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BAP joins widespread condemnation of convictions of Uhuru defendants for speaking against the US proxy war in Ukraine
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Black Alliance for Peace Condemns US Convictions of Uhuru 3 as a Fascist Farce

September 15, 2024 fwstaff
By BAP Coordinating Committee After being forced to acquit Omali Yeshitela, Jesse Nevel, and Penny Hess – the “Uhuru 3” – on being agents of Russia, a U.S. federal court jury resorted to the sham […]
Uhuru defendants, attorneys and supporters outside Florida court
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Uhuru activists convicted for exposing U.S. proxy war in Ukraine

September 15, 2024 fwstaff
By David Sole In one of the most outrageous frame-up trials in recent memory four activists have been convicted in Federal court for using their right to free speech. Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse […]
Supreme Court is already gutting labor right even without Project 2025
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Supreme Court already gutting labor rights before Project 2025

September 14, 2024 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo The 2025 Project (issued by the Heritage Foundation) is a Hitler-like plan to crush civil and labor rights enacted in the U.S. A close reading of recent Supreme Court decisions more than […]
Richard Wright
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Special Edition: The Richard Wright News Bulletin – Sept. 4, 2024

September 8, 2024 fwstaff
By Julia Wright Today is the 116th Anniversary of my father’s birth. To mark this celebration, I am pausing my private grief to share with you the news of the passing away of Rachel Wright, […]
Uhuru press conference
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Black Alliance for Peace condemns Federal indictments of Uhuru 3 as trial begins

September 8, 2024 fwstaff
By Black Alliance for Peace The federal trial of the Uhuru 3 has begun. The egregious charges of being foreign agents don’t bode well for the future of free speech and the radical Black movement. […]
Detroit Labor Day Palestine Solidarity on Michigan ave.
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Detroit Labor Day Parade a Focus for Palestine Solidarity

September 8, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Monday, September 2, 2024, the Moratorium NOW! Coalition and several Palestine solidarity organizations converged at the Labor Day Parade to appeal to organized labor to escalate their support for the […]
At the Turkish Mission to the UN asking for support to let the Freedom Flotilla sail to Gaza
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Demand Release of Freedom Flotilla Ship to Gaza

August 30, 2024 fwstaff
By PAL-Awda NY/NJ For Immediate Release: Protest Today, 8/28/24, 4pm at Turkish Mission, Demanding Release of Freedom Flotilla Ship to Gaza.  We demand Turkey let the ship sail and stop obstructing independent civil society efforts […]
Uncommitted delegates hold protest sit-in outside the Democratic National Convention on August 21
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Democratic Party Leadership: “The Answer is No.”

August 28, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry The Democratic Party National Committee (DNC) called it the Chicago “Unity” Convention. But beneath the hoopla, the dancing in the aisles, the rousing speeches attacking Trump’s fascist “2025 Program”, the balloon drop […]
PAL-Awda boycott against Citibank launched at Citi's World HQ
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Global Week of Action for Palestine Against Citibank Kicks Off Summer of Heat

August 28, 2024 fwstaff
By Terri Kay On Monday, June 10th, PAL-Awda NY/NJ: Palestinian Assembly for Liberation announced a Global Week of Action against Citibank, from June 10th to June 14th, calling on people across the US and the […]
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AND THEN THERE CAME A DAYBREAK | THERE COMES A TIME WHEN TIME APPROACHES | WHERE DO UNSHED TEARS GO?

August 20, 2024 fwstaff
AND THEN THERE CAME A DAYBREAK To my departed sister, Rachel To Amilcar Cabral who taught us how to abolish the distance with our Dead To Thich Nhat Hanh who inspired both Martin Luther King […]