state repression

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaking to press the day after his being assaulted, arrested and detained by ICE agents
Domestic News

Trump Executive Order Lays Basis for Fascist Coup

May 15, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole An Executive Order issued by Donald Trump on April 28, 2025 takes a giant step toward a military takeover of the United States government. The document is titled “Strengthening and unleashing America’s […]
Domestic News

Victory in Ann Arbor: Dismissed Felony Charges Expose State Weakness, Fuel Global Struggle for Liberation

May 14, 2025 fwstaff
By Sammie Lewis The recent dismissal of felony charges against those of us charged from protesting during the University of Michigan’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment is not just a legal victory, it is a testament to […]
Protests in Thomas Paine Park against the detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil
Domestic News

Deporting Dissent: The Dangerous Precedent Set by the Persecution of Pro-Palestine Activists

April 29, 2025 fwstaff
By Ramzy Baroud While US activists advocating for justice in Palestine deserve unwavering support and defense for their profound courage and humanity, Americans must also recognize that they, and the remnants of their democracy, are […]
Immigrants deported to El Salvador prison without due process
Domestic News

New Steps on the Road to Fascism

March 23, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole We are only 58 days into the current Trump regime. From day one there have been numerous outrageous, overreaching and downright illegal actions by the chief executive and his minions. Now we […]
Mahmoud Khalil
Domestic News

Columbia complicit in Trump arrest of student leader Mahmoud Khalil

March 13, 2025 fwstaff
By Ali Abunimah Update A federal judge in New York issued a ruling on Monday afternoon that the government cannot deport Mahmoud Khalil “unless and until the Court orders otherwise.” US District Judge Jesse M. […]
Malcolm X assassination sixty years ago
Domestic News

Lawsuit Filed Against Intelligence Agencies Involved in Assassination of Malcolm X

March 2, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On Sunday afternoon February 21, 1965, Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik El Shabazz) was gunned down as he stood at the podium of the Audubon Ballroom to address hundreds of people attending […]
On the day of the vote on the Enabling Act, giving Hitler absolute power, the Nazi leadership sent Storm Troopers into the Kroll Opera where the parliament was meeting. March 23, 1933
Domestic News

Frustrated Trump May Turn to Stormtroopers

February 28, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole President Donald Trump is being described as angry and frustrated by what he considers the slow rate of deportations after only a few weeks into his new administration. NBC News headlined, on […]
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 […]