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Detroit MECAWI demonstration against war provocations against Iran, Jan. 4, 2020.
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Detroit Demonstration Against Threats on Iran Descends on Financial District

January 18, 2020 fwstaff
By FW Detroit Staff These photographs were taken at a demonstration in downtown Detroit opposing the recent targeted assassinations in Iraq of Iranian Lt.Gen. Qasam Soleimani and a Deputy Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis of the […]
David Sole, a MECAWI spokesperson, speaks to Channel 4 TV
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Condolence letter to Iraq and Iran

January 18, 2020 fwstaff
On Tuesday, January 7,  a delegation of 8 Detroit anti-war and community activists delivered the following letter to the Iraq Consulate in metro-Detroit. A number of media figures were given the letter and some interviews […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. marches with other Civil Rights, Labor and Antiwar leaders in Chicago on March 25, 1967 against the Vietnam War
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MLK Day 2020: Honor the Antiwar Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement

January 17, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Monday, January 20, marks the 91st birthday commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968). Since 1986, the federal government has recognized the third Monday in January as a national holiday where […]
distribution of wealth
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Impeachment analysis: an empty gesture?

January 16, 2020 fwstaff
By David Sole For only the third time in U.S. history the House of Representatives has drawn up and passed articles of impeachment against a president of the United States. On Tuesday, December 17, 2019 […]
Methicillan-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria at 20,000 times magnification
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Bacteria and Capitalism

January 10, 2020 fwstaff
By David Sole Bacteria were first observed and reported on by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in the 1670’s. He ground his own lenses and constructed early microscopes. He called these tiny one celled organisms “animalcules.” Van […]
Tulsa massacre of 1921 where white mobs attacked the African American community killing 300 people.
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Possible Graves Identified of 1921 Tulsa Massacre Victims

January 9, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe For many years the white mob attacks against the African American community in Tulsa, Oklahoma during late May and early June of 1921 have been cited to illustrate the oppressive and violent […]
Detroit Climate Strike Dec 6 2019
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Detroit Climate Strike targets gas and electric utility DTE Energy

December 30, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff On Friday, Dec. 6, the Detroit Climate Strike took place as part of globally coordinated climate strikes demanding that governments address the increasingly severe climate and environmental crisis. The global climate […]
Migrant families caged in a makeshift detention center
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Groups tell Congress – Impeach Trump for hate crimes

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff The following letter was sent to the Democratic Party leadership in the House of Representatives urging that an article of impeachment be drawn up against President Trump for hate crimes against […]
Santa Rita jail
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Santa Rita jail conditions worsen after prisoners’ strike

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee – Oakland Three weeks after a weeklong work stoppage and hunger strike inside Santa Rita Jail, conditions inside the Dublin, California facility have worsened and prisoners are suffering retaliation for […]
Harriet Tubman photograph from the antebellum period in the 19th century
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Harriet Tubman Film Highlights the Leading Role of Africans in Their Own Liberation

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Film review Title: Harriet Director: Kasi Lemmons Producers: Gregory Allen Howard, Debra Martin Chase, Daniela Taplin Lundberg Screenplay: Gregory Allen Howard, Kasi Lemmons Starring: Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman along with Leslie […]