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People rally outside of the State of Michigan Building in Detroit on Oct. 15, 2019 expressing support for striking UAW workers and demanding that GM pay Federal and State
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Michigan Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Moratorium Now Coalition’s Freedom of Information Suit

July 11, 2022 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On June 29  the Michigan Supreme Court unanimously decided in favor of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case brought by activist David Sole on behalf of the Moratorium Now Coalition. […]
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#40Cities4Mumia #40YearsTooLong Free Mumia Abu-Jamal

July 11, 2022 fwstaff
By Terri Kay July 3rd marked the 40th anniversary of the conviction and death sentence of honored and celebrated political prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal. Activists in over 40 cities around the world held events on this […]
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Beyond Abortion – A Struggle to Win Our Future

July 11, 2022 fwstaff
By Cheryl LaBash Havana, Cuba — When you have touched a woman you have struck a rock, says a South African proverb. It continues, you have dislodged a boulder, you will be crushed. The U.S. […]
Detroit 40 Cities for Mumia Abu-Jamal banner, Sun. July 3, 2022
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Detroit Holds Mumia Rally – Part of 40 Cities for Mumia

July 11, 2022 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff July 3, 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the conviction of African American journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal in the city of Philadelphia. Activists from around the country and the […]
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Coeur d’Alene and a Legacy of Hate – Part Four

July 5, 2022 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux Looking through the history of white nationalism and fascism in the U.S. and beyond, it’s striking that it is always married to anti-communism. While they tend to be unclear on what communism […]
The Aryan Nations compound is demolished after a jury's verdict against the group forced it to go bankrupt in September 2000.
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Coeur d’Alene and a Legacy of Hate – Part Three

July 4, 2022 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux n the days before the destruction of the Aryan Nations compound, leader Richard Butler and a Michigan-based former Klan Grand Dragon, Robert E. Miles, contrived a vision of the Pacific Northwest as […]
Detroit Right to Counsel celebration
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Detroit “Right to Counsel” Coalition Gathers to Celebrate Passage of City Ordinance

July 2, 2022 fwstaff
  By Fighting Words Staff Members and supporters of the Right to Counsel Coalition which worked for several years to pass the recent ordinance guaranteeing legal assistance for those facing housing problems, held an outdoor […]
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Coeur d’Alene and A Legacy of Hate – Part Two

July 2, 2022 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler was born in 1918 in the vicinity of Denver, Colorado.  In his boyhood, he delivered Liberty Magazine, which was subtitled, “A Magazine for Everyone”. Without noting the […]
Detroit demonstration in response to overturn of Roe v. Wade, June 24, 2022
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Detroit Holds Emergency Demonstration After Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

June 30, 2022 fwstaff
Photos: Abayomi Azikiwe, Pan African News Wire By Fighting Words staff Women and their allies rallied and marched in downtown Detroit on Friday afternoon, June 24, 2022, just hours after the Supreme Court in a […]
Detroit Will Breathe in the streets in Shelby Township on Oct. 25, 2020
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Felony Charges Dropped Against Shelby 5

June 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Detroit Will Breathe co-founder Tristan Taylor pleaded no contest before the Macomb County Court to misdemeanor resisting and obstructing, which will be erased from his record after a 6 month non-reporting […]