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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 […]
Former political prisoner and revolutionary Dr. Mutulu Shakur passed away July 7
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Dr. Mutulu Shakur – Presente!

July 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Transition Announcement of Dr. Mutulu Shakur. The New Afrikan People’s Organization and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement are deeply saddened to announce the transition of our beloved comrade and co-founder, […]
African Americans led demonstration in support of affirmative action
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Supreme Court Slams the Door on Affirmative Action in Higher Education

July 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In a 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court eradicated any legal basis for the targeted admission of African Americans and other national minorities in higher educational institutions. The ruling, which is […]
Leonard Peltier
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Leonard Peltier Statement to the Annual Commemoration of the Anniversary of the 1975 Oglala Fight

July 5, 2023 fwstaff
By Leonard Peltier Greetings my relatives, friends, supporters, loved ones. I want you to understand that after all these years in prison, I may not think like you, I may not talk in a way […]
Detroit 60th anniversary Walk to Freedom march where a sign on pension theft was held
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Detroit Commemorates 60th Anniversary of Walk to Freedom

July 3, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Saturday, June 24, 2023, the local NAACP chapter in Detroit sponsored a march down Woodward Avenue to mark the 60th anniversary of the historic civil rights action. That demonstration, which […]
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 […]