political repression

Ali-Abunimah
International News

Ali Abunimah reveals how he was ambushed by Swiss police

February 8, 2025 fwstaff
By Asa Winstanley In a special livestream on Tuesday, The Electronic Intifada’s executive director Ali Abunimah talked about his ordeal in Switzerland this past weekend. You can watch the whole stream in the video above. […]
Marcus Garvey surrounded by US agents
Domestic News

Justice Denied and Delayed—Leonard Peltier Commutation, Marcus Garvey Pardoned

January 30, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On this year’s annual holiday to commemorate the life, times and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), news had quickly spread regarding the long-delayed decision to commute the life sentence […]
Jamil Al-Amin (left)
Domestic News

My recent visit with Imam Jamil Al-Amin at the federal prison in Tucson, Arizona

January 28, 2025 fwstaff
By Arun Kundnani Earlier this month, I was finally able to visit Imam Jamil Al-Amin, formerly H. Rap Brown, at the federal prison in Tucson, Arizona. Imam Jamil is one of the great political activists […]
Omali Yeshitela, Uhuru chairman and one of the Uhuru 3
Domestic News

No Prison Time for 3 Members of St. Petersburg’s Uhuru Movement

December 23, 2024 fwstaff
By Wei Chen Three members of the St. Petersburg-based Uhuru Movement will not face prison time following their convictions for conspiracy, amidst accusations of collaborating with Russia to meddle in U.S. affairs. Omali Yeshitela, Penny […]
Mumia and Leonard
Domestic News

Mumia Abu-Jamal Continues to Struggle After 43 Years of Unjust Imprisonment

December 12, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe During the early morning hours of December 9, 1981, cab driver and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was wounded and arrested on charges related to the shooting death of a white Philadelphia police officer. […]
Domestic News

Anti-trans campaign incites violence, as Congress seeks federal bathroom ban

November 30, 2024 fwstaff
By Melinda Butterfield In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, Nancy Mace, a far-right representative from South Carolina, has been the figurehead for a move to ban transgender people from using restrooms on Capitol Hill […]
October 27, 1951 - Speakers at the Cincinnati founding convention of the National Negro Labor Council. Paul Robeson second from left
Domestic News

Labor Insurgencies: Past, Present and Future

November 18, 2024 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo The AFL-CIO’s top labor bureaucracy has often opposed rank and file labor insurgencies, especially where imperialist foreign policy or racism is brought up. In the 1980’s AFL-CIO head Lane Kirkland’s support of […]
April 2024 encampment at University of Texas, Austin in support of people of Palestine
International News

Israel: Gateway to U.S. Fascism and War

November 11, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry The Heritage Foundation is a rightwing think-tank that is one of the main authors of the infamous “Project 2025”, a guidebook for Trump to implement the gutting of women’s rights, voting rights, […]
NCBL hearing group photo
Domestic News

National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) Hold Public Hearing on Repression Against the Palestinian Solidarity Movement on Campuses

October 31, 2024 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe These photographs were taken at a public forum held on Thursday, October 24, 2024 in Detroit. This event followed the release of a public letter from the Michigan Chapter of the […]
Asa Winstanley
International News

EI hires UK lawyers after police raid targeting Asa Winstanley

October 28, 2024 fwstaff
By Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada On Thursday, 17 October 2024, British police raided the London home and seized electronic devices belonging to our colleague Asa Winstanley on the pretext of an investigation into his […]