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Domestic News

Attacks on African American History Continues

By Abayomi Azikiwe All recognitions and acknowledgements of African people in the United States and world history have come under vicious attack by the White House under President Donald Trump. Both Trump and the MAGA-dominated […]
The spokesperson of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, Sleydo, points out that the Coastal GasLink pipeline will not have a favourable financial outcome
International News

Kill The Drill

By Decolonial Solidarity Ottawa PRESS RELEASE Wave of mobilization against RBC in support of Wet’suwet’en sovereignty  More than 35 Decolonial Solidarity groups across Canada, the US, and Europe are mobilizing to protest the Royal Bank […]
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Wet’suwet’en Water Protectors Evade RCMP

Gidimt’en Checkpoint Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4th, 2022 – Unceded Gidimt’en Territory, Smithers (BC): Two weeks after Wet’suwet’en water protectors evicted Coastal GasLink workers and occupied a key pipeline drill site, water protectors […]
Christopher Vialva and his mother Lisa Brown just days before his execution in Indiana
Domestic News

Racism and the Death Penalty

By Abayomi Azikiwe Christopher Vialva, 40, was executed by the United States government on September 24, 2020 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Vialva was the first Black person put to death by the federal criminal justice […]
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Indigenous People Want Name Change of Historic Neighborhood

By Detroit Fighting Words Staff A rally, march and cultural event was held on Saturday, September 12, 2020 on the eastside of Detroit in the residential district known as “Indian Village.” A Native American resident […]
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Detroit: Native People Campaign for Neighborhood Name Change

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 Third Wet'suwet'en solidarity action on March 2, 2020
International News

Third Week of Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en at Windsor-Detroit Tunnel

By Fighting Words Detroit Staff These photographs were taken on Monday, March 2, 2020 at the third weekly demonstration in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation people waging a protracted struggle in British Columbia, Canada […]
Detroit demonstration in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en Nation in front of the Canadian Consulate on Feb. 17, 2020
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Detroit Demonstration in Solidarity with WET’SUWET’EN on U.S.-Canada Border

By Detroit Fighting Words Staff These photographs were taken on Mon. Feb. 17, 2020 in downtown Detroit on Jefferson Ave. right outside the Canadian Consulate located at Renaissance Center. The demonstration was called in solidarity […]
Wet'suwet'en Access Point on Gidimt'en Territory
International News

Palestinians stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation

The TransCanada Coastal Gaslink pipeline aims to steal Wet’suwet’en land, use resource extraction to solidify control over Indigenous territories, destroy the environment and violate Indigenous laws. By Palestinian BDS National Committee – Canada From the […]