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Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Played an Integral Role in Founding African Studies
By Abayomi Azikiwe Born in 1874 in Puerto Rico, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg entered a whirlwind of anti-colonial struggles which were inextricably linked to the abolition of African enslavement. Legalized slavery in Puerto Rico and Cuba […]
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Solidarity with the Bessemer Alabama Amazon Workers
By Southern Workers Assembly Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, are waging a historic struggle to win the first union at an Amazon facility in the U.S. The Southern Workers Assembly (SWA), an […]
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The Fracture Lines in U.S. Politics
By David Sole It has been long and widely acknowledged that the Republican Party could not be a serious contender in national U.S. politics without building a mass base. The “party of big business”, as […]
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Africa Begins Large-scale Vaccinations Distribution
By Abayomi Azikiwe Several countries within the African Union (AU), a 55-member body encompassing independent states and the Western Sahara, through its Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC), has issued statements in recent weeks […]
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Solidarity with the People of Haiti!
By Haiti Action <action.haiti@gmail.com> Demonstrations took place in cities and towns throughout Haiti yesterday to denounce the Jovenel Moise dictatorship and the US-UN occupation that supports it. In Port-au-Prince a march of over 100,000 people […]
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1898 to 2021: From Wilmington to Washington and the Role of Racism in Right-wing Coups
By Abayomi Azikiwe At the time of this writing (Feb. 1q0, 2021 – editor) the Senate impeachment trial was well underway where evidence was being presented aimed at convicting former United States President Donald J. […]
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Cicely Tyson: Pioneer for Representation in Film, Fashion and Television
By Abayomi Azikiwe In the January and February issue of Essence magazine excerpts from a newly released autobiography by Cicely Tyson, Just As I Am, provide insights into the nearly one century life’s journey of […]
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Africa to Receive a Billion Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines in 2021
By Abayomi Azikiwe As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, the African continent is seeking to halt the pandemic through the acquisition of vaccines and the implementation of other safety measures. During […]
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14th Amendment: a tool Congress should use to oust neo-Klan Reps and Senators
By Chris Fry In the aftermath of the ferocious January 6th attack on the Capitol building as well as the vote by most of the Republican House members and many of their Senators to discard […]
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Biden’s Foreign Policy Continues Imperialist Aggression
By David Sole A wide section of the United States population welcomed the new Biden administration as a relief from four years of the reactionary and erratic Donald Trump. Naturally focus is on the domestic […]
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Several African Countries Reimpose Restrictions While COVID-19 Cases Rise
By Abayomi Azikiwe In at least three Southern African Development Community (SADC) states a number of high-profile political and military officials have contracted and succumbed to COVID-19. African National Congress (ANC) stalwart Jackson Mthembu was […]
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Defeat the Right and Imperialist War
Note: These remarks were delivered at the Virtual 18th Annual Detroit MLK Day Rally and Cultural Program held on Monday January 18, 2021. This event brought together over 30 speakers and cultural workers to honor […]
Lawsuit Filed to Halt Voter Suppression in the Runoff Senate Elections in Georgia – Fighting Words:
[…] Stacey Abrams, the former Democratic minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, was poised to become the first…