Month: April 2023

Palestinian worshippers offer tarawih prayers at the al-Aqsa mosque compound on April 5th
International News

Israel brutalizes worshippers at al-Aqsa for second night

April 9, 2023 fwstaff
By Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada Israeli police stormed Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque and forcibly removed worshippers from its prayer hall and surrounding yards for the second night in a row late Wednesday. تغطية صحفية: […]
Detroit activists block entry by the Bailiffs
Domestic News

Detroit Activists Battle Bailiffs in Defense of the Tiny Home of Taura Brown

April 6, 2023 fwstaff
    By Abayomi Azikiwe WXYZ news report on the home defense can be found at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9FIbRWO-ms Taura Brown, a dialysis patient fighting eviction from the Tiny Homes on the west side of […]
University of Michigan Graduate Employees strike picket line on Woodward in Midtown Detroit, April 3, 2023
Domestic News

U-M GEO Workers on Strike for Living Wage

April 6, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) at the University of Michigan have gone on strike for improved working conditions and better pay. On Monday, April 3, the GEO and its […]
Student organisers of the Diversity Assembly defended their invitation to Huwaida Arraf
Domestic News

Oppose targeting of Palestinian-American human rights activist and lawyer Huwaida Arraf accused of antisemitism

April 6, 2023 fwstaff
By Jewish Voice for Peace – Detroit This is an URGENT REQUEST to support Huwaida Arraf, accused of anti-semitism in a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan school presentation on diversity. Please sign the petition. We are extremely concerned […]