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George Floyd killed by Minneapolis police
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Outrage Mounts Over Racist Police and Vigilante Killings

May 30, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Four Minneapolis police officers have been terminated from their jobs in the aftermath of the videotaped exposure of the blatant killing of George Floyd. This act of police violence which has no […]
Diego Rivera Detroit Industry Murals North Wall
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Lessons from a lowly virus

May 23, 2020 fwstaff
By David Sole Severe stress on an individual organism will often expose weaknesses in its physiology. But that same stress may often also bring out hidden strengths. What is true of the individual is also […]
Communist Party of Germany (KPD) headquarters, 1932
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The dangerous theory of social fascism

May 19, 2020 fwstaff
  By David Sole Revolutions against oppressive conditions have taken place throughout recorded history. Revolutions that have challenged the economic foundations of society are rarer. And revolutions that have succeeded are rarer still. Individuals who […]
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Government Fails to Prevent a Worsening Economic Downturn

May 18, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe As leaders of the Democratically-controlled House of Representatives in the United States attempt to pass new legislation introduced on May 12 costing $3 trillion aimed at providing assistance to state and local […]
Meat processing plant
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Coronavirus: Meatpacker workers told: “Work and die, or we’ll starve your families”

May 15, 2020 fwstaff
By Chris Fry On Sunday, April 26, John Tyson, chairman of the $40 billion Tyson Foods Inc, had his “open letter” published in several major newspapers, including the New York Times and the Washington Post. […]
Influenza pandemic of 1918-1920 where women workers wear masks
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COVID-19 Pandemic: A Socialist View on the Capitalist Crisis

May 14, 2020 fwstaff
Note: The following remarks are excerpted from the Detroit Marxism Class held via teleconference on Saturday May 9, 2020. The course was sponsored by the Communist Workers League (CWL). By Abayomi Azikiwe At present the […]
Dallas shoppers amid COVID-19 pandemic
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Reopening the United States Economy: Myths and Realities

May 10, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomu Azikiwe There are tremendous economic and political pressures emanating from the White House and the corporate community to “reopen” the United States economy. At present the U.S.  has outstripped all other countries in […]
Supporters of Literacy Lawsuit v State of Michigan 10-24-2019
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Activists win historic court victory for Detroit children

May 4, 2020 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg In a historic decision in the case of Gary B. v Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for the first time in U.S. history held that an education that […]
Detroit SEIU worker protests outside nursing home
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Seniors, Prisoners and the Plight of the Detroit Majority

May 2, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Statistical indicators from the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan reveal that the rate of infections and deaths resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are on the decline. During the early […]
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The Black New Deal

April 28, 2020 fwstaff
Note: Fighting Words is posting this statement, with accompanying demands, not as our own program, but to recognize a significant response by Black community leaders in Oakland to the serious and devastating impact of COVID19 […]