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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 […]
Oct. 22, 2018 NYC demo
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Parents denounce police murders

October 24, 2018 fwstaff
By Anne Pruden New York City — Surrounded by federal courts and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building on one side, and local and state courts on another, protesters gathered today, October 22, for […]
Cops protect Proud Boys meeting at the Metropolitan Republican Club on the Upper East Side
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Fascist gangs attack protesters

October 22, 2018 fwstaff
By David Sole New York City was the scene of fascist gangs violently attacking protesters on October 12. It was widely reported that demonstrators outside of the Metropolitan Republican Club on Manhattan’s upper east side […]
Pelican Bay cell
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Pelican Bay prisoners’ statement on 3rd anniversary of settlement

October 20, 2018 fwstaff
The following statement, lightly edited, was issued October 15 by prisoners in California on the third anniversary of the settlement of a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of prisoners held in solitary confinement at […]
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Tax foreclosure fight keeps hundreds in their homes

October 16, 2018 fwstaff
By Aram Vosgerchian Detroit — This city was one of those hardest hit by the global capitalist economic crisis of 2008-2009 and the resulting austerity. Austerity is nothing but a euphemism for class war, waged […]
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Tour strengthens Puerto Rico-Detroit solidarity

October 12, 2018 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff A delegation from the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions & Utility Shutoffs in Detroit, Michigan, visited Puerto Rico from September 26-29 in a solidarity tour hosted by UTIER, the […]
Hog waste lagoon floods
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Hurricane catastrophe magnified by capitalism

October 9, 2018 fwstaff
By Chris Fry When Hurricane Matthew crashed into North Carolina in 2016, it was declared a “once in 500 year” event, with nearly two feet of rainfall on the eastern coastal plain of the state. […]