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Part Two of Voting Rights Forum Scheduled in Montclair, NJ

June 13, 2026 fwstaff
By The People’s Organization for Progress (POP) The second part of a forum entitled “The Attack On Voting Rights And The War On Black People,” will be held Friday, June 26, 2026, 7:00 pm at […]
NAACP launches the Out of Bounds campaign
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African Americans in Southern States Continue Struggles to Regain Voting Rights

June 8, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In an emergency appeal to the United States Supreme Court, which is dominated by Conservatives in a 6-3 majority, the elimination of an entire district where African Americans have a sizable vote […]
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POP Opposes US Military Action and Blockade Against Cuba

June 8, 2026 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress A human and civil rights group has announced its opposition to U.S. military action against Cuba. It is also calling for an end to U.S. sanctions against that country. “It […]
On March 29, 1968, striking sanitation workers and their supporters march on City Hall in Memphis, Tenn.
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At the River I Stand

June 8, 2026 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff In early April, the Moratorium NOW! Coalition honored the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the anniversary of his assassination by showing the documentary “At the River I Stand.” […]
Virginia firefighters protest governor’s veto of collective bargaining rights
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Corporate Control Over Democrats Exposed in Virginia

June 3, 2026 fwstaff
By David Sole The often-bitter conflict between Republicans and Democrats in the US electoral arena sometimes can hide the fact that both parties are controlled by the capitalist billionaire class. Occasionally, however, this fundamental truth […]
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The Necessity of Building Independent Working Class Organization to Move Toward People’s Power!

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
  An abbreviated version of this talk was given in Madison, Wisconsin April 11, 2026. It’s being reprinted here in solidarity with Detroit people’s fighters who are hosting a similar “Lessons of Minneapolis” event May […]
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Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling Protested in Newark

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress Social justice activists and labor leaders protested a recent Supreme Court ruling in a major voting rights case at a federal district court house yesterday. The demonstration took place Wednesday, […]
Selma march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge says Black Voters Matter
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Thousands Gather in Alabama to Renew Struggle for Voting Rights

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After the devastating impact of the United States Supreme Court Louisiana v. Callais decision which eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, several southern states immediately began to redistrict their Congressional maps […]
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Waking up to my birthday | A special kind of laughter | In a blind spot faraway from love – a birthday poem for Mumia | Palantir would steal our stolen land?

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
WAKING UP TO MY BIRTHDAY ” Mohammad Wishah was on his way to tell a story but he became part of the story” Hani Mahmoud, journalist in Gaza reporting on the murder of his colleague […]
Tennessee protest over redistricting vote in Nashville
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Southern States Move Toward Massive Disenfranchisement of African Americans

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On May 7, just hours after the Republican-dominated Tennessee State Assembly passed legislation which split Memphis into three separate congressional districts, the city which has a large majority of African Americans could […]