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Cities Need Bailouts Not More Usurious Bond Deals

August 21, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On August 14, the final abandoned home was demolished with the more than $265 million in Hardest Hit Homeowners Funds initially designed to preserve neighborhoods as opposed to their destruction in the […]
Indian Village Detroit
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Detroit: Native People Campaign for Neighborhood Name Change

August 18, 2020 fwstaff
Native people have begun a campaign to change the name of a Detroit eastside neighborhood called “Indian Village” and its community newsletter “Smoke Signals.” Below is a letter delivered to the neighborhood association by a […]
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Detroit Factory Target of “Black Workers’ Lives Matter”

August 17, 2020 fwstaff
By Unite All Workers for  Democracy, Autoworkers Caravan and Moratorium Now Flex-N-Gate Detroit, a parts supplier for Ford, was built off the backs of Black community members on Detroit’s east side.  Many lost their property […]
Asar Amen-Ra, uncle of Hakim Littleton addresses media
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Detroit: July 23 Community Press Conference Demands Justice for Hakim Littleton

August 7, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff The Coalition for Police Transparency and Accountability, composed of 17 Detroit-based organizations formed after the killing of Hakim Littleton by Detroit Police, held a press briefing on the necessity of […]
Detroit demonstration in defense of Black Women's lives at Hart Plaza on July 11, 2020
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Women-led Demonstrations in Defense of African American Life

July 26, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff These images were taken on Saturday, July 11, 2020 in downtown Detroit where two women-youth groups led demonstrations in support of the struggle to protect Black lives. One gathering began […]
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July 4 Demonstrations Held in Solidarity with Indigenous and Black Lives

July 12, 2020 fwstaff
  By Detroit Fighting Words Staff These photographs were taken on Saturday, July 4, 2020, in downtown Detroit. There were two rallies in support of Indigenous and Black lives. One action began at Grand Circus […]
Detroit Moratorium NOW! Coalition banner at daily demonstrations outside police headquarters downtown
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Detroit Holds Daily Demonstrations to Denounce Police Brutality and Racism

June 30, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff Since May 29, thousands of people in Detroit and surrounding suburbs have held demonstrations in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the overall struggle against racism. Detroit officials responded to […]
Power to the People Mural in Downtown Detroit
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Detroit Juneteenth Marked by Anti-racist Demonstrations and New Street Mural

June 30, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff A “Power to the People” street mural was unveiled on June 19 (Juneteenth) along Woodward Avenue between Congress and Larned in downtown Detroit. The project was developed by local African […]
Supporters of Literacy Lawsuit v State of Michigan 10-24-2019
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Activists win historic court victory for Detroit children

May 4, 2020 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg In a historic decision in the case of Gary B. v Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for the first time in U.S. history held that an education that […]
Amazon worker demonstrates against lack of safety and adequate pay
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Detroit, COVID-19 and the Worsening Capitalist Crisis

April 24, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Detroit still remains at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic as infection rates continue at unacceptable levels amid the rapidly declining economic situation. Although the rate of people entering hospitals suffering from […]