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Press Release on Mumia’s 70th Birthday

April 27, 2024 fwstaff
By Mobilization for Mumia Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal will turn 70 on April 24.  This important life milestone will be observed in Philadelphia with the delivery of 1,000 petitions, collected in France, to District Attorney […]
DCPTA forum contributors at WSU Law School, April 17, 2024 (Shushanna Shakur)
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Alternative to Policing Forum Held at WSU Law School

April 26, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff A third in a series of seminars on the character of law enforcement in Detroit and around the United States was held on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at the Wayne State […]
Abdul Bari at a Detroit Palestine solidarity march on April 12, 2024
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In defense of the chant “Al-mout li Amreeka”

April 21, 2024 fwstaff
Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, is an annual, international day to express support for Palestine and oppose the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, particularly Jerusalem. Quds Day is held on the last Friday of Ramadan. […]
Palestine solidarity march organized by social workers, April 12, 2024
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Michigan Social Workers for Palestine March and Rally in Downtown Detroit

April 18, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Friday afternoon April 12, 2024, hundreds gathered in the light rain across from the Spirit of Detroit near the riverfront to demonstrate their outrage at the continuing genocide against the […]
The Dali trapped in the wreck of the Key Bridge
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Deadly bridge collapse exposes capitalist decay

April 9, 2024 fwstaff
By Sharon Black Baltimore — In the very early morning hours of March 26, while it was still dark and most people were asleep, the massive 984-foot-long, 213-million-pound container ship Dali lost power, veered off […]
Dearborn Land Day youth and adult march
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Palestine Land Day Commemorated from Detroit to Dearborn and Around the World

April 9, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff March 30, 2024 was Palestine Land Day which has been a focus for mass demonstrations around the world. In Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan, demonstrations were held downtown and outside the western […]
Detroit demonstration in 2020 to count all the votes
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Electoral Redistricting Battles Rage Across the U.S.

March 31, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A controversial redistricting map drawn up in 2021 by a supposedly independent commission resulted in the domination of the Michigan State Legislative seats and Gubernatorial office by the Democratic Party after the […]
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On International Workers Day Urgent Appeal from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions

March 30, 2024 fwstaff
Brothers and Sisters of unions and other labor organizations in the United States of America: In the midst of pain and blood, in the displacement camps, amidst the rubble, and the ruins of our homes, […]
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The Emerging Grassroots Labor Anti-Zionist Struggle

March 25, 2024 fwstaff
  By Gerry Scoppettuolo On February 16 seven U.S. International Unions announced the formation of the National Network for a Ceasefire in Palestine (https://www.laborforceasefire.org/). Most of these internationals had signed the earlier labor call issued […]
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SO YOUNG BACK IN ACCRA | BREAKING SILENCE | DEAD CHILD WALKING

March 25, 2024 fwstaff
SO YOUNG BACK IN ACCRA to the Free Mumia Youth movement in memory of my one and only meeting with W.E.B. DuBois i was so young back in Accra so young that learning journalism at […]