Month: March 2020

Detroit City Council public hearing on property tax crisis, March 3, 2020
Domestic News

“Cut the Damn Check!”

March 15, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff A public hearing petitioned by the People’s Slate to address their proposals on the over assessments and illegal payments of property taxes by homeowners in Detroit, attracted hundreds of people […]
Rafael Cancel Miranda
International News

Rafael Cancel Miranda – Presente

March 14, 2020 fwstaff
By Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement Today, March 2, the beloved Puerto Rican Patriot Rafael Cancel Miranda has left us, surrounded by the love of his family and his people. All his life he […]
UNITE HERE Local 24 picketers at Detroit Metro Airport.
Domestic News

Delta Airline workers protest at Detroit airport

March 10, 2020 fwstaff
 By Detroit Fighting Words staff On February 14, 2020, about 100 UNITE HERE Local 24 members and supporters joined Delta Airlines catering workers protesting poverty wages and unaffordable health care. The protest took place at […]
Poster memorializing those massacred in Odessa Ukraine.
Domestic News

Biden, Ukraine and the Nazis

March 4, 2020 fwstaff
By Russ Bellant Author’s Note: To anticipate questions about my claim to know what I have written, my research and writing on post-WWII emigre nazis goes back to the early 1980s. I wrote a book […]
Julius Nyerere and Kwame Nkrumah leaders of the Tanzanian and Ghanaian Revolutions in Africa
International News

Lectures by Walter Rodney Presents an African Perspective on the Russian Revolution

March 2, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Title: The Russian Revolution: A View From The Third World Author: Dr. Walter Rodney Publisher: Verso Books, 2018 During the late 1960s and the 1970s, the University of Dar es Salaam in […]
Call'em out protest 02-28-2020
Domestic News

Demand an Immediate Moratorium on Foreclosures and Evictions!

March 1, 2020 fwstaff
These photos were taken at a protest organized by Call’Em Out demanding a refund on illegally assessed property taxes paid by Detroit residents over the past 10 years in an amount exceeding $600 million dollars. […]
Medical team in Wuhan.
International News

Coronavirus and Medicare for All

March 1, 2020 fwstaff
By Chris Fry The current COVID-19 pandemic, better known as Coronavirus, as of Feb. 27, has infected more than 82,732 people worldwide, causing the deaths of some 2,813 people. First detected in Wuhan, China, it […]