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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 […]
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The Trump Administration’s Plot to Disarm Transgender Workers:

September 10, 2025 fwstaff
    By Marta Ilyich “History teaches us that when an economic crisis hits, the process of scapegoating becomes more intense and more violent. African-American, Latino, Asian, and Arab peoples, lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals, […]
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Trump’s Creation/Implementation of the Racist Police State

August 28, 2025 fwstaff
  By Russ Bellant Trumpworld has begun its plans to invade “big blue cities” with his takeover of Washington, D.C.’s. government and placing troops with armored vehicles on their streets. His targets are cities with […]
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 […]
Don Freeman (1939-2025) speaking in Cleveland, July 30, 2011
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Don Freeman, 1939-2025, Veteran Cleveland-based Activist Leaves Profound Political Legacy

August 7, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe During the 1960s, the city of Cleveland, Ohio was at the center of several political trends emerging within the African American community nationwide. Its burgeoning African American working-class population, many of whom […]
ICE raids New Jersey warehouse. Arrests 20 workers
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DHS Immigration Raid at Edison Warehouse Tears Workers Away from Families, Community Responds

July 15, 2025 fwstaff
By Movimiento Cosecha, NJ et al. Yesterday morning at approximately 10:00 am, volunteers across New Jersey responded to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) raid at Alba Wine and Spirits in Edison, a customs-bonded warehouse. […]
Alligator
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How dare you, Palentir? | Letter of love to the Everglades crocodiles | The autoimmune sickness of Zionism | Innocence isn’t what it used to be | I sit here in full daylight, blind

July 15, 2025 fwstaff
HOW DARE YOU, PALENTIR? in a half dream i was holding high into the sky not the butterfly net i left somewhere in an attic but a word catcher out to collect species of nouns […]
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 […]
Hurwitz and Syeda Davidson at the MCHR Annual Meeting, June 26, 2025.
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Can the First Amendment Protect People from Imposition of Fascism?

July 2, 2025 fwstaff
  Note: These remarks were made during a panel discussion entitled “The Attack: Our First Amendment Rights” which was sponsored by the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR) on Thursday June 26, 2025. The event […]
Rep. McIver arriving at court on June 25
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Social justice group joins rally to support Congresswoman McIver

July 1, 2025 fwstaff
By People’s Organization For Progress The People’s Organization For Progress (POP) is calling upon the public to rally in support Congresswoman LaMonica McIver during her federal court hearing today. The rally will take place Wednesday […]