Detroit

Leland House rally to support evicted tenants
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Detroit Tenants Union Rally Demands Justice for Leland House Illegally Evicted Residents

August 21, 2026 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Saturday, August 15, 2026, the Detroit Tenants Union (DTU) held a rally outside the Leland House on Bagley at Cass in downtown Detroit. The gathering was held to demand justice […]
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Black Agenda Report Interview of Abayomi Azikiwe on the Michigan Senate Primary, AIPAC and the Democratic Establishment

August 9, 2026 fwstaff
By Black Agenda Report The following has been edited from an AI generated transcript of the interview. Good day and thank you for joining Black Agenda Report. I’m Margaret Kimberly. Please like this video, subscribe […]
Detroit No Kings III--Sisters say Fuck Trump
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Detroit “No Kings Day 3” Draws Thousands

April 6, 2026 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Thousands gathered in Grand Circus Park in downtown Detroit on Saturday, March 28, 2026 to demonstrate their outrage against the domestic and foreign policies of the administration of President Donald Trump. […]
Leland House Tenants Union rally at Detroit's Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on March 10, 2026
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Leland House residents fight back

March 24, 2026 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff The Leland House Tenants Union continues to fight back against the unjust lockout from their residences. On March 10, Leland House Tenants Union members and their supporters marched from the Leland […]
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The Grapes of Wrath are Filling

February 7, 2026 fwstaff
  By Adam Barrett Since we are upon the one-year anniversary [of the freezing death of two young children – ed.], and since we now finally have a new mayor in Detroit who claims to […]
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Broadside Lotus Press Commemorates 60th Anniversary

September 29, 2025 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe On Sunday September 21, 2025, a capacity audience gathered at Trinosophes Hall on Gratiot Avenue near Detroit’s Eastern Market to honor six decades of publishing by an independent African American institution […]
Detroit No Kings Day No Kings No Nazis sign
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“No Kings Day” Brings Out Thousands in Detroit

June 24, 2025 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Saturday,  June 14, 2025 was coined “No Kings Day” in response to the domestic and foreign policies of the administration of President Donald Trump. An estimated two thousand demonstrations were held […]
Detroit May Day 2025 Sheet Metal workers for Garcia release
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Detroit May Day Rally Attracts Crowd for International Workers Day

May 11, 2025 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On May 1, 2025, people gathered at Roosevelt Park in Detroit to rally and march in defense of the rights of workers and oppressed peoples locally, nationally and internationally. The event […]
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
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 […]
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
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 […]