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Women will continue the decades long fight to protect their rights.
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Afghanistan and the Texas Fanatics

September 9, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole The United States government suffered a humiliating defeat as it finally withdrew from Afghanistan on August 31, 2021. For over 20 years, 1979 to 2001 the CIA and State Department financed and […]
Armani Sharpe rally at Ferndale City Hall with Tameka Citchen Spruce speaking
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Charges Dropped Against Armani Sharpe

September 9, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On August 23 there was another successful demonstration in support of Black autistic youth Armani Sharpe who was facing criminal charges in Ferndale and Hazel Park, two suburbs just northeast of […]
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Wisconsin Activists Announce MLK Freedom School

September 4, 2021 fwstaff
MLK Day Manitowoc Press Release Members and supporters of the MLK Day Manitowoc are officially announcing the Fall 2021 Freedom School at an August 28 press conference. A rainbow of labor and community participants will […]
November 2018 Moratorium Now Coalition planning meeting
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World Economic Forum Targets Detroit

September 2, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced plans to open a “Global Center for Urban Transformation” in Detroit in October 2021. The WEF is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that describes itself […]
Black soldiers- civil war
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Lessons of the Civil War – Then and Now

August 25, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole While April 15, 1861 is given as the official start of the United States’ Civil War, most historians recognize that the outbreak of military hostilities was preceded by decades of controversy and […]
Stop the Hate Rally 8-10-21
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Dozens Rally to “Stop the Hate” in Rural Wisconsin

August 25, 2021 fwstaff
By FW Staff Manitowoc, WI, 8/10/21 — Dozens rallied at Lincoln High School, in response to a call by the Manitowoc Human Rights Coalition, before a scheduled Board of Education meeting. The rally was called […]
Amazon-Union Busting
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Labor Board official calls for union revote at Bessemer

August 13, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), who challenged the union recognition vote at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse in April won a significant victory on August 2. A hearing officer from […]
Jonathan Jackson and his comrades on Aug. 7, 1970 in Marin County, California
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Black August and the Legacy of Liberation Struggles

August 9, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since 1979 when prisoners at the San Quentin Correctional Facility in California declared the month of August as a period of commemoration honoring political detainees along with those who have sacrificed their […]
April 5, 2021 Rally Against Racism, Manitowic, Wisconsin
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ALL OUT! – Tuesday, 8/10 STOP The HATE RALLY, MANITOWOC, WI

August 9, 2021 fwstaff
By Manitowoc Human Rights Coalition STOP THE HATE RALLY!  TUESDAY, AUGUST 10 at 6 pm  LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL 1433 S 8th St., MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN   The Manitowoc Human Rights Coalition is calling a rally immediately […]
Freeway banner drop on July 28th, 2021 in Oakland, California over highway
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July 28th Protests Across the SF Bay Area Demand that Biden Stop Supporting Dictatorship in Haiti

July 30, 2021 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee The freeway banner drops were done in conjunction with protests on the east coast, along with those in Haiti, making the following demands on the Biden Administration: Cut off all US […]