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Double amputee beaten, tortured and terrorized for over a decade in Virginia prisons

February 3, 2026 fwstaff
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson The inhumanity of Virginia’s prisons knows no limits. The experiences of Neil Lyness aka Turbo proves the case. Neil is a double-amputee who lost his left arm and left leg in […]
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson currently being brutalized in S. Carolina’s Perry Correctional facility
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My retaliation and abuse continue in South Carolina prisons under interstate compact

February 2, 2026 fwstaff
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson Since I was interstate transferred to South Carolina from the Virginia prison system on May 1, 2025, I have endured continued abuses and retaliation in response to and to deter my […]
National Guard troops occupied Newark, NJ in the summer of 1967 to put down a mass rebellion against racism and poverty
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1967 Newark rebellion commemoration set for July 12th: can it happen again?

July 15, 2025 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for  Progress (POP) The People’s Organization For Progress (POP) will have a 1967 Newark Rebellion Commemoration March And Rally on the 58th anniversary of the uprising, Saturday, July 12, 2025, 12:00 noon […]
Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, being persecuted by Trump administration
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Civil rights group condemns charges brought against Congresswoman McIver

May 21, 2025 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress (POP) PO BOX 22505 NEWARK, NJ 07101 973 801-0001 www.njpop.org CONTACT: LAWRENCE HAMM FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE The following statement was issue by Lawrence Hamm, Chairman, People’s Organization For Progress: […]
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 […]
Viola Fletcher is the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Massacre
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Justice Department Abandons Investigation of Tulsa Race Massacre

March 10, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe One of the major failures of the previous administration of Joe Biden was not following through on policy mandates aimed at ameliorating the historical phenomenon of institutionalized racist violence in the United […]
At Watertown Pride July 27, 2024
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Wisconsin Pride Activists Support Palestine

July 30, 2024 fwstaff
By Dorothy Brown, Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement On July 27, a Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement (WI BOPM) delegation participated in the 3rd Annual Watertown Pride. WI BOPM helped to promote the […]
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 […]
Julia Wright on the Trump assassination attempt
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Bread, circuses…and assassination attempts

July 26, 2024 fwstaff
By Julia Wright Minutes after the murder of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin said to a passer-by that “he was too big, too excited, certainly high on something”. The police officer’s defense was early on that […]
WSU students say 'No Genocide on Our Dime'
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Detroit’s Wayne State U Encampment Shut Down by Police

June 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After seven full days of an encampment at the center of Wayne State University in Detroit, campus police raided and removed the encampment which has demanded the complete divestment from corporations which […]