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SAG-AFTRA strike graphic
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Entertainment Strikes Have Profound Economic Impact

August 20, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There was enormous publicity surrounding the box office revenues generated from the newly released movie “Barbie” during the first two weekends of August. In its second week after release, the corporate and […]
From the first page of the recent Motion to Dismiss filed in support of the Uhuru 3
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Motion Shreds DOJ Case Attacking Black Free Speech Rights

August 20, 2023 fwstaff
By The Burning Spear The future of the first amendment of the U.S. constitution and the right to engage in peaceful activism and free speech activities hangs in the balance with the case of the […]
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McCarthyism Is Back: Together We Can Stop It

August 11, 2023 fwstaff
By The People’s Forum McCarthyism Is Back: Together We Can Stop It We stand together against the rise of a new McCarthyism that is targeting peace activists, critics of US foreign policy, and Chinese Americans. […]
Protesters outside Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey
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Biden, Bollwage: New Jersey Doesn’t Want an ICE Detention Center in Elizabeth

August 4, 2023 fwstaff
By Detention Watch Network Elizabeth, New Jersey – With just five weeks until the Elizabeth Detention Center’s (EDC) contract expires on August 31, dozens gathered to protest the continued arrest and incarceration of immigrant community […]
Artificial Intelligence challenges working class from Hollywood to the Pentagon
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Artificial Intelligence and the Class Struggle

July 24, 2023 fwstaff
By Chris Fry Since the earliest days of the industrial revolution, workers have fought company owners over their use of automated machinery to step up the pace of exploitation. “Programmable” looms in textile mills allowed […]
Striking Writers and Actors on the picket line
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SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strike Exposes Deteriorating Conditions in the Entertainment Industry

July 19, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Striking members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Announcers (SAG-AFTRA) along with the Writers Guild of America (WGA), have created a crisis for the Alliance […]
SAG-AFTRA placard on strike
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Screen Actors Join Writers in Entertainment Industry Strike

July 19, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Despite the enormous profits being made by film and television corporations in the United States, the writers, actors and announcers are undergoing pay cuts and threats to their future employment. Since early […]
Nazis show up in support of the ‘TERF ‘Let Women Speak’ rally in Australia
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Forum: The Growing Fascist Threat to Transgender Lives

July 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Attend a Public Meeting on the Current Crisis The Growing Fascist Threat to Transgender Lives Saturday – July 22, 2023 – 6:00 PM Eastern time         Zoom participation […]
People’s Organization for Progress members display signs with numerous demands, while POP Chairman Lawrence Hamm speaks at rally in front of Newarks’ Lincoln Monument
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Juneteenth March and Rally for Reparations in Newark

July 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Terri Kay June 19, 2023: The People’s Organization for Progress, POP, and the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, NJISJ, chose to focus the celebration of Juneteenth with a day of action for Reparations. […]
The U.S. Supreme Court is continuing the January 6, 2021 insurrection
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Supreme Court Continues the Insurrection

July 13, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The failure of the rightwing coup d’etat of January 6, 2021 has not stopped other forms of attacks on the poor and working people of the United States. One arena for the […]