Immigrants/Migrants

Detroit demonstration at Holocaust Museum in Farmington Hills, Aug. 20, 2019
Domestic News

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, […]
Domestic News

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 […]
Domestic News

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 […]
Thousands Across the Country Attend Lights for Liberty Vigils
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Roundup of anti-ICE actions

July 21, 2019 fwstaff
Thousands Across the Country Attend Lights for Liberty Vigils [PHOTOS] Reprinted from heavy. By Stephanie Dube Dwilson On Friday, July 12, thousands of people across the country joined together for Lights for Liberty vigils at more […]
Domestic News

Driving the Motor City

May 17, 2019 fwstaff
By Elena Herrada There is a movement building in Michigan to restore undocumented immigrants’ right to drive. Movimiento Cosecha, a national organization, held marches on May Day, including several across Michigan. Detroit’s turnout was great, […]
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No wall, no ban, no state of emergency

February 20, 2019 fwstaff
By Communist Workers League The only crisis at the border is the one Trump and the ruling class are creating. Thousands of refugee and immigrant children have been held in camps at the border, and […]
Editorials

History of the Reichstag fire and Trump’s wall shutdown

January 18, 2019 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On February 27, 1933, a fire that broke out in the German parliament building (Reichstag)  burned the structure to the ground. The next day, the Nazi Party and its right-wing coalition […]
Rally in support of the migrant caravan, organized by Pueblo Sin Fronteras in Oakland, CA.
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Activists show solidarity with migrant caravan

December 7, 2018 fwstaff
By Terri Kay A rally of about 100 people, called by Pueblo Sin Fronteras, was held in the Fruitvale Plaza in Oakland, California, on November 26. PSF is “a collective of human rights activists that […]