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ILWU Local 10 members shut down the ports of Oakland and San Francisco on Feb. 16 to demand that political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal be given a new trial. Clarence Thomas, left, speaking Feb. 16, 2023.
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Longshore workers to review proposed contract

June 28, 2023 fwstaff
By Lallan Shoenstein In June, the union contract dispute between 22,000 longshore workers in 29 ports on the West Coast — members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) — and the port bosses […]
Elizabeth Detention Center
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Elizabeth Detention Center Could Close This Summer

June 28, 2023 fwstaff
By Kathy O’Leary, Pax Christi NJ and Jenny Garcia, Detention Watch Network June 19, 2023 Elizabeth, New Jersey – Local New Jersey groups gathered Saturday in front of the Elizabeth Detention Center (EDC) taking turns […]
Members and supporters of SJP at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign demonstrate their support for a Free Palestine
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Palestinian UIUC Law Alum Testimony Against the Dangers of IHRA

June 28, 2023 fwstaff
By Palestine Legal June 09, 2023 Palestine Legal is publishing the following testimony by Rifqa Falaneh, a Palestinian law graduate from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, about the dangers of the distorted definition of antisemitism […]
Boston Rejects Zionist Pinkwashing
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June 26, 2023 fwstaff
By Boston activists We are writing as queer, trans, Two Spirit, non-binary, Palestinian, Arab, Black, Indigenous, white, Latinx, and Jewish people living in the Boston area on occupied Massachusett, Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Wabanaki lands. We […]
U.S. Supreme Court again ruled against workers in Glacier Northwest v Teamsters Local 174 case
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Supreme Court attacks labor’s right to strike

June 26, 2023 fwstaff
By Chris Fry On June 1, the Supreme Court made another decision eroding the rights of workers to struggle for better pay and working conditions. “Another” is the appropriate word because the Supreme Court, of […]
Why is Trump indicted for boxes of documents but not the January 6 insurrection
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What to do about Trump?

June 22, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole If we had a government run by and for workers and oppressed people there would be no question and no delay in delivering justice to Donald J. Trump. In fact the vile […]
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Justice for Nizar Banat: National Tour for Palestine

June 18, 2023 fwstaff
  By Fighting Words staff Supporters of Palestine liberation gathered in Detroit tonight to hear the brother of slain Palestinian activist Nizar Banat and members of Lawyers for Justice who are touring the United States. […]
Democrats and Republicans vote to raise debt ceiling benefits Wall Street banks and corporations - hurts workers and poor
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Debt ceiling deal means austerity for workers and the poor

June 14, 2023 fwstaff
By Chris Fry With tremendous media fanfare, President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy agreed to allow the so-called “debt ceiling” to be raised until 2025. Despite assuring the public that cutting […]
Atlanta Cop City banner at City Council meeting on June 5, 2023
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Atlanta Struggle to Stop “Cop City” Continues After Council Approval

June 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There is much at stake for the ruling class and its law-enforcement surrogates in the mass campaign taking place in Dekalb County, Georgia to prevent the construction and operation of a police […]
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PALESTINIAN ASSEMBLY FOR LIBERATION – Conference Closing Statement

June 10, 2023 fwstaff
By P.A.L. Beginning June 2, 2023, the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation hosted a two-day intensive Palestinian-led conference [“Conference”] with the aim of bringing to life the goals and vision of the Palestinian movement in the […]