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Fund Medicare for All – Not War at Home or Abroad!

September 23, 2026 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff These photographs were taken at a Medicare for All rally held on Saturday, September 19, 2026 at the Historic St. Matthew’s-St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church on Woodward Avenue in Detroit. St. Matthew’s […]
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Troops: “Refuse Illegal Orders” Billboard

September 20, 2026 fwstaff
For Immediate Release          Contact: David Couper Monday, Sept. 14, 2026          PHONE: 608-444-7207 Billboard at Truax Tells Service Members to Refuse Illegal Orders! Press Conference, Thursday September 17, […]
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Indigenous rights clash with fed’s border wall

September 20, 2026 fwstaff
  By Michael A. Chihak, Special to the Arizona Daily Star – September 13, 2026 Colonialism is alive and, well, not healthy for Southern Arizona’s original people. Despite what has most often ended in futility […]
Detroit says Black and Brown votes matter, Nov. 2020
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Trump Attacks His Own Supreme Court Over Decision Upholding Mail-in Ballots

September 20, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe It has become quite obvious that there is massive opposition to the domestic and foreign policies of the current White House, House of Representatives and the Senate. Compounding this alienation from the […]
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Richard Wright Birthday Bulletin 2026

September 17, 2026 fwstaff
By Julia Wright In the December 31st 2025 Richard News Bulletin called ” Eras of silence : Re-reading “Black Boy” at 80″, I wrote about the absence of commemoration of the 80 years of “Black […]
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Port Elizabeth 4 Trial Begins

September 16, 2026 fwstaff
Press release The Port Elizabeth 4 have been given a new trial date for the third time, this time on Monday, September 14th, 9 am, at 1 Police Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jersey. Before dawn, on […]
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Defend the MN 15! – Organizing is Not a Crime!

September 16, 2026 fwstaff
By Wisconsin Bailout the People Movement he 15 activists in Minneapolis are being framed on “conspiracy” charges for their efforts to repel the ICE invasion and also for their work in supporting Palestine (and other […]
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FEEDBACK 09 07 2026 (Labor Day Edition)

September 16, 2026 fwstaff
Discussion with Al Martin featuring Mark Fancher and Frank Hammer Some of the subjects discussed in this podcast: The role of unions in overcoming income inequality in relation to union density Workers combating super exploitation […]
Detroit Labor Day Solidarity US-Canada
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Moratorium NOW! Coalition Demands “Medicare for All” at Detroit Labor Day

September 16, 2026 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Mon. Sept. 7, 2026 at the annual Labor Day Parade the Moratorium NOW! Coalition, Michigan Coalition Against Genocide and Labor for Palestine joined forces along Michigan avenue to campaign for […]
Crimson Record on modern day lynching
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Modern Day Racist Violence Breeds Strange Fruit in the 21st Century

September 12, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “Strange Fruit” was a poem later turned into a protest song which was popularized by the legendary Jazz singer Billie Holiday in 1939. The poem and later song were composed by a […]