Month: May 2022

2022 Case Strike.

May 7, 2022 fwstaff By Fighting Words Staff Activists from various labor and mass struggles shared their perspectives on the campaigns for raising the minimum wage, environmental justice against climate change, youth workers organizing a union in the Starbucks corporation, immigrant rights, police brutality, along with a myriad of issues. Artists Sarah Torres, One Single […]

By David Sole, 5/11/22 I was born just eight days before “Al Nakba” – the Palestinian Catastrophe of May 15, 1948. I was born in New York City, a child of Hungarian Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. I was raised knowing nothing of Palestine in a […]

51-year-old Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was covering an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp this morning when soldiers shot her in the face and killed her. Both her blue protective vest and her helmet were clearly marked “PRESS.”  Demand the U.S. State Department conduct a thorough investigation and the immediate […]

#ShowUp4Jessica Call to Action: Petition! #ShowUp4Jessica Call to Action: Petition! A Victim’s Advocate Has Been Arrested For Organizing to Support a Queer Black Woman Surviving Violence!SIGN OUR PETITION demanding District Attorney Ismael Ozanne drop ALL charges against Jessica Williams!Petition Link: bit.ly/ShowUp4JessicaPetitionLearn more on our #ShowUp4Jessica Campaign Landing Page: bit.ly/ShowUp4Jessica On Friday, May 6, 2022, Jessica Williams, a Freedom Inc […]