Immigrants/Migrants

Migrant families caged in a makeshift detention center
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Groups tell Congress – Impeach Trump for hate crimes

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff The following letter was sent to the Democratic Party leadership in the House of Representatives urging that an article of impeachment be drawn up against President Trump for hate crimes against […]
Cassie with ICE Kills sign at SF ICE Dentention Center Close the Camps rally
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Cassandra Devereaux for California State Assembly, District 14

December 3, 2019 fwstaff
By  Cassandra Devereaux My name is Cassandra Devereaux and I would like to announce my candidacy for the office of California State Assembly for District 14 under the Peace and Freedom Party ticket. I am […]
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Invader or invaded

October 16, 2019 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux Vicente Guerrero was the first descendant of African slaves to serve as a North American head of state. He was a general in the war for Mexico’s independence from the Spanish Empire, […]
Detroit Moratorium NOW! Coalition demonstration at Prudential in Farmington Hills MI
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“No Detention Centers in Michigan” Demonstration Held by Moratorium NOW! Coalition

October 11, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff Moratorium NOW! Coalition and the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI) held a noon-time demonstration in Farmington Hills, Michigan, a suburb right outside Detroit at the Prudential Financial office […]
Protestors demand that the opening of Baldwin detention camp be stopped
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No Detention Center in Michigan

September 4, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff A demonstration of over 80 people, organized by the group No Detention Centers in Michigan, took place on Tuesday, August 13, in Troy, Michigan. They  demanded that Prudential Financial, Inc. immediately […]
Detroit demonstration at Holocaust Museum in Farmington Hills, Aug. 20, 2019
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Vigil at the Holocaust Memorial opposes ICE and Trump

September 4, 2019 fwstaff
By David Sole Over 200 people gathered outside the Holocaust Memorial in Farmington Hills, Michigan on August 20 to demand an end to the mistreatment of immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the […]
El Paso people hold march the day after the shooting,
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CWL condemns Trump for racist massacres

August 16, 2019 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff The Communist Workers League (CWL) condemns the recent racist massacres that occurred in Gilroy, CA; El Paso TX; and Dayton, OH. Our hearts go out to the victims, their families, their friends, […]
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Demonstrations surround Democratic debates in Detroit

August 11, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On July 30 and 31 the attention of the national media in the United States was focused on the Fox Theater in downtown Detroit where 20 Democratic Party candidates for the presidency […]
NAACP Picket against Birth of a Nation
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Trumpism: The Nature of the Beast – Part 2

August 9, 2019 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux By 1913, the Klan had a vocal supporter in the White House in Woodrow Wilson. Wilson screened the detestable Klan “origin” film Birth Of A Nation. This was the film which directly inspired […]
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Trumpism: the nature of the beast – Part 1

July 21, 2019 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux The President, advancing the agenda of his party, signed several bills into law opposing immigration. He and his base were angry and feared what they imagined to be the specter that was […]