April 28, 2023 By Mike Shane The Detroit City Council recently approved $748 million in tax breaks for two billionaires for a $1.5 billion development project in District Detroit, an area that includes a portion of downtown Detroit. The joint venture is between the Ilitch family’s Olympia Development of Michigan/Ilitch Holdings with a net worth […]
Fighting Words Staff Clark Park on the southwest side was the scene of the annual International Worker’s Day commemoration. There was an opening rally with speakers from numerous organizations and unions operating in the Detroit area. The striking workers from the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) from the University of Michigan mobilized the largest delegation for […]
We Rise Fighting – Labor Podcast
Learn more at HandsOffUhuru.org. Today, Tuesday, May 2, African People’s Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela and African People’s Solidarity Committee Chairwoman Penny Hess appeared in federal court in Tampa, Florida in response to the U.S. Dept. of Justice’s bogus April 18 indictment. They were booked, restrained with handcuffs and leg irons and held in a […]
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions #MayDay2023 in Seoul. 130,000 KCTU members joined the Mayday rallies in Seoul (35,000) and 15 different provinces. Yang, Kyeung-soo, president of the KCTU suggested “Raising the minimum wage is the first step to tackling inequality and polarisation. Workers need to work fewer hours and get paid more to make their […]
Wednesday, May 3, 5 P.M. Outside the Woodward Avenue Shul 25595 Woodward Avenue, Royal Oak, Michigan On April 28, a hateful Nazi swastika was painted on the Woodward Avenue Shul, a Jewish community center in Royal Oak. This act of Anti-Semitism cannot be tolerated in our community or anywhere. JVP-Detroit calls upon all our friends […]
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement 
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