Articles by fwstaff

Cassandra Devereaux Campaign lit
Domestic News

Cassandra Devereaux Campaign Announces Election Results

March 17, 2020 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux for California State Assembly District 14 Campaign Vallejo, California, 3/13/20 – We’re excited to announce the preliminary results for Cassandra Devereaux’s campaign, and want to thank you very much for your support! […]
Haitians courageously demonstrated their support for Aristide
International News

Remembering The 2004 Coup in Haiti

March 16, 2020 fwstaff
By Robert Roth, Haiti Action Committee On February 29, 2004, the democratically elected government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti was overthrown by a violent coup.  This was the second U.S.-sponsored coup against a popularly […]
Detroit International Women's Day participants on March 7, 2020
Domestic News

International Women’s Day Honors Legacy of Harriet Tubman

March 16, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There was a lively celebration of International Women’s Day in Detroit on Saturday, March 7, 2020. The feature film “Harriet” was shown on the life, times and monumental contributions of anti-slavery organizer, […]
Detroit Third Wet'suwet'en solidarity action on March 2, 2020
International News

Third Week of Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en at Windsor-Detroit Tunnel

March 15, 2020 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Detroit Staff These photographs were taken on Monday, March 2, 2020 at the third weekly demonstration in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation people waging a protracted struggle in British Columbia, Canada […]
Detroit Fight for $15 placard during general strike on March 6, 2020
Domestic News

Fight for $15 Workers Stage One Day Strike

March 15, 2020 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Detroit Staff These photographs were taken on Friday. March 6, 2020 in Detroit as workers gathered as part of a nationwide Fight for $15 strike around the United States. Workers are demanding […]
Detroit City Council public hearing on property tax crisis, March 3, 2020
Domestic News

“Cut the Damn Check!”

March 15, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff A public hearing petitioned by the People’s Slate to address their proposals on the over assessments and illegal payments of property taxes by homeowners in Detroit, attracted hundreds of people […]
Rafael Cancel Miranda
International News

Rafael Cancel Miranda – Presente

March 14, 2020 fwstaff
By Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement Today, March 2, the beloved Puerto Rican Patriot Rafael Cancel Miranda has left us, surrounded by the love of his family and his people. All his life he […]
UNITE HERE Local 24 picketers at Detroit Metro Airport.
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Delta Airline workers protest at Detroit airport

March 10, 2020 fwstaff
 By Detroit Fighting Words staff On February 14, 2020, about 100 UNITE HERE Local 24 members and supporters joined Delta Airlines catering workers protesting poverty wages and unaffordable health care. The protest took place at […]
Poster memorializing those massacred in Odessa Ukraine.
Domestic News

Biden, Ukraine and the Nazis

March 4, 2020 fwstaff
By Russ Bellant Author’s Note: To anticipate questions about my claim to know what I have written, my research and writing on post-WWII emigre nazis goes back to the early 1980s. I wrote a book […]
Julius Nyerere and Kwame Nkrumah leaders of the Tanzanian and Ghanaian Revolutions in Africa
International News

Lectures by Walter Rodney Presents an African Perspective on the Russian Revolution

March 2, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Title: The Russian Revolution: A View From The Third World Author: Dr. Walter Rodney Publisher: Verso Books, 2018 During the late 1960s and the 1970s, the University of Dar es Salaam in […]