Articles

President Ronald Reagan met with Afghani guerrilla fighters promising money and weapons to kill Russian (Soviet) troops.
Domestic News

Editorial: “If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you”

July 12, 2020 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff George C. Parker (1860-1936) became famous in New York City as the great con-man who repeatedly sold the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and Madison Square Garden to gullible victims. […]
Domestic News

July 4 Demonstrations Held in Solidarity with Indigenous and Black Lives

July 12, 2020 fwstaff
  By Detroit Fighting Words Staff These photographs were taken on Saturday, July 4, 2020, in downtown Detroit. There were two rallies in support of Indigenous and Black lives. One action began at Grand Circus […]
African women in Tanzania wash hands during COVID-19 pandemic
International News

COVID-19 Cases in Africa Rising Sharply

July 10, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Concerns are mounting across the African continent and internationally over the exponential growth in COVID-19 infections. At the time of this writing (07/08/20) the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) […]
FCA Warren Truck plant workers returned to work amid COVID-19 pandemic
Domestic News

COVID-19 Infection Rates Surge While Millions Are Forced Back to Work

July 7, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There were more than 55,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in the United States on July 2. These figures represent a pattern of a rapid escalation of people being sickened by the potentially […]
Joyce Sole speaks Black Lives Matter Across 8 Mile
Domestic News

Black Lives Matter Across 8 Mile Challenges Racial Profiling

July 6, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff The Black Lives Matter Across 8 Mile march, car caravan and rally took place on Sat. June 27, 2020. This event featured activists directly impacted by police brutality and murder. […]
Domestic News

CWL COVID-19 program

June 30, 2020 fwstaff
  By the Communist Workers League Why a transitional program specifically for the COVID-19 crisis? Normally a socialist program is a more or less general and permanent outline of how an organization aims at initiating […]
Detroit Moratorium NOW! Coalition banner at daily demonstrations outside police headquarters downtown
Domestic News

Detroit Holds Daily Demonstrations to Denounce Police Brutality and Racism

June 30, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff Since May 29, thousands of people in Detroit and surrounding suburbs have held demonstrations in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the overall struggle against racism. Detroit officials responded to […]
Power to the People Mural in Downtown Detroit
Domestic News

Detroit Juneteenth Marked by Anti-racist Demonstrations and New Street Mural

June 30, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff A “Power to the People” street mural was unveiled on June 19 (Juneteenth) along Woodward Avenue between Congress and Larned in downtown Detroit. The project was developed by local African […]
George Floyd's brother addresses the UN Human RIghts Council on June 18, 2020
International News

United Nations Human Rights Council Holds Session on Racism in the United States

June 30, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “We beseech independent African states to help us bring our problem before the United Nations, on the grounds that the United States Government is morally incapable of protecting the lives and the […]
African American photo and graphic commemorating Juneteenth
Domestic News

Commemorating Juneteenth: The Continuing Unresolved Issues from the Civil War and the Thirteenth Amendment

June 24, 2020 fwstaff
Note: The following is the text of a speech delivered on June 19, 2010 on the 145th anniversary of Juneteenth. This address is being republished in honor of the 155th commemoration of Juneteenth in light […]