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Crimson Record on modern day lynching
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Modern Day Racist Violence Breeds Strange Fruit in the 21st Century

September 12, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “Strange Fruit” was a poem later turned into a protest song which was popularized by the legendary Jazz singer Billie Holiday in 1939. The poem and later song were composed by a […]
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Justice for Alonzo: A System on Trial

August 30, 2026 fwstaff
By Teddy White We learned a lot about state violence on the last day of July 2026. That morning, Alonzo Lee‑Perkins – an 18‑year‑old father – walked into 36th District Court for his preliminary examination. […]
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To those they killed but who refuse to die | Patience | So much time unseized | No need for egg timers

August 29, 2026 fwstaff
  TO THOSE THEY KILLED BUT WHO REFUSE TO DIE “Meanwhile, the federal government has spent more than a decade failing to contain mass mobilizations (the 2020 George Floyd Rebellion, Standing Rock, Occupy Wall Street, […]
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Freedom Inc: The City Arrested the Protesters. It Still Hasn’t Arrested the Murderer

August 25, 2026 fwstaff
By Freedom Inc On Friday night, August 21, while peacefully protesting the murder of Corey Ruiz at the State Capitol, Madison police arrested Hope Vang and Zon Moua, two Freedom, Inc. leaders, deployed pepper spray […]
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WI BOPM 15th Anniversary Event Draws Diverse Labor & Community Crowd

August 23, 2026 fwstaff
  By Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement (WIBOPM)   15 years of showing up. 15 years of organizing. 15 years of building people power. 💛 bc_dismantle_racism and wi.bopm We had an incredible time in […]
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Rest In Power Corey Ruiz

August 23, 2026 fwstaff
By Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement (WIBOPM) As Corey Ruiz is laid to rest today, Friday, August 14, 2026, may he rest in power. Corey will not be forgotten. His life mattered. His memory […]
“Justice for Corey Ruiz! Arrest killer cops!” rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, organized by Freedom Inc., August 3, 2026
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Justice for Corey Ruiz: Struggle against police terror continues in Madison

August 16, 2026 fwstaff
Struggle-La Lucha spoke with Dorothy Brown of the Madison-based Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement (WiBOPM) about the racist police murder of Corey Ruiz and how the people’s movement there is resisting state repression. Struggle […]
International News

Sumud Cannot Be Disarmed | My Tsundoku – a poem in praise of unread books | The Poet’s Dome | Blood Chokes – from 9 minutes 29 seconds to 790 days

December 26, 2025 fwstaff
Sumud Cannot Be Disarmed the young amputees of Gaza deprived by the zionist siege of the materiality of medical prosthetics replace them with plastic pipes they fit on their stumps the people of Gaza, the […]
Memphis African American Tyre Nichols killed by cops
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Jury Acquits Memphis Cops on Murder Charges in the Killing of Tyre Nichols

May 20, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Yet another group of violent police officers have been acquitted in the death of an African American, this time in the city of Memphis. Although the police officers involved in the brutal […]
Vickie Camille speaks at DCPTA press conference
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Detroit Press Conference on Continuing Law-Enforcement Misconduct

July 28, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe St. Peter’s Episcopal Church was the scene of an extended press conference held by the Detroit Coalition for Police Transparency and Accountability (DCPTA) on July 24. The DCPTA was founded in July […]