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Justice for Nizar Banat: National Tour for Palestine

June 18, 2023 fwstaff
  By Fighting Words staff Supporters of Palestine liberation gathered in Detroit tonight to hear the brother of slain Palestinian activist Nizar Banat and members of Lawyers for Justice who are touring the United States. […]
Democrats and Republicans vote to raise debt ceiling benefits Wall Street banks and corporations - hurts workers and poor
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Debt ceiling deal means austerity for workers and the poor

June 14, 2023 fwstaff
By Chris Fry With tremendous media fanfare, President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy agreed to allow the so-called “debt ceiling” to be raised until 2025. Despite assuring the public that cutting […]
Atlanta Cop City banner at City Council meeting on June 5, 2023
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Atlanta Struggle to Stop “Cop City” Continues After Council Approval

June 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There is much at stake for the ruling class and its law-enforcement surrogates in the mass campaign taking place in Dekalb County, Georgia to prevent the construction and operation of a police […]
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PALESTINIAN ASSEMBLY FOR LIBERATION – Conference Closing Statement

June 10, 2023 fwstaff
By P.A.L. Beginning June 2, 2023, the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation hosted a two-day intensive Palestinian-led conference [“Conference”] with the aim of bringing to life the goals and vision of the Palestinian movement in the […]
Nazis show up in support of the 'TERF 'Let Women Speak' rally in Australia
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The Crisis of Fascist Attacks on Transgender Lives

June 6, 2023 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux In 1933, a town councilor in Paris was very concerned by what he called “a moral crisis”. This crisis was the fact that those known as ‘inverts’ at the time existed, and […]
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Alternatives to Policing Forum Held at WSU Law School

June 2, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Since the police execution of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and the vigilante murder of Ahmaud Arbery during 2020, the demand for the defunding of the police and the abolition of detention […]
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Detroit Workshops and Demonstration Held to Protest APEC Gathering

June 2, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff A meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit was held in downtown Detroit as part of a series of gatherings hosted by the United States. Additional meetings aimed at negotiating […]
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Statement on Randi Nord’s Recent Actions

May 30, 2023 fwstaff
  The Communist Workers League and Fighting-Words.net staff strongly condemn the spray painting of the Nazi swastika symbol on the Woodward Avenue Shul, a Jewish community center in Royal Oak, Michigan allegedly carried out by […]
Some of the books banned in Florida
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NAACP Travel Advisory for the State of Florida

May 29, 2023 fwstaff
Contact:  Chyna Fields cfields@naacpnet.org WASHINGTON – Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory comes in direct response to Governor Ron DeSantis’ aggressive attempts […]
Palestine Nakba 75 in Dearborn
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Palestine Nakba 75 in Dearborn, Michigan

May 19, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff There was a rally and march to commemorate the Palestine Nakba on Saturday, May 13, 2023 in Dearborn, Michigan. This term refers to the  removal of the people from the historic […]