Drop the Racist Frame-up Charges Against Larry Hales NOW!

Drop the Racist Frame-up Charges Against Larry Hales NOW!

International Women’s Day: A salute to women’s resistance

The following statement was put out by the International Women’s Day ’08 Coalition based in New York City. FIST youth are leading members of this coalition.
To sign on to this statement, go to the www.troopsoutnow.org Web site.
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Pennsylvania court rejects a Mumia appeal

By LeiLani Dowell, NYC FIST

The struggle to free world-renowned journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal continues after Pennsylvania’s racist courts again ruled against him on Feb. 19, rejecting an appeal filed by his lawyers on his behalf.
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Bush Budget: Feast for the Military, Famine for the People, Will Democrats let him get away with it?

By LeiLani Dowell, NYC FIST
Even the corporate papers are saying it’s unbelievable. Yet it’s only so in its blatancy.
For his last budget before retiring from a much-hated presidency—at a time of an economic crisis that affects workers most—President George W. Bush has proposed propping up the [...]