FIST Appeal: Why youth should attend WWP conference

By Larry Hales

NYC FIST

On Saturday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15, Workers World Party will hold its annual party conference in the public school at 127 E. 22nd St. in New York City. The theme of this year’s conference will be “Preparing and Organizing for the Future.”
As part [...]

In DC, Black activists hit racist wars at home, abroad

By Larry Hales
Washington, D.C.

The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations, called for by the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement led by Omali Yeshitela and made up of organizations and leaders on the left in the Black community, held its first major mobilization on Nov. 7.
The [...]

Cleveland FIST protests FBI

By Caleb T. Maupin

Cleveland FIST
At Baldwin-Wallace College here, the FBI announced it was planning to hold a recruitment workshop. It advertised with the slogan, “The FBI—more than a job!” The literature used to advertise the workshop made it sound as if the FBI was a group of 007 action [...]

Trial venue changed for killer cop, Demand justice for Oscar Grant

By Larry Hales

NYC FIST
On Oct. 16, Alameda County (California) Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson granted a change of venue for Johannes Mehserle’s murder trial.
Mehserle is the former Bay Area Rapid Transit cop who, on Jan. 1, shot Oscar Grant III in his back at point-blank range. Grant was [...]