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Tennessee Lawmakers Justin Pearson (r) and Justin Jones
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African American Tennessee Lawmakers Reinstated to State House

April 15, 2023 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Two African American state representatives to the Tennessee House of Representatives have been returned to the Capitol in Nashville by the local councils in Nashville and Memphis. The expulsions by the […]
Detroit housing organizers stand outside eviction court, April 11, 2023
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Detroit Housing Activists Picket Eviction Court

April 14, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Just one week after a home defense for Taura Brown, on April 11, a coalition of housing organizations picketed outside the 36th District Court in downtown Detroit. The court serves as […]
Tennessee Democratic state reps. attacked by Republican majority
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Two African American State Representatives Expelled by Tennessee Republican Majority

April 12, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Tennessee State Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson were expelled by the Republican supermajority in Nashville on April 6. Another state house member, Gloria Johnson, who is white, survived the expulsion […]
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Corporate magazine describes and bemoans the “end of capitalism”

April 11, 2023 fwstaff
By Chris Fry An April 5th article from aptly-named pro-capitalist magazine website, Fortune.com, carried the title:  “‘We may be looking at the end of capitalism’: One of the world’s oldest and largest investment banks warns […]
Mumia’s response to the Judge’s decision
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Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Response to the Judge’s Decision

April 9, 2023 fwstaff
By Noelle Hanrahan, Esq. P.I., Prison Radio Legal Director April 3, 2023: I saw Mumia yesterday and he was deeply affected by the blow, the gravity, the gut wrenching disappointment: that freedom will be delayed, […]
Detroit activists block entry by the Bailiffs
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Detroit Activists Battle Bailiffs in Defense of the Tiny Home of Taura Brown

April 6, 2023 fwstaff
    By Abayomi Azikiwe WXYZ news report on the home defense can be found at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9FIbRWO-ms Taura Brown, a dialysis patient fighting eviction from the Tiny Homes on the west side of […]
University of Michigan Graduate Employees strike picket line on Woodward in Midtown Detroit, April 3, 2023
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U-M GEO Workers on Strike for Living Wage

April 6, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) at the University of Michigan have gone on strike for improved working conditions and better pay. On Monday, April 3, the GEO and its […]
Student organisers of the Diversity Assembly defended their invitation to Huwaida Arraf
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Oppose targeting of Palestinian-American human rights activist and lawyer Huwaida Arraf accused of antisemitism

April 6, 2023 fwstaff
By Jewish Voice for Peace – Detroit This is an URGENT REQUEST to support Huwaida Arraf, accused of anti-semitism in a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan school presentation on diversity. Please sign the petition. We are extremely concerned […]
Banner outside of U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit in 2014
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Detroit Remains Mired in Poverty as City Council Approves $800 Million Tax Giveaway to the Rich

March 29, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In an 8-1 vote, the Detroit City Council signed off on awarding two billionaires a tax incentive valued at $800 million despite broad independent opposition to the scheme. Known as “District Detroit”, […]
People’s Daily Cartoon - covid lab leak theory
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Bipartisan slander of China

March 29, 2023 fwstaff
By Scott Scheffer Last week, before the capitalist crisis of bank failures crowded it out of the headlines, news of a congressional hearing to further investigate the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 […]