third anniversary of the settlement of a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of prisoners held in solitary confinement at […]
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Tax foreclosure fight keeps hundreds in their homes

October 16, 2018 fwstaff
By Aram Vosgerchian Detroit — This city was one of those hardest hit by the global capitalist economic crisis of 2008-2009 and the resulting austerity. Austerity is nothing but a euphemism for class war, waged […]
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Tour strengthens Puerto Rico-Detroit solidarity

October 12, 2018 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff A delegation from the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions & Utility Shutoffs in Detroit, Michigan, visited Puerto Rico from September 26-29 in a solidarity tour hosted by UTIER, the […]
Hog waste lagoon floods
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Hurricane catastrophe magnified by capitalism

October 9, 2018 fwstaff
By Chris Fry When Hurricane Matthew crashed into North Carolina in 2016, it was declared a “once in 500 year” event, with nearly two feet of rainfall on the eastern coastal plain of the state. […]
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Austerity policies cause water crisis in Detroit

October 8, 2018 fwstaff
By Julia Samar Kassem Beginning with the Detroit municipal bankruptcy in 2013, more than 100,000 households were affected by water shutoffs in the city, a trend that has spiked and continued since in the post-emergency […]