Fighting Words

Detroit cops attack anti-racist demonstrations

13 Killed and 9,300 Arrested as United States Attempts to Halt National Unrest

June 4, 2020 0

By Abayomi Azikiwe Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced in a press conference on June 3 that additional charges would be brought against the Minneapolis police officers involved in the brutal execution of 46-year-old George […]

Trump Fueling Racial Animosity to Stay Another 4 Years in Office: US Analyst

June 2, 2020 0

By FW Editorial Staff TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An American political analyst based in Detroit said US President Donald Trump is seeking to divide the country through fueling racial animosity between African Americans and whites in […]

Detroiters Demand: Allow Emergency Medical Aid from Cuba

June 2, 2020 0

By Jason Tschantre As quarantine-weary crowds flocked to beaches over Memorial Day weekend, scientists and health-conscious people in the United States had to face, once again, the well-founded fear that COVID-19 is far from over. […]

George Floyd killed by Minneapolis police

Outrage Mounts Over Racist Police and Vigilante Killings

May 30, 2020 0

By Abayomi Azikiwe Four Minneapolis police officers have been terminated from their jobs in the aftermath of the videotaped exposure of the blatant killing of George Floyd. This act of police violence which has no […]

Resisting COVID-19 in Haiti

May 28, 2020 0

By Pierre Labossiere from the Haiti Action Committee On March 19, 2020, shortly after international institutions made known that millions of dollars would be available to impoverished countries with COVID-19 cases, Haitian authorities finally addressed […]

Africa Day 2020 graphic from portraying peacekeeping woman soldier

Africa Liberation Day 2020: Continental Imperatives and the Global Healthcare Crisis

May 27, 2020 0

May 25 represents the 57th anniversary of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), later renamed the African Union (AU) in 2002. By Abayomi Azikiwe This year the continental organization of 55 member-states […]

Diego Rivera Detroit Industry Murals North Wall

Lessons from a lowly virus

May 23, 2020 0

By David Sole Severe stress on an individual organism will often expose weaknesses in its physiology. But that same stress may often also bring out hidden strengths. What is true of the individual is also […]

Communist Party of Germany (KPD) headquarters, 1932

The dangerous theory of social fascism

May 19, 2020 0

By David Sole Revolutions against oppressive conditions have taken place throughout recorded history. Revolutions that have challenged the economic foundations of society are rarer. And revolutions that have succeeded are rarer still. Individuals who […]

Government Fails to Prevent a Worsening Economic Downturn

May 18, 2020 0

By Abayomi Azikiwe As leaders of the Democratically-controlled House of Representatives in the United States attempt to pass new legislation introduced on May 12 costing $3 trillion aimed at providing assistance to state and local […]