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Solidarity with GEO: Federal Government Attack on Labor Solidarity Movement

November 1, 2026 fwstaff
  By the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO), AFT Local 3550 Sign onto this letter here: go.geo3550.org/signsolidaritystatement  On August 11, 2026, the federal government served a federal grand jury subpoena to the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) […]
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
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National Women’s Political Caucus Statement in Support of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

October 28, 2026 fwstaff
 As President of the National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC), I stand in solidarity with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and every woman in public service who has faced threats, intimidation, personal attacks or attempts to silence her […]
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“When ICE Melts – Testimonies from the Frontlines”

October 22, 2026 fwstaff
  By Wisconsin Bailout the People Movment When ICE Melts – Testimonies from the Frontlines” is a documentary film, made by activists in Minneapolis, that examines how ordinary people organized across neighborhoods, workplaces, unions and […]
International News

Why 17th October in France is Set to be Historic

October 22, 2026 fwstaff
By Julia Wright October 16, 2026 We know the police State does not select the dates of its oppression against us without design. The date of Mumia Abu-Jamal ‘s execution fixed by the state of […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar at a Minneapolis news conference as activists hold signs calling for a nationwide shutdown against ICE on Jan. 30. The Trump administration’s attack on Omar follows the mass resistance that forced its immigration police to retreat from the Twin Cities
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ICE comes for Ilhan Omar

October 16, 2026 fwstaff
  Editor’s note: Rep Omar is also a supporter of WORKING CLASS ORGANIZATION and/or is supported by many unions in Minnesota such as UNITE HERE, SEIU Local 26 and the UFCW all of which have […]
Detroit says Black and Brown votes matter, Nov. 2020
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Trump Attacks His Own Supreme Court Over Decision Upholding Mail-in Ballots

September 20, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe It has become quite obvious that there is massive opposition to the domestic and foreign policies of the current White House, House of Representatives and the Senate. Compounding this alienation from the […]
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Defend the MN 15! – Organizing is Not a Crime!

September 16, 2026 fwstaff
By Wisconsin Bailout the People Movement he 15 activists in Minneapolis are being framed on “conspiracy” charges for their efforts to repel the ICE invasion and also for their work in supporting Palestine (and other […]
Student protesters at the University of Michigan demanded that the university divest from companies complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza
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Michigan 8 case is part of a broader pattern of repression

August 29, 2026 fwstaff
By Omar Zahzah A recent federal indictment against eight activists in Michigan could have critical implications for pro-Palestine activism across the US. On 10 June, the FBI undertook an aggressive raid of the homes of […]
Domestic News

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 […]
The late Johanna Fernandez (right) and other Mumia supporters confront Pennsylvania prison official
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Renouncing magic | Grass-fed on paper books | To be or not to be on the blacklist | Love not phear after the funeral

August 20, 2026 fwstaff
Donations are being accepted for the reinstatement of the Richard Wright Library in Hinds County, MS, shut down for lack of funds and several times vandalized from 2020 onwards – a glass case with Richard […]