Month: June 2022

Detroit demonstration in response to overturn of Roe v. Wade, June 24, 2022
Domestic News

Detroit Holds Emergency Demonstration After Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

June 30, 2022 fwstaff
Photos: Abayomi Azikiwe, Pan African News Wire By Fighting Words staff Women and their allies rallied and marched in downtown Detroit on Friday afternoon, June 24, 2022, just hours after the Supreme Court in a […]
Detroit Will Breathe in the streets in Shelby Township on Oct. 25, 2020
Domestic News

Felony Charges Dropped Against Shelby 5

June 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Detroit Will Breathe co-founder Tristan Taylor pleaded no contest before the Macomb County Court to misdemeanor resisting and obstructing, which will be erased from his record after a 6 month non-reporting […]
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Domestic News

Inflation and recession: Roots in Imperialism – Part 2

June 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry This article is a continuation from Part 1. which discussed the recent wave of inflation that has hit workers and the oppressed communities with devastatingly high prices. It also discussed the Federal […]
Domestic News

Come Out July 3rd for Mumia Abu-Jamal

June 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Verbena Lea, Sarah Torres, Tova Fry July 3, 2022 marks 40 years (July 1982) since journalist and Black Panther Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death in Pennsylvania, framed in the government war […]
Large group of “Patriotic Front” fascists arrested when preparing to attach Pride March in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Domestic News

Coeur d’Alene and a Legacy of Hate – Part One

June 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux Coeur d’Alene,the largest city in Northern Idaho, is set in truly breathtaking country. It’s on a lake that shares its name to the south, and another lake to the east. To the […]
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International News

Russia-Africa Summit to Reconvene

June 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After a visit to Russia by the two leading officials of the African Union (AU), an announcement has been made that President Vladimir Putin is ready to hold another gathering to work […]
Domestic News

GABRIELA USA & International Women’s Alliance Condemn Overturn of Roe v. Wade

June 27, 2022 fwstaff
Press Release by GABRIELA USA GABRIELA USA and International Women’s Alliance (IWA) vehemently condemn the United States Supreme Court overturn of Roe v. Wade and call on all people to defend basic human rights to […]
Domestic News

Rising to Return – the 14th Al Awda National Conference Mobilizes

June 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Al Awda New York Rising to Return: the 14th Al Awda National Conference Mobilizes for Global Peace by Launching Holistic Strategies Toward Dismantling Zionist Colonization and Supremacy  The 14th National Al-Awda Conference at The […]
Detroit Gateway to Freedom Monument at the Riverfront looking towards Canada, June 18, 2022
Domestic News

Juneteenth Commemorated While Total Freedom for Americans Remains Elusive

June 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Juneteenth was designated as a federal holiday during 2021 by the United States administration of President Joe Biden. This act of recognition came in the aftermath of an upsurge in mass demonstrations […]
Italian workers recently protested arming Ukraine with a banner that says - “Lower weapons, raise wages.”
Domestic News

Trade Unionists Denounce U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine

June 22, 2022 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff An ad-hoc committee of trade unionists has issued a strong denunciation against the U.S./NATO proxy war in Ukraine. Taking advantage of a gathering of thousands of labor union activists at a […]