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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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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 […]
At Watertown Pride July 27, 2024
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Wisconsin Pride Activists Support Palestine

July 30, 2024 fwstaff
By Dorothy Brown, Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement On July 27, a Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement (WI BOPM) delegation participated in the 3rd Annual Watertown Pride. WI BOPM helped to promote the […]
Nazis show up in support of the ‘TERF ‘Let Women Speak’ rally in Australia
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Forum: The Growing Fascist Threat to Transgender Lives

July 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Attend a Public Meeting on the Current Crisis The Growing Fascist Threat to Transgender Lives Saturday – July 22, 2023 – 6:00 PM Eastern time         Zoom participation […]
Nazis show up in support of the 'TERF 'Let Women Speak' rally in Australia
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The Crisis of Fascist Attacks on Transgender Lives

June 6, 2023 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux In 1933, a town councilor in Paris was very concerned by what he called “a moral crisis”. This crisis was the fact that those known as ‘inverts’ at the time existed, and […]
Cassandra Devereaux Campaign lit
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Cassandra Devereaux Campaign Announces Election Results

March 17, 2020 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux for California State Assembly District 14 Campaign Vallejo, California, 3/13/20 – We’re excited to announce the preliminary results for Cassandra Devereaux’s campaign, and want to thank you very much for your support! […]
Cassandra Devereaux press conf Vallejo PD 012220
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Candidate for CA State Assembly Calls for a “bottom up” revolution

February 27, 2020 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux This is from a talk written for a “Political Revolution Potluck” on the Vallejo, CA Waterfront, hosted by Jason Kishineff, candidate for U.S. Congress 5th District, on Saturday, February 22. Cassandra was […]
Cassie with ICE Kills sign at SF ICE Dentention Center Close the Camps rally
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Cassandra Devereaux for California State Assembly, District 14

December 3, 2019 fwstaff
By  Cassandra Devereaux My name is Cassandra Devereaux and I would like to announce my candidacy for the office of California State Assembly for District 14 under the Peace and Freedom Party ticket. I am […]
Philly Trans March, Saturday, October 12, 2019
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When trans women die

October 17, 2019 fwstaff
  By Mumia Abu-Jamal (with permission) In recent weeks, we have seen naked violence unleashed against trans women directed against them by the state in the form of police beatings and by rightist forces in […]
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16th Annual San Francisco Trans March

July 19, 2019 fwstaff
By Terri Kay Well over 6,000 people came out for the 16th Annual San Francisco Trans March on Friday, June 28, starting with a youth and elder brunch, a resource fair, and a rally at […]