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International News

The Struggle for Palestine Continues: Rebuild and Support Huwarra

March 8, 2023 fwstaff
By Al-Awda NY: The Palestine Right To Return Coalition Funds will go to help families in Huwarra recover from the injuries they suffered to their lands, properties, and health as a result of the zionist […]
Migrant children - from cages to sweatshops
Domestic News

Migrant children forced to toil for Big Business

March 5, 2023 fwstaff
By Chris Fry On February 25th, the New York Times published an article titled “Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.” The article describes in gruesome detail how thousands of migrant […]
Tens of thousand protest in Berlin against arming Ukraine
International News

Ukraine’s Situation Getting Worse

March 5, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The military situation in the Donbas region is steadily worsening for the Ukrainians. The city of Bakhmut, the scene of fierce fighting for many months between Russian Federation forces and Ukraine’s military, […]
Black book banning in Florida
Domestic News

Electoral Politics and African American Studies

March 3, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 10 “In spite of the long and untiring work in education and organization of the pioneers of Civil Rights; in spite of the painstaking effort made […]
Tom Burrell rallying farmers in Tennessee during 2002
Domestic News

Land Loss and the Renewed Struggle of African American Farmers

March 3, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 9 In the years between 1910 and 2000, African American farmers and agricultural workers lost over 14 million acres of land. One of the major demands […]
African students continue experiencing racism after fleeing Ukraine war
International News

Statement on the situation of African Students who were studying in Ukraine

February 28, 2023 fwstaff
By Africans in Ukraine As the thousands of African students who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion in February 2022, we are writing to you in a time of great need. We are calling on […]
W.E.B. Du Bois and Shirley Graham Du Bois in China with Mao in 1959
International News

Building Unity Against Imperialism in the 21st Century

February 28, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 8 Note: These remarks were prepared for and delivered in part at a panel discussion sponsored by the Michigan Peace Council. The event was held at […]
African Americans in Fayette County Tennessee organized against segregation during the 1960s
Domestic News

Civil Rights and the Transformation from Tenant to Mechanized Agriculture

February 27, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 7 On Christmas night 1951 in Mims, Florida, sticks of planted dynamite exploded underneath the home of veteran organizers for the NAACP and the Progressive Voters […]
Openly nazi units operate for past 9 years in Ukraine after U.S. engineered 2014 coup
International News

On the 9th Anniversary of the Ukraine War

February 27, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The media here in the United States is awash in stories about the “First Anniversary” of the war in Ukraine. Even President Joe Biden made a secret trip to Kiev followed by […]
Detroit demonstration for housing rights on Fri. Feb. 17, 2023
Domestic News

Housing Demonstration Held in Defense of Free Speech

February 27, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Friday, February 17, 2023, a coalition of housing advocacy organizations gathered on the southwest side of Detroit to denounce the failure of the City administration to guarantee access and availability […]