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Debbie Johnson, ¡Presente!

June 17, 2024 fwstaff
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, […]
Black Panther Party members for Pentagon pilots
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African American Liberation and the Vietnamese Revolution: African American History Month Series #8

March 4, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “Up in French Indochina, those little peasants, rice-growers, took on the might of the French army and ran all the Frenchmen, you remember Dien Bien Phu! The same thing happened in Algeria, […]
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
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 […]
Revels Cayton - Communist labor and anti-racism activist.
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Revels Cayton – Unsung African American Hero of Labor History – African American History Month Series #4

February 20, 2024 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo In the revolution I found the liberation that I needed and that meant so much to me – a Nicaraguan lesbian commenting on the significance of the Sandinista revolution in 1984 interview. […]
Detroit MLK Day 2024 audience in sanctuary and balcony
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Detroit’s 21st Annual MLK Day Rally Focused on Labor, Community and Palestinian Struggles

January 24, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Shawn Fain, President of the UAW International, noted during his major policy address at the 21st Annual Detroit MLK Day Rally that the labor movement and the struggle for civil rights remains […]
St. Augustine movement leaders King, Hayling and Abernathy during 1964
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Dr. King Linked the Struggles to End Racism, Poverty and War

January 13, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe January 15, 2024 marks the 95th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), a federally recognized holiday in the United States since 1986. Dr. King was the most well-known and respected […]
Thousands March in Madison, Wisconsin for Palestine December 9, 2023 #8
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Thousands March in Madison, Wisconsin for Palestine

December 11, 2023 fwstaff
  By Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2023 Contact: Wiscoforpali.org 608-440-9587 wiscoforpali@gmail.com Event: https://fb.me/e/34CWuApJG “Wisconsin All Out For Palestine” Saturday, December 9, 2023, 1 p.m State Capitol, Madison, WI […]
Big battle shaping up as Trump and his criminal gang face numerous charges in Atlanta
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Fulton County Georgia indictments: Atlanta Black community strikes back

August 27, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On August 5, the world was thrilled to see members of the Black community exercise their “Black Panther Party right of self-defense” on a dock in Montgomery, Alabama. When a group […]
Detroit 60th anniversary Walk to Freedom march where a sign on pension theft was held
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Detroit Commemorates 60th Anniversary of Walk to Freedom

July 3, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Saturday, June 24, 2023, the local NAACP chapter in Detroit sponsored a march down Woodward Avenue to mark the 60th anniversary of the historic civil rights action. That demonstration, which […]
Kansas City protest against the shooting of Ralph Yarl
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Black Lives Remain in Danger Throughout the United States

April 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Even after three years of mass demonstrations and urban rebellions in the United States, law-enforcement agencies and the entire legal system are still “justifying” the shooting deaths of African Americans and other […]