Articles by fwstaff

An Amazon-sponsored billboard in Bessemer, Ala.
Domestic News

Voter Suppression and the Amazon “NO” Vote

April 29, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole The eyes of millions of workers and all the big bankers and bosses were fixed on Bessemer, Alabama over the past several months. Around 6,000 Amazon warehouse workers had been organizing to […]
Children in ICE cages.
Domestic News

A Scream to the Heavens

April 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Elena Herrada Good afternoon I don’t normally express raw emotion to strangers like this, but the situation calls for a scream to the heavens. I cried myself to sleep last night, I am sure […]
No Picture
Domestic News

Guilty on All Charges: Chauvin, Cops and the Racist System

April 28, 2021 fwstaff
By  Abayomi Azikiwe Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on three counts of murder in the brutal death of 47-year-old African American George Floyd. The jury impaneled in the historic case only […]
African Union Conference on COVID-19 vaccination production held on April 12-13, 2021
Domestic News

Vaccinations and the COVID-19 Surges from Africa to the United States

April 26, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe As the world experiences another spike in COVID-19 infections, the African continental 55-member states regional organization has held a conference on the necessity of establishing vaccination manufacturing centers. The African Union (AU) […]
Domestic News

Rally in Manitowoc, WI Honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

April 26, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered while supporting sanitation workers in Memphis, TN,  April 4, 1968. MLK Day Manitowoc, an organization that organizes events on the MLK Day in rural […]
Mumia
Domestic News

USA: Shackling of aged inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal, is deplorable – UN experts

April 25, 2021 fwstaff
By United Nations Human Rights Commission GENEVA (20 April 2021) – UN human rights experts* expressed serious concerns about the treatment and welfare of Mumia Abu-Jamal, an African-American man who has been in jail for […]
Detroit demonstration outside police headquarters on April 10, 2021
Domestic News

Illegal Evictions Continue Despite CDC Moratorium

April 19, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff There was another demonstration in downtown Detroit outside police headquarters on Saturday, April 10, 2021. People gathered to rally and march against illegal evictions carried out with the assistance of Detroit […]
Domestic News

Wisconsin Peoples’ Power Summit

April 19, 2021 fwstaff
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – For more information contact: Briony Smith (732) 672-2162 brionysmith1020@gmail.com People’s Power Summit to Build Community Power!   Community members from throughout Wisconsin will be gathering for a two day […]
Protest in Bogota, Colombia of the massive assassinations
International News

Colombia: A Glimpse into a Sad Reality

April 16, 2021 fwstaff
By Alice Loaiza When people ask me if it is safe to visit Colombia, I always answer that it is fine if you don’t speak Spanish and stay on the well-guarded tourist trail. But you […]
Migrants in Colombia seeking to enter Central America
Domestic News

Biden Administration Strikes Deal with Mexico and Central America

April 16, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A crisis of migration into the United States from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras has resulted in negotiations by the White House with the governments of these countries aimed at preventing people from […]