Housing

Housing is a Human Right
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Coronavirus: Workers and oppressed face monster wave of evictions and foreclosures

April 20, 2020 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg In the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, housing activists have shown tremendous initiative in raising demands for moratoriums on eviction and rental payments during the emergency and in the months to come. […]
Detroit demonstration against water shutoff on July 18, 2014
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Moratorium on Water Shut-offs in Detroit Long Overdue

March 26, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a halt to the ongoing water shut-offs in the state of Michigan in the midst of a global healthcare crisis spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Detroit […]
coronavirus us cases map 03-18-20
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Moratorium NOW! Coalition raises Coronavirus/COVID-19 Demands

March 19, 2020 fwstaff
Statement by Moratorium NOW! Coalition The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe has exposed for the whole world to see the inhumanity and inadequacy of the U.S. healthcare system and the many injustices suffered by working […]
Detroit City Council public hearing on property tax crisis, March 3, 2020
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“Cut the Damn Check!”

March 15, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff A public hearing petitioned by the People’s Slate to address their proposals on the over assessments and illegal payments of property taxes by homeowners in Detroit, attracted hundreds of people […]
Call'em out protest 02-28-2020
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Demand an Immediate Moratorium on Foreclosures and Evictions!

March 1, 2020 fwstaff
These photos were taken at a protest organized by Call’Em Out demanding a refund on illegally assessed property taxes paid by Detroit residents over the past 10 years in an amount exceeding $600 million dollars. […]
Cassandra Devereaux press conf Vallejo PD 012220
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Candidate for CA State Assembly Calls for a “bottom up” revolution

February 27, 2020 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux This is from a talk written for a “Political Revolution Potluck” on the Vallejo, CA Waterfront, hosted by Jason Kishineff, candidate for U.S. Congress 5th District, on Saturday, February 22. Cassandra was […]
Reclaim MLK march: sound truck, right side
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Thousands March in Oakland to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy

January 31, 2020 fwstaff
By Terri Kay Oakland, CA – Thousands participated as the Anti Police-Terror Project led it’s Sixth Annual March to Reclaim Martin Luther King Jr’s Radical Legacy, starting with a noon rally at Oscar Grant Plaza. […]
Moms4Housing
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Homeless moms evicted by riot police with AR-15’s and military tanks

January 26, 2020 fwstaff
By David Sole Breaking News: As we were about to post this article, a major victory was announced on the morning of Martin Luther King, Jr Day, January 20th. Wedgewood Properties, under tremendous national pressure, […]
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Capitalist Development and Community Demolitions in Detroit

July 21, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A white corporate-imposed mayor of the City of Detroit has been projected by the mainstream media as a savior of the majority African American populated municipality. Although there have been enormous problems […]
Dorothy Brown stands up to speak at the affordable housing forum on December 11, 2018.
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Chicago residents gather to hear mayoral candidates speak on affordable housing

December 28, 2018 fwstaff
By Katherine Cavanaugh Over one thousand working-class Chicago residents packed an assembly hall at the University of Illinois-Chicago December 11 to hear from six mayoral candidates on a topic near to the heart (and indeed, […]