political repression

Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown at Hamilton Hall Columbia, 1968
Domestic News

Assata Shakur and Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (H. Rap Brown) Symbolized the Transformation of the Black Struggle

March 5, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Assata Shakur (formerly known as Joann Chesimard) and Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (also known as H. Rap Brown) passed away during 2025 amid the rise of state repression and fascism in the United […]
Amy Ashwood Garvey with Paul Robeson and Claudia Jones in England
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Pan-Africanism, Garveyism and Women’s Rights

March 5, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Resistance to the enslavement and colonial domination over African people can be traced back to the wars and rebellions which took place on the continent as early as the 15th century. Even […]
Protesters rallied on the City Hall steps before the City Council Committee to Combat Hate's hearing took place
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75 New Yorkers Testify Against “Buffer Zone” Bills

March 4, 2026 fwstaff
PAL-Awda NY/NJ NEW YORK, NY, February 27, 2025 — On Wednesday morning, dozens of organizations rallied on the steps of City Hall to oppose two proposed anti-protest bills — Council Speaker Julie Menin’s buffer zone […]
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PAL-Awda Condemns DOJ Lawsuit Against Activists

March 4, 2026 fwstaff
By PAL-Awda NY/NJ PAL-Awda NY/NJ Condemns DOJ Lawsuit Against Attendees of Stolen Land Protest and the Ongoing Coordinated State Efforts to Criminalize Such Protests. For years, PAL-Awda has protested stolen Palestinian land sales alongside people […]
Ellie Dahmer holds her husband's photo Vernon Dahmer, Sr.
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MLK Day 2026: Lessons from the Past for the Struggles of Today

February 3, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe January 15 represents the 97th ancestral birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was martyred on April 4, 1968, while working in solidarity with the African American sanitation workers strike […]
SEG3-March-Mumia-Split
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Historic 103-mile march demands freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal

February 3, 2026 fwstaff
By Lallan Schoenstein Frackville, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9 — Mumia says it’s about love. What else could have given 17 people the passion to hike 103 miles for 12 days across Pennsylvania, from Philadelphia to the […]
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 […]
Palestine Action hunger striker Amu Gib, 30, has been hospitalised after 50 days of refusing food
International News

Resistance Does Not Die in Prison: We Stand With the UK Hunger Strikers

December 26, 2025 fwstaff
To endorse the following statement go to   https://forms.gle/5t6Hjag8Ji9icuE37 By PAL-Awda NY/NJ We, the undersigned organizations, stand in unequivocal solidarity with the six Palestine Action–affiliated prisoners on hunger strike in the UK: Qesser Zuhrah, Amu Gib, […]
UCLA walkout demanding disclosure and divestment
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Trump Continues Assault on Higher Education

August 18, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe United States Federal District Court Judge Rita Lin of San Francisco ruled that the ongoing suspension of grant funding from the National Science Foundation to the University of California at Los Angeles […]
Federal agents, aided by local police, raid home and are confronted by protesters June 30, 2025.
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Detroiter Demands Police Department Stop Aiding ICE

July 8, 2025 fwstaff
By Adam Barrett Appeal to Detroit City Council by Detroit resident Adam Barrett We’re at the point now where they’re going to have to clearly define what “assist” means when they say “DPD does not […]