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Protesters march down 5th Avenue in New York City in Black Lives Matter demonstration on June 10, 2020
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Elections: The Empire Strikes Back

November 9, 2022 fwstaff
By Stephen Milles Whatever happens in the midterm elections, a mudslide of racist and bigoted filth is pouring down from the heights of capitalist society. Teaching Black history is under attack by labeling it Critical […]
Mamie Till Bradley and her son Emmett
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Feature Film Portrays the Important Role of Mamie Till-Mobley in Igniting the Mass Civil Rights Movement

November 3, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Film: Till Director: Chinonye Chukwu Producers: Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Whoopi Goldberg, Thomas Levine, Michael Reilly, Frederick Zollo Writers: Chinonye Chukwu, Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp Star Actors: Danielle Deadwyler (Mamie Till-Bradley), Jalyn […]
Pentagon plans for destruction of Taiwan chip facility
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Pentagon’s “Broken Nest” Strategy for Taiwan

November 1, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry In the midst of a growing economic attack on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by the Biden Administration, an Oct. 12th article in the tech newsletter gizmodo.com carried the extraordinary title […]
Detroit Mumia supporters traveled to Philadelphia with their banner to support Mumia
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Mumia Abu Jamal Denied New Trial by Common Pleas Court: Racism Reigns

October 28, 2022 fwstaff
By Noelle Hanrahan, Esq, Prison Radio Co-Director Reprinted with permission from Prison Radio.org Yesterday, at 12:45pm October 26, 2022, a proposed order denying Mumia Abu-Jamal’s constitutional claims of jury bias and suppressed evidence was issued […]
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Detroit’s Right to Counsel Victory Shows the Power of the People

October 25, 2022 fwstaff
By Tonya Phillips Political power.  The Right to Counsel Movement is an inspiring and continuing story of how the Detroit Right to Counsel Coalition and ordinary Detroiters activated our collective power and won one of […]
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Major Court Date Wednesday, October 26th, for Mumia Abu-Jamal in Philadelphia

October 23, 2022 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff (Editor’s note: This significant court hearing for internationally renowned political prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal, was originally scheduled for Wednesday, October 19th. The court changed the date at the last minute to October […]
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Open Letter to Maureen Faulkner

October 23, 2022 fwstaff
By Julia Wright Dear Maureen Faulkner, As Mumia Abu-Jamal’s October 26th court hearing approaches, you will be yet again letting the world know what a  stab of pain you feel at seeing the “murderer” of […]
Rev. Charles Melvin Sherrod
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Rev. Charles Melvin Sherrod, Civil Rights Leader Who Brought the Fight to Segregated Southwest Georgia, Dies at 85

October 16, 2022 fwstaff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  October 11, 2022  Contact: Clennon L. King   AugustineMonica MediaWorks  207.450.3585  clennon@augustinemonica.com  Albany, Georgia….Rev. Charles Melvin Sherrod, whose grassroots organizing of unregistered Black voters sent shock waves through the segregated South, and kickstarted […]
Detroit youth Porter Burkes killed by police
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Detroit City Council Expands “ShotSpotter” After Two More are Gunned Down by Police

October 16, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In a 5-4 vote on October 11, the Detroit City Council provided yet another example as to why there must be a major defunding of the police in urban areas. The political […]
Inflation and energy crisis driven by the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine threaten world capitalist financial stability.
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Will Fed’s Rate Hikes Spawn a Global Depression?

October 13, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry During the height of the Covid pandemic, the Federal Reserve, the central bank of U.S. finance capital, did two things to sustain giant corporations during that period when most had to shut […]