Domestic News
The General Strike of 2021
By David Sole In what can only be described as the General Strike of 2021, millions upon millions of workers across the United States are refusing to go back to work as the COVID-19 pandemic […]
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International Block the Boat Campaign
BTB Shows the way to move BDS actions beyond individual consumer activism, striking blows with costly community/labor mass direct action initiatives By Terri Kay, a community organizer with Block the Boat Oakland and Block the […]
International News
Kenneth Kaunda, 97, Played a Major Role in the African Liberation Struggle
By Abayomi Azikiwe A leading light in the campaigns to overthrow white minority rule and to foster African unity, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, has died in Zambia at the age of 97. Kaunda was born on […]
International News
Malian Whirlwinds: AFRICOM and the Military Presidency
By Abayomi Azikiwe In the aftermath of a second military coup within nine months in the West African state of Mali both the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) […]
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Detroit Says “Block the Boat”
By Fighting Words Staff There was a demonstration on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Romulus, Michigan, located west of Detroit and near the Metropolitan Airport. The location of the protest was at an office of […]
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Stop Racial Profiling Across 8 Mile
By Fighting Words Staff A second annual rally and march to highlight the problem of racial profiling of Black and Brown motorists, cyclists and pedestrians by police was held in Detroit along the 8 Mile […]
International News
Einstein Warned About Zionist “Fascism”
By Fighting Words Staff This is a letter written and signed by Albert Einstein and several other prominent Jews to the NY Times on December 4, 1948 about the massacre at Deir Yassin that same […]
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Minneapolis Erupts Again
By Abayomi Azikiwe Demonstrations have taken place in Minneapolis since June 3 when news quickly spread throughout the city saying yet another Black man was gunned down by law-enforcement. On June 3-4 numerous businesses were […]
International News
Africa Day 2021
By Abayomi Azikiwe It has been 58 years since the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the forerunner to today’s African Union (AU) which was inaugurated in 2002. Since 1963, Africa has undergone […]
Domestic News
Block the Boat Campaign is Underway Once Again!
By Arab Resource and Organizing Center Block the Boat – Longest Blockade of Israeli ZIM Ship in History In May 2021, the world witnessed the resilience, strength, and resistance of Palestinians in the face of […]