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International Block the Boat Campaign

June 28, 2021 fwstaff
BTB Shows the way to move BDS actions beyond individual consumer activism, striking blows with costly community/labor mass direct action initiatives By Terri Kay, a community organizer with Block the Boat Oakland and Block the […]
Detroit Says Block the Boat rally in Romulus on June 8, 2021
Domestic News

Detroit Says “Block the Boat”

June 17, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff There was a demonstration on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Romulus, Michigan, located west of Detroit and near the Metropolitan Airport. The location of the protest was at an office of […]
Palestinian refugees in flee in the aftermath of the 1948 war
International News

Einstein Warned About Zionist “Fascism”

June 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff This is a letter written and signed by Albert Einstein and several other prominent Jews to the NY Times on December 4, 1948 about the massacre at Deir Yassin that same […]
Domestic News

Block the Boat Campaign is Underway Once Again!

June 13, 2021 fwstaff
By Arab Resource and Organizing Center Block the Boat – Longest Blockade of Israeli ZIM Ship in History In May 2021, the world witnessed the resilience, strength, and resistance of Palestinians in the face of […]
Dearborn demonstration to stop US aid to Israel
Domestic News

Biden Must Halt All U.S. Aid to the Occupation

June 11, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Thousands of Palestinians and other Arab Americans led two rallies and marches in Dearborn, Michigan, located across the border with Detroit on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The actions were both in […]
Free Palestine march says end the occupation on May 16, 2021
Domestic News

From Detroit to Palestine Occupation is a Crime!

June 11, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Thousands more people took to the streets for the second straight day in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb right across the southwest border with Detroit on Sun. May 16, 2021. The rally […]
Dearborn demonstration against the Israeli occupation of Palestine, May 15, 2021
Domestic News

Free Palestine on Al-Nakba Day

June 11, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Thousands took to the streets in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb just west of the border with Detroit on Saturday, May 15, 2021, to commemorate al-Nakba, the catastrophe for Palestinians and other […]
Palestine Brooklyn rally 20210508_5
Domestic News

Joint Statement by Palestinians in North America on Nakba Day

May 19, 2021 fwstaff
By Palestinian Youth Movement As we mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, we, the undersigned, join together to reaffirm our commitment to the Palestinian people’s struggle for justice, return, and liberation. We commemorate the […]
Polisario Front women soldiers march in formation
International News

United States and Morocco Redraw Map of North African Territory

January 1, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There is a major effort underway to convince and coerce African and Asian nations to “normalize” relations with the State of Israel in exchange for promised United States financial, military and diplomatic […]
Demonstrators begin march in Dearborn, MI on Aug 8
Domestic News

Palestinian and Black Lives Matter

August 21, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff Hundreds marched and rallied in Dearborn, Michigan on August 8 to show solidarity between the Black Lives Matter movement and the Palestinian struggle against U.S. financed Israeli occupation. The Palestinian […]