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Demonstration against anti-Asian attacks through downtown Detroit on March 27, 2021
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Stop Anti-Asian Hate and Violence!

April 3, 2021 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff There was another rally and march in downtown Detroit on Sat. March 27, 2021. The event was in response to the escalation of racist violence directed towards Asian people inside […]
New Georgia law makes it illegal to give water to anyone on line to vote.
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Voter Suppression and Mass Struggle

April 1, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole On November 3, 2020 the Republican Party suffered a stinging defeat in the elections when they lost control of the presidency and the U.S. Senate. Trump and his allies then made a […]
Park Cannon, African American legislator arrested in Georgia state capitol building.
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Black Georgia Rep arrested for knocking on a door

March 30, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Klan thugs dressed in Georgia State Trooper uniforms handcuff and drag Black Georgia State Representative Park Cannon backwards to a cop car, arresting her for defending her constituents’ voting rights by […]
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar on Monday released photos from inside a facility where the Biden administration is housing migrants, offering the public's first glimpse inside overflow facilities as the administration has restricted press access amid a surge of border crossings.
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Failed Foreign and Immigration Policies Underline Crisis on the Southern Border

March 30, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since coming to office on January 20, the administration of President Joe Biden has faced a mounting problem of managing the influx of migrant workers and their families on the southern border […]
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Despite Official Denials Racist Violence Against Asians Continue in the United States

March 27, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe March is International Women’s History Month and the threats towards oppressed and racially marginalized people in the United States are intensifying. An attack by a 21-year-old white male against three Asian-owned spas […]
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The Defund Oakland Police Coalition Celebrates Major Victory

March 22, 2021 fwstaff
By Defund Police Coalition – Press statement (Oakland, CA)—As a result of extensive organizing by the Defund Police Coalition (Defund OPD), an Anti Police-Terror Project [APTP] led coalition, Oakland’s Reimagining Public Safety Task Force last […]
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Milwaukee Solidarity Picket For Alabama Amazon Workers

March 17, 2021 fwstaff
By wibailoutpeople.org A diverse group of Milwaukee area and statewide Wisconsin labor and community organizations will hold a solidarity picket to support Amazon workers Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 10 A.M. at 2305 N Prospect […]
Elizabeth Jennings Graham
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Black Women and the Fight for Access to Public Transportation

March 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Many people in the United States are aware of the struggle for Civil Rights led by African Americans during the post-World War II period from the late 1940s right through the early […]
Mass mobilizations along with legal action can stop the fascists.
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Lawsuits filed against Trump and neo-Klan groups using Reconstruction’s anti-Klan Law

March 7, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry On November 20, 2020, the Detroit NAACP filed a lawsuit in Washington District Court on behalf of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization against the Michigan Trump Campaign. Utilizing the 1871 Ku Klux […]
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Marvin Gaye and “What’s Going On” Five Decades Later

March 7, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe 1970-71 were years of unrest and upheaval in the United States when racial turmoil, an unpopular imperialist war in southeast Asia and a declining environment were major concerns of socially conscious people. […]