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Elena Herrada stands at an ofrenda honoring five men whose lives were unfairly taken from them by their employer.
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Dia de los Muertos: Remembering Fallen Workers in the Promised Land

November 14, 2018 fwstaff
By Elena Herrada The Day of the Dead is a Mexican tradition made increasingly popular each year through globalization. One of the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement is migration of culture, customs, […]
A section of the painting "Los Repatriados: Exiles from the Promised Land" by Nora Chapa Mendoza depicts Mexican immigrants traveling together in a caravan.
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The Caravan Returns: From Sorrow to Hope

November 7, 2018 fwstaff
By Elena Herrada The story I heard from my father was that the welfare lady knocked on the door and told my grandfather that the family would have to leave, that they were not able […]
Detroit protest for trans rights, October 26.
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‘Justice’ Department wants transphobia enshrined

November 2, 2018 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux Three days after the leak of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services memo outlining its plan to narrowly define people’s sex (and gender) based on genitals at birth, another front […]
Black Lives Matter.Kionte Spencer.
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Justice for Kionte Spencer, dead at cops’ hands

November 1, 2018 fwstaff
By Jason Lambert Roanoke, Virginia — The struggle for justice for Kionte Spencer exposed the entire system. It showed us in Roanoke how things really run in this system, as well as the power of […]
FW photo: Anne Pruden
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Demanding pay justice for tomato workers

October 30, 2018 fwstaff
By Anne Pruden Two Wendy’s fast food restaurants in New York City’s West Village appeared to have more people picketing outside than they had customers inside on the rainy Saturday night of October 27. A […]
Detroit trans rights demonstration
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‘Trans people won’t be erased!’

October 29, 2018 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff Detroit — Some 150 people rallied October 26 at the Ruth Ellis Center in Highland Park, Michigan, for transgender rights and lives, letting it be known loud and clear: Trans people […]
Parents demand School Bus Bill of Rights
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Parents demand School Bus Bill of Rights

October 28, 2018 fwstaff
By PIST-Parents to Improve School Transportation “OPT — get the kids to school on time!” people chanted at a lunch-time rally called by Parents to Improve School Transportation at New York City Hall on October […]
Trans protest, Washington, D.C., October 22.
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New offensive in Trump’s war on transgender people

October 25, 2018 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux In the latest assault by the Trump administration on transgender rights and the dignity of transgender persons, it has been revealed via a leaked memo that the Department of Health and Human […]
Hotel workers on strike in Detroit, October 21.
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Detroiters striking and fighting back!

October 25, 2018 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Detroit — Public discontent over evictions, foreclosures, water shutoffs and substandard wages can only be ameliorated through organized action. During the early morning hours of Sunday, October 7, members of UNITE HERE […]
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Pro-Palestinian educators under attack at Michigan university

October 24, 2018 fwstaff
By David Sole Pro-Israel forces at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have launched a series of attacks on the right to express support for the Palestinian people and their struggle against Zionist occupation […]