Year: 2019

Detroit Demonstration on Second Anniversary of Charlottesville Racist Attacks
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Detroit Demo commemorates Charlottesville

August 27, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW staff On Sat. Aug. 10, 2019 at Campus Martius in downtown Detroit, a demonstration was held to commemorate the second anniversary of Charlottesville, where anti-racist activist Heather Heyer was killed by a […]
El Paso people hold march the day after the shooting,
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CWL condemns Trump for racist massacres

August 16, 2019 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff The Communist Workers League (CWL) condemns the recent racist massacres that occurred in Gilroy, CA; El Paso TX; and Dayton, OH. Our hearts go out to the victims, their families, their friends, […]
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Demonstration Held Condemning Police Killing of African American in Detroit Suburb

August 16, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Over 100 people gathered outside police headquarters in a suburban municipality east of Detroit to demonstrate against the failure of local authorities to hold several police officers accountable in the shooting death […]
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Demonstrations surround Democratic debates in Detroit

August 11, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On July 30 and 31 the attention of the national media in the United States was focused on the Fox Theater in downtown Detroit where 20 Democratic Party candidates for the presidency […]
Puerto Rico General Strike
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Puerto Rican general strike wins

August 9, 2019 fwstaff
By Chris Fry A 12-day long uprising by the people of Puerto Rico, culminated on July 22 in a massive general strike and demonstrations so huge that they shut down the entire island. Just before […]
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Trumpism: the Nature of the Beast – Part 3

August 9, 2019 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux It is no coincidence that reactionary movements never fail to denounce communism. While the Klan was marching, the Black League murdering, the American Bund tossing up Nazi salutes, communists were hard at […]
NAACP Picket against Birth of a Nation
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Trumpism: The Nature of the Beast – Part 2

August 9, 2019 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux By 1913, the Klan had a vocal supporter in the White House in Woodrow Wilson. Wilson screened the detestable Klan “origin” film Birth Of A Nation. This was the film which directly inspired […]
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Days of Action Against White Supremacy

July 24, 2019 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff As of July 23, at least 14 organizations have joined together to mark the second anniversary of Charlottesville by calling for National Days of Action Against White Supremacy – Impeach Trump […]
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Trumpism: the nature of the beast – Part 1

July 21, 2019 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux The President, advancing the agenda of his party, signed several bills into law opposing immigration. He and his base were angry and feared what they imagined to be the specter that was […]