Anti-fascism

Oberlin and Wellington freedom fighters
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“The message for ICE is to get out of our city!”

May 15, 2025 fwstaff 0
By Chris Fry May 8, Worcester, MA – Ferreria de Oliveira, a migrant from Brazil, screamed for help. Her two daughters, one of whom was carrying her own newborn baby, tried to reach their mother. […]
Abayomi Azikiwe speaks at the Detroit Public Library event. | Cameron Harrison / People's World
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Coalition forming in Detroit to resist rising fascist threat

April 20, 2025 fwstaff 0
By Cameron Harrison ”The MAGA movement wants to return to the days of legalized segregation, gender discrimination, the elimination of trade unions, civil rights organizations, and anyone in opposition to the fascist trajectory of the […]
AFOC Forum Yvonne Chairing
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Why We Must Fight the Fascist Threat Facing Us Today

April 20, 2025 fwstaff 0
  Note: These remarks were made at the “Detroit Fights Back! Community Forum which took place on Saturday April 12, 2025. The gathering was hosted by the Anti-Fascist Organizing Coalition (AFOC). This forum was chaired […]
Detroit MLK Day audience at St. Matthew's -St. Joseph's Church
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Detroit MLK Day Continues the Struggle Against Racism, Poverty and Militarism

January 27, 2025 fwstaff 0
By Abayomi Azikiwe On Monday, January 20, 2025, the Detroit MLK Committee held its 22nd Annual day of commemoration for the life, times and contributions of the martyred Civil Rights and Antiwar leader Dr. Martin […]
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Detroiters unite to resist Trump, celebrate legacy of MLK

January 25, 2025 fwstaff 0
  By Cameron Harrison DETROIT—“I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead,” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said in his final speech before he was assassinated. The words of […]
At Watertown Pride July 27, 2024
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Wisconsin Pride Activists Support Palestine

July 30, 2024 fwstaff 0
By Dorothy Brown, Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement On July 27, a Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement (WI BOPM) delegation participated in the 3rd Annual Watertown Pride. WI BOPM helped to promote the […]
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Debbie Johnson, ¡Presente!

June 17, 2024 fwstaff 0
UPDATE – LOCATION and TIME change: The celebration of the life of Debbie Johnson will take place on Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 10am at the North Rosedale Park Community House, 18445 Scarsdale St., Detroit, […]
Anti-nazi rally in Madison WI on Feb. 10, 2024
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Madison, Feb. 10, 2024: ‘Stop the Hate: Build People’s Unity’ Rally and March

March 1, 2024 fwstaff 0
By Fighting Words Staff Wisconsin labor and community organizations hosted “Stop the Hate: Build People’s Unity” rally on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024 at 1 P.M. at Library Mall at UW Madison, which was followed by […]
Pan-African Congress of 1919
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Cultural Renaissance, Economic Crises and the Struggle Against Fascism, 1919-1945: African American History Month Series #6

February 23, 2024 fwstaff 0
By Abayomi Azikiwe In the aftermath of the First Imperialist War [World War I], African Americans and people of African descent around the world escalated their movements to end colonial domination, legalized segregation and the […]
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Stop Nazis in Wisconsin

February 4, 2024 fwstaff 0
By People’s Unity Coalition The Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement and allies are mobilizing numerous individuals and organizations across Wisconsin to respond to a growing threat by Nazis and other fascists across that state […]