Domestic News

Protestors on the steps of Clio Hall
Domestic News

An open letter to Princeton U President concerning minoritized student safety

May 7, 2024 fwstaff
Reprinted from the Daily Princetonian We,  the undersigned leaders, community members, and allies of cultural affinity groups of Princeton University — condemn in the strongest possible terms the University’s utter disregard for the safety and […]
May Day Detroit 2024
Domestic News

Detroit May Day 2024 Focused on the Struggle for Palestinian Liberation

May 7, 2024 fwstaff
  By Fighting Words Staff Clark Park on the southwest side of Detroit was the scene of the annual May Day commemorations. There was a beginning rally, a march through the immediate neighborhood, and then […]
Detroit JVP march and rally outside federal bldg.
Domestic News

Detroit JVP Holds Rally & March for a Ceasefire in Gaza

May 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Friday, April 26, 2024, members and supporters of the Jewish Voice for Peace-Detroit  (JVP-D) gathered at the St. Peter’s Episcopal Church located on Trumbull and Michigan Avenue. The motivation for […]
Ultra-right Christian Nationalists are strong supporters of Zionism
Domestic News

The Scourge of Christo-Fascist Zionism

May 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Marta Ilyich On the 17th of April, in Washington D.C., Columbia University’s president Minouche Shafik sat before a House committee. Shafik holds citizenship in the United States and Great Britain, where she was appointed […]
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Mike Johnson (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Domestic News

As Pro-Palestinian Protests Escalate, Israel Lobby’s Attack on Academic Freedom Continues

April 29, 2024 fwstaff
By Robert Inlakesh, The Palestine Chronicle Following a crackdown by the New York Police Department (NYP), resulting in around 100 arrests, the encampment only expanded and began to attract significant attention. As pro-Palestinian protests escalate […]
Upsurge among youth grows to confront US-Israel genocide
Domestic News

Abandon Biden Movement: What’s next?

April 29, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry and David Sole Before the Wisconsin Democratic Primary on April 2, pro-Palestinian activists campaigned to persuade voters to check the “Uninstructed” box on the ballot rather than vote for “Bomber” Biden. They […]
Domestic News

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)
Domestic News

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
Domestic News

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
Domestic News

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 […]