Anti-war

Jim Rine of Veterans for Peace testifies in support of the resolution before the Hamtramck City Council
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Hamtramck, Mich., becomes first U.S. city to pass ‘Move the Money’ resolution

February 23, 2024 fwstaff
By Daniel Hopkins and Bill Meyer HAMTRAMCK, Mich.—In a historic move, the Hamtramck City Council has unanimously passed Resolution 2024-22, making Hamtramck the first city in the United States to adopt a “Move the Money” […]
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 […]
1972 (c) - Detroit - 7000 turn out to protest Pres. Nixon
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“Left-Right Coalition” Politics Rooted in Defeatism

March 12, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole Antiwar activists have always sought ways to get our message out to wider audiences hoping to develop a movement powerful enough to slow down or stop the imperialist war drive that is […]
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No war on Russia and Donbass! U.S./NATO out of Ukraine!

February 2, 2022 fwstaff
Coalition Statement The Biden administration has put 8,500 U.S. troops on standby for deployment, on top of 64,000 already stationed in Europe. Millions of dollars in U.S. “lethal aid” (weapons) is arriving daily in Ukraine. […]
Recent POP demonstration
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Remembering All of Martin Luther King’s Social Justice Agenda

January 18, 2022 fwstaff
By Larry Hamm, Chairman of People’s Organization for Progress Reprinted On January 15th — the actual birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — the People’s Organization For Progress held its annual march in his […]
Catherine Coleman Flowers Detroit MLK Day keynote speaker, Jan. 17, 2022
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The Continuing Struggle for Voting Rights

January 18, 2022 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were prepared and delivered in part to the 19th Annual MLK Day virtual webinar held in the city of Detroit. The event has been held online for the […]
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Rally in Manitowoc, WI Honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

April 26, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered while supporting sanitation workers in Memphis, TN,  April 4, 1968. MLK Day Manitowoc, an organization that organizes events on the MLK Day in rural […]
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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. […]
President Ronald Reagan met with Afghani guerrilla fighters promising money and weapons to kill Russian (Soviet) troops.
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Editorial: “If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you”

July 12, 2020 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff George C. Parker (1860-1936) became famous in New York City as the great con-man who repeatedly sold the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and Madison Square Garden to gullible victims. […]