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Strike looms at AT&T Midwest

Workers picket AT&T headquarters in Detroit, May 19. May 21 — The Communications Workers executive board authorized a strike on May 11 of 14,000 workers covered by AT&T’s Midwest and Legacy T...

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Poor People’s Campaign begins Days of Action

The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, initiated by the Rev. William J. Barber II from North Carolina, kicks off on May 14. On that date, and on the following five Mondays,...

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Hep A outbreak amid water shutoffs in Detroit

National march in Detroit against water shutoffs, June 2014. The ongoing fight to stop mass water shutoffs has stepped up with a series of “Solidarity Saturdays” protests at the Detroit Water and...

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Detroit conference advances fight against austerity

The National Conference to Defeat Austerity was held in Detroit on Saturday, March 24. Led by a coalition of organizations and individuals initiated by the Moratorium Now! Coalition to Stop...

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Sexual assault revelations rock Michigan State University

Students take over MSU President’s office, Nov. 19, 2010. Students marched on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., on Jan. 26, demanding safety and accountability from...

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Celebrating Dr. King’s legacy

The 15th Annual MLK Day Rally and March for Jobs, Peace and Justice drew more than 1,000 people to downtown Detroit on Jan. 15. Abayomi Azikiwe, a leader of the Moratorium Now! Coalition and Detroit...

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Walmart lays off 11,000 under smokescreen

The Walmart corporation closed 63 Sam’s Club stores without notice on Jan. 11, laying off some 11,000 workers, many of whom arrived at work to find their store permanently closed. In a cynical maneuver...

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Protests across U.S. hit Trump’s attack on Palestine

Demonstrations were swiftly organized in cities around the United States in opposition to the U.S. declaration on Dec. 6 that it would move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and in solidarity with...

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‘Real Detroiters Speak Out’ to World Conference of Mayors

The World Conference of Mayors is convening its 33rd anniversary conference in Detroit from Oct. 23 to Oct. 26. Was Detroit picked to host this event because of its dramatic population loss, record...

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‘Hands off DPRK!’

Anti-war and anti-imperialist activists from several organizations heeded the call by Workers World Party for a demonstration in downtown Detroit on Aug. 16 opposing U.S. war threats against the...

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Labor unions condemn fascist attack

Labor unions, especially those representing education, health care and public service workers — whose members are a majority women and people of color — were swift to condemn the racist, fascist...

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Mítines en EUA demandan: ¡Fuera EUA de Venezuela!

Mítines urgentes en solidaridad con Venezuela Bolivariana y en contra de la interferencia e intervención de Estados Unidos tuvieron lugar en varias ciudades alrededor de los EUA a principios de junio....

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Rallies demand U.S. hands off Venezuela

Emergency events in solidarity with Bolivarian Venezuela and against U.S. interference and intervention took place in a number of cities around the United States in early June. Called by the...

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Climate marchers say, ‘Stop climate change, end capitalism!’

While some corporate-owned media predicted that “protest fatigue” might beset climate marchers, especially those who had been on the March for Science one week earlier, the April 29 actions drew crowds...

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In cities around U.S., attack on Syria protested

Click to view slideshow. In cities large and small throughout the United States, the response was swift and strong in condemnation of the U.S. imperialist, cruise missile attacks on Syria in the late...

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Detroit WWP hosts women’s speakout

International Women’s Day was commemorated in Detroit on March 11 at a women’s speakout for justice and liberation, hosted by the women of Workers World Party. The event started with a delicious meal...

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Detroit’s lights out: Who’s to blame

Roseville, Mich., March 14 — I’m waiting and hoping that today is the day power is restored to our neighborhood and we can leave this awful motel. It’s been seven days and six nights. In the meantime,...

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Protest held outside racist restaurant

Protest outside Blufin restaurant, Feb. 22. Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. – When three African-American women went on their monthly social outing on a Saturday evening, they were served up with some ugly...

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Detroit rallies for reproductive justice

Several protests in support of Planned Parenthood and against intensified attacks on women took place in Metro Detroit on Feb. 11. At the Cass Corridor Planned Parenthood, close to 1,000 pro-choice,...

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‘Hands off DPRK!’

Anti-war and anti-imperialist activists from several organizations heeded the call by Workers World Party for a demonstration in downtown Detroit on Aug. 16 opposing U.S. war threats against the...

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