By Gerry Scoppettuolo The AFL-CIO’s top labor bureaucracy has often opposed rank and file labor insurgencies, especially where imperialist foreign policy or racism is brought up. In the 1980’s AFL-CIO head Lane Kirkland’s support of […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe These photographs were taken at a public forum held on Thursday, October 24, 2024 in Detroit. This event followed the release of a public letter from the Michigan Chapter of the […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe A series of events between September 12-14 in Detroit paid tribute to the life and legacy of those who were on the frontlines of the struggle for Civil Rights during the early […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe St. Peter’s Episcopal Church was the scene of an extended press conference held by the Detroit Coalition for Police Transparency and Accountability (DCPTA) on July 24. The DCPTA was founded in July […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe On June 18 in Detroit at the St. Matthew’s-St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, five veteran women organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Northern Student Movement, spoke on the significance […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe On June 4, hundreds of students, faculty, alumni and community members rallied on the campus of Wayne State University located in the Midtown District of Detroit. The purpose of the gathering was […]
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, […]
By Fighting Words Staff On Saturday, May 18, 2024, the long-awaited Detroit People’s Food Co-op held its grand opening. The building located at 8324 Woodward Avenue at East Euclid has been open for business since […]
By Fighting Words Staff Clark Park on the southwest side of Detroit was the scene of the annual May Day commemorations. There was a beginning rally, a march through the immediate neighborhood, and then […]
By Fighting Words Staff A third in a series of seminars on the character of law enforcement in Detroit and around the United States was held on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at the Wayne State […]
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