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Detroit demonstration demands votes be counted in New Center area on Nov. 4, 2020
Domestic News

Demonstrations Demand All Votes Be Counted While Celebrating Trump Defeat

November 14, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff A demonstration was held in the New Center area of Detroit on Wed. Nov. 4, 2020, just one day after voting concluded. Various organizations and activists spoke out against the […]
Detroit demonstration carrying banner saying Black and Brown voices matter on Nov. 4, 2020
Domestic News

Trump Defeated at the Polls by Mass Sentiment

November 10, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe All of the major United States based corporate news networks finally called the national presidential elections in favor of former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday morning, November 7. President Donald J. […]
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Domestic News

What happens if Trump tries to steal the election?

November 2, 2020 fwstaff
  By David Sole With only days left before the November 3 U.S. elections many are focused on turning out voters for their preferred candidates. However some groups and individuals are making plans on what […]
Baltimore People's Assembly leaflet
Domestic News

Facebook illegally shuts down support of “If Trump steals the election” November 4 protest

November 1, 2020 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On the evening of 10/28/20, 15 organizers who were affiliated with the Baltimore March and Car Caravan for November 4, had their Facebook pages disabled; all were administrators or editors on […]
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Domestic News

Trump, Sessions and Miller, you can’t hide! The people charge you with genocide!

November 1, 2020 fwstaff
By Chris Fry From the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Article 6 Genocide For the purpose of this Statute, “genocide” means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole […]
Philadelphia rebellion after the police killing of Walter Wallace, Jr
Domestic News

Police Brutality and Racist Violence Intensifies Leading Up to Contested Elections

November 1, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe As millions of people in the United States cast early ballots for the upcoming presidential and Congressional elections, tensions are escalating over the future of racial politics inside the country. On October […]
Luis ArceMAS candidate for President
International News

Decisive Victory of MAS in Bolivia: A Blow to Anti-Indigenous and Anti-Socialist Coups in the Americas

October 29, 2020 fwstaff
Reprinted from Orinoco Tribune By William Camacaro The decisive electoral victory of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia may be a point of inflection on the continent that advances the construction of a new […]
Nigerian youth carry end sars banner
International News

Mass Rebellion in Nigeria Sparked by Police Brutality

October 28, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A series of incidents involving the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad police unit (SARS) in the Federal Republic of Nigeria has brought to the surface underlying societal contradictions which have been simmering for […]
State Fairground Development Coalition sold out by corporate-controlled Detroit CIty Council
Domestic News

Detroit Rally Demonstrates Against Unfair Amazon Deal

October 28, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff A corporate-controlled 5-4 majority on the Detroit City Council approved an egregious deal which will turn over land to Amazon corporation for the building of a distribution center in Detroit. […]
Georgia lines up in early voting during Oct. 2020 AJC photo
Domestic News

Voter Suppression and Right-wing Threats Fail to Keep Millions Away from the Polls

October 27, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Efforts aimed at thwarting the fundamental bourgeois democratic rights of the majority of people in the United States are well underway. President Donald J. Trump has said repeatedly that mail-in voting and […]