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Detroit demolition by private contractors created environmental problems with debris left on sites
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Detroit Demolition Bond Proposal Defeated Amid Mass Discontent

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On November 19, the Detroit City Council voted down a bond proposal advanced by corporate-imposed Mayor Mike Duggan ostensibly designed to eliminate blighted residential properties in this overwhelmingly impoverished African American municipality. […]
Detroit Education Town Hall on the literacy case featured Victor Gibson DFT retirees president on Nov. 14, 2019
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Detroit Town Hall Held on the Constitutional Right to Literacy Case

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff A town hall meeting was held in the Midtown District of Detroit on Thurs. Nov. 14, 2019 to discuss the public school’s right to literacy case (Gary B., et. al. v. […]
Cassie with ICE Kills sign at SF ICE Dentention Center Close the Camps rally
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Cassandra Devereaux for California State Assembly, District 14

December 3, 2019 fwstaff
By  Cassandra Devereaux My name is Cassandra Devereaux and I would like to announce my candidacy for the office of California State Assembly for District 14 under the Peace and Freedom Party ticket. I am […]
Detroit People's Task Force meeting participants on Nov. 14, 2019 at Cass Commons
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Detroit People’s Task Force Holds Roundtable Discussion on the Prison Industrial Complex

November 22, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff On Thursday afternoon Nov. 14, 2019, The Detroit People’sTask Force (DPTF) held a roundtable discussion on the problems related to the criminal justice system and the prison industrial complex. The meeting […]
Chicago Teachers Strike during October 2019
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Chicago teachers strike settled

November 22, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On October 17, 25,000 Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members walked off the job demanding better salaries and working conditions among other issues. The strike also was joined by members of the Service […]
McDonald's workers demand an end to sexual harassment at #FastFoodGlobal Day of Action strike in Detroit on Nov. 14
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Low-wage workers strike in Detroit

November 20, 2019 fwstaff
 By Detroit FW staff Almost 1000 low-wage workers, organized by Fight for $15, went on strike on Nov.12, 2019, and took the streets of Detroit, braving record cold temperatures and snow to demand unions for […]
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California wildfires inflame class division

November 20, 2019 fwstaff
By Chris Fry From a Nov. 4 article in the Los Angeles Times: First, zoom out from the flames. Show the neighborhood where wealthy homeowners, having fled themselves, have inexplicably forgotten to warn their domestic […]
Mumia supporters at Dept of Corrections
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Justice demands Abu-Jamal’s freedom – not continued imprisonment to appease the F.O.P.

November 20, 2019 fwstaff
By Mobilization4Mumia (press release)   November 15, 2019                                   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Pam Africa 267-760-7344 or Joe Piette 610-931-2615; mobilization4Mumia@gmail.com Mumia Abu-Jamal and his supporters are closer than ever to winning his release after 38 […]
James Baldwin
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James Baldwin Documentary Has Relevance in the United States Today

November 4, 2019 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: This article was written on February 21, 2017 Review: I Am Not Your Negro Filmmaker: Raoul Peck Narration: Samuel L. Jackson In the aftermath of World War II the African […]
Detroit delegation headed by Helen Moore to Cincinnati for the literacy case appeal on Oct. 24, 2019
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Moratorium NOW! Coalition Joins Delegation to Federal Appeals Court for Constitutional Right to Literacy Case

November 4, 2019 fwstaff
By FW Detroit staff These photographs were taken on Thurs. Oct. 24, 2019 surrounding the 6th Circuit United States Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio hearing on a landmark civil rights case involving whether the […]