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Michigan State Retirement System Drops All Investments in Israel Bonds

November 30, 2025 fwstaff
By Michigan Divest Friday, November 21, 2025 The State of Michigan Retirement System Drops All Investments in Israel Bonds MICHIGAN – After a year-long statewide divestment campaign led by Michigan residents, the Michigan Department of […]
Oberlin and Wellington freedom fighters
Domestic News

“The message for ICE is to get out of our city!”

May 15, 2025 fwstaff
By Chris Fry May 8, Worcester, MA – Ferreria de Oliveira, a migrant from Brazil, screamed for help. Her two daughters, one of whom was carrying her own newborn baby, tried to reach their mother. […]
Domestic News

Victory in Ann Arbor: Dismissed Felony Charges Expose State Weakness, Fuel Global Struggle for Liberation

May 14, 2025 fwstaff
By Sammie Lewis The recent dismissal of felony charges against those of us charged from protesting during the University of Michigan’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment is not just a legal victory, it is a testament to […]
Domestic News

Not Another Hospital Not Another Genocide!

January 13, 2025 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff A demonstration initiated by Doctors Against Genocide took place on December 28, 2024 in mid-town Detroit to demand an end to the continuing genocide against Palestinians and the killing of doctors […]
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Domestic News

National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) Hold Public Hearing on Repression Against the Palestinian Solidarity Movement on Campuses

October 31, 2024 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe These photographs were taken at a public forum held on Thursday, October 24, 2024 in Detroit. This event followed the release of a public letter from the Michigan Chapter of the […]
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International News

THE TIME WE COULD HAVE SEIZED | COLONIZING THE STARS | STICKS, STONES AND MARKERS

October 31, 2024 fwstaff
THE TIME WE COULD HAVE SEIZED there is no longer such a thing as news what is said to be news is untrue what is said to be untrue is the real news there is […]
I STAND WITH PALESTINE
International News

I STAND WITH PALESTINE

November 14, 2023 fwstaff
By Sammie Lewis As a 27 year old, I have had to consider the various ways I may die. Will it be because of an unsurvivable climate? Will it be because of a mass shooting? […]
Domestic News

Wisconsin Family Farm Defenders Support Striking UAW Workers

September 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Family Farm Defenders We, the membership of the Family Farm Defenders, are writing to extend our solidarity to United Auto Workers Local 180 of Wisconsin and United Auto Workers Local 807 of Iowa, in […]
Domestic News

Wisconsin People’s Power Summit

June 29, 2021 fwstaff
By Bryan Pfeifer In a tremendous display of unity and solidarity, participants from across North America joined the People’s Power Summit June 11-12 in Maribel, Wisconsin. “This is precisely the time when artists go to […]
Detroit May Day 2021 MECAWI Banner in the lead
Domestic News

May Day Detroit 2021 in Detroit

May 24, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff May 1 is International Workers Day around the world. In Detroit activists gathered at Grand Circus Park to hear speakers and musicians. Struggles surrounding the need for a $15 per hour […]