NATO reserve organisations meet at NATO HQ
International News

U.S./NATO Push Preparations for World War III

By David Sole The U.S./NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine is going badly for its puppet regime. Running low on trained troops and heavy military hardware, Ukraine is struggling to launch a long talked […]
U-M GEO strikers and their allies on April 6, 2023
Domestic News

U-M GEO Strike Continues as Judge Rules Against Administration

By Fighting Words Staff A strike by the University of Michigan (U-M) Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) won another victory on April 11 when a Washtenaw County Judge ruled that the administration had no right to […]
Paul Robeson concert tribute
Domestic News

Paul Robeson Tribute Concert Held in Detroit

By Fighting Words staff On Saturday, April 8, 2023, there was a concert performance by Tayo Aluko at the Carr Center in Midtown. Aluko has studied and performed music sung by the legendary Paul Leroy […]
Tennessee Lawmakers Justin Pearson (r) and Justin Jones
Domestic News

African American Tennessee Lawmakers Reinstated to State House

  By Abayomi Azikiwe Two African American state representatives to the Tennessee House of Representatives have been returned to the Capitol in Nashville by the local councils in Nashville and Memphis. The expulsions by the […]
Detroit housing organizers stand outside eviction court, April 11, 2023
Domestic News

Detroit Housing Activists Picket Eviction Court

By Fighting Words Staff Just one week after a home defense for Taura Brown, on April 11, a coalition of housing organizations picketed outside the 36th District Court in downtown Detroit. The court serves as […]
South African demonstration in solidarity with Palestine
International News

Efforts to Reduce Israeli Influence in Africa Continue

By Abayomi Azikiwe As the Israeli government intensifies its efforts to win influence on the African continent and other geopolitical regions, several governments have responded by heightening their solidarity with the Palestinian people. In South […]
Bakhmut, heavily defended for months by Ukraine, is now 80% under Russian control
International News
Tennessee Democratic state reps. attacked by Republican majority
Domestic News

Two African American State Representatives Expelled by Tennessee Republican Majority

By Abayomi Azikiwe Tennessee State Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson were expelled by the Republican supermajority in Nashville on April 6. Another state house member, Gloria Johnson, who is white, survived the expulsion […]
Domestic News

Corporate magazine describes and bemoans the “end of capitalism”

By Chris Fry An April 5th article from aptly-named pro-capitalist magazine website, Fortune.com, carried the title:  “‘We may be looking at the end of capitalism’: One of the world’s oldest and largest investment banks warns […]
Mumia’s response to the Judge’s decision
Domestic News

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Response to the Judge’s Decision

By Noelle Hanrahan, Esq. P.I., Prison Radio Legal Director April 3, 2023: I saw Mumia yesterday and he was deeply affected by the blow, the gravity, the gut wrenching disappointment: that freedom will be delayed, […]