IT'S YOUR TURN TO MAKE HISTORY TODAY! 

After more than four of the most intensified years of racism, neo-fascist terrorist actions, and hateful rhetoric we’ve ever seen since the 1960s, many Black working-class folks have continued to stand ...SILENT AND DISENGAGED...on the sidelines! Most have not even joined, supported, or taken out membership in organizations like Black Workers For Justice (BWFJ), the Fruit of Labor World Cultural Center, NC Public Service Workers Union-UE Local 150, the Southern Workers Assembly, NC-Chapter of National Conference of Black Lawyers, Refund Raleigh, Muslims for Social Justice, the People's Assembly, your Neighborhood organizations, etc. Some are always seeking and willing to find some small fault with most organizing efforts or individuals within. 

Some of us stand silent and just observe this growing horrific multi-faceted crisis of rising systemic racism, surging health pandemic, growing insecure economic impacts, political assaults on our fundamental human rights to vote, health care access, affordable health care/ prescriptions, housing, let alone environmental justice...our responsibility to Mother Earth's wellbeing!

The "US  vs. THEM" lines in this "profit-driven capitalist society" are clearly drawn and exposed, and the Black working class and generally all oppressed workers are harmed the most. This can only change if all of us step up and engage in organizations that are actively

resisting and fighting against this assault on us. nation the masses of everyday workers and working people are in dire need of organizations taking course-correcting action! To do nothing would be a betrayal of the principles of our people's tradition of freedom, justice, and liberation from exploitation and liberation to advance our vision of a better society and world.

We have that opportunity before us this moment...February 2022.Black History Month. We all must join in and MAKE HISTORY OURSELVES! 

OUR CHILDREN 'S FUTURE IS COUNTING ON YOU!

FRUIT OF LABOR AND ITS WORLD CULTURAL CENTER JOINED IN THE FIGHT FOR A NATIONAL/STATE PAID JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY!

Calls, petitions and letters intensified in Congress to make Juneteenth a federal paid holiday -- Both Democrats and Republicans were pushed into calling for federal recognition. | FOR June 19, 2022, we ask you to contact us and join our PLANNING COMMITTEE | In the wake of the nationwide outcry over the systematic racism of the U.S. society and the killing of George Floyd in 2020-2021, bipartisan calls amplified to name Juneteenth

 -- June 19, which commemorates the end of slavery -- NATIONAL BLACK FREEDOM DAY -- a federal holiday. A group of Senate Democrats voted the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, legislation to designate the day, and made Juneteenth the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Day was recognized in 1983...Also, several states have passed or announced plans to introduce bills to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. "Many Southern Blacks have celebrated this end to slavery for 155 years. It's an opportunity to reflect on how far our struggle for HUMAN RIGHTS have advanced in the midst of today's voter repression bills, the removal of Black history and critical race theory out of our schools and libraries, and attacks on Affirmative Action programs in schools, colleges, employment, etc, come and a reminder of how far we still have to go," stated FOL WCC 's sister Marshariki.

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Elza Soares, One of Brazil’s Greatest Ever Singers, Dies at 91

Tom Phillips  

GUARDIAN

Elza Soares, one of the greatest Brazilian singers of all time, has died at her beachside home in Rio after a legendary, genre-straddling six-decade career which made her a national treasure and a global star.

“The beloved and eternal Elza has gone to rest but she will forever remain in musical history and in our hearts and those of thousands of fans all around the world. Just as Elza Soares had wished, she sung until the end,” her family and team announced in a statement on Thursday afternoon.

There was an immediate outpouring of tributes to the 91-year-old samba singer, who died of natural causes and had been preparing to release a new album and perform a series of shows. Read more here.

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