Month: October 2019

Domestic News

Invader or invaded

October 16, 2019 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux Vicente Guerrero was the first descendant of African slaves to serve as a North American head of state. He was a general in the war for Mexico’s independence from the Spanish Empire, […]
Detroit Moratorium NOW! Coalition demonstration at Prudential in Farmington Hills MI
Domestic News

“No Detention Centers in Michigan” Demonstration Held by Moratorium NOW! Coalition

October 11, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff Moratorium NOW! Coalition and the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI) held a noon-time demonstration in Farmington Hills, Michigan, a suburb right outside Detroit at the Prudential Financial office […]
Detroit Climate Strike march on Fri. Sept. 20, 2019
Domestic News

Detroit responds to call for Global Climate Strike

October 9, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff These photographs were taken at the Detroit Global Climate Strike rally and march on Fri. Sept. 20, 2019. The activities began at Grand Circus Park with a rally. The rally opened […]
Book cover: “None of the Above: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators” by Shani Robinson and Anna Simonton, Beacon Press, Boston, 2019
Domestic News

African American Education Crisis Highlighted in Atlanta Testing Case

October 9, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “None of the Above: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators” by Shani Robinson and Anna Simonton, Beacon Press, Boston, 2019 This […]
After Aramco, Yemenis Capture 2,000 Saudi Troops
International News

Report from Yemen

October 4, 2019 fwstaff
By Randi Nord Speaking to press on Sep. 28, Brigadier-General Yahya Saree announced the success of an operation dubbed “Victory from God” carried out in Najran province by Yemen’s Army and Popular Committees. Revealing only […]
Venezuela Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez Speaks to the United Nations General Assembly Sept 27 2019
International News

Venezuela Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez speech to the United Nations General Assembly, September 27, 2019

October 4, 2019 fwstaff
Distinguished General Assembly of the United Nations Organization, a very respectful greeting to the President of this Assembly, a greeting also to all the heads of delegation who are in this hall sacred to international […]
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla at UN on Sept 28 2019
International News

Threats and coercion will not extract a single concession from Cuba

October 4, 2019 fwstaff
 Speech by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, during the general debate of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, September 28, 2019. Reprinted from Granma (Council of State […]
International News

Anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Revolution

October 3, 2019 fwstaff
  By Chris Fry October 1 marks the 70th anniversary of the announcement by Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), of the victory of the Chinese Revolution in 1949. This […]
Detroit facial recognition spying comes under scrutiny by the public
Domestic News

Detroit Struggle to End Facial Recognition Spying Continues

October 3, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After a long-delayed vote by the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners (DBOPC), a resolution to essentially endorse the existing facial recognition technology being utilized in the city was passed by a margin […]