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Railroad Workers United calls for public ownership of the railroads

April 22, 2023 fwstaff
  By Railroad Workers United An Open Letter to All Unions, Locals, Lodges, Divisions, Worker Organizations, Environmental Groups, Rail Advocates, Transportation Justice Folks & Others Dear Friends and Fellow Workers: In face of the degeneration […]
Kansas City protest against the shooting of Ralph Yarl
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Black Lives Remain in Danger Throughout the United States

April 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Even after three years of mass demonstrations and urban rebellions in the United States, law-enforcement agencies and the entire legal system are still “justifying” the shooting deaths of African Americans and other […]
Attendees of the APSP Plenary 2017 - Members, Supporters and Friends of the African People's Socialist Party and its mass organizations
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Fighting Words Statement on Racist Indictment of African People’s Socialist Party

April 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Editorial Staff The Fighting Words Editorial Staff vehemently denounces the racist attack on the African People’s Socialist Party and their Uhuru Solidarity Movement as a vicious attack on the Black Liberation movement, […]
Despite promises not to, Biden is opening Alaska wilderness to more oil drilling
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Earth Day 2023: Biden’s betrayal, government repression and sodium batteries

April 21, 2023 fwstaff
By Chris Fry April 22 is this year’s “Earth Day.” Since 1970 that date highlights the struggle by environmental activists, particularly from the Indigenous communities, against Big Oil and big business in their ceaseless profit-driven […]
U-M GEO strikers and their allies on April 6, 2023
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U-M GEO Strike Continues as Judge Rules Against Administration

April 16, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff A strike by the University of Michigan (U-M) Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) won another victory on April 11 when a Washtenaw County Judge ruled that the administration had no right to […]
Paul Robeson concert tribute
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Paul Robeson Tribute Concert Held in Detroit

April 15, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff On Saturday, April 8, 2023, there was a concert performance by Tayo Aluko at the Carr Center in Midtown. Aluko has studied and performed music sung by the legendary Paul Leroy […]
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 […]