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GEO wins historic contract with a vow to keep fighting for the future

September 10, 2023 fwstaff
By Graduate Employees Organization On August 25th, GEO members voted to ratify our new contract, with 97% voting for ratification. This officially ends GEO’s historic, 146-day strike for affordability and dignity. The 9-month campaign involved […]
Detroit Labor Day MNC banner calling for an end to the proxy war in Ukraine
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Detroit Labor Day Parade Reconvenes

September 8, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff After a three year hiatus, the Detroit Labor Day Parade took place in Corktown on Monday, September 4. Thousands of members and leaders of organized labor unions participated in the gathering. […]
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Activists Turn Up Pressure on President Biden Following Court Decision Betraying New Jersey Detention Ban

September 5, 2023 fwstaff
By Alexa Gelbard,  Jenny Garcia, Detention Watch Network NEW JERSEY- Today, U.S. Federal Judge Robert Kirsch granted a preliminary injunction against New Jersey’s immigration detention ban to private prison corporation CoreCivic. CoreCivic and Immigration and Customs […]
Rally at Elizabeth Development Center for Shutdown of Elizabeth Detention Center
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NJ Congressional Delegation Urges President Biden to Withdraw Support for Elizabeth Detention Center’s Private Operator CoreCivic

August 30, 2023 fwstaff
By Jenny Garcia, Detention Watch Network, and Amy Torres, New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice For Immediate Release: August 25, 2023 NJ Congressional Delegation Urges President Biden to Withdraw Support for Elizabeth Detention Center’s Private […]
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Senator Booker, Pick a Side: Shut Down Elizabeth Detention Center

August 30, 2023 fwstaff
By Kathy O’Leary, Common Dreams On Monday August 14, in Trenton, New Jersey, CoreCivic, the private-for-profit prison giant, had its day in court as it argued for an injunction against a 2021 New Jersey law […]
African American journalism Professor Kathleen McElroy
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Ban on Affirmative Action Part of Broader Wave of Racism in Education

August 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe When the conservative-dominated United States Supreme Court on June 29 ruled 6-3 that any program implemented in a higher educational setting which facilitates racial diversity and inclusion was a violation of the […]
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 […]