Month: September 2024

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ITHACA – In a major win for higher education workers, UAW members at Cornell University have voted by 77% to ratify a new four-year contract securing wage increases of up to 25.4%, a groundbreaking first-time cost of living allowance increase, and the elimination of the two-tier wage system. The agreement also introduces significant improvements to policies […]

This week a historic act of solidarity came to fruition between the people of the U.S. with our neighbors in Cuba. During a dangerous food shortage in Cuba, caused by the U.S. blockade’s strangulating hold on the country’s economy and its ability to trade, thousands of people in the U.S. took action: donating hundreds of […]

A Recap of the trip from IFCO Board member and delegation organizer, Dr. Rosemari Mealy: 23 intergenerational women of color: Black, Dominican, Haitian, Indigenous, Palestinian, LGBTQ+ women from New York, California, New Jersey, North Carolina, Atlanta and Boston–with the exception of two of our brothers who went along, an African American and Puerto Rican activist […]

Ruling SWAPO party says it is upholding international law By Abayomi AzikiweEditor, Pan-African News WireWednesday September 4, 2024Geostrategic Analysis During late August the Republic of Namibia drew the attention of the international community by publicly announcing it would not allow a vessel carrying explosive materials to the State of Israel to dock at one of […]

Fighting Words Staff On Mon. Sept. 2, 2024, the Moratorium NOW! Coalition and several Palestine solidarity organizations converged at the Labor Day Parade to appeal to organized labor to escalate their support for the struggle to liberate Palestine.  Several unions have called for a ceasefire in Gaza as well as an end to the funding […]