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GEO strikers picket a U of M construction site on Wed, Sept 9
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Strike ends at U of Michigan by graduate student workers

September 22, 2020 fwstaff
    By Detroit Fighting Words Staff On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO), AFT Local 3550, went on strike against the University of Michigan, demanding increased COVID-19 protections, including the right to […]
The Boogeyman - Stephen King
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Run! Run! Antifa is coming! Antifa is coming!

September 19, 2020 fwstaff
By David Sole Probably every culture has a mythical terrifying figure that parents use to threaten children with, if the kids don’t behave well. In the U.S. it was often “the bogeyman will get you!” […]
Detroit Liberation Monday discussed the need for rent elimination
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Housing Activists Make Plans to Fight Looming Mass Evictions

September 19, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A recent moratorium issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided a window of relief until December 31 to millions facing evictions due to payment arrears on their […]
Detroit 100 Days Victory March moving through downtown chanting militant slogans in opposition to racism and capitalism
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100 Days Victory March as Federal Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order Against Detroit Cops

September 16, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff People took to the streets of downtown Detroit again on Saturday, September 5, 2020.The youth-led action was held in opposition to police brutality, the deployment of federal agents to the […]
Press conference on police brutality featured Darryl Jordan of EMEAC
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40 Detroit Organizations Demand Resignation of Police Chief

September 15, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff Various community based organizations are demanding change and an end to state repression. They held a press conference on September 3 on Detroit’s eastside. Several speakers drew the connection between […]
Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum, murdered by a right-wing shooter in Kenosha, WI.
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The Left, the Right and the Capitalist State

September 8, 2020 fwstaff
By David Sole The state, when talking about political entities, might be defined as “the supreme public power within a sovereign political entity” (The Free Dictionary by Farlex).  V.I. Lenin, leader of the Russian Revolution […]
WI Bailout the People Movement placards
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Wisconsin organizer speaks to Fighting Words

September 6, 2020 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Questions directed to Dorothy Brown for the Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement from Fighting-Words.net. Before the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, what was the movement of Black […]
Defund the police, Oakland California
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Anti Police-Terror Project Launches Mental Health First Oakland

September 3, 2020 fwstaff
By Anti Police-Terror Project – Press Release Oakland, Calif. — Today, 8/28/20, the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) launched Mental Health First Oakland (MH First), a new model for non-police response to mental health crises. The […]
Bystander beaten and arrested by Detroit plice on Aug. 22, 2020
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What’s Behind the August 22 Police Riot in Detroit?

September 3, 2020 fwstaff
Above: Detroit police brutalized a bystander who lives on Woodward Avenue and opened his front door to provide respite to demonstrators as they dispersed. Multiple officers seized him, held him down, punched him in the […]
Detroit police attack demonstrators on Aug. 22, 2020
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Detroit Police brutally attack demonstrators without warning

September 2, 2020 fwstaff
The following is a guest contribution to Fighting Words from a Detroit activist. By Jessica Nadeau I am an independent photographer who has been following Detroit Will Breathe as the group holds marches and sit-ins […]