By Fighting Words staff On Saturday, April 8, 2023, there was a concert performance by Tayo Aluko at the Carr Center in Midtown. Aluko has studied and performed music sung by the legendary Paul Leroy […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe During the late 1960s, Mumia Abu-Jamal became a youth activist in the city of Philadelphia where a succession of racist police chiefs engaged in widespread abuse against the African American community. Philadelphia […]
By Fighting Words Staff July 3, 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the conviction of African American journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal in the city of Philadelphia. Activists from around the country and the […]
By Fighting Words Staff A vigil and demonstration was held at the McNamara Federal Building in downtown Detroit on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 to oppose and condemn the scheduled executions of four African American men […]
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff On Fri. Nov. 13, 2020 there was an evening rally and demonstration called by Detroit Will Breathe to reissue the demand for the removal of Detroit Police Chief James Craig. […]
The following is an abridged version of the original article. By Efrén Paredes, Jr As Michigan leads the nation in the chilling number of COVID-19 deaths occurring inside its prison, 196 incarcerated people sentenced to […]
By Efrén Paredes, Jr. After publicly making repeated warnings about the danger of feeding people in crowded prison dining halls at tables less than two feet apart during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lakeland Correctional Facility (LCF) […]
IWOC Oakland – Press release March 28, 2020 Just over a week into the “shelter in place” directive that is now statewide, COVID-19 has reached Santa Rita Jail. The County confirmed on March 26 that […]
Above: Free Mumia rally at Philly DA’s office: Abu-Jamal’s supporters rallied outside DA Krasner’s office on Friday, January 31, even though DA Larry Krasner asked the judge to postpone the date when Krasner has […]
By Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee – Oakland Three weeks after a weeklong work stoppage and hunger strike inside Santa Rita Jail, conditions inside the Dublin, California facility have worsened and prisoners are suffering retaliation for […]
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