FREE JENA 6: Anti-racists tell fascist gang ‘No nooses’

By Tyneisha Bowens
Jena, La.

Anti-racist activists from many parts
of the country march in Jena, La.,
Jan. 21.
FIST photo Tyneisha Bowens

One hundred and fifty anti-racist activists continued the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 21 as they [...]

Power cuts to Gaza create humanitarian crisis

By David Hoskins, Washington DC FIST
More than 800,000 Palestinians have been living in darkness since Israel forcibly closed the border and blocked fuel shipments into Gaza on Jan. 18, forcing Gaza’s only electrical plant to shut down. The general director of Gaza‘s single electricity plant, Derar Abu Sissi, [...]

Movement to support Jena 6 confronted racism

By Larry Hales, Denver FIST
Jena, La., has not only become a symbol of the willingness of the state—the police, courts and prisons—to crack down on self defense from racist threats and attack. Of late, it is also the latest city to be besieged [...]

U.S. war crimes in Iraq are coming home

Dahlia Wasfi speaks at
Martin Luther King event.
FISTphoto: LeiLani Dowell

Dahlia Wasfi is a well-known speaker and activist on social justice focusing on Iraq. Her father was born in Basra, Iraq, and her mother is an Ashkenazi Jew from New York. Wasfi is educated as a [...]